TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1735, 14 December 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

-*. . Australian Sauadron. Auckland, December 14. Arrived — H.M.S. Diamond, from Sydney. Mra Fairfax, the Admiral's I *ife, arrived by the Ta Anau: It is pro- k posed to have the formal opening of the Calliope dock early m January, while the Admiral and cqnadron of five warships are m the harbor. The Nelson, Opal, and Raven are now on their way here. Distinguished Visitors. The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda arrived this morning by the ] Te Anaa. Harbor Board Salaries. The Harbor Board have resolved that the salaries of cfiloera remain at the samo rato »b last year. Discovery of Coal. A ooal seam, five feet thick, has been discovered at Hunua, 26 mlleß from the City. It is believed to exoeed over 413 acres, Auckland Supreme Court. Mary O'Connor, charged with concealment of blrtb, was discharged on account of a fUw m the Indictment, Inasmuch as it did not allege secret disposition of the body. Kichard Hackett was sentenced to throe years penal (servitude for killing a calf at Kattkap&kapa. The other other four piiaonera charged with Bcealing the carcase were discharged. Killed. Brown, a seaman on the cutter Spttfirp, was accidentally killed to-day at the worka of the Now Zealand Sugar Oom« pany. A Short Bitting. Blenheim, December 14 To-day's sitting of the Supreme Court was" ono oE the shortest on record, The whole bnalneea was concluded la 55 minutes. No criminal cases. In the bankruptcy division, a d'soharge was granted to Mr Pugh, formerly hotolkeoper as at Havoloek. The Public examination of Felix Orewan, wool c'aiaor waa oonclndod and an order waß mado to como up for disohargo at the next sitting. la the divorce case, Lacaa v Lucib and Radd, a decree absoluto was granted. 11l chambers, an order waa made for the voluntary winding up of the Picton Goal Company. Unnatural Offence. Timabu, December 14. At the Supreme Court to day, before Mr Justice Williams, there was only one case. Edwin Cook, charged with an unnatural offence at Oeraldine, was found guilty of an attempt, and sentenced ta 2 years' hard labor. The Court rose, end the Judge left for Dunedin.