TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1732, 5 January 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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Paimsbston i>obth, January 6. A. fire la>t night at Terrace-end d«etroyed an nnoccupled dwelling, and aleo one oeonpied by Mr Anderson. The latter wh iDßured la tbe Union for £100. The furniture was saved. It is not known whether tbe other building wbs insured. Fatal Accident. Woodvillb, January 5 A working msn named Oully was killed while bush felling last eveniog. He leaves a widow and two obildren. Playing with Powder, A boy namdd MoTaggart, living at the Gorge, received severe Id juries to bis face lait night while playing with blasting powder. The Wellington Post Office. Wbluhgxon, January 5, Operations for tbe restoration of the General Post Office will be set on foot upon the retnrn of the Minister for Pablie Works to Wellington. The New South Wales Oentennary. The Governor accouapanlea by bis Aide'deOamp, Lieutenant Foetesque will proceed to Sydney by the Nelson about the 16th inst for the purpose of attending the Australian Oentennary celebration. No member of the Government will be present owing to urgent business to be traniaoted here. Exportation of Coal. Qrbtwouth, December 18. The barquentine J**per from Lytteltcn will load with a cargo of C alpltheath coal for Mauritius. This will be the first ooal shipped direct to a foreign port. . . Chairman. P R. J. Nancatrow has been unanlmonsly elected Chairman of the Harbor Board. Bazaar. 2JJA btzaar open for leverai days, In aid of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Ohurch, has cleared about seven hundred pounds. Harbor Works. The Harbor Board during the year just closed has expended slightly over seventy-six thousand pounds. The Midland Railway. Most of the navvies now unemployed on the Midland Railway have gone to Ohrtstoharch, though a few are still hanging on, waiting for new contraots. *"•• fAccidents. Twe young lads met with rather serious accidents at the Eaita plc-nic. Philip ricogland fell out of a swinging boat. M. Morrisey fell out of the rigging of the Rio while witnessing the regatta, and split his skull. He would have been killer), but that be struck a boy, Marbin, on the shoulder and back, injuring him badly. Arrival of Johann Oarl. Poet Chalmers, Jannary 5. Arrived, Johinn Curl, Capt E. Bicb, lOf days out from New York. She has 250 tons of oarco for Lyttelton.