Rise in Tobacco.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1759, 6 February 1888, Page 3

Rise m Tobacco.

Wellington, Febranry 6. By the Ft Isco m*il the news < I the »d---tanoe In price of leaf tobtcco is oo fi mad, and the agents for the Juno B And have been Instructed to make an immed «;e (ocrtate of $4 per Ib. A furt, tf rue !• oocildered probable. Breaking and Entering. At the H At. Quart tnu morning Beaben Bind and John Collins, were charged with breaking and entering Staple* boot factory adjioent to the premise! In Harbor street, destroyed by fife on Batnrd*y mort i>g B >tb prisoners were remanded for a week. Inspection of the Forts. The mem burs nf Government aooompanied by M»j or -General Schaw, hold an Inspection of the forts here to-day. It is ttndefitood that the Government intend to pat the defences la a sate c( effi ilenoy at oooe m order to get rid of the heavy ezpenditnre m the way of xnpsrvislon. A Strange Affair. l >vstDls, r ebruary 7 What is to All appearance a ba hint* fatality occurred m the upper harbor on Bfttarday. llenry Rait, 20 years of age., clerk la the South Briti-h Insurance Ottee, hired a boat at th < jetty late m the afternoon and rowed eff alone, hie firat changed the clothes he was we iring, to gether with his watch and chain, putting en another so it, he took with hie? m the boat a towel, a fimill (iladntone bag and a ptper parcel. Ka<ly yesterday m >rning th» beat was found by a Pettier namud Challice on the other u ; de o£ the h*tbov. I The boat had not been vp L et arjd mit were the clothes, a towel unused, and tbe Gladstone bag but no parcel. The boat was brought back, but strange to say the police were cot communicated with until yesterday evening. Drowned Ikveboakgk-l February 6. A young man namea David Logue was drowned near F>rtrose on Saturday while Attempting to cross the river.