TODAY'S lELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 2

TODAY'S I ELEGRAMS.

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Licensing Elections. ' Auckland, Fioruary 17 The licensing ttinnti n« yesterday al) resulted In favor of th« temp<>r*nae otnrfidiiips by large no joHtiei The Ponao 1 1 by Committee is pledged to prohibition, »n< will withdraw the licenses held by two hotels In the dietr ct. At the Wai pa ccnntrp district, where the brewer*' can* dida'ee made a s»rong 6^ht, with the view of aetti g licences introduced, the prohibition candid tes were ail eleoted by a •mall <DBJ n«y Thf p iblican piry made do f-x^'tl-jn m the Ity elections, hoping to nranhrow them hrou^han informality, Thd(Oblio*n party h»s instructed Mr Oo't^r soliottor, to have yeß'.erdr.y'* el*o i<n ovt- 1 turned o<\ the ground of Informality m the nominations. Electric Lifthtinff. An amended flau fur the electric lighting of the City was inb.nltted to the Otj Council l<st night hy M<- J 0. Fictb* Ii provides for eight tower* eaoh tv c* witi itgh' a Cro'n of COO yards m diameter. »nd will have on it four a>o Ugh 'a of 2000 candle power ono^, bat two xdrittiODAl lamps can be added if neoessary, makir-g a 1,20 0 OAndle po*er Huht fore o« t«-wer. '•' n-e "wars will vary \ In height r m 100 t> 250 feet. The | present lighting of ha City is «qusl to ■bo it 6000 can ale p wer of n'eotrro Hunt. The nyst m prnpintd gives 64, C00 candle power. There will he twelve times the tllumloßtln* powrr at an Increase of ten per ont m cost. A seD*ri»te plat is po▼ided for lighting >he art gallery, and pablto )l^r»'y *»v »h*» Ino ndoncent nvirem. The "N.Z. IllUßtr ted Atlas" WbLLINO on. F broary 17. The Boope if ibu mblioaiim wl.ioh. Mr Jo'los Vugel Isjoompo'ed witi, will, it it ■«id, unbrace trie who'o «.f the P-c Co Is ands, lno)ndiD(( N*» Z^land a^d au»* tr*lia, and- will ex end m she Pa <»tn-4 Canal and i b vicinity M de h>R'«pn has Bcoepted the d'dioat|'>u t>f tfcp w rk Te oaplial of the O mpa»y fs £50,000 m £l 0 *h<»rPß, nnd the P ovralonal Direct, r* i are Messrs R. Phnnz/a, M.L.O , and Q*n Heetham. M,BR, I r , is not yet nettled whether the Company will erect tn 1 plaot or o <>'tr«rt wth snme premises 2 ls ing firm for the publication It ii • Xjtoted tniit t c os ■»* bringing out the work wi 1 ha £ 1 00,000, and It is understo <d that it will be issued \n 42 number* at 6* c oh Tampering w th the MaUs. It han iraimj lr*a t a * r. «Ib ered letter ra*il basr by the lonio, has been tampered vrltb. The .postal authorities are iaveati* I gAtiD'g the m>tt»>r Rifte Association. ! ' Uamauu, tVf.raary 17. Cat tain Bomftrv)l? j§ greatly pleased with the site for the rifl i meeting. The background is al that o ad be wished and the acconiino atiun is excellent. 1 hero m a capi al road ond the range can be reached by rail if desired. Competitors can ci her stay m to^n or o mp . out •.conrding to C'iO'Oj The distance from ' town is about two and a half miles. The catering will be m the hands of a competent man. 1 a Lemp Accident. JjUwbdin. February 17« A five-roomed bona* at Roslyn, owned *nd oco'ipted by Martin Lyonr, has been burnt down through tha npiettlng of a kerosene l»cnp. Inßuranoe, £400 m the M«noheßtar i'ffi <o. ?