TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1789, 14 March 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) SuicideAuckland, March 14 William Luker, residing at Earangahape road, committed suicide yesterday % taking a quantity of rat poißon. The deceased stated he bought six jam tarts. He placed the poison on them and ate them as he was tired of life. He died 12 hours after taking the poison . Luker, who has a wife and family m England, was an inmate of the Whau asylum, and wag only liberated m November last. Pire. New Plymouth, March 14. The Omata hotel, three miles Bouth of New Plymouth was burned down at 11 o'clock last night. A gale was blowing at the time, and the licensee and his family had barely time to escape before the building was enveloped m flames. The origin is unknown, but the fire is supposed to have commenced near the kitchen range. The property was owned by Mr Newsliam, and leaeed to Mr Pawl, Brewer, New Plymouth, and insured m his name m the Phoenix for £200. lhere is no insurance on the Btook or furniture. I Court of Appeal. Wellington, Maroh 14

Judgment In the appeal case, Tlmaru Harbor Board and owners of the ship Lyttelton, has been held over till the 14th April. Serious Fire. Dumedik, Maroh 14. The wai a serionß fire at Balclutha laat night which destroyed McKeuzie'a atore and the Athetcejm and seriously damaged the Crown Hotel and Mr Huchina 1 (chemißt) shop. The Insurance?, as far as is known are McKeDz'.e'a, South British, £1000 (reinsured m the Liverpool London and Globe) ; £500, Union ; £600 Royal ; £500, Pbceaix ; £025, Australian Alliance ; £500, Norwich Union ; £500, North German ; £375, Standard ; £250, Equitable ; aleo £300 on building. Crown hotel building, £10C0, equally divided among theisew Zealand, National, Liver - pool, London, and Globe and Australian Alliance ; contents, £500 m Equitable, fiutchins, £350 m Victoria ; on building-, £3GO m National ; on stock, Standard and Equitable, £300 between them.

Charge against a Doctor. The investigation ia proceeding at the Police Court of the charge against Cr Rennie, of indecently assaulting a girl of 17, who m deformed .