TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1805, 3 April 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[Pjbr Press Association.] Drink Again. Auckland, April 3 The dead body of a man, name unknown, waa foand early this morning oloae to the trivn Hue near Epsom. He tmd evidently been ran over by a c»r, und his skall was fractured, hla face dinfigarod, and his arm broken. Deceased had been eeen l*Bt ni^ht the worse for m that locally. Attempted Suicide. New Plymouth, April 3. Roaina Nicholls, wife of the proprietor of the Bridge Hotel at YVaitarD, attempted to commie suioide yesterday aftarnoon by drowning herself m the Waitara rivar. Hhe had given way entirely to drink, and her husband hid locked her m a room from which eho esoapod, and ran dowu to the river and threw herself m. She vraa aeon from a distance aud rescued, and thoagh insensible when tikan from the water won restored. She waa brought up at Court today, and remanded for elghfc days. Opsning of Parliament. Wellington, April 3. Parliament will most likely open on tho 4th May. MovemexTs of Ministers. The Premier ana the Mm later ot Jdßtice go South on Friday and the Minister of Lands to-day. The Minister of Ifdaoation has left overland for North. Fruit Culture. Pcofesaor Kirk has returned and reported moat favorably en fruit culture at Wangarel aud tbe growth of wattlcß at Waikato.