TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1816, 16 April 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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An Hotel Burned. Auckland, April 16. The Avondale hotel was burnt down last night. No particulars are yet to hand. Bobbers at Work. Wellington, April 16. The fishermen's huts at Petone beach have been robbed. The men's watches and a small amount of silver was taken. - Fire. A ten-roomed unoccupied house m Willis street was destroyed by fire at one o'clock thiß morning. It waß owned by Sir Wm Pox, and was Insured for £60 m the South British . Painful Accident. A n elderly man named Richard Hogarth met with a paiofal accident on Saturday evening. As the tram was turning a comer, the man fell off the car, and one of his arms was seriously injured by the wheels, the flesh beiDg torn off from the elbow to the wrist. He was taken tothe hospital, and m m rather a precarious condition. Military Funeral. Benata Kawepo, the Hawke'a Bay chief, who died a few days ago, is to be accorded ft military funeral. On the Alert. Instructions have been issued to the various Health Officers m the colony to exercise strict supervision on all vessels arriving from Sydney. Procedure Rules Government have forwarded the proposed rules of procedure to members. . Local Opt'on Foil. Westport, April 16. At the local option poll on Saturday tbe vote wa» (n favor of an increase of all lloenßes, that In respect to publicans' licenses being a majority o2 135. Above a dozen new hotels will be established, •nd probably a second brewery will be started. Sudden Death. Gretmotjth April 16. Jame Payne, for many years county clerk for the Greymouth county, was found dead at his private residence this morning, Bitting m a chair by tbe fire. The supposed can Be is apoplexy.