TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1873, 21 June 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PJSB PRESS ASSOO'ATTOWt) Van Overboard and Lost. adcklanp, Jane 21. Tho echoooer Lizzlj Gay arrived from Oatnaru this morning, at 2 a.m. On tho 19th, when between East Oapß and Hioka' Bay, James Shaw, a seaman, fell overboard and was drowned The man at the wheel says Shaw was going aft, when he fttumbled and want overboard, there batog no bulwarks at the stern, A boat was lowered and search made, but he was never seen, Shaw belongs to Ranglora, Canterbury. Divorce Court Point. Wellington, June 21, A singular point cropped up at the Supreme Court this morning m connection with a deoree nisi grant id yesterday In the case of Thurnton v Thurston. It appears that the Oourt •hould not have been sitting yesterday being the anniversary of tho acooßßlon ot Her Majesty and recognised as a Oourt holiday. To settle »U doubtii a special sitting of the Divorce Cburt was held this morning when tho evidence taken yesterday was read over before the petitioner who certified to its correctness, and the petition was again proQOtjnoedi Inquest. Dunbdxn, June 21. At the Inquest on Mrs Gemmeli who who died ratuer suddenly atMosgiel; It transpired that she had been treated by Peters a medical student for menglnlts. Mr Ojroner C*cew said the evidence dlsperaed the ramori circulating that she had Dot sufficient food of nourishment. But it was for the Jury to say whether the evidence showed that death mb accelerated by the Btewdent'a fgaorance, or whether she died from exhaustion remit, fn^ from menglnltis, The jary returned a verdiot of " Death from natural causes," School Books. The Education Board are taking s'eps to secure unlformlt/ m sohool books m this distriot Cheese Shipment. The National Mortgage and Agency Company are advised that a shipment of of cheese from Otago and Southland factories realised 52s to 56s per owt m London.

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