TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 12 September 1888, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

I (Per Peess Association.) --

Property Holders.

I Auckland, September 12. » At the Police Court to-day the Gharit-^---.able Aid Board's officer applied for a > warrant empowering him to sell by auction the freehold property at Ponaonby, be--1 Elizabeth Pay, who have been for years re- | longing to an aged couple, George and ceiving charitable relief. The evidenca showed that the' Days have lately paid a ' Tißit to England, and on returning again applied for relief whioh was granted. 1 They had raised money for the trip by k aelliog come property, but the Board was unaware of the fact that they had 1 property. Mrs Day appeared m court, t avd resisted the application. Dr. Giles, : R.M., aeked if she would make any offer,' ; she replied she would not part with the prflperiy. Decision was reserved till Saturday " ~

A Secretary m Trouble.

In the action North Zaalandia Woollen Company v A. Bennett, promoter and lat e Secretary, for reoovery of £474 14s 3d alleged to be wrongfully paid by btm at Secretary, Mr Juetloa Gllllea this morning gave judgment against Bennett s foe tbe payment of £372 18a 4i with oosts. He felt it might be a hardship fot the maa to pay thiu out of his own poqket but Ifc was'clear that the deoretary of a public Company h«d no power to pledge tbe credit of the dfceotors without the|r '■'■ ezpresß authority m writing, Vhlohin thla o&ae they denied giving. Fishing Boat Recovered. Tbe fiinlng boat, Pat, has been riiitd from where it wae sunk. Some fish wag found on board but no traoo of the 3 men who composed tbe crew. Spurious Coins. Spurious half-orowna and florlna are circulating here. Death of a prominent Sportsman. Mastkhton, September 12.: Mr J. 0. Yallaaoe, well known In raoln({ olrolea, died last night at Kaamloga Station, after a brief illness.

Burglary.

Ghbistohuroh; September t2. Last night the St Albtns Borough Ooanoll office w*s broken Into and £4 17a 6d • atolon from the drawer. An entrance was effeoted through the window.

Resigned.

Dunedin, September 12. Detective Bain, connected wljih the ' Otago foroe for fourteen years, his been oompelled to resign through ill health. . He was presented with a pane of soverelgns'on leaving fot Melbourne.

Embezzlement.

I George Stafford Mafbeaon, : was. committed for trial for embez^ing trqat money belonging to a lodge of Druids;

New Building.

There were 27 ' competitor's for • design for the Colonial Mutual Association's new building here. Mr T. Barneide, Danedin, gets first pri^e £70, and Mr Ohatfield, Wellington, the second prize of £30,

Starved to Death.

Invbhoaegill, September 12. A woman named Elizabeth Charlotte Allan, alias Pheinlnter, alias Wong See One, has been committed for trial at Rivortoo for tho mmalaughter of her Infant child. The woman lives with tho Chinese at Round Hill, mi the eridenc© t , showed that she went about helplessly ?- intoxicated with the child wbioh she neg. lected to feed or olqthe propqrly. Medical testimony was to the e Sect ibftt the oolld 4l«d ft^ ?«tiQnj ?y, , ; ,