TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1949, 20 September 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PBE P8283 ASSOCIATION) Auckland, September 20. < Abont 10.30 last night a fire broke oat < In the railway workshops at Newmarket. - The.flames were discovered iv the black* smith's shop by Bobt. Grey of H. M.S. Diamond, who broke Into the placa and kept the fire la check tUI others gave the alarm and the Newmarket Fire Brigade turned oat. Very slight damage was done. The Governmeat have no inaur•iios on the building which has been saved by Grey's prompt action; The night watchmen bad visited the blacksmith's shop at 9.50 pm. when all was aeoore. Wbujnoton, September 20. The Cricket Association have a balance In hand of £26. In oomequenoa of.an overdraft of £600, iha Benevolent Society have had to apply to Government for assistance, the chairman stating that people had come to him for bread and he had had to refuse It. The Government are considering whether the Society shall be allowed to draw ■nffictent money to carry on until the rate* on the country districts who Lad refused to levy could be raised through the Property lax Department. The Government have definitely abandoned any attempt to get a Hallway Commissioner at £2500 and have ie scooted the Agent-General to ascertain, whether a suitable man can be obtained for £3000. They have however not decided whether they ihould engage such a man at once without waiting for the authority of Parliament. Regarding the ofler of the Amerloan Go7ernment to raise their ountrlbutlon towards the 'Frisco Mall Bervfce to £10,09)0, It appears that the United States Poatmtster-Geoeral so advised Mr Orelgh* ton, Agent of the New Zealand Government at 'Frlaoo, some time ago and he called to Wellington before the close of Parliament. The Premier wired aooeptlng the effdr for the remaining term of the present contraot but the facts have only now been made public- A portion of the •xtva £6000 will go to the contractors who have the right to share la it under their agreement. Mabton, September 20, Goebel'r flour mill, and 1200 sicks (1 of flour) were burned last night. Loss, £200 above Insnranoe. Nblsox, September 20. Twenty-four adjourned applications for prospecting licenses on the West Coast Coal Reserves were before the Land Board this morning, bat a memo was read) from the Minister refusing to grant any more licenses on coalfields. Wjbstpobt, September 20. Mr W, H. Dlokson writes from London that the purchase money for the Mohlklnut quartz mines, which . be sold to a nyndloate, will be paid before February 28. fie Is authorised by capitalists to find bona fide Investments for half a million of money In Nev Zealand. The steamer Aorere Is sshore at Karamea. Ohbisichubch, September 20. Mr Beetbatn, R.M., gave judgment today for defendant In Williams v Campbell, • oase brought to test the liability of the stewards of Plumpton Park Raolng Club to pay stakes. He held that It had been proved that the Treasurer of the Club wag the stakeholder and that the Stewards j were not liable. DrosDiir, September 20 The Colonial Secretary, accompanied by Means Blair and Fisher, of the Publio Works Department, visited See cliff yesterday. The probabilities are* that an. Isolating dam at a cost of about £2500 will be recommended for immediate conatruotion. At Palmerston Mrs Robertson, a widow, was fined £50 or a month's Imprisonment for sly grog selling*