TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2247, 8 October 1889, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PBB FBBSS ASSOCIATION.)

Hexvy Bainfa'l PAIMEKBTON NORTH, Oo'ob .T 8 Ruin bus fallen almost witoat cess, tlon for4Bhourssnd still continues, I r . Is teared ' that serious floods will ensue. The Maniwatu river i« tlrosdy m high fl >od. The Wreck at Wellington Wellmoton, October 8. Capteln Bendall, Marine Sntveyor, mnde »n Inspection of vhj bA*qu<> Willie McLaren yeiterday, and reports tb&t little difficulty will be experienced In fluting the vpseel. Clerk of Parliament Resigned M»jor Oampbeil baa resigusd the t ffioe of C erk cf P«»Hameut. In tbe course of an interview 'his morning, the Mtjjr stated the e was do special reason for tskli g the step, but he wished to be relieved frcm the ctrp« <•{ ' ffice. Sudden Death* Dunkdjn, Ocfobnr 8. Mr D. nald McMaster, aged 75, a farmer, dropped down de d at Saddle Bill last night He was one of the o'dest reaidentß m the dis rict, and was a single man. Police News. Det< olivet from the northern pert of the colony Bni from Australia, are being 8-nt for the Exhibition. Labor and Trades Union. INVEEOAEOILL, Uotob'r 8. A Labor and Trades Union Is abcut to bo formed here. It ia understood that one object of tbe movement Is to guard agftlnst the " truck" system whloh is believed to prevail m certain quarters Few Steamer. It Is reported that tbe Ellis line will run a steamer between Melbourne and New Z?al»nd, connecting wlih our railway system at tha Buff. A Customs Officer on the Watpatn* Jaokmau of the Canomi Department, has been paying official visits to tbe breweries end hotel cellars, m quest of breaches of |the L'oenaing Act. He is now visiting country hotels, but nothlDg so far has tiansplred. Bißtop Moran. Bishop Mor«n «a« the recipient of a coagratola erf address frrm St Mary's ooDtregatlon last rvealne In reply he said that his miss on 10 Et.r.pa bad beeo very successful, resulting In additional priests ani teaching staff being secured. When ai Rome be had ao Interview with *.he Pope, who made many Icqairics as to iho arjlrltaal and material welf*re of the Ootholirs of New Zealand, and warned th*m itgtsln^t tbe revolution and against «e<ret ecoletles of every kind. The Bishop told His Holiness that his warning about tbe revolution was unnecessary to Irishmen In New Zealand, at they abhorred It, while as to the sacret societies they were not now, at all events, much given to them.