TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2248, 9 October 1889, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(FIB PBEBB ASSOCIATION. j

The Waipa Elect on. Auoklaitd, Uotober 9 Overtures are being made from several parts ot the Wafpa electorate to Mr Bryoe to contest tbe viosnt seat. It ia oon■fdered almost certain he will stand. The Wreckage at Spirits Bay. The mariners who found portions of wreckage at Spirits Bay report that they C( oonsiat of tbe doors md panelß of a large f t •hp made of te»k, also the figure-head of | ( t> woman painted white, an! a scarcely „, damaged board, about four feet long, Q painted white, with gold letters cut tl m. reading ''County of Oarnatvon." t They had no tlmejto make learcb, as they 0 were driving cattle to meet the iteamer t Oluuman, bat will setroh fartbet when c they return. Captain McLean of tbe t steamer Staff* reports that five waeks ago, , Ihe Maoris ploked op several casks of <] tallow, evidently part of a ship's oaigo. They broke the o*sks np and carried the toliow to their settlements. They »leo ] fonnd a ship's binnaole made of teak with bras* fittings. Death of % Pioneer. I New Plymouth, October 9. ( Mrs Inch who arrived by tbe VilHam ( Brjanf, tbe pioneer versel to this settle- , meot f ditd yeet rday at the age of 102 . yean. She leaves twenty-five grand j obi'd'-en and fifty two great grand , children. I Another Administrative Blonder. , WILLIKGTON, Ootobbl 9 , A singular oversight has been made by , ihe Justice Department In regard to the •dministrt t'en of tho bankruptcy lavr. The Cm tie a dlallnct tribunal constituted ( bf stain 1 c and the jurisdiction m It mutt , b* specially assigned to the Judge by , Order m Council. The necessity of so assigning was overlooked m tbe appoint- , ment of aoting Jodge Ward and of Mr Jaatloe Denniiton. Steps have been taken to bave it done at ones. The Government do not anticipate ary serious result from the omimlon, end ere considering what steps to take m the dlreotlon of T»lid»ting all that has been done In error. Infanticide. Mis Corrado baa been arrested for murdering her baby, and remanded for a week. The Electric Light. Dunkdin, Ootober 9. SmUlle's steel worka at Burnslde are lighted elf otrloally. Aquatics and Bowling. The Working Men's Bowing Club, Balmain, Sydney, w?U send over a crew |b cpmp etc m tbe four-oared out-f lgger raoe at tba Exhibition regatta The Victorian Bowling Association will send ore? a team of sixteen.

Oomm.tted for Trial. A aeaman named Evan Hon^rlckson h»a been committed for trial fcr atealine » W*toh and chain boioogiog to a sailor cf the iteamer Inveroar^UK