TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2266, 29 October 1889, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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Vogel's Petroleum Venture. Nbw Plimouih, Ootobec 29.

Mr Samuel, M.8.R., having been requested by Sir Judas Yogel to obtain foe him » ooapb of gallons of orqde petroleum from the Ttxanakl dletrlot for refining purposes, got two men t° oollect that quantity from the drippings wbloh orzfrom the soil nen the harbor worko, Tbt two men oolleotad yesterday over a gallon between high and low water mark. On removing come of the boulders they found oil In any quantities on top of the water m Urge holei. Some of the gullies, leven or eight -miles from town, are fall of petroleum, and no wells oan be aunk In that direction. Fire A. cottage near fiianganal railway station haa been burnt down. The oanee of the fire waa a defective chimney. There was an tnonranee m the South British on the bnllnlng of £125, and on the furniture <f£2&. Fatal Accident. A girl, namud jjaean Thoujai, daughter of Mr John Thom»s,, aged 13 md a half years, waa killed at Pleasant Point this morning, through belog tun over by a Cambridge roller. There are no details' to hand as yet, ; The Omahu Marder. Wklltnoton, October 29. The Oamaha marder case began In the Sapreme Court to-day. Mr Oottorlll for the proseoatlun detailed the olroam&tanoes of the crime which were very simple. Wtaturia Wl, thn prisoner, first shot at Taraaga with a ball dog revolvor, hitting him below the right ohoalder and tried to get his horse through the fence when deceased ran away, and finally rode after him through a gip lower down, fle then dlamouated. obaaed Turanga and fired again, the bullet entering above the left bip. This shot eventually proved fatal, The orlcne was witnessed by a nambar of Natives, Including two women, who, more oouragonaa than the others, ran op and a&elated Taranga m the struggle. Resigned. " Ti^iahu, Ootober 20. Rev E, Austin, OongregatlonaUeit, has given notlod of bin Intention to resign the paßMirato of tb* Tiraaru Ohuroh. Harbor Rate. The Thmra fiurougn Couuoll last night put off the aooeptanoa of the powers delegated by the Haroor Board to collect the harbor rate m the borough, The majority will refuse to take the work if possible. Kew Church. Bishop Grimes laid the foundation of a T£oraan Catholic Ohuroh at Fairlie Creek bo ffunttoy. Thepetetnony was performed under difficulties', £ atsong rior'wastpe bowing clouds of dast 1 t«rosa the site. From four to five hundred people were preant, and the collection QU the btODQ re»lleed CJTai £150,