VERY LATEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4044, 22 February 1892, Page 2

VERY LATEST.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association,)

Asoeat of lit. Earnshavr.

' • Dumedin, Monday. Maloolm Boss, accompanied by his :, wife and brother, and Harry Birrell Mc' (guide), completed a successful ascent - \ to the Bummit of Mt. Earnshaw. At 9000 feet the lady had to desist. Splendid photographs were, obtained from the summit, the sea being visible as far as Martin's Bay., The party discovered on the summit a cairn made by Birrell in 1889, establishing the latter's olaim to firßfc scale the mountain, •

FcunOrorafl, Blenheim, Monday, Benjamin Wearmonth, a man of 49, ivas found drowned in the Wairau river yesterday near the Hock's Perry, 26 miles from Blenheim. He leaves a wife'and five ehildreh.mostly grown up.

Tlio "WoUinstou FortsWellington, Monday. Captainßourke, oftheEing'aroomo, ; expressed great satisfaction with his. inspection of the forts, They are)?\ now all but completed, and ground mines are being laid, An •.'■• excellent gun praotice was made, and ,'<; Captain Bourke considered it would <'' be almost impossible.for a ship to lodge shots into the forts, The latter ' are being furnished with the electric .-.' Bearoh light, and their equipment will then be complete,

TlioLsasoeffvßua. : ; Dunedin, Monday The action brought by J.R, Scott against Ritchie and otlieve, is before the Supreme Court. The plaintiff claims to recoverexpenses and costs in connection with tLe leasing of run 93 A,, on behalf of the defendants, and indemnity against further proceedings.