TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1360, 2 October 1886, Page 3

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Altered Pe»j»ry ArcKtsNi), October 2 Arthur D. Bennett, acc untant, was today committed for trial on a charge <1 perjury alleged to have been committed in the evidence in the notorious Bcltor case. Bennett, who was forme ly trust* e In Bankruptcy, swore that a certain bib lodged on a claim in Bolton’s estate was disallowed because it was not endorsed, but several witnof sea testified that it was duly endorsed when lodged Ball was allowed in £IOO The defence was reserved. Shipping:. Wellington, October 2. At the heads— ba r que, Herbert Black. 134 days from New York ; ship Ortr , 99 days from 1 oadrn. A Stahbing: ran. A man named H. Davis, a swagger was arrested at Fatherston last night, charged with stabbing a rrfan named Lawrence Dunn, a railway labourer. lh© wound is across the right breast over the nipple and ex f ends inches. The wound was inflicted with a stiesth koife. D*vis only arrived by the late train from Wellington and no cause can be assigned for the assnlt which was committed in the Empire Ho'el. t'atlomi Itev-enne. The customs revenue collected in thj colony for the first half of the financial Tears is £547 598 14s sd, being £57,401 5s 7>l below the Treasurer's estimate for that period. The bear duty for the sir months was £22 834 6s 9 1, being a deficit of £7665 13i 3131 one the estimate. J»erjary Christchurch, October 2 John Han well was committed for trial to-day on a charge of perjury in the R.M. Court. Bobbery at Adding-tun. _ The Southern Cross hotel, Addington, was broken Into la»t i ight and the cash box, containing £33 5r in cheques and cash, stolen The cash b**x was picked up this morning in Hagley Park by a lad. There is no clue to the perpetrator. An Awkward Situation. Dunedin, October 2. During the passige of the Himalaya from Glasgow the coals In the main hold spontaneously ignited and it v. as found necessary to jettison some of tho general cargo and fifty tons of coal. The vessel was at that t'me 500 miles from land There was no confusion among the passengers or prow.