TELEGRAPHIC

Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 26 January 1903, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC

(per press association.) I Wang an vi, Jan 251 The weather here for some day aha ,s been very hot, but to-day we Wjre visited by a h«avy downpour j&nd thunder storm, lasting about two hours. It is again fine. Wkstport, January 3 5. The "Westport Coal Company 7 ;* output last week was 11,572 tons 17 cwt. The weather, which has beea fine for the past fortnight, has b: roken again. Christchurch, Ja» 25. About 4 o'clock this morning; when Constabe Treahy was passing th rough Cathedral squa> c he discovered! : an old age pensioner (George Waters*) in a fire tank hanging on to tire ra ilings. His coat and waistcoat were bis mging on the railings outside. Tho mi tn wax in a very exhausted sta.te fie om immersion and nearly drowned. The constable removed bin t, 0 the he >spita), where he is getting or i satiafac ;torily. A heavy south- wtsf , vain set in last night and coutinues. If io clet rs up soon it will not do much damage to the crops, but ib, will delay the oab harvest, which *s now in full swing. Dunkdin, Jan* 25. A fire broka out shortly after midnight in I? A Howper's fui.uiture warehouse. - a nd factory, Octagon, which were : almost completely gutted. The five 'had. a good hold before the alariai was, given. The .stock was valued at- about L2OOO and was .insured for LI 850 : in the Manchester L6OO, Cot umercial Union L3OO, New Zealand 1^250, Alliance L 450, South British L 250. The building was insured for L2OOO, in the National, New Zealand, Standard and Victoria LSOOeach. After eight days fine summer weather, which was bringing on the crops crops famously, rain set in at 6 o'clock last night and has continued «ver since.