INTERPROVINCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2458, 11 September 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland. September 10. An old man named R. 0. Bull, an inmate of the Salvation Army Home at Pan inure, drowned himself early this wprnu)giß» well.

Thames, September 10. Me John Flofccher, who hns lived here sincrt 1871, died to-day, aaedGO* He was a nntive of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was a member of the expedition organised by Dr Kane to search for traces of Sir John Franklin iii the Arctic Circle. Wellington, September 10. The local Co-operative Farmers' Alliance will start business with 664 shares representing 106 applicants, and V 3320 of capital. Directors were appointed to-day, and premises have already been secured. It has benn decided to reduce the nominal capital from £250,000 to £75,000. D'unedin, September 10. - Ihomas Hassell, arreatea at Lyttelton, ban been committed for trial for obtaining money by false pretences. A meeting of railway employees, attended . by, sixty,. carried resolutions affirming the desirability ot establishing an Insurance and S.i^.rannuation Fund, but suggested important amendments in the Commissioners' Bill.