INTERPROVINCIAL.

Ashburton Herald, Volume I, Issue 213, 2 December 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency and Exchanges.] Auckland, Saturday. St. Andrew’s Day was observed by the usual services. Tauranga, Saturday 8 40 p.m. The steamer Stafia visited the wreck of the Taranaki to-day. Her back is broken, and the after part is sunk in deep water. The remainder is breaking up fast. All the cargo is washed away, and the sea is strewn with the fragrants. The heavy swell from the east renders operations difficult. At a meeting of passengers by the Taranaki, held at the agent’s this morning, it was resolved to present Captain Malcolm w.th an address, and also to raise a subscription for him. Napier, Saturday. ' As John Barry, storekeeper at Meanee, was mounting his horse at Tennyson street, Napier, about noon to-day, the animal boited. Barry fell on the back of his head, breaking his skull. He was attended by two medical men, but died in about an hour. At the inquest, this afternoon, a verdict of “Accidental Death” was returned. A man named Smith, a German or Scandinavian, was found dead this morning, at the Farndon l ail way station. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned that deceased ‘ c Diedfrom Natural Causes. ’’ At the inquest to-day, at Hastings, on the body of an infant found in the bedroom of a servant girl at the Railway Hotel, the medical evidence was that the child was stillborn. Wellington, Saturday. It is understood that the sale of the reclaimed land will take place at the end of January. During November last there were here 86 births, 28 deaths, 26 marriages. Phillip Murtagh was arrested yesterday for stabbing a man named Falloon, but when the evidence was taken, the other man was also committed for trial.

Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. ’s share list remains open till 21st December. Isaac Murphy has been committed for trial for a criminal assault on a little, girl atGreytown. . The Customs revenue collected at Wellington for the month ending to-day amounted to £12,208 14s. For the corresponding month last year it was £15,071 4s. sd.

Mr. McElwain, who owned the house which was burned under very suspicious circumstances, was arrested and brought y up this morning at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, and remanded till Tuesday. Heavy bail was allowed. Dunedin, Saturday. The vital statistics for the month are— Births, 144; marriages, 28 ; deaths, 28. . ) An inquest will be held on the George street fire. Tiffen of Otago, challenges any man in the Colonies under lOst to wrestle for £SOO aside, or anyone in the world under ' 9st for the same amount. A meeting of subscribers to the Ladies University Scholarship fund was held tills afternoon. The principal now amounts to £250, and it was decided to re-in vest it till' it will be sufficient to give a yearly scholar- J ship of the value of £SO.

Timahu, Sunday. The Customs’ revenue for the month of _ November was £1728, showing an increase of £456 over the corresponding month of J last year. , . ~ . ,