lnterprovincial News.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 304, 25 March 1903, Page 3

lnterprovincial News.

* TJfIITBD PRESS ABSOOIATIOIC. Welungton, March 24, The D. Battery, at its annual meeting to-night, discussed the action «f ,th^ Defence Department in reducing the number oi the pmw of the corps to thrice, 1 and Major Moorhouw r announced that / under tbe ciroumstaoaes he- would resign his port of commander. Finally, however, consideration of the matter t -was further adjourned -ti&FrfflfeHjty the meantime the corps will endeavvor to learn the details of the scbeme wßjoh tho defence staff is preparing to deal with the difficttlty. _ . Dubtkdiit, March 24. A man named John Greig, who fell into the graying dock on 28th February disd m the hoapitfld^to-day, having never reocnvered ctfnsciouanesa. , .. •&tt an inquest on '.\ David Bethunfe, agedjßQ, who died suddenly yesterday, a ter4ict' was returned wxat the deceaaed died from the effect» &f a blood -veeaei bursting in his- stomach, which had been weak from the effects of «x- ; cessive drinking. \ .. > j • «A» CJtfort of Inquiry ini^#K^snglft: iwlision^between two harbor steamers when racing on the 11th January. The evidence ahowed careless navigation on the p«rt of both tuactsrs, but the cause of the colb'sion was due principally to tb> captain of the Moerangi, as he was oVerteking. the vessel. The certificates but Captain Anderson, df wMperangi, was ordered to pay L 6 IH, and explain Wiluisins, of the Onslow, L 3 68, edsts of the inquiry. Stay Of prohibition -was asked for to allow the Supreme Court to be moved, wit w«b oontrtided that the Court of Inquiry h&& aft juri*uiotidn» IDBUIIy D«cause no charge bad been made against the captains. "■ ~- C^sxoHtJK<^, March. 24. A banquet was tendered by his constituents to Mr A. W. Kutherford, member for Hurunui, at Amberley, last night. ' _ ,i. Mr Hall-Jones, Minister for Public works, left for the South this morning. The officers of the squadron now in port were present at a citizens' ball in the Canterbury Hall to-night, and th« menwereentertained at tea and asmeke concert today. Over 2000 school children from the various Canterbury ncbools were taken tq Lyttelton and shown over the warsbipß, four of which were, for the convenience of tbe children, berthed at the wharves. To-morrow |^ the pupils from the town schools will visit the vessels.