Interprovincial.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 896, 10 April 1877, Page 3

Interprovincial.

£ y^t^ : fii^ii^i!^^of r piikm of Moanataiari ihtNi nprninU to one holder £17,000 at to compare** three weeks ago. "■;■ * GanoeV resembling the dritfina! * ; Bob v \ Boy" are now to be \) s*«n in most part * of the Colony, and tiiis summer several excnrtionß hive been nade io th«m. f One ■«'; gentleman lately wen| to, tbeWjwft Coast x of this isiaud, and Urn beeii "*• paddling " bi« lown? araODg the beautiful sylvan $ s wei^tftkfhfthe rivers^HokitiktS Grey, and >d Bujler,, jAxtot^r e^m of the kind; wat» -^j^^y^ttijitjat^uckjfn^ for its" purchat»*r ■" ~^;a>fcJM^nali^ inad^ ««ey«?ra| srecetuiful trips to nes over the rather a;^»^rbu« r »nff^« ; Pre»*/- '■■'■\' : y i%” [ . -v Oq evening aiirhe Dunedin - ie»ch Si ;W*s^ i«ippro«cbint MatatffSj and ]f *Jbstti fi^e, miles from t^at^owniship,, the " t outside passengers witnessiM. alshockipg i ■^a I^l^c'ttient: A mm tiamed MaVon, e ''ib of Mr l&ottv was din toppvteehnag, driving ay dray loaded with timber^ and riding on th^vehicle^j^hen j 6 --:*^?^*^ down, <ap- " parently to gather up the . reiDS, overbalanced^liimgeif,, and fell ip front of the wheel/^^wbich^pas»ed ; over ; his- breast, Bhoul<ter;>»ndlh'eaii, killing him inatantaneoufiy> £ [< The coach was stopped, and , the pawengers alighted, but only to find that Ufe man was •juit* «^^^f^^S^the m informing us that be inside the poor fellow's shirt Madfelt in tße region of the hea^,-yhichaonly throbbed slightly once or twice. TlieJj^dy was lifted on to ' another dray, and on the coach arriving at the township the occurrence was re- " ported to the police. There was another >' ma* in eoinpany with Mason, and he was oooa^erably fthev worse for iiquor, but fl (Wj^^ic, they deceased was in. a similar r r«oqmtion the \ witnesses of the accident 7, hWtno means of ascOTtaining.— • South- ' •"■ • , - •• ■ iTfc#Kumara ' Times ' on reliable inforoi ma|iori, gi»e« the following estimate of the pppnlatiojßt thftgpWfield^^ Miners bWesi trtiei, <^„ 800; bnshmen and laborers. 250 ; women. 286 f children, 498 f T tbUl, 4584- DiiHng the past and pnaSntiaßMithithere hat: been an increase " m^the Tiumber of jromen and children, but a -ipTio large eitent - ' It' is note- . worthy that there ire) -only four Chinamen \, on the field. " l iZK Kie^ price i plid'for the Kve Rivers, and ; purchased very recently by Ellit Brothers, is stated by the ' Southlan4ilefl^^ (havejbeen £115j00a i The, ( 'tlSnaa| i v Herald ' mentions that a iidjfig^ ;J»s>dence, ; .having a -froniage of 33* feet, hai» just oVen purchased by the Bank: of New South Wales from Mr Ormsby for £625, or at the rate ? .df A>lO,oooan acre. The iN.^w; Zealand TimeaV records it a« a fac c t |vhich. -i»»»Xf^ | t , kf generally known ttat*ltb^'hoi^e Tisbh^Ak, winner of the JJunedin t?up ? » » Wel l in s ton Dred bprae ,baving| been : bred by . Mr Wai ke r, of^he'WaiiKanJai district. The horse was •old by Mr Walker to Mr O'Brien for £50 7 ;•«•: j^ijrjp j^ Wehtlaitd. — The ' Grey 3 Atrui r'^sayw : — As evidence of the - sadaptability of the soil and climate of Westland to the growth of fruit, we may state that one farmer no the Grt*y Valley expecVs to clear' £2so from his apple crop ' albtei Another farmer in the neighbor"Hooa"of AhaTurasdld £12 worth of plums from one tree alone. . A fatal accident betel a little daughter -i^f^llfe Carl" Andersen, at Palmerrton, North Island. During the absence of the ♦„ fatjber.frnm home, and whilst the mother f .was! engaged At milking cows at tome 1 liistanee from the house, the child managed to light a fire at the foot of a cabbage ■ tree. In playing round this its dress became ignited, and the poor little thing wasifo)>adly burnt that death ensued. --Th«lnarrow gauge lines are being laid down on. the , wharves at Lyttelton. Already there is jjonnection with the No. Wharf and along the Breastwork, and yeaterday operations were commenced at the Screw Pile Jetty. This will be an to allshippers, as hitherto goods from narrow gauge waggons could only be discharged at the Crladstone Pfe-^ P*eat>* :^>wpief : T»inara Herald * has the follow>i^:^'\The present harvest season has ■■ brought With it a greater amount of ; and all ita attendant miaenee than^ P^ previous one. Th¥ criminal sUtistic* of the currant '" 1 1 qßaitnr irili»hfl in'BffltMnff t^yihiA tn nnntemplato^^nfS^b^i^ tfieVgreatmass of" tfo laboring class are bverpai^ *nd terribly k > qgrn cannot think without pain of the wretched life which these poor people lead. It seems to be r made up of the most arduous toil and the lowest forjns of joyless dissipation. The •,•>■ leifcn^tourVof the Kew^ealand laborer ' : - :^w2*»l*b7^ •-^■.^.se ii», .^beyondi Ithe wildest #&£*&>&■ ■Bofbpean=compeer r-are occu♦T^feiiKby^b^l^^intiomcation; and quarrels ' involving I^est roffenng. t ':&&& of -""these. fs&^Si^ngi^teckSot Iwnanit^ vras an assault, while he himself was so bruised and battered that he could riot jtand, and seemed to be more-dead than alive. Tn the afterooon another man, iyet;: raving .with irink/^waisrlsken to the hospital . with one firm crushed to itplinterß by "his - bai^barous companions. And so on, and -eb^oo? >i6aii-iio^jStepVbe taken to save these poor fellows from themselves,; and to teach them the happiuesß of reasonabile aelf-constrainl." :- ; i ;,On ;; ; Wednepdii.f, "evening Mr Philip Lawience received a telegram from Wellington announcing the decease of a near . mlatife that evening! at six o'clock, and •aking inatrociioßs^as /.to the funeral. | m tsiefxao was a^amM Hoii

kin*;*' - bttt : whether \ tlie ; f ignaturo wai genuine or a fabrication we dp not know Mr Lawrence at once telegraphed thai fitting and becoming arraDgemeutosboulc be naade, and drove down to Picton at-f a .m.^ on ;TKawidayi he i«inght tn« Ag"^rMp6:at Wellington that he might be present tr< the funeral obsequies, i- From intormatior wince received we •earn that the nuppost'c deceased in in /good htjaltln There cad bt hut little doubt that the perpetrator oi tbi> criminal hoax will be found out. arid in that c»w he will find , the joke he ha* played off i« a crime which will place hi in within the -.reach- "of the law. Since iht above was written Mr, Lawrence has r*♦urned honae^ and; he infornii» / U8 that Mr* L* wr6n.ee herself sent the false telegram, and he gained confirmation at the Telet'rapjh Q^fce, where he learned' that Mr> Lawrence brought the Jejegrimi tber.3, announcing ncr death with the name ol another person attached, who knew nothing ahout the matter till he received the return message relative to the funeral ■ which created no little surprise, as may be readily imagined.—* Express.' . The following, paragraph, wnichwe clip from the letter of .the New Zealand correspondent of the ' Brisbane Courier," is news to us in the Colony alluded to: — *' The working of the Counties system haf ■et all the people of New Zealand at feud with one another — even to the setting of brother against brother, and father against son ; members of the County Councils opposed to each other go into public hoases, get excited, fall to fighting, and get bound over to keep the peace ; the rich oppress the poor, and endeavor to unfairly overtax the poor, and generally a condition of the greatest anarchy and confusion has arisen," "Own" correspondents are becoming notorious for—exaggeration. The following comparison between the recently published agricultural statistics for the Provinces of Canterbury and Otago wrll be of* interest to our country readers, says the ' Lyttelton Times' : — Canterbury.' Otago. Total number of holdings 4,473 4,452 Freeholds 2,760 2,657 Acres under wheat for grain ... 92,416$ 40,799* Estimate yield of wheat (bushels) 2,707,625 1,236,393* Acres under oats for grain 70,032 65,881$ Estimated yield of oats (bushels) .. ... 2,106,800 2,307,388 Acres under barley for grain 16.046J 6,051* Estimated yield in barley (bushels) 605,700* 183.977* Acres under potatoes ... 3,423* 4,805 Estimated yield of potatoes (tons) 25,8861 24,603| Totulnumberofacres under crops, including sown grasses 653,387 i 530,753 i From which the following table of estimated yields may be deducted : —

From which it appears that while in wheat and barley it is anticipated that the average yield will be the same to within a bushel per acre, there will be an advantage to Otago of five bushels per acre in oats. On the other hand, Canterbury expects to obtain from its potatoes an advantage over Otago of no less than 2 4 tons per acre

Canterbury. Otago. Wheat — busbele per aero 29 30 Oats „ „ 30 35 Barley „ „ 81 30 Potatoes — tons „ 7*5 5.1