INTERPROVINCIAL.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4292, 30 April 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Peb United Peess Association.]

Auckland, This day. Captain Taylor and IS Armed Constabulary, who have been employed in road* making at Kawhia, arrived yesterday to proceed to tho North Head for big gun drill. Mr Coates, contractor for the first section of tho North Island trunk railway, signed the bonds yesterday. The work will bo commenced next week. The number of men at work on the fortifications are now reduced to 200. By tho end of the week the whole of (he heavy guns in the batteries will be mounted. The city schools committee protest against the frequency of public school holidays, and recommend the abolition of St. Patrick's, St. George's, and St. Andrew's days as school holidays. GKEYJiouTir, This day. At tho local option poll yesterday the issue of additional publicans' licensesVwbiG 4 accommodation licenses, and bottle licenses, was carried by large majorities, tho smallest being- in favor of more bottle licenses. This result was not expected. CiißisTciTOiicii. This day. Tho Hincmoa arrived from Wellington yesterday morning with a number of lunatics to be transferred to tho Seacliff Asylum. She was also to have taken a number from here, but was recalled by the Government to Wellington, whither she sailed last evening-. The patients were sent on by especial train to their destination. Wellington, This day. Th board of the Government Life Assurance Association decided at their meeting on Wednesday to proceed at once with the preparation of rolls to enable an election to take place for tho establishment of the local Boards at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin. These rolls cannot be furnished before the annual mooting of the association which is to be held on the last Wednesday in May. It was considered that if any of the policy-holders wish to offer any objection to the establishment of tho proposed local Boards there would be ample timo for them to give adequate notice of their intention by resolution, a discussion could take place and a vote taken at the general meeting. ■ Tho Defence Minister is indisposed yRpcJ was una.ble to attend at his office yesterday. Captain Eidley, of the steamer Coptic, bhowsbuc little improvement. It is believed that he i 3 suffering from brain feyer. The writ in connection with, the suit l which Lieut. Purnell, of Wanganui, has cided to bring against the New ZealaljW Rifle Association in respect to the action 9 that body in disqualifying him at the IslancT Bay meeting last month, was .served on Wednesday. The claim amounts to £127, made up as follows :—£so as damages for not being allowed to fire in the annual match, £50 as damages for being disqualified for the rifle championship, and £27 the valup of the prizes won by the plaintiff, but re? tamed by the Association. A commissron has been issued from the High Court of Chancery in the libel suit of Bryce v. Rusden, appointing the Hon. Patrick Alphonsiw Buckley afi it commissioner to represent the plaintiil: and the. Hon. Joseph A. Tolc as a commissioner to represent thu defendant in taking evidence in New Zealand relative to the action. A sitting of tho commission will probably be held in Wanganui about tho Bth of May to take evidence. In tho meantime an application has been made to the Colonial Secretary to have exhumed the bodies of tho Maori Avoincn and children who it was" alleged in Mr Rusdon's "History" were ruthlessly sabred by tin; cavalry liiyce. Tin's request lias been acceded to on the condition of all parties agreeing to it. The Colonial Secretary's stipulation is that the examination shall bo 2onducted in the presence of medical men nominated by him. The parties concerned have agreed to this. New Plymouth, This day. The Supreme Court criminal session, j(vas opened tbis morning , by Justice WrSe is. There were only three cases, viz. :—'Kflni, larceny, and Gavey, forgery, both of whom pleaded guilty; Boswell charged with perjury, the Grand Jury found no bill.