INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
TPKB" TWITED PRESS' ASSOCIATION. 1 WoodviWiß, March& The Railway Cmmixsioners have now arranged with Nelsi>» Bros for a siding in cbnneetion with the Woodrille freez* ing works. Wellington. March 9The Colonial Secretary, intends to ask the Governor to request a torpedo- Lieut, from the Squadron at Auckland to come down and hold aa enquiry into the Shelly Buy accident. It is asserted that tl*p ;i/jpl'ii«}cps are an'iquatpd and have bven dwiiiFded- in arsenals at Home. Punedin, March 7. Messrs' A. S. Patterson and Co, have* t been advised by cable that considerablereduction in the London dock charges' on New Zealand frozen meat have been granted- b-y the Dock Companies in re» spon.se to- their representatives. Christgh¥rch, March £. A slight shock of earthquake was felfc here 1 at 2. 25> a.m. W kstpo-kt, March 9. At the Resident M agistrate's Court today W. Nahr, brewer, was charged om twenty informations with omitting to keep correct accounts of beer delivered! from hisf' brewery. The . defendant pleaded guilty to eight informations, and? was fiiietl '.£SO on each charge, £400 in all, with costs £22 16?. The other twelye informations were withdrawn. The offences m each case were technical irregularities. Nelson-, March 9. Messrs Buxton and Co., and Dr Leyien report the purchase of a shipment of the first bales of new season's hops. The jiftld' is a fairly heayy one throughout the district considering the early part of the season- was unfavourable. . Bulls, March 9. It ie beautiful weather, and the farmers are- all busy saving their corn, most . of which is sadly damaged by the long: ~ continued wet. Both yield and quality must turn out very disappointing. Makaia, March 9. The first bush fires of the season; started to- day, but the prospects of good " burns " are not hopeful.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 110, 10 March 1891, Page 2
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