Interprovincial News.

Hastings Standard, Issue 151, 21 October 1896, Page 2

Interprovincial News.

With regard to the Kuaotunu fire, Tammadge and M'Sheffrey are heavy losers, being only partially insured in the North German. On M'Sheffrey's store, dwelling-house, and stable the insurance was £SOO in the North German and on the same building with contents a policy of £122 10s in the United. The missing Native Ohira was found in Henderson Creek, Auckland, with a bundle of stones tied his to neck. It was apparently a case of suicide. The Tasmania took four boxes of bullion from Auckland for the London National Bank, valued at £6,000. A fire occurred in the residence of Mrs Wllloughby, Graham street, Auckland, last night. The furniture was insured in the London and Liverpool for £SO. The fire got into Powley's shirt factory adjacent, which was partially burned. The building was insured for £IOOO in the New Zealand, the machines for £IOO in the South British and the North German, and the stock insured by Macky, Logan, Steen and Co. for £IOOO.

Major Sommerville, chairman of the New Zealand Rifle Association, has issued a draft programme for the annual competition to be held at Auckland, beginning on Monday, February 15th, 1897. The programme is drawn out on much the same lines as those of former years. The prize money exceeds filOO, exclusive of prizes in revolver pools, continuous match, extra prizes for possibles, and trophies. Major Sommerville suggests to the council that if sufficient funds are available a second aggregate be given for one to nine (inclusive) which are open to all members of the Association, one aggregate for Volunteers and one for llifle Clubmen, the prize to be a gold cross and £lO for the first in each and £5 for each second prize. As the mounted corps are now armed with Martini carbines, the 'chairman asks will the Association allow them to use the carbine in all matches up to 500 yards and rifles for GOO and 800 yards. The Wellington Drainage Engineer reports that there is no ground for the statement that the works are going to cost over £200,000. The amount originally provided in the Sanitation Loan Act for the sewerage scheme was £150,000, and power was taken in the Act to raise an additional £25,000, if necessary, making altogether £ 175,000, aud this amount will be more than sufficient-. The Marine Department has received a telegram from the lighthouse-keeper at Farewell Spit stating that a barijuentine, painted white, is aground on the mud in Golden Bay about one and a quarter mile, south of the lighthouse. Over £IOOO has been promised for a track for cyclists, which it is proposed to construct from Dunedin to St. Clair. The Court of Appeal at "Wellington yesterday afternoon unanimously gave judgment in favor of the defendants in the case of Teira Te Paea and others v. Roer Tarita and another cithont calling on counsel for defendants. The Court held unanimously that the agree-mentof-June 18,1870, referred to in the statement of claim did not constitute Tareta Te Moanunui, a trustee of the Keiwaka block, and that- under the certificate of title and Crown grant afterwards issued he was beneficial owner and not trustee for any person or class of persons under any express or resulting trust or otherwise, howsoever, by virtue of any facts appearing from the statements of claim and defence. In view of this decision it became immaterial to answer the other questions raised. Mr Marsden, for the plantiffs, obtained leave to appeal to the Privy Council on the usual terms.