Interprovincial News.

Hastings Standard, Issue 167, 10 November 1896, Page 4

Interprovincial News.

Oil Sunday night a tire broke out in the back room of Johnston's «rocery .shop a t l'altik rston North, anil spread to Clare's bak»ry. tli" upstairs portion of the latter Whig completed gutted. John -ton's stock was insured for A'loo and Clare's for £1.30, including the furniture. Pickpockets were busy at the agricultural show at Carterton. At least a dozen thefts Mere reported. A proposal is on foot to construct a tunnel near Cross Creek in order to shorten the railway line across the iiimutaka. Plans have been privately prepared, but nothing is likely to be done for some time on account of the involved. The Wellington Kxhibition track was lit by electricity for the first on Saturday night, about 1000 people being present. -1. Parker, of Christchurch, rode a mile and three miles in 2min 80see and Tmin ">(> l-sth sec respectively. Dr. Prins, a well-known medical practitioner of Dunedin, and at one time prominent as •• Mr Ilorsford " in sporting circles, died yesterday. The "'Chief -Justice sitting in J.anco at Wellington on Saturday allowed an appeal against a, conviction of the lower Court under the dairy regulations for neglect to lime whitewash a dairy. Justice Pienderga-t said that the offence charged against the farmer arose under the first half of regulation 27. that is, u-ing a cowshed not constructs! in a proper way. but he did not find any authority for that in the statute or that the Legislature authorised the Governor to issue any regulation about the constructiini except in any special matter such as tlraimure. No power was given regarding construction in the regulation and as the regulation under review was for the construction of a dairy he thought it was ultra rins. The death is announced of three very old settlers of Nelson —Mr W . (libbs, formerly 31.U.K. for Colling•wood, aped 70 years : Mrs \\ . iSettany, of the same age; and Mr Tonnelt, who was one of the Taranaki early settlers who took refuge there.