INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12339, 8 January 1903, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[I>BSBS ASSOCIATION.] Qisbokne, Wednesday,

The Borough Council will proceed with the erection of an abattoir forthwith.

Dr. Pomare, of the Health Department, was married at the Te Arai Church to-day to Mias Woodbine Johnstone, daughter of the late Mr Woodbine Johnston. The Hon. Jas. Carroll gave the bride away. Dr, and Mrs Pomare left by steamer. David Curtain, carpenter, aged 60, was caught in the belting at Clayton and Co.’s timber mill to-day and twisted round the shaft six or seres revolutions, His left arm was broken and he fell to the floor. Subsequently he died from his injuries. The Hon. J. Carroll left for the south to-night.

Manaia, Wednesday.

At the Fatihaka Maori meeting just concluded Tohu, the prophet, made explanations and farther predictions.

Wellington, Wednesday.

Five returns of candidates’ expenses at the general election have been filed. They are as follow; Aitken £7l lOi 3d, flnthie £B7 9s Bd, Atkinson £47 19s 3d, Godber £lls Os 3d, M'Laren £3O Us fid.

The tender of James Trevor at £20,119 has been accepted by the City Connoil for the constrnotion of the power house for the Wellington electrical tramway system. At a special meeting ct the City Connoil the proposal to have the weekly halt-holiday for shops changed to Saturday from Wednesday was lost. It having been a burning question for some time past with Crown tenants whether they had a right to dispose of milling timber npon their holdings without obtaining permission from the Land Board, and also whether the Land Board conld compel such tenants to pay the amount received by them for the sols of such timber to the Receiver of Land Revenue as so mnoh rant in advance, the Government decided to submit the question to the law officar of the Crown for his opinion. He says that tenants have power to sell and remove marketable timber from their land and also that it is not necessary that they should obtain tbs consent of the Land Board before so doing, and farther that the Crown cannot impose as one st the conditions that money received from the sale of timber should be paid to the Beoeiver of Land Revenue as rent in advance.

Last Friday morning, whilst the ■teamer Coriutbic was at Hobart, W. Hardwick, boatswain, was killed. Whilst unshipping one of the derricks, the boom suddenly slipped and crushed his head against the mast.

Frank Noton, who served in one of the New Zealand Contingents, and went from South Africa to London, worked his passage out on the Corinthio. On the morning of December 15, whilst bringing np stores from the ship's hold, he was knocked down a distance of thirty feet by being struck with the hoisting gear. Noton’e sknll was fractured and one of his legs was broken. When the vessel was berthed to-day he was transferred to the District Hospital, The Kenton estate, of an area of 560 acres, near Dunedin, is being taken over by the Government for settlement.

A body, supposed to be that of a man named Harry Fiok, was found in the Wainui-o-mata stream yesterday. He is supposed to have been accidentally drowned.

Blenheim, Wednesday.

A peculiar accident, resulting fatally, occurred to the infant eon of A, H, Lucas, of the Telegraph Department, thie morning. The child was playing with a kitten, and while potting it into or taking it out of a box the lid fell on the nape of the child’s neck, dislocating it.

Westport, Wednesday. The wanhip Wallaroo ia to visit Westport shortly. Christchurch, Wedaeidsy. Great interest has been aroused daring the last few days in the election of the first Tramway Board for the Christohnroh tramway district, which wbb constituted by special Act last session. Large numbers of candidates, representing almost all classes of the community, are already in the field, and tome keen contests are expected. feme country districts in Canterbury have adopted the system of establishing district high schools. One is in existence at Ikaroa already, and it is probable that others soon will be inaugurated at Ambetley and Darfisld. Dunedin, Wednesday. _At a meeting of delegates from the city end suburbs, held to-night, it was decided to observe the shops halfholiday on Wednesdays as before. At a meeting of the newly-formed Amateur Athletic Association centre, it was decided to hold a championship meeting for the colony on the Carisbrook Ground on March 6th. The events will be 100, 250, and 440 yards flat; one and three mile walks; 120 and 440 yards hurdles j long, high, and pole jump; putting the 16lb weight; land throwing the 161b hammer.