INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 55, 20 October 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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TE WHITI BITTEN BT A DOG.

[Specially Telegraphed to Star.] ,

| PER UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION;. | Wellington, Tuesday night. . Mrs. Fitzwilliams, one of the Lmgard troupe, died this morning. She was a well-known actress.

A telegram from tbe camp states thtft the natives have removed the whare from the wheat field, and erected -it near the road. One of the horses recently stolen has been seen near the camp, being ridden by a native. The two ex-Commissioners of Railways formally retired from their offices yester3ay, ancL ho.nct.eot orer all public property' in their charge to Government.

An official telegram from the camp states that Te Whiti has been bitten by a dog, and is very ill.

One of the rockets fired from the ship St. Leonards on Saturday night broke through the roof of Pearce's store, and exploded, doing considerable damagd Napier, Tuesday night* News has been received that the Poverty Bay Petroleum Company have, at 70 feet deep, struck a seam of oiL These veins are like the leaders in a quartz mine. The manager expects to strike the mam reservoir in about a fortnight, and dams have been erected to catch oil should the well overflow. There is considerable excitement about shares, waaich are changing hands at'ss M only 6d being paid up. If the Gisborne well turns up trumps, companies will proba« bly be formed to sink wells in the southern portion of the province, as indications of petroleum beds exist within a few miles of Napier. Colonel Wbitmore's Clive Grange Estate has been disposed of to Mr. Roberts, of Murray, Roberts, and Co., for £50,000. This includes 46,000 acres, 19,000 Sneep, 250 Lead of eah&e,- sax! working plant. Colonel 'Whitmore leaves for the old country at the beginning of the year, and does not intend to return, t ■ Dunedix, Tuesday night* Inspector Mallard has determined to leave the police force sooner than accept a reduction in rank.

A large number of applications have been received for the office of hangman of Ah Lee, the Chinese murderer.

Christchurch, Tuesday night

The Rev. David McKee, formerly minister of Rutland Presbyterian Church, Dublin, who recently came here for the benefit of his health, died yesterday. - * Mr. Pearce, who was recently shot by 9, boy, bad tbe bullet esl*&6ife& yesterday. He is still in a precarious condition. A sailor named Fisher fell off the train when entering Lyttelton tunnel on Saturday. He had a narrow escape from death. He was severely cut about the head*

The Star hears that Mr. J. Lowe's services as engineer of the permanent way 1 have been dispensed with. It is believed that the duties hitherto performed by that gentleman will be undertaken -in -future by the department of the engineer-in-charge for the Southern Island. . - ' " Havelock, Tuesday night. A sad accident happened in Crail Bay, Pelorus Sound, yesterday afternoon. A boat containing Mr. and Mrs. Finnis and two children, Mrs. Mull-r and one child, and Robert Lindsay, left the bay for a sail, about 1 p.m., and when about a mile out, a sudden squall struck the boat, and she capsized, throwing all the occupants into the water. Finnis's two children, aged about one and three years, and Mra Muller and her child, aged five years, were drowned. The rest clung to' the. boat, and when rescued by the people from the sawmill, were found in a very exhausted condition. The bodies of Mrs. Muller and Finnis's two children have been recovered, and are b.ing brought to Havelock, where an inquest will be held.

Ihvsbcabgxll, Tuesday flight. f The crushing from the Geelong claim, Collingwood, yielded half an ounce to the ton.

Auckland, Tuesday night.

The purchasers of tbe Patetere lands intend publishing a descriptive book of the block, with map-, and will endeavor to sell portions in England. The potatoes recently imported from Canterbury were sold here at a loss.