INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 254, 29 May 1882, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FEOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. A kerosene lamp burst in the sittingroom of Sergt.- Major Goodall's house last night, Retting fire to the room. The flaraea were subdued before they got a fair hold on the house. The furniture, &c., was damaged to the extent of i!9O. The paper and ceiling of the room were burnt. Both house and furniture were insured in the South British Insurance Company. WELLINGTON, This Day. H.M.S. Nelson arrived here from Sydney yesterday; and H.M.S. Cormorant sailed for Eugland in the evening. An influential Jewish meeting was held at the Synagogue Chambers yesterday, j the object being to express sympathy with the continued distress and persecution suffered by Jews in Southern Russia. A subscription list was opened, and .£55 subscribed in the room. AUCKLAND, This Day. While a man named Hawthorne was out shooting at Waugaroa his guv went off, the charge lodging in his neck. The man's condition is critical. A boy named Alexander Brown was drowned at Kopuru, Kaipara, by falling over the bank of the river. The ratepayers of Karangape suburb voted by a large majority against an incroase of publicans' licenses. Prohibitory orders under the Licensing Act are being frequently applied for to prevent intemperate persons getting drink from publicans. '

GREYMOUTH, This Day. Considerable excitement has been occa^ sioned here by tho rich strike of stone in the Keep it Dark claim at Reefton. The Tile sample ia richer than anything ever seen on this field before. It is estimated that four bags of stone brought up, contains from 200 to 300 ounces of gold; The gold was being retorted on Saturday. The same sort of gold has been passed in the lower stopes, though not so rich; There is great demand for shares: NEXSON, This Day. A young man, narndd John Midgley* 18 years of age, was shot through the head at Foxhill yesterday, and was killed instantly. The occurrence is believed to have been accidental. INVERCARGILL, This Day A number of leading citizens have sent a telegram to Sir John Hall to the following effect : — " We, the undersigned citizens of Invercargill, who appreciate and admire your administration of public affairs of the colony for the past two and a half years, congratulate you on the honour which the Queen has been pleased to confer upon you, and wish you long life to enjoy your well merited reward." ASHBURTON, This Day. The Wakanui election is fixed for Friday, 16th June, not the 9th, as previously advised. The nomination takes place on the 10th June. DUNEDIN, This Day. Te Whiti and Tohu are at present in Dunedin. The ladies who have hitherto had the Servants Home in hand have had to acknowledge it a failure, and they now propose to sell the building, add apply the proceeds, after paying liabilities, to the establishment of an orphanage. Mr. E. B. Cargill, consul to the Netherlands, announces that he is prepared to furnish information to intending exhibitors at the Amsterdam Exhibition, which will be held from May to October, 1883. The Union Company have on the way out, or under construction, ten new vessels. Five are intended for the Intercolonial and Coastal trade. All of the same dimensions 185. feet in length, 36 feet in width, 25 feet depth, or a trifle larger than the Rotomahana. The first of them Manapouri, now due in Melbourne, is to be followed by the Wairarapa, Hauroto, Waihora, Tarawera. r The" Manapouri will replace the Albion, and the Wairarapa the Rotoraa, which is to be employed exclusively on the coast*. The Waihora and Tarawera replace theßingarooma and Arawata, which will be utilised as extra boats during the summer, and as relieving boats in winter. The Hauroto, which has a oarrying capacity of 2000 tons, and is to be employed' iti-the Sydney trade. The smaller boats are to be used on the coast for general cargo purposes. One of the new boats is to be called tha express boat. She will be employed to run trom Littelton to Wellington, Taranaki, Onehnnga, and baok, performing the round trip onoe a week. Similar in size to the Hawea, she will steam 15 knots an hour, and will.have accommodation for 100 saloon passengers. She is expected to make the trip each way in 84 houre' steaming. The Hero at once replaces the Taiaroa in the Fiji trade, for which a special steamer is building. At the Seacliffe Asylum Works on Saturday, Nicholas Coughan, one of the workmen, set the stone-sawing machine in motion, and in turning, the wheel stood directly beneath the gate containing the saws. No sooner had he touched the wheel than the gate descended on him, causing injuries from which he died in tho hospital on Saturday afternoon.