INTERPROVINCIAL.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1879, 14 June 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per United Press Association,) New Plymouth, June 11, Lofloy, who is charged with deserting his wife m Auckland was brought up this morning, A tolegram was read from the Auckland police in which they say Mrs Lofley asserts that her husband employed a cabmen and Iwo other men to entice her into a brothel bub failed in his obj-ct The men have admitted they were paid by him for such purpose. ATHELTICS V. PONEKES. Wellington, June 13. The first football match for the senior cup took place to-day between the Athletics and Ponokes ; the former winning by four poiuts (a goal from field) to two points. WRECK OF THE LYTTELTON. Timaru,June 12 As the ship Lyttelton, loaded with frezeu meat, was being towed out of r.hv. harbor t’lis morning she was wrecked. The Harbor Board tug is now in Dunedin undergoing an overhaul, and the Uuion Company’s steamer Grafton, Capt. Hi 1, was towing the Lyttelton to sea. Opinions vary as to the cause of the accident, but it is generally believed that the fluke of the anchor went through tiia ship’s side, while others sty that she struck on a rock. She sank within ten minutes, and the captain and crew Were brought back to the breakwater in the steamer. The Lyttelton is reding on the bottom, the sea washing over the decks. The tide is ebbing no w (10.20), and later ui it will be seen If it is possible to raise