INTERPROVINCIAL.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 20902, 18 May 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.)

We lino tom, May 10

At a meeting of .he Chamber of Commerce to-night, a Committee was appointed to consider the tariff proposals, a id report to the Chamber to-morrow night. A man named Sewell has been arrested for smuggling tobacco from the ionic, and ordered to pay L2 ys, tre le the amount of duty and costs. Auckland, May 16.

The lladical Reform League has forwarded to Ministers and Mr George Grey resolutions approving of the stand made by the Premier ou the Representation Bill, and urging retrenchment by reducing the salaries of the Governor and the Ministry and the members’ honorarium. Miss CUnkard, sister-in-law of Mr Glemy, btationmaster at Onehunga, has mysteriously disappeared, leaving a letter hinting uh suicide on account of some trouble. Search has been made for her since Friday night without avail. Masterton*, Mag 16, Mr R. B. Hawkins will be a candidate for the Wairarapa seat. INVERCARGILL, May 17. Mary Ramsay Stint-on, four years oid, living at Menzies’ Ferry, Wyndham, was fatally burned o Saturday. Her mother went out to milk the cows, leaving t m child in the kitchen. On returning she found the girl’s clothing in a blaze, and before the iiames could be extinguished she was so severely burned that she died five hours afterwards.

George Waugh, nged 22 years, was found cad in his bed at Groper s Bush yesterday. He went to bed at nine o’clock on the previous evening, and no noise was heard in his room dining the night. He had been suffering from bronchitis.

THE WESTPORT SUICIDE. (Per Press Association.) Westport, May 16. Mr Munday left a note saying he could not account for the infirmity he was suffering fiom, but it seemed that he or his person was obnoxious to man /, and lie therefore took his life. The inquest resulted in a verdict of temporary insanity. FIRES IN AUCKLAND. Per Press Association. Acc:.—\::n, M../16. About 10 p.m oil Sunday a fire was discovered in the Council Chamber of the new Library and Art Gallery building. It was suppressed after two ohai \s had been destroyed and the flooring burnt through. The origin is mysterious, as the room had not been entered for 24 hours, and the key left in the door l>y the caretaker was missing. On Saturday a dclib rate attempt at incendiarism was discovered in Smith’s flour mill, Wellesley-street. A heap of rubbish and tallow were found under the mill with a ligh'od candle enclosed in a box, There is no clue to the perpetrators.

THE HIGHWAY ROB BE <Y IN AUCKLAND. (PoPress Assoeir io-.i.) Accemmi, May l Badger, who was assaulted and robbed last week, is still in a critical conditio n It has been asc rtained that L 23 in notes and cheques were stolen from his pocket book. His watch and chain were untouched, but his hat and ur. brella were found in a stable near where he was found. There is no trace whatever of the robbers. THE DUTY ON SPIRITS. Per Press Association. Wellington, May 17. A meeting of importers waited oil the Colonial Treasurer this morning, urging him not to enforce immediately the tavi'f on under-proof spirits. The Treasurer replied tliai lie would give importers si: months time from last Tuesday. THE SHIP NORTHUMBERLAND. (Per Press Association.) Invercargill, May 17. The hull and cargo of the slfip Northumberland have been bought by Bradshaw and East, of the B nG, who left for Napier to-day with their own appliances and divers. The price paid was LI7O. LORD ABERDEEN IN WELLINGTON Per Press Association. Wellington, May 17, Lord Aberdeen this afternoon was (he recipient of an address of welcome from the citizens. The Tt.ealre Bov l wa< crowded, Sir Robert SfoiP, Mr'foie, M r Bivkley, Sir Groree G-ey. and fovcal other members of the Legislature and influential citizens occupied the stag'. The Hon Dr Grac- presided. In rep yiug Lord Aberdeen referred at some length to Home Ru’e, *nd said tin 1 ' in hi opinion, fhe opponents to the p-opn-al ; won't! be unah r to carry on a long resis - ance, and tint ti e was on the side of tin* 1 Irish. 'I he npposi ion generally m Homo j hide was hrouih fear *.f disloyalty to the i British Crown on I •’cpa ’af on from the | Empire He denied ?nis a"d pail th t , the greatest entliuj'asm wou*d b • muni- j tested in Ireland were the Qu-v.'n to visi ! Dub in, to 0p..-n the first Irish Parliament. ] The meeting bro’-e up with cheers f-*r ' the Queen, Lord a r d Lady A herd'en, I Afr Gladstone, arid air George Grey. j

MEETING AT HOKITIKA. (Per Press Association). Houttia, May 17. A large public meeting held in the Town Hall to-night carried a resolution protesting against the action of the Government endueers in debarring the use of heart of red pine for the specified timbers for public " orks in New Zealand, and askiu the Minister for Public Works to allow the use of this timber for tho wharf extension contiart for piles, as superior to black birch, or other timbers.