INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4656, 1 May 1890, Page 3

INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS

(nntnuni.) WELLINGTON. April 30. Tbe E«!j Oltdai Association bin requested thair ddtgilat 10 the Tradsa ud Labor Coundl to broach tba subject of paynent of wagta oo other daya than Saturday, and suggtst that Monday would be preferable. Tba new volunteer regal*lion*, drawn op aa suggested In tba report of General Edward*, an in a forward itate, and will be presented to Parliament for approval. The tsgulatioue provide for increased wpi* tatioo oa (imilar linea lo these adopted io Australia, and If Parliament will approve of tbsm, Government will only propose lo bring the change oo gradually. The navala and two of the senior rifla corps io each cenlra will be the first enrolled unier Ibe new regulations. The Hoc T. Fngu left by tbs Penguin for the aooth tbia afternoon. He goes as far aa Danadla. bat will be away only a ft* day*, aa a meeting of the foil Cabinet taksa place early next week. The ahlp Opawa arrived from London to-day. At a meeting of hotel proprietor* and others Ibis evening Ibe proposed increase lo tbe price of beef aad mutton by tbe bolcbera waa discussed. and a committee formed to report oo tbe question to establish a co-operative butchery for tbe public protection. lo tbe Appeal Court tbia morning, tbe caae v. Howard waa decided. Jamea N. Howard waa eoovicced In Auckland oo December 30th on a charge of onlawfully wounding, At bia trial It waa discovered that H. Anderson (seaman), a wltncaa for tbe promotion, bad lalled for New York, and Juatlce Gillies admitted hla depositions taken io the Lower Court, reserving Ibe question for tbe opinion of the Appeal Court aa to whether tbe evidence had been properly admitted. Tbe Court upheld the conviction. DUNEDIN. April 30. Ate well-attended meeting tbia afternoon a resolution waa carried that It waa desirable to establish a public art gallery for Donedin, acd aa a atep io that direction s fund be raised lo purchase Waterlow's Sonny Hours, acd aa m*oy other pteturae aa the foods will buy. Toe meetlug waa vary enthusiastic, and over LI3O was subscribed In tbe room, a atroug committee, including several ladles, being appointed to canvass. May 1. The terms of Mrs Campbell's dedication of LSOOO to tbe Dunedio Hospital are : That the interest arising from tbo snm Is to be used lo providing medical comforts and nursery for the hospital patients. The Hulled Harcolea claim haa washed up 71 ouscae for a little over foor days' Two severe abcclct of earthquake occurred at Qoeeostown this morning. The art gallery prospect is succeeding walL The Mayor and Mr Jamea Smith each gava L 25. Two additional pictures are promised. CHRISTCHTIRCH. April 30. The carriers have joined tbe cabmen In boycotting the railway station till Conatable Kelly la removed. Tbe Tramway Company ran several trams daily to tbe statioo yesterday and to-day, but baa agreed not to roo mora than three as required by the agreement with the Oily Council. Tbe traffic manager offers to limit Kelly's dutica to tbe atation premises, so that he shall have nothing to do with the adjacent eabataod on the Town Bell, but the cabmen still decline the effsr. The butchers to-alght decided (o raise the price of meat lo consequence of the high prices ruling for fat stock. May 1. The consecration of Archdsacon Julias as Bishop of Ghriatchurcb took place today In the Cathedral. Admission wsa by ticket and limited to 800. It waa announced that Ibe doors would be open at 10.30, but half an hour before thai time naobera were crowding round them. WESTPORT. April 30. In the District Court to-day in tbe action of Sinclair and Abbott for L2OO damages for illegal distraint, plaintiff waa nonauited, each party to pay their own coats. The cue of Mattbewa v. the Deputy Assignee In bankruptcy, claim L2OO, for wrongful seizors of stock and goods, waa adjourned till to-morrow. MASTERTON. May 1. A "*"» named Tekler, twenty-two yeara of age. was killed at Bketabuua by a falllug tree. NEW PLYMOUTH. May 1. At a meeting of the Sweating Committae at Wellington, Mr Sadler, a gentleman of means, who Brat sent bia son out to TaranaM through Mr Courtney's agency, and then followed with his family, ■ays that Mr Coorxsey never posed in England aa a Government emigration agent. He saya that Mr Courtney waa not wrong In sending youths from towns oat here to lesra to become farmers, and one of them told him that bis lot in Taranakl waa far better than hia father's bad been at corresponding ago at Home. There are a large number of these cidsts in Taranakl, and, with the exception of a few fellows who. In tbo colony, won't aoit themselves lo tbe requirements of farm life, all are doing welL

PORT CHALMERS.

Mayl. The Shaw-Savin and Albion Company's new steamer Maori, from London via the Cape, arrived at the heada at 12.30 p.m.