INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4725, 21 July 1890, Page 1

INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS

(by telegraph.) WELLINGTON. July 20. The Wanaka, with the inward San Francisco mail, is expected to reach here to morrow forenoon, and the aouthern portion will be despatched by the Rotomahana, leaving for Lyttelton at 3 p.m. Mr Miller, secretary of the Maritime Council, and Mr Lomas, president of the Amalgamated Miners' and Laborers' Association, waited upon the Premier and Minister for Public Works yesterday, and discussed.the labor difficulty in connection with the Cape Foulwlnd quarries. The Premier promised to give his answer nest week. The deputation also asked that the Government wonld hasten the progress of the several labur Bills now before Parliament, The Premier undertook to do .so, and intimated that there would be no difficulty in getting the measures passed so long aB the members of the House were sincere in their professions of regard for .the welfare of the working classes. The negotiation between the Cooperative Bus Company and Dr Grace for the purchase of the trams have fallen through. A,movement is on foot to establish a Civil Service Association on the same lines as the Melbourne Association, the principal object being to force a Bill providing for classification of servants. OHRISTCHURCH. July 20. A meeting of members of the New Zealand Rifla Association decided to recommend that the next priza meeting be held during the first week in January, and shooting should be completed within one week; also that volunteers ahould be required to shoot in uniform. AUCKLAND. July 20. Bishops Cowie and Luck and their clergy have forwarded petitions to; Parliament praying that a trial be made of Yaile's stage system on the ground that moral and eddcational benefifs would result from facilities being given to promote settlement in country districts. The petif tion was sent to Sir George Grey. The public petition of the Railway Reform League now totals 5477 Bignatureß. GISBORNE. July 19. Tho Sea View Hotel, Tologa Bay, owned by Michael Mulloly and occupied by Leslie Steel, was destroyed by fire at midnight. The cause is unknown. The occupants escaped in their night clothes. Insurances—Building, LSOO in the Norwich Union Office, part re-insured in the Liverpool, London, and Globe; furniture, L2OO, in the New Zealand Oflice. The plant of the South Pacific Petroleum Company was sold UDder distress warrant for L 64. WESTPORT. July 19. The coal export for the week ended Saturday was 3203 toes. PORT CHALMERS. July 20. Arrived (19th)—Crusader, Bhip, Captain Perrlman, after a fine passage of 85 days from London. TJMARU. July 19. The funeral of the late Mr R. Turnbull, M.H.R., took place this afternoon, the weather being fine there was a large attendance, nearly 500 persons walking two and two, and about 40 vehicles. Mr Wray, R.M., represented the Cabinet. The Borough Council, Friendly Societies, Fire Brigade, and Garrison Band took part. The delay of the steamer upset the first arrangements, and prevented the hour of the ceremony being known in the country, or the attendance would have been larger.