INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5206, 12 February 1892, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

< ItV TUI.KUKAI'H. ) (I'IIDSS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. February 11. The dopaituros .lanuary wore !I!IS, mid I In* arrivals J7<IS. Theimports during tin* quarter ondod .'list December wore M,(17 M,050 mi increase of ;ilt>Hit IjIOO,(11)11 oil same <lu.-irtCl" of 1,-ist year. The exports were L1,5(1."i,l IH, a decrease of I, ()():>. Tim totals for I lit? year with : Imports, IH'.M l;(i,r)(»:!,8l!t : IS!Ml - lili,2liO,.VJ.'». Imports, IS! 1 1 - I/I,."ilili. I!I7 ; IS'.ltl 1;.1,511,7L'0. The rumored drowuui',; of Tlxmiau Spurges, in tin- Kkot .iliunadisl riot, is continned, tlio limly bem>; found this iiiornin;j;. CIIIUSTtMirKCII. February 11. The public demons! i ;»(ion to liid farewell to tlio < .'overnor was attended It.v upwards of seven liundriMl, mid ;;reaf enthusiasm pivvaili'd. I lis Kxeollcuey, in responding to the addresses presented, aft it t hanking tlio people for tin- invariable kindness sliown the Countess mid liimsi'lf, said tlio colony liad a and glorious future. lie would always regard Now Zealand wit 11 a fond eye, and would fool proud to speak woll of it wlion ho roacliod tlio Old Country. A youni; man namod Alliorl Atherfon .lonian, 12<I yoars old, called at, tlio llosjiital last and stated tliat lio was in yreat pain from fjivcn apples. 110 was troatod for irritant, poisoning, but diod.it. tliroo o'clock this morning. An ill< 1 most was liold this aftornooii, and adjourned till Monday next for tlio stomach to lu> analysed. Tht! < •'ovenior and liady Onslow hold a reception mI the Provincial Council Cliainliersthis afternoon. A limit .1 <K ► persons attended.

The Hon. .1. G. Ward left, for Welling ton this evening.

Til A RIMS. February 11. Michael Fallon, hot elkecpcr, died hero suddenly on Wednesday. Al the impiest to-day the medical evidence showed that death had resulled from delirium trenieiiH. The jury returned :i verdict, accordingly, lml added ;i vider licit, an impiest was unnecessary, seeing (h:it, Fallon's medical man was prepared to certify to (lie cause of deatli.

WAMiANri, February 11. Messrs Freeman H. Jackson and Oo.'h second day's rain fair was even more satisfactory than the lirst, day, the prices averaged a-half lo one-ipiarler higher for tho 1 >i*t tor classes. The highest, price was received by Mr.l. W. Maker, Fflnloll, who ,|'2 guineas for one rain from Mr Fred Sutton, 1 ]\lr Maker's average for the t wo days for flock was the al, LS os !ld each ; to-day, f>f>o ranis were oll'ercd singly, in live hourN, and . r )0!> were sold. This is Mr .lacknon'n must, rapid sale. Mnycrs attended from all parts of llio colony, and the bidding was spirited to llio cud. INYKRCAINJI Ma February 11. There arc fresh developments in the sealskin larceny case. Accused was put, in (he witness box, and said (11a(■ all (he skins ioit. except twelve were those of females and pups, prohibited from killing. The object, of the deb lice was lo show that, there could be no olleiice seeing lilt) skins were illegally laken. The jury retired al 1 p.m., and al four inlimaled than (here was no chance of anil were locked up for (lie The case against, Andrew Newton was proceeded with, but, was adjourned for (lie production of witnesses from the ketch (Jratitudc, which is oil'the coast,. At, the rail way si at ion Hatch, the prosecutor. tendered Mullay, a witness in the civil action he is against Waddell and Roberts for wrongful conversion of skins, his expenses. Mullay is said lo have assault eel him, and Hatch has issued a wan ant against, liiin. It is now reported thai besides the skins, the subject of dispute, Hatch's sealer k°( !("() which were put on board vessels persons, (bus usin;; his ship's crew, provisions, iiml out lit ', and depriving him of a third of the value of the skins. After the evidence yiven to-day the < ■'ovcrnnient, can scarcely avoid baking cognisance of the matters as the men deliberately stated that they broke the regulations.