INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6358, 12 September 1895, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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WELLINGTON. Stfptecabr It. ** •» German named voo J£aoenberg, who ha* been nppearege in Court rather frequently of fc*t«w» interpreter on behalf off a reetaoDnt teueper in a case against bis wife* and Jno was charged with libel oo of Mr Jellicoe. solicitor, was this afternoon committed to the lunatic asylum. The poO for the election of the Railway Appeal Board is fixed for September 30th. There are 163 men (37 single) engaged on relief works, and the total number dependent oa them i* 6&7. over half of .wbem are children. Last y*ar en febef works at th* Queen's Drive 200 men were employed, and they had W women and 130 children dependent on them. DCNEDIN. September 11. The Workers' Political Committee has passed a resolution strongly protesting against any increase in salaries of civil servants receiving L3OO a year and ever. At a meeting of the executive of the foxtheommst Intercolonial Medical Congress, Dv Batchelor, in reporting on 'ho result of his visit to Attsti"»lii%. said he believed between 100 and 200 delegates would be present. Thw Governor has eonsented to open the Congress. CBRJ3TOBURCTL September 11. la th* libel action. Worth in*toa v. the Son newspaper, a committee has been formed to raises fund* f»r the defence. It is understood that Worthington will apply to the Supreme Court to attach J. T: M. Uurnsby, editor of the San, for alleged contempt of Court in commenting on the libel pruceudtngt* in the last issue of the* paper. Ths application will bo heard next Wednesday. A deputation from the Operative Bootmakersi Sucitsty waited oo the Hon. J. G. Ward, and pointed out that the proposed duty of 2& per cent, would not fceep out the inferior class of imported boots. They asked that a du£y at per pair might be placed on boots and shoes of this class. They produced a pair ot cheap imported shoes, one ot which was cut to pieces, to •how that it was composed chiefly of cardboard. Mr Ward promised to represent the views oi tho deputation to the -Cabinet, and took; tho specimens of im{jorted "shoddy'J in order t«> exhibit them n Wellington. _ AUCKLAND. September 10. At a meeting of the Christian Endeavor Convention in the Tabernacte to-night, IBOOwere present. Tho outgoing president {Mr O. M\tnro) presided. The' report showed 2GO members, with a credit balance. A resolution wm carried against Sabbath desecration, intemperance, and gambling. Greetings from Taranaki, Wellington. Napier. Christ church. Nelson. Dunedm, New South Wales, and South Australia were received. As numbers were unabta to get into the Tabernacle, an overtfow meeting was held in the Congregational Church, Beresford street. by Mr Jf. Bennett Anderson, of Sydney. The new president elected was the Rev. F. Warner, Congregational Church, Newton. September 11. Arrived, this evening—MWiposa. Howard, from San Francisco. She left Sun Francisco on August 22tid. Pwsengers (saloon) for New 2o>*Utu± t Miss Newstad, Messrs Ellison, Th.>m.» J. Elltstm, JKbetlethwiute, B«'ry, Buchan*. Mills. Esclon. Coolc. clire. Brown. Stillwell. Whitely, »*nd two staornee. In transit i for Sydney, -40 saloon and 2ft | Amontr the former is Henry Varley ! fevangelist). The steacsr leaves for | Sydney at 2 a.m. to-raorrow. The supposed cholera at Honolulu arose from the islanders eating poisonous tish and a herse, caaaiag blood disease. Five natives died. Five hundred Chinamen, landed a law days previously, led to a canard that the disease wits Asiatic cholera. The Mahinapua leaves to-night with the San Francisco m,uL