INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 7001, 27 September 1897, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(BY TELEOKAPH.) rrsp. PEIESS AHSO\:ltnoH.i WELLINGTON. September 27. A deputation of volunteers waited on the Acting-Mayor to ask him to arrange for a public reception of the Bisley team, which will arrive next week. They also proposed to present Major Sommerville with an illuminated address and a photo of each member of the team. Mr Fraser promised the aid of the City Council In giving an ample welcome to the men. DUNEDIN. .September 27. The committee of the Cricket Association his disapproved of the v. sJjuth Inland match owing to the impossibility of representative players getting away. Mr A. C. Bess? is definitely announced as a candidate for the Dunedin seat.

AUCKLAND. September 2 >. Dating the hearing of the King Country sly gros* cases it was stated , that natives, both nien and women, go about with botfled of whisky and ghsst-s in their pockets selling liquor. Thoy get a good supply and hide it in the binh. bringing it to the shanties when required. The residence of Mr Plummer, in Brown street, Ponsonby, was entered at night with skeleton keys, and a drawer vi* searched for money. Being disturbed, the burglars, who were two men, ran out of the house and disappeared. After 20 hours' quiet the earthquakes recommenced at Taups early this morning. There a heavy shock at 3 20 a.m., and numerous tremors have since been felt. WANGAN't'I. September 27. The body of Captain Anderson, drowned a fortnight a?o. found a mile below Pipiriki and 60 miles above Wanganut yesterday. A well-known old settler named W il* Ham York, 69. died on Saturday. Walter HadreD, licensee of the Fordell Hotel, was convicted for allowing drunkenness and the game of show poker on hl3 premises. For the first offence he was fined L 5 and LlO 163 costs and his license endorsed ; on the second charge he was fined 40J, and costs 7s.