INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7397, 21 December 1898, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(per press association.) WELLINGTON. December 21. Mr KemsTey, in his letter of resignation, said that the brigade had worked most zealously at the Royal Oak fire, and obeyed all order?, so that the jury's rider concerning the inefficiency, errors of judgment, etc , simply applied to him personally. Hence his resignation. He insisted, however, that the loss of life was not due to want of any apparatus, and aa Lieutenant Adams rescued one man with the gear at his disposal he could have rescued a dozen. Grear and Blandford were lost before the brigade could render any assistance. When he (K-smsley) went to the Royal tiak he coold not search the place aa he could only get upstairs for a few seconds. The Fire Brigade Committee of the City Council has recommended that the resignation be accepted and that applications for the post of captain of the brigado be invited in the New Zealand and Australian papers at a salary of L 250 per annum with free quarters. The Council unanimously adopted the Fire Brigade Committee's recommendations.

At the Mayoral installation Mr Blsir urged upon the Council the necessity of considering a Greater Wellington Scheme, and said that the time was approaching when they would have to consider the advisability of constructing a tramway round the Queen's Drive.

The linotype dispute came before the Conciliation Board to-day. Messrs Vaughan. M'Girr and Vaney represtnted the '1 ypographical Union and Mr Gresley Lukin appeared for the employers, in the unavoidable absence of Mr Fenwick, of Dnnedin, who had been deputed to represent the local employers. Mr Lnkin applied for an adjournment on account of Mr fen wick's absence. He also said it would be a waste of time for the Board to go into the case, as it _wa3 almost certain to he taken to the Arbitration Court. The Union representatives opposed the adjournment. The Chairman of the Board adjourned the case sine de, and remarked that the better plan would be to defer proceedings until the Arbitration Court in Dnnedin had given its decision. The parties will confer as t > the date for going on with the case, bos the Chairman intimated that he could not sit before January 3rd.

The San Francisco mail is coming overland from New Plymouth to-morrow. The departure of the Oonah for Lyttelton Is pcttponed tUI 11 p.m. to-morrow to take on the Couth Island bags. DUNEDIN. December 21. Samnel Goldstone, pawnbroker, wis arrested for assaulting William Lloyd with a hammer. He was remanded for a week. At the inauguration of Mayor Mr Cargill emphasised the necessity for carrying oat an effective water supply and drainage schemes, bat tramways were possibly beyond the city's financial ability. AUCKLAJXD. December 21. From Ll4 to LIS was realised by admission money to inspect the Mokola. The amount has been handed over to local charities. NEW PLYMOUTH. December 21. A middle aged woman named Mrs Finn attempted suicide this moraine by cutting her throat with a butcher's knife. She was removed to the hospital, where the wound was sewn up and it is hoped to save her life.