INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 7917, 14 June 1902, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

By Telegraph. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. June 13. The weather is very stormy and -wet. A hard southerly gale has been blowing all day. Incoming stejamersi report 'having had a rough time in Cook Strait. Reports from tihe country indicate fears of a flood. Most of the rivers are in high flood. Advice is received that Reuter's Telegram Company has declared a five per cent, dividend. ! The Government has decided to acquire Diedrich's Ivokafa.hi estate of about 1900 acres, near Greymouth. The land will be cut- up into dairy farms. The price is about £3 per acre. Dredging : Kohikohi dredge 220z 7dwts; Takaka Sluicing Company, 540z for 14 days. A native meeting, held at Parerora. near Patea, this week, decided to arrange for presenting a 'testimonial to Mr Carroll as from the whole of the natives of the colony. The testimonial will bake the, form of a purse of sovereigns. Mr George Fisher addressed a well-at-tended meeting of his constituents to-night, and declared that he "would continue bo support a Liberal Government. He had a good hearing, and a vote of thanks and con. fidence was passed l . DUNEDIN. June 12. The breach of promise case in the civil list has been settled out of Court. QHRISTCHTIRCH. June 13. At the 'Magistrate's Court the inquest on the fire at tihe Black Horse Hotel was held this morning. Insurance claims had been niad'e for £650. Nellie Griffin, servant at the hotel, said Mrs Snooks, owner of the hotel, went away to Wellington just after she bought the hotel, eight months ago. She was away three weeks, and took silver plate with her. On her return from WeL lington sacks containing dressmaking things were sent away from the hotel. Mir-s Snooks paid another visib to Wellington, leaving the house at twenty minutes past eight 011 the night of the fire. A few days before she left she told witness that if anything occurred in thie way of "fire to escape by the window. There was heavy rain in parts of North Canterbury 011 Thursday nighb, and the rivers are in flood. Some damage has been done to low-lying farms. The inquiry into the Black Horse Hotel fire has been adjourned till the 27th dnst. Arrangements have been made for a procession through the city, and a fireworks display on Coronation night. In the m'orning the Volunteers "will parade, and medals will be presented by the Mayor. There will also be religious services, and. later on a daylight procession of friendly societies and other bodies. It is suggested that chil. dren be given a monster entertainment on the Saturday following the Coronation. AUCKLAND. June 13. A private movement originated about two weeks ago for the purpose of presenting Bishop Cowie with a purse of sovereigns on the 23rd anniversary of his consecration on the 29th instant, and it has met with considerable success. The resignation of the Bishop alters the condition ot affairs, and the committee has decided to make the movement a public one. The presentation is to be to the Bishop and Mrs Cowie. Bishop Cowie's resignation is to bake place in .September. £3OO has already been collected privately for the presentation. PALMERSTON NORTH. June 13. It has been raining hard here for the last 24 hours- and there is no sign of a break. At 11 p. mi. all the local streams were flooded. The Manawatu River is within a foot of the Easter flood of 1897. The country districts all report inundations. The Pohangina River ds also in very high flood. No particulars of any damage have yet reached here, but the flood must prove serious in the lower Manawatu. No interference with railway traffic in this disitridb Avas reported to-day.