INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8040, 6 November 1902, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. November 6. Shortly after his return to the colony ij t Seddon renewed, through the Deputy. Governor, the invitation he made persona']. ly on the eve of his departure from Eng. land to Mr Chamberlain to visit the, co!q. nies, and yesterday received the follow. ing reply : —"I am very grateful to N**, Zealand for the invitation conveyed in your telegram of Ist November, and much gret that the limited time at my disposal renders it impossible for me to accept.'' Replying to a deputation from the Trad;* Union, who complained of Arbitration Court delays, the Premier promised to ijT quire into the matter, and if it were i"oub; necessary he would make provision to rs. lieve the Judge from Supreme Court wort or take such other steps as were desirab!; to secure the proper working of the Act, Arrived —Monowai, from Sydney. Paj sengers for Dunedin : Mesdames Carson as; two children, Stephenson, Begg, and Mb.-. phy. and Messrs Carson and Stephenson. Atrial shipment of feathers made to Lo s . don by the Agricultural Department r«. lised an average price of 4£d per pour.i The Department advised that ducks' at,: fowls' feathers will always command roa.jj sale. White' ducks' feathers are now sal;. able in London at 8d per pound. PALMERSTON NORTH. November 6. W. and G. .Noble, butchers, of OtaVj were fined £4 yesterday for breaches •,-.; the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 195; including a charge of feeding pigs upr ; raw offal. The information was In id fe Mr Duncan, stock inspector, and duric' the hearing of the case he indicated tb the Stock Department intended to for heavy penalties in future in simik cases. ASHBURTON. November 6. As a result of the burns sustain; through her dress catching fire while cool ing at an open fire outside her residence i Dromore on Tuesday, Rosette M'Mulk died in the Ashburton '.Hospital to-dij Her father's and mother's hands were baj burned in attempting to put out t£ flames. An inquest will be held to-mornra