INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8090, 7 January 1903, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

By Telegraph. Per Peess Association. WELLINGTON. January 7. A two-storeyed nine-roomed house on the Island Bay road, owned and occupied by Mi' R. G. Knight, sailmaker, was destroyed by lire last night. The house was insured in the Commercial Union for £6OO. The contents, which were saved, were not insured. The origin of the fixe is unknown. Lieutenant-Colonel Messenger, for many years in charge of the Permanent Artillery Force, and Captain Falconer, in charge of the Torpedo Corps, have retired from the service. It is understood that LieutenantColonel Messenger will be replaced by Major Moore, of the Royal Engineers, who came out to the colony a year or two ago as Staff Officer of Artillery. Captain W. Coyle, Inspector of Submarine Mining at Auckland, will temporarily fill the position occupied by Captain Falconer. LieutenantColonel Newall, in charge of the Welling: ton district, is also to retire, and other changes are pending. The San Francisco mail will go south by the Waikare to-morrow afternoon, if the Takapuna arrives in time. The Port Chalmers passengers by the CorhiLiiic are : Saloon—Misses Waddell and M'Gilchrist, Mesdames Storo, Whyte, and Waddell, and Messrs R. Balderstone, W. J. Bolt, A. M. Stafford, A. M'Farlane, and Whyte, junr. Second saloon—Misses J. M. Harrower, Lang (2), Park, and Riis-: sell (2), Mrs Russell; and Messrs F G. Moore, J. Park, T. Rankin, and D. Russell." The body of a man supposed to be a laborer named Harry Rick was found in the Wainuiomata stream yesterday. He is supposed to hare been accidentally drowned.

GISBOR.NE. January 7. The Borough Council will proceed with the erection of abattoirs forthwith. The Council have also adopted the sealed pan system, • . Dr Pomare, of the Health Department, was married at the pretty Te Arui Church to-day. to Miss Woodbine Johnson, daughter of the late Mr Woodbine Johnson. The Hon. J. Carroll gave the bride away. (David Curtain, carpenter,, aged 60, was caught in the belting at Clayton and Co.'s timber, mill to-day and twisted round the shaft six or seven revolutions. His left arm was broken and he fell to the floor. His condition is critical.

BLENTTEFH. _ January 7. A peculiar accident, resulting fatally, occurred to an infant son of Mr A. H. Lucas, of the Telegraph Department, this morning. The child, aged two and a half years, was playing a kitten and, while putting it into or taking it out of-a box, the lid fell on the nape of the child's neck, dislocating it.

WESTPORT. January 7. . The warship Wallaroo is to visit Westport shortly. :u NEW PLYMOUTH. January 7. A preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the Gairloch is being held to-day by the Collector of Customs. It is not open. to the Press. The 'Harbor Board's dredge yesterday salvaged the ship's stores and furnishings, and if- the weather continues fine it should be possible to save -a great deal. There is no chance of getting the vessel off. The Harbor Board declined to allow the dredge to proceed to the wreck today. "■"■ . '. \