INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8090, 7 January 1903, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

By Telegraph. Pbb Press Association. WELLINGTON. January 6. The Corinthic, the second of the three new steamers, each of 12,800 tons, built by the White Star Company for the NewZealand trade, arrived in the stream tonight from London. There are nearly 400 passengers on board. The Wellington Plasterers' Union has filed a dispute with the Master Builders' and Contractors' Association. A minimum wage of £3 lis a week and Is 7£d an hour for broken time is claimed.

At the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Thomas Pay, aged 60 years, who was killed bybeing run over by the trucks at Thornden i-ailway station, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Premier has received a cable message through the Governor from the Viceroy of Delhi, in reply to one despatched by him in the name of the people of this colony, congratulating the Viceroy on the great success which attended the functions connected with the proclamation of the Emperor. The Viceroy replies : "Warmest thanks for congratulations of the loyal and patriotic colony of New Zealand." The arrivals in the colony during November were 3016 and the departures 957, against 2717 and .1110 in November last year. Mr T. Wilford, M.H.R., who is leaving for England by the Gothic nest week to seek medical advice, was entertained at a social gathering by his constituents at Petone, and presented with a, purse of sovereigns.

DUNEDIN. January 6. The adjouriied inquest touching the death of James M'Bride was resumed today. The medical .evidence showed that death was due io peritonitis. There was a rupture of the stomach which, the doctor said, could only be accounted for by the supposition of violence, direct or indirect. Thomas .Henry Broomefild, deceased's son-in-law, and (Mrs Broomfield, daughter of deceased, gave evidence that deceased wasviolent and niosy on New Year's Eve; that he struck Broomfield, who did not retaliate. In attempting to strike him a second time deceased fell on his stomach on a heap of stones. Mrs Broomfield, whose left arm is powerless and who is a cripple, denied touching the deceased with a crutch. The jury returned a verdict that death was caused by peritonitis, the effect of a rupture of the stomach caused by violence, but how or by whom the violence was occasioned there was not sufficient evidence to show.

There was again only one sale of shares on the Dunedin Stock Exchange, a line of Bendigoes changing hands at 4s. The Drainage Board resolved to appoint Messrs Mestayer (Wellington), Rogers (Dunedin), and E. C. Reynolds, to consult with Mr Anderson, the Board's engineer, with reference to the latter's drainage scheme, at a fee of one hundred guineas and expenses, failing acceptance by any of the above a selection to; be made from Messrs Napier Bell and Kusmaul. At a sale of merino stock rams from Australia to-day the Slaughter Vale lot were all sold at from 3£ to 4 guineas, averaging £3 14s. The Bushey Creek lot being shorn, only 20 out of 50 were sold, the average price being £3 15s.

CHBIiSTCHUBOH. January 6. The Mayor of Ohristchurch sent'a telegram to,the Premier, infoi - ming liirn of the inability of Colonel Turretini, the famous electrical engineer, to visit New Zealand and report on the rivers for water power, and enquiring if the Government intended taking action. He has received a reply stating that the matter had been before the Cabinet, and that it was decided to obtain two electrical experts, one from Switzerland and one from America. The matter has been left, in the hands of the Minister of 'Public Works to deal with. The Agent-General would enquire re a Swiss expert and arrange details, the Minister £o arrange re obtaining an American expert.

TIMAKU. January 6. Thanks to the value given to dairy stock by the establishment of a butter factory, good prices were obtained at the clearing sale of Alexander Beck's dairy herd at Seadown to-day. Thirty-eight cows sold at £7 5s to £l2 10s 6d, average £8 17s 6d, and 43 heifers £3 13s to £7 10s, average £5 ss.

INVEKCAKGILL. January 6. At a conference of wool brokers and buyers to-day, with reference to the difference of opinion which originated in Dunedin regarding charges, it was agreed, after much discussion, that the buyer shall in all cases pay the broker Is 6d per bale for delivery, and 9d per bale for any bale weighing not more than the same to include rebranding,, sewing, arid delivery at railway station or siding on trucks, wharves, or within the town boundary, but where a local buyer does his own carting from the warehouse ah allowance of 6d per bale shall be made.

WANGANUI. January 6. An exhibition cricket match was played to-day between a local thirteen and the English eleven. The matcli was chiefly remarkable for the scoring. Both sides allowed their bowlers to have a try, and 500 runs were scored in three and a half hours. In the morning Lord Hawke's team made 290 in two hours, and in the afternoon the local team made 209 in. an hour and a half for only two wickets. J. Marshall (not out) made 109, and G. Marshall (not out) 84.