INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8231, 13 July 1903, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

By Telegraph. Peh Press Association. -WKU.IXOTOX. ' July li. Burglars last evening entered th;; pre--mises attached to Me>,rs Jones aiui Us coalvard. end rcn-.r.yed tne safe on a coa! truck into the vara, oiew open olie with dvnamite and sccur. d between .and £6O in cash. The papers and cu-ques were- left- intact. Th" Industries and Commerce Department has received word from Pretoria, expressing lii<-h approval of the samples ot New Zealand timber forwarded, and suggesting ttuiu in view of the land settling scheme, which includes the providing of small cottages lor settk-rs, ».v Zealand might, send them houses 'in sections, as labor is cheaper in thk colonv. A sample cottage could be sent, built on the plan forwarded to the •Department, of Industries, and a big trade might be opened up. An elderlv man named John Dragge, Belonging to" W.mganui, expired suddenlyafter eating Ills lunch to-day. TIMARU. July 11. The heaviest fall of snow for many years occurred on Saturday morning. There -were about four inches at Timaru and over a foot at Fairlie. At tight a.m., there was no later news. It is heavier northwards, between Temuka and Ashburton, but none is lying at Waimate. There has been considerable destruction of telegraph and teleprone wires in the Timaru district. 'Poles were also broken. A thawing rain during last night removed much of the snow in town. The trains from Fairlie and north were delayed by the snow. To-day was fine, but this evening is threatening. ASHBURTOX. July 11. The weather, which had been unusually mild for some time, changed last night, •when cold rain set in about eight o'clock. IThis morning snow began to fall, and still continues. At noon eight fo ten inches had fallen. A collision was narrowly averted at the station. On account of the snowstorm the Timaru train, due at 10.0 a.m., was late half an hoar, and arrived as the train from Christchurch at 11 came into the station, both trains pulling up within a couple of yards of each other, and but for the forethought of the stationmaster, who sent port%3 out to warn the drivers of each train a serious collision might have happened. {The signals were obscured-by the snow. About a foot of snow lias fallen in six hours, and it is still falling. FEILDrN'G. July 11. The Feilding poultry show was a great success. There was an excellent quality of birds. J. Jarvis wins the cups for the joints prize. HQKITTEA. July 11. There was an exceptionally heavy downpour all night, continuing till the morning. IThe rivers are all in high flood. About forty feet of the sonthern approach to the Teremakan traffic bridge were washed away. The flood in the Teremakau was the highest inown, the water being up to the stringers.