INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8232, 14 July 1903, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

By Telegraph. I'iii: i'ltsss Association. WELLi:-;CTc>>". July 13. The Chief Justice granted Wiuiitid of t-'ort-on, restitution ot conjugal rigtit-s with Thomas Sye, and 32s alimony. A decree nisi was granted io Jessie Gammon au-ain-st. George Gammon. "The southern portion, of tile San Francisco mail wiii be s--Ul oil to- Lyttsiton from Wellington by the Tarawera, sailing to-mor-°At tuo annual meeting of the New Zealand Journalists' Institute to-day it was decided that 'the headquarters lor the eii r iuins year shotiid be in Auckland, lhe I following officers, were elected:—President, • i .Mr .W. Berry; vice-presidents, Messrs. C. W. Earle, A. ii. Bristeu, and J. Hutcliison; "eceial s-icrvlarv, ilr Joim Bircli; treasurer, Mr Ales." Lowrie. It was resolved that ths Council shall in future consist of a. president, retiring president, vice-presi-dent, general secretaiy, treasurer, and ciiairman of branches, t*he- quorum to consist of five members. A motion for establishing an employment committee in VVel- • Jingt-on was lost. CHRISTCHURCH. July 13. The weather here during the past three days has been bitterly cold, though less severe than in northern and southern districts. A heavy flood in Waimakariri ren- ■ dered the railway bridge, unsafe. The morning train from Christchurch to Culverden crossed safelv, but the down train was unable to get over, and the passengers had to walk across. The extent of the damage to ; the bridge is not yet known. The officers of the Morning have received 1 no information from England relative to the ! statement that the Admiralty has purchased another vessel to act as a relief ship " f or the Discovery expedition, and are consequently unable to throw any light upon • the matter. The ship's company of the : Morning were engaged for five years or un- - til the return of the vessel to England, so '' that if she were ordered Home at- once their 5 engagement would be terminated on her ar- ' rival. The American ship Emily Reed, from : Hcbart, which put into Lyttelion in dis- > tress on Sunday, is loaded with timber for 1 South Africa. She is j=aid to be in a leaky i condition, and a considerable number of the 1 crew are under arrest for having refused 2 duty. There is also sickness on board. Dr - Pinch, district health officer, and Dr Upham, health officer for the port, with Cusl toms and police authorities, went to the 1 ship this afternoon. As she comes from " an infected port the ship is to undergo • quarantine for eight days. The City Council this evening, in re- " arranging its fire brigades, in consequence of • the recent amalgamation of the boroughs, again criticised the action of the insurance " companies in maintaining high premiums. A T proposal was made that the Council should not insure its abattoir buildings at all, but ' it was ultimately decided to insure for a small sum. The Council also passed a mor tion asking the Fire Insurance Association to contribute £250 a year as formerly tos wards the upkeerp of the fire brigades. The ' Mayor (Hon. ilr Wigram) expressed an 5 opinion against the Fire_ Brigades Bill e which will be introduced this session, saying ~ that he did not think there _ should be a board of control so far as Christchurch was r concerned at any rate. _ _ n . 1 The annual meeting of the Xew Zealand ji Farmers' iCo-operative Association was held on Saturday afternoon. The profits for the C year ended May 31 were £16,632. Tho ? chairman, in his address, stated that a greater total profit was shown tlan in any ■\ other year. The profits were double those r the same. The cash in hand amounted to ' £45,352, due to farmers having had a ple- ; thora of money waiting investment. The trrocerv department had been reorganised, 6 and was paying well. A motion that all f employees should receive a bonus, otherwise none should be given, was lost. July 14. ? " Feron, Hiddlestone, and Fiett, three rail- . way shunters, convicted on Friday of steali in tr goods from the Christchurch railway station, were sentenced tliis morning to four months' imprisonment each. An application e for probation was refused. I AUCKLAND. s July 14. s Arrived—Sierra, from San Francisco, f after a passage of 16 davs 12 hours; Wai- - kare, from Sydney; Niwaru, from London, - 'Melbourne, and Sydney. r GREYMOUTH. ' July 13. t The body of iCaptain Darragh, of the i Emma Sims, drowned at Hokitika, was 1 found on the Cobden ißeach this evening. , identification is complete. 5 PALMIERSTON NORTH. i July 13. ? Lee Kern Lee, charged with having opium in a prohibited form was fined £5 and costs i £9 10s- Notice of appeal was given. Several other charges of a like nature are pend- [ ing against the same accused, and other Chinamen. 1 THAMES. July 14. • iA serious fire broke out to-night in the 1 Royal Hotel, a building of about fifty rooms. ' It- is supposed t-o have started in a defec- • tive chimney and set fire to a lumber room above". The fire had obtained a big hold when discovered, and as it was ' a wooden building the flames spread with ' -rreat rapidity. Although the fire brigade were quickly on the scene and there "was ' a splendid supply of water, the hotel was . completely destroyed. The brigade pre- ? vented tlie spread of the fire to the ad- ' joining buildings. The house was owned I bv Owen Humphreys, its lessees being 1 Campbell and Ehrenfried, and it was oci pied by Samuel Howard. The insurances > are: not* ascertainable here, the policies ha.v- . been effected in Auckland. The hotel : alio took in the old Theatre Royal and ■ was one of the oldest buildings m t-ne . district. 1 NAPIER, July 13. At a meeting of labor representatives to- , niirht. it was resolved to form a Trades and ; Labor Council in Napier. _ The Charitable Aid Board to-day affirmed the purchase of acres of land for the ' purpose of erecting a new building for the old mens refuge. The land is situated . not far from the present site, the builct- [ ing on which has been condemned by the Inspector-General of Hospitals. J MARTON. > July 13. 1 Ernest Henderson, aged 17 years, died at ' Marton on Sunday. He played in a thirdclass football match for Rata against Mar- • ton on Saturday, and retired before the ! <rame was finished. In the evening he be- ' came unconscious, and never recovered. 1 The post mortem examination showed that deceased had received a kick in the abdomen. A verdict was returned to the effect ; that the kick was received during the pro- ' grass of the game. NEW PLYMOUTH. July Id. j The Borough Council to-night decided to accept the tender of M'William and Ander- j son, of Wellington, at- £5595 3s, for the head work tunnel and pipehead for the gravitation -water supply scheme. The highest tender was £11,409. REEFTON. i July 10. 1 Tiie Rev. Dean Rolland, died to-day at i th- C-atholic Presb%-ter>- after five months' : illness. He was aged 68 years. He came' ' to the colony 37 years ago. first living in " Hawke's Bay and" Tarar.aki. In 1865 he ' was appointed chaplain to the forces ope- > ratine under General Chute- against the 1 Maoris. He was present at a number of ■ engagements and played a prominent part durin"- the retreat from Te Ngutuotemanu. whicif Major Von Tempsky fell. His career is reviewed in Major Gudgeons "Heroes of New Zealand.' WANGANUI. July Id. At a meeting of the Wanganui School Committee to-nisht- the following was resolved : "That, in the opinion of the Committee, many of the prosecutions made by the truant inspector under the School Attendance Act are harsh and unnecessary, and harass parents in a manner never intended bv the Education. Act, and 12) itfurther holds.that, before parents are pur to t-'.-.v.[,!e- ; ; nd expense of defending breaches

investigate each case on its merits and decide if it be necessary to prosecute." The mover of the motion, who is a J.P., stated that- of sixty informations he liad recently heard not ten per cent, should have corne into Court but for the state of the law. July 14. At the Police Court this morning W. H. Bryant, who stated tiiat he was a magnetic healer and clairvoyant, and nad been practising in Wellington for three months, was fined £5 on each of two charges of palmistry and fortune-telling. BLENHEIM. . . 1 . July 14. ilr W. J. Baillie, a relative of the Hon. Colonel Baillie, M.L.C., was found dead in his bed at \Picton this morning. The deceased was a highly respected resident, and formerly he-Id a commission as lieutenant in the 51st Regiment. He saw much active service in Burmah.