INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10042, 9 January 1909, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(Pee I'hms3 Association.) WELLINGTON. January 9; Wheal off Capo l'alliscr Wiben?, ft (seaman Of thtj barnueritiiw lV.'jtas, from Gisborno to Wellington, jumped overboard. When he found liimsolf in tho water ho caught hold of thn log line dragging list-cm and was hiudoJ on board again. Wiborg suffered from delirium tremens, anid over this morning to tho authorities. Three valuable Clydesdale horsea consigned to tho New Zoaland Government arrived by tho Oornwoll from Scotland. The animals will bo unshipped at Dmicdin by tho steamer Cornwall, which arrived this morning from West of Kngi'and jhiit«. She brought 169 immigrants, 45 of whom will disombark 'hero and the same number at Auckland. Tho rest tiro bound for other ports of tho Dominion. The inujority joined the Vessel at. Glasgow, aihj amongst thein are several fuuneis and domestic servants. Tho Cornwall's accommodation was all taken up, and it is said tlmt there wero many persons still desirous of ooming to New Zealand. DUNEDIN. January 9. There woro twonty-twO bankruptcies in Diuiedin in 19CB. U'ho tot.il liabilities wero £16,818, and the amonnt of assets realised by tho Ollicial ABsigneo was £IO,OIO. It is understood that Mr T. Mackenzie will hold office without additional honorarium, aaid that the (lOwrnnuMit does not intend to introduce legislation proposing tho np]>ointmont of ail. additional Minister with pay. Owing to sJiowery weather all senior cricket is postponed to-day. NELSON. . January 9. At 6.30 this morning William I'. PlilJlipe, aged 33, formerly a t-rnvnllor. for Storer, Mock, and Co., committed Hiiicido by hanging tnxm n. rafter in an outhouse in the garden of tho houao in Brook at rent where his mother is slaying. Phillips liad boen ton montlis ill Wellington Asylum mvvious to the 14t.1i IKtoiiilhu', and had tai advised by a do. tor to eoine in.ro lor a rluiaiigo. lie stayed with relatives in Nile ntroot, and this morning went, to see liis mother. He left lier to go into t.lin puxlen, and subsequently wis missed audi found (is stated. He leit u.u incoherent- letter stating the c.-iuses of the suicide, but the oonteoits will not transpiro till the inquest. WANUANI'r. January 9, Tho decisions in, the nautical iiiquiii held yesterday wvre given by tho Court this morning. Be the UharleH Edward, tlie Court held the master and ofliciis I'roe from all blimo for tho stranding of tlio vessel, as ll'.ey obeyed' tho pilot's wigua'n Mid adhered to tho sailing regulations lnado for tho safe navigation oi tho bar. There was mot sufficient ovidenoe to show that tho vessel struck something harder than siuldl Oli the bar; nit had beoil Huggosted, Tho Court ordered tho retujll of the ofliocm' certificates. Ho tliO Ul'iiroa, tho Court decided that stranding was , duo to the neglig«noo of tho master in anchoring too closo to land on a hazy night wlicin ho was not suro of Ills bc.'ir- . ings, and also held tliat. tlio master was •guilty of negligence in .not. taking further steps for the safety of his vessel when lie found tho aaiohor was dragging. The master's certificate was snsiieiKkxl for three montlis, and the cortilicates of tho other officers returned. No order wua mado in either case as to costs. i GISBOH.NE. Jatntnry 9. Twenty-six applications have been received. for three sections of Civ>w.n land at 'Mot.ii', in the Tologa Hay district. It , .has been decided to hold tho ballot on Monday. THAMES. January The Government's decision concerning miners' risks h.is given great antiafnation locally, and has relieved what promised shortly to become a serioijs position.