INTERPROVINCIAL

Otago Witness, Issue 1478, 13 March 1880, Page 19

INTERPROVINCIAL

New Plymouth, March 10th. It has been decided to give a public reception on Saturday to Okey, the nfh champion; to have the loc-U Voluutwers paraded; and to invite the Auckland r :prestnta<iv<)B ashore. Okey is the third Taranaki rspiesentative who has won the Bait. CHABiiESTON, March 9,h. One hundred guineas have been subscribed by tho people of Charleston to the Irish Relief Fund. Wanganui, March 10th. The Wanganui Btgtfa was held to-day. For the Maiden Race i wo Warganui crews and one Wellington utarte'l. It wiw won easily by the local men. The stroke of the Wollington crew bmke down. In the Champion Whaleboat Race thi Wftugauui .vid Wellington crews competed. Tho rao* was won ouaily by the latter. The Junior Outrigger Fours wai won by the Wellington Star Club. Wellington, March lOlh. Mfssw J. W.Bain, E. Wakbfiel-', and W. A. Murray. M.H.R.'h, huva been appointed members of iho CommisHion to rep"rt im tho queation </f lucal indus: ries. Two ether* h:ive yet to be appointed. It is itp irteJ, and, I believe, on good authority, that the Railway Commission are very anxious, if possible, to have Mr Higtebotham, the well-known Australian railway engineer, as one of their number, and that the Government are also dffiirouc, as his experience aod his opini'm as an impart iol outsider would be vety valual le in asfisting the cononv'ssioners ; and the Government to form an opinion on the subject of the Commission, viz., " economic , value and pnying ca))abilities of railways undertaken or piojected." It id further romuurffd that the Govern nvnt are in telegraphic cum-: inimical ion with Mr Higinbotham. with a view of ascertaining whether ho would l.c a\>\a to come. Further irifoncatioji will probcbly tr;.nBpiio in a day or two. Blenheim, March 10 f ,h. Gold has been discovered in the Upper Wairau Valloy, übout, 30 milea fruin Blenheim. Some 40 minfrs aro at work, making from 15s t<» 20a per day. A rush is deprecated. Experts consider that with the first heavy rainß the diggings will be flooded and the works carried away.

1880. March 10 — H-wke's B*y Raciug Club. March 17, 18 — Uawke's B*y Jockoy Club. March 17, 18 -Oainaru (Otago) annual March SO, 31.— Canterbury .- mumn. April 8, 9.— Tiniaru (Canterbury) Autumn. M*y 24.— tvrand National ateoplechns s (Ohristchurch)