INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5438, 30 March 1889, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Pda P.s::h An)j[.vrioN' — OoptKvmv] WELLINGTON, Today. Dr Henry Taylor, of Greytown, an old Bottler, died yesterday morning, aged 79. WOODYILLE, To-day. A little girl named Ritwell was run over by a brake and killed instantly. TIMARU, To-day. The South Canterbury Refrigerating Company has been prosecuted under the Stamp Act for insuring shipments of frozen meat in a Home office and paying no stamp duty in the colony on the policy. The penalty is £200. The decision was reserved. CHRIbTOHU UOU, To-pay. The Hospital Board estimate they will require £9253 for the coming year, of which the local bodies must contribute £2944. £1000 lias been placed on the estimates for a lock ward. Notice has been given of motion for raising a loan to purchase the Addington gaol from the Government for a lock hospital and recommending the Government to build a criminal lunatic prison at Sunnyside. ICfVERCARGIht,, To-day. The condition of Douglas, stationmaster, Riversdalc, who got caught by the foot in a crossing and had a foot smashed by a waggon, is Berious. The flesh was pinched from the inside of the leg and the main artery fractured. Amputation will be necessary, but prostration from loss of blood is too great to permit the operation. Peter Kelly, of Farmer Hill, is in the hospital with his legs cut about very badly, having fallen before a. reaper.