INTER PROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5462, 30 April 1889, Page 2

INTER PROVINCIAL.

VtJOK A SI), To i'AY. The annual meeting of the Tramway Company was held to-chiy. The report showed a loss of £12.146 on the profit and loss account, besides CM,G2I loss from the sen-, renders of liiml investments to the mortgagors, or a total of £40.708. The net, profit From working was £2329, which would p.iy about 4 pur cent, to debenture-holders, who it was stated might close on the concern any day. On the last voyage of the Alameda from Auckland to San Francisco a saloon passenger, W. A. Dnrlack, a member of the Sydney firm of Kelt and Co., fell overboard on April Ist and was drowned. Intelligence has been received of the death , in England of MrG. P. Urmond, well-known in athletic circles in Auckland. Wm. Meurte, manager of the choesc factory at laungakaramea, was accidentally kili<'d while out shooting. The five 3 ear old child of vf r Abererombie, Wangarei, was burnt to death through his clothes catching fire. CHUI*» V HTIIfJU. To-dvy A tlireo a. 111. a fourteen-roomed liousc at Riecarton, belonging to Vl rs Clogstown and occupied by Alexander Boyle and C. J. Penfold, secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club, was burned down. No furniture was saved, and the occupants had just time to escape. The insurances on the house are £800 in the Sun (re-insured for £400 in the Union) ; Mr Boyle's furniture, £1050 in the Victoria (re-insured for £4C J in the National and £200 in the Colonial) ; Mr Penfold's effects, ■ 300 in the Victoria. The fire was evidently caused through v defective chimney. . , It is said that a petition is being prepared for presentation to the Minister of Justice in order to obtain the discharge of Dhurd and Carter, who with another man named Harrison, were convicted at the last session of the Supremo Court of conspiring to accuse John (Godfrey Cook of obtaining money by false pretences at Kaikoura. It is said that Harrison has made a statement that lie himself stole the money which Cook was said to have falsely obtained, and afterwards fabricated a story in order to account for the deficiency, and that the men who were convicted with him had no hand in the matter. KLIj N(M'<» > ' " i>ay. A meeting of Local Bodies and Friendly Societies was held in reference to the reception of Lord Onslow. It was decided that the Mayor be requested to proclaim a public holiday on Thursday from 12 o'clock noon, and that addresses of welcome be presented after the swearing in ceremony. Some disagreement has arisen between the fishermen at Olrariu and the wholesale purchasers in the city on the fruits of their industry has resulted in the former going on strike and refusing to supply fish for the Wellington markets. The matters in dispute, it seems, are purely commercial, the fishermen having declined to supply large sized fresh fish for the market for the same price as hitherto. A mounted constable will be sent out to-morrow to prevent any disturbance. F^ILOI G, To day Burglars entered the Post Office this morning and carried away the safe in a hand cart which they had stolen from Light's Denbigh hotel. The safe was burst open with a sledge hammer, crowbar and cold chisel, and after securing the cash, the papers, stamps, etc. , were burnt. The total estimated loss is £210, of which £20 was in money. The Railway Station was also entered by picking the lock in the porter's room. The police b.-iug away at the Supreme Court at Wang.imu the perpetrators of the robbery have got a good start, DUNE DIN, To- day. In the Divorce Court to-day a rule absolute was granted in the case of Williams v. Williams and Haines. The evidence is concluded in tie case of Windmill v. Gallic. WANG AN UI, To- day. The second jury in the Lucas case for rape found a verdict of guilty. The Judge concurred with the verdict, but said as probably he had some encDurageinent the sentence would be light, viz, two years. TiMARU. Tokay. With referenoe to the supposed drowning case here a kitten has been found in the harbor which had been given to the second mate of the barque Danclune to take on board with him. This leaves no doubt that the man has been drowned. HOKITIKA, To day. The Premier left for Wellington last night.