INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5673, 21 January 1890, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Association. J WELLINGTON, To-day. In addition to other festivities to-mor-row it has been arranged to have a military procession in the afternoon in honor of the rifle champion. The volunteers will parade to meet the Rotorua, and headed by carriages containing Williams and France, champion team (Auckland Artillery), ex-champions of the colony, and others, will murch to the Basin Reserve. A smoke concert, will be given on Thursday evening to all rifle representatives then in town. The Mariposa, with colonial mails of the 30th ult., arrived at 'Frisco from Auckland on the 18th insfc. , time-table date. TIMARU, To-day. A diver named Coll is, working under ! about 20ft of water on Saturday at a step way, was seized hy an octopus of 6ft. Gin. spread, which also got hold of the timbers of the step. C'ollis had presence of mind on seeing the creature coming to extend i his arms, to avoid having them pinned, | and was able, though with difficulty, to pull himself way by the lift lines and walk and to climb up his ladder, with the octopus around him. THAMES, To-day. A Inryoly attended and most enthusiastic meeting of miners was held on Saturday night, when it was unanimously decided to join the branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Aus- j tralasia. Twelve hundred miners have already joined. PORT CHALMERS To-day. Arrived : Hinemoa, from the Auckland, Campbell, and Bounty Isles. She has on board the skylight of a large ship, attached to which was a rope made from a large red and white ootton handkerchief, which had been torn in strips and knotted together, evidently for the purpose of tying someone. The wreckage was picked up on a beach at Ewing island, one of the Auckland group. Captain Fairchild reports all the depots are in good order and there are no signs of any castaways. Only one seal was seen during the trip. NAPIER, To-day. The Charitable Aid Board yesterday decided to seek amendment of the Act in the direction of giving Boards greater powor over inmates of refuges. At present the Boards may make regulations, but cannot enforce them or get the inmates punished for insubordination, and the only resource is to turn out refractory inmates. The Chairman stated that men came in drunk, kicked up rows, and also fought, but Magistrates refused a summons when applied for. As an instance of the prevalence of insubordination it was mentioned that when geese, turkeys, and poultry were sent to the ref uge for Christmas one able-bodied pauper point blank refused to assist when asked to help in plucking a goose. DUNEDIN. To-day. Tho Earl and Countess of Kintore and party arrived about 10.30 a.m. by special train. Tho Highland Rifles formed a guard of honor and the Hussars an escort to Government House, where the party are the guests of Lady Onslow. Tho Hinemoa had a number of pas seijgers on board during the trip to Auckland, Campbell, and other Islands, including Professor Kirk, Messrs Martin, F. R. Chapman, H. D. Bell, Russell, Travel's, and others. Professor Kii'k mado a valuable collection of rare plants, and Mr Chapman found at Campbell Islands a beautiful new plant unlike any hitherto described. On rocks iive miles from the scene of the wreck of the Derry Castlo a camp stool and ship's skylight were found. Both are believed to have belonged to that vessel. On the skylight at two different places were lashings which showed that two men had been tied to it. CHIITSTCHURCH, To-pay. The Trades and Labor Council last night considex-cd Parker and Tribe's reply as to tho Christchurch log, and decided that the log should be adhered to in its present form., also to endorse the suggestion of the Tailors' Union that Parker and Tribe's hands should be called out from work. The Council further resolved to boycott that firm's goods. About fifty hands are employed by the firm. The Post of Thursday records the following: — A disagreeable incident occurred in the Magistrate's Court this afternoon. Mr Jollicoe rose and said he had a somewhat painful but necessary duty to perform, and that was to request his Worship to have a certain person, a member of the Bar, who was at present in Court, under the influence of liquor, excluded. The reason of the request was that the person referred to had mado himself offensive to a lady engaged in a oaso before the Court. If it had .been other than a member of the Bar who had so offended, Mi'.lellicoesaid, no boubt an officer of the Court wouldhaveignominioualy ejectod him into the street. His "Worship did not wish to take extreme measures, and observed that perhaps the person referred to would take the hint and retire, and make some explanation afterwards concerning what had been said. The person referred to, however, did not take the hint, and His Worship then requested the Chief Bailiff to ask the objectionable member to retire, which he did after a feeble expostulation that he wished to address His Worship on the subject. Shortly after the incident in Court the member of the Bar referred to was captured by Constable Kenny, and lo efced up for excessive imbibing.