INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5903, 23 October 1890, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Pun Prks-! Association.] WELLINGTON, To-day. In tho Supreme Court yesterday a motion was made to commit Mr E. A. Higgen, proprietor of the Woodviile Examiner, for contempt; for publishing a Parliamentary paper bearing on the case Sowry v. the Hawke's Bay Land Board. His Honor Mr Justice Edwards Beemed inclined to view tho application with disapproval, but eventually reserved judgment. It is expected the German squadron will arrive hero from Australia between the 10th and loth of November. The directors of the Gas Company have decided not to increase the price of gas, notwithstanding the increase in the price of coal. The City Council at a special meeting to-day decided to ask the citizens to observe the 28th inst, Demonstration Day, an n genera] holiday. The s.B. Mamari arrived at London on the 20th inst. from New Zealand with her cargo of frozen meat in good condition. The Harbor Board employees observe Demonstration Day. The boiling dowu establishment of Perry, butcher at Masterton, was totally destroyed by fire at four o'clock this morning. There were no insurances. NEW PLYMOUTH, To-day. The Minister of Justieo has given Mr Samuel permission to see Mahi Kai in gaol with reference to what he said yesterday before sentence was passed on him, when he accused another Maori of committing the murder. Counsel for the Crown is likely to accompany Mr Samuel, and the statement of prisoner will be taken down in writing by an interpreter in the -presence of the gaoler. AUCKLAND, To-day. At the inquest on the body of J. Baxter, who shot himself yesterday, a brother of deceased said he believed the latter's mind had been deranged by reverses in business in Brisbane, where he stated ho had lost over L2OOO. Evidence of a similar effect was given by tho wife of deceased. The jury returned a verdict that the suicide was due to temporary insanity, but to this they added a lider condemning the open way in which firearms are sold. DUNEDIN. To-day. The Employers Union have intimated to the Mayor that they Bee no necessity of observing Labor Day as a general holiday. At the request of the City Council the Mayor has proclaimed Tuesday a holiday. NAPIER, To-day. Mr Tanner, late M. H.R. for Waipawa, lios in a critical condition suffering from internal inflammation.