INTRPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6894, 15 June 1892, Page 2

INTRPROVINCIAL.

[By Teleoraph.— Pbess Association.) WELLINGTON. To-day. Mr H. D. Bell, Mayor of Wellington, received a cablegram fmtn London yesterday af'ornoon announcing the death of liis mvii .••:•, Lady BJI. Sir Dillon Bell, after retiring from the Agout -Generalship, paid a visit to the colony in company with Lady Bell, and thoy luft Ihto on the return voyage to London in the Tongariro on April 16th, it h<>iin? undersfnod that the state of Lady Dili's health was the cause of the sh>Tt stay in the colony. The Tongariro reauh.-d Ply in u'h on the 30th of May. Thtj charge of murder against Charles Smith occupied the Supreme C'<urt all yesterday. At 6 o'clock, when the Court adjourned for the day, then-, were still several witnesses to call for the pronecution. It is doubtful if the cisc will finish to day. The evidence adduced is much the same as at the previous trial. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Glasgow, and also the officers and men of H.M.S. Ringarooma, will attend morning service at St. Peter's Church next Sunday, .the occasion being the eve of the anniversary ot the accession of Her Majesty. Dr Lemon has made a successful shipment of apples to the London market, the consignment averaging 16s per case. He intends to export largely next year. The apples were wrapped in paper, and shipped in boxes of one inch timber. The packages were not placed in the freezing chamber, but stowed in the laz'rette. At a meeting of the Hospital Trustees the Treasurer said that there was no money to pay accounts, i uring a discussion that followed this announcement one member said they were continually having to face similar difficulties, and if the Government would not assist he would move move that they hand over the whole management of the institution to the Government. The Rev. Van Stavern said no doubt if they waited on Government and asked for a subsidy in advance they would get it, and it was decided to adopt the suggestion. Lady Bell died- in London. Her end, which was due to old age, came peaceably. A meeting convened by the temperance bodies passed a resolution protesting against the establishment of a licensing district in tho King Country. A strong southerly gale is blowing, with frequent rain and hail squalls. It is expected that tho evidence in the murder trial will be finished to-night, and counsel's addresses and the Judge's summing up will be deferred until to-morrow. DUNEDIN, To-day. A boy, two years old, named George Watkins, fell into a boiler of hilt water at his parents' residence, Noitli-east Valley, dying from the effects. Lieutenant Fulton, of the City Guards, who recently passed an examination entitling him to one of the commissions in the Imperial Forces, has received orders to join the 93rd regiment (Sutherland Highlanders) on the Bengal station. AUCKLAND, To-day. The Hon. Mr Mitchelson has resigned his position as steward of the Auckland Racing Clubs, and in his letter announcing this course, he states that he has abandoned all hopes of metropolitan clubs purifying racing. It is believed that Mr Mitchelson has resigned because of the result of the recent enquiry of stewards into the in and outrunning of Stranger at the Auckland Winter Meeting, the owner of the horse having been declared free from blame.