INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6095, 16 June 1892, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[By Telegraph. — Prfss Association.) WKLUNC TON, Last nmmit. The weather is again stormy, hail, rain, ;nnl sl.»et driving all d.-iy. Thu .s.s. Grafton, fi i Nelqun, hud to put into Ohau Bay lust iiiijiit, and still roniins tli.:re. The Governor performed his first official act by opening the Boys' Institute this afternoon Evidence in t!ie murder trial whs concluded this evening, and the addresses by counsel will begin in tiio morning. These are expected to We lengthy, as well as the Humming up of tl>t> -finite To day. —The Rev. Father" Devoy haa been appointed Vicur-Gonur.il of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese by Archbishop Redwood. Mr Cvlmun has received word from Kaipara that certain persons from that district are about to start for Little barrier Inland, with the view of cutting timber upon it. Notice haa therefore been given to all concerned warning them that Government are negotiating for the purchase of the island, and Mr Bishop, Resident Magistrate, who is representing the Native Department, has the whole matter in hand. The Crown Prosecutor's address in the murder charge against Charles Smith occupied an hour and n quarter. Mr Jellicoe, for the defence, was speaking when the Court adjourned for lunch. It is expected that the case will finish at about five o'clock. Captain Edwin states t'lat the barometer is extraordinarily high all over the country, especially in the South, where the highest reading recorded for some years past, 3074 at sea-level, was recorded at the Bluff at 0 a.m. to-day. The weather will continue cold as the barometer falls, and there will be high wind from the northward in about 48 hours. There are very strong evidences of heavy easterly gales between this country, Fiji, and New Caledonia, also ot easterly gales and heavy sea on the Queensland and New South Wales coasts. DUNEDIN, To-day. ' At a meeting of those interested in the liquor traffic resolutions moved by MrVincent Pyke were carried sympathising with the publicans whose licenses had been taken away, appointing a committee to enquire what legal steps could be taken to obtain a remedy, and forming a deputation to interview M.H.R.'s to endeavor to get the Act placed on a more just and equitable footing. Reference was made to the hardship inflicted on ownets whose houses were closed after expending large sums on them at the instance of former committees. Arthur McDonald, the bankrupt, asks the public to suspend judgment until his side of the story is told. Ho points out that out of 8000 bales packed under the •same instructions, only 264 were complained of, and out of 200 bales of rabbit skins, of a value of L.25,000, only L4OO worth was complained of. AUCKLAND, To-day. In an interview with a Herald representative the Hon. Mr Mitchelson said he resigned membership of the Auckland Racing Club because he was dissatisfied with the manner in which the business of the club had been carried on. He considers further that the authorities of the club do not show a sufficient desire to purify racing, and objects to the hurried resolution passed in the case of the Stranger enquiry, believing also that it should not be for a private individual, as it was in that case, to take the initiative in promoting an onquiry, as the stewards should take action on their own account. Another reason for Mr Mitchelson's resignation is his opinion that the club has been too willing to assist in the promoting of small race meetings in various parts of Auckland. A number of these meetings have developed to such an extent as in his opinion to give ground for belief that the time has arrived for a repeal of legislation authorising the . tctalisator. He is not prepared to 6weep away the totaiisator suddenly, but that will have to be done unless the number of race meetings is lessened. The Hon. Mr Seddon, addressing the volunteers, said he did not agree with the suggestion that there should be a partially paid volunteer force as in the other colonies, and he did not think that the taxpayers would agree with it. As the colony was depending so much on the volunteers. Government would do all they could to encourage them. The Hon. Mr Seddon and Mr Crombie loft in the Mahinapua this afternoon for Wellington. Prior to his departure Mr Seddon was aßkcd to extend the Fisheries Act, which gives a bonus of a penny a pound for fish exported from the clony, and also to introduce a Bill to legalise the Onehunga cemetery in respect of an injunction recently granted. BRUNNERTON, To-day. Mr Guinness, M.H.R., addressed his Brunnerton constituents last night. There was a large house and he was cordially greeted. He treated the action of Government since its taking of office, and of the Acts passed and Bills tost. Speaking on the Land Tax Mr Guinness disagreed with the taxing of improvements. He spoke of the full necessity for a local government Bill. Taxation was eaten up by many little bodies. He thought that the members of the Upper House should be elected for three years only. Mr Guinness advocated the offer of the Midland Railway Company being seriously considered and also the resumption of land grants. He spoke for two hours and received a unanimous vote of confidence. A vote of confidence in the Ministry was also passed. CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. The Board of Governors of Canterbury College have passed a resolution respecting Mr Forbcs's explanation re the Articles reported missing from the Museum that* they never doubted his integrity. Mr Thomas Orange, formerly Marine Engineer of Lyttelton, and afterwards of Aknroa, has died suddenly, it is supposed of rupture of a blood-vessel.