INTERPORVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8423, 23 January 1899, Page 3

INTERPORVINCIAL.

[Per Piii;ss Association.] WELLINGTON. To-day. A deputation including a number of prominent citizens presented Mr Adams, acting captain of the fire brigade with a c requisition from 300 or 400 citizens asking [. ' li i in to become a candidate for the captaincy vacated by Mr Kcmslev. In reply Mr Adams said the quarters provided were too small, there was no secuiily of tenure, and he thought it would be more I.imiclicial for all if an outsider weie selected. Such a man could better carry out reforms needed than one who, like himself had been connected with the Brigade for so many ye.us. The' Bank of New Zealand's premises were pulled down moio than a year ago for the purpose of erecting a new and much larger building. The tenders were so high that nothing was done. Amended plans for a three instead of a four-storied building of much plainer appearance were drawn and new tenders are to be called. The cost is estimated at £'2700, and accommodation will be prouded for the local and central staffs and the Assets Board. The Directors expect t.i save .£2OO a year in rent by putting up the new edifice. The arrivals in the colony last year were lS,S")fiand the departures 16,1.39. The telephone ollicc at Wellington was connected with Napier ollicc on Sunday, ami the operators found they could hear very distinctly. Experiments with Auckland were not so successful. The voices were faint and could only he heard with difficulty. The Premier advises the -Press Association that an error occurred in the report of his remarks at Hokitika on January I.'! re. Austrian immigration. He did not say the Imperial Government hail asked that tho^e on the way out should he allowed In land, but that (he Governor had received a cable from the Societal y of Ktate sa\ in;/ the Austio- Hungarian Charge d'Afiaiivs requested pei mission to land the men ahe.tdy anived and now on the way out to New Zealand. It will he seen tint the Impel ial Government did not pi oiler tho request. The telegram was forwarded without comment of any kind. The Premier further said that he had replied that the Union Company had agreed to execute a bond for those then at Sydney, with the exception of ten who had means and were otherwise guaranteed : also that the North German Lloyds intimated that they had no more booked, and the object sought had been obtained. AUCKLAND, To-day. Sailed : R.M.S. Moana for San Francisco. Among the passengers was Mr W. Blackwood, United States Vice-Consul, who will leave the steamer at Samoa. Mr James Stewart, C.E. , and a survey part}- are now at Maungapohatu, in the mountains of the Urewera country, engaged in making a rcconnaisance survey for the suggested railway line from Auckland district to Gishorne. The Friendly Societies' gala took place on Saturday in the Domain. Owing to the threatening weather it was not so successful as hoped for. There was a procession to the Domain, and a programme of sports was gone through. NAPIER, To-day. Mr C. E. Wise, lieutenant of the Napier Rifles, was arrested at Christchurch on a warrant charging him with the theft of £3 3s, the property of the volunteers. He was brought before the Magistrate's Court this morning and pleaded guilty. Accused was remanded for the report of the probation officer. The defalcations amounted to over £20, hut had been made good. CHRISTCHURCH. To-day. On Saturday the body of an infant was discovered in a garden at Opawa. Evidence showed that ,a woman named Constable had a miscarriage, and her sister disposed of the body. The two women are to be charged with concealment of birth. A man named Harry Allpress, a flax miller at Studholme, is missing. He left a letter stating he intended to commit suicide. The man Allpress reported as missing has returned to his father's house. He has given no explanation of his strange behaviour or his reasons for writing an extraordinary letter. Simpson and Mussen, principals in the recent prize fights, were lined £5 on each charge. The information was amended to one of common assault. Accused pleaded guilty. DUNEDIN, To-day. At the Otago cycling meeting the chief events resulted : — Otago Wheel Race : Sutherland 1, Jones 2, Tierney 3; time, mm 3'i^scc- Three-mile Championship : Sutherland 1, Micidleton 2, Bennett 3 ; won by a couple of feet; time, 7min s?i GREYMOUTH, To-day. & The vice-regal party arrived on Saturday night, and received a hearty welcome.