INTERPORVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8424, 24 January 1899, Page 3

INTERPORVINCIAL.

[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON. To-day. The Wellington Gaa Company have declared a dividend of 10 pel- cent, for the year. AUCKLAND, To-day. The a.s. Westralia brought as passengers) from Sydney Captain Pakenham, secretary to Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, und Mrs Pakenham, also Captain Pelliam, aide </c camp to Lord Bras-soy. They intend staying in New Zealand fur a brief period. Mr Babe, Government surveyor and engineer, has practically finished laying off a site near Okere Falls close to the inlet to Lake Rotoiti. for the erection of dynamos for the olcctriu lighting of Rotorua. The Board of Conciliation adjourned owing to an informality in the proceedings . us to the Painters' Union. The Kducatitm Board are held lo be not liable to the provisions of the Conciliation Act. The Plumbers' Union have demanded H hours a week and Is 3d per hour. The Board awarded 47 hours and Is per hour. As to old and infirm men, the rale of pay is to be settled between the employer anil employed. At the Police Court Charles Cowan, a bush contractor, was charged with failing to keep proper accounts within three years before his bankruptcy. He pleaded guilty, and stated he had no intention to defraud. He was sentenced to three months luird labor. Counsel asked for probation, which was refused. It is stated that owing to the publicity given to applications for old age pensions, a number of local claims havu been withdrawn since the last sittings. CHRISTCHURCH. To-d.\y. Louisa and Lucy Constable h.ive been committed for trillion a charge of disposing of the body of a child with intent to concciil the fact of birth. IXVKRCARGILL, To-n.w. Christian CleiiiciiUon, aged 40, an insurance agent, wubdiowiicd yestciday in the Oreti river, near Dunedin. At ■! o'elmk in the afternoon he was t-cen to remove hi: coat and vest and jump into the met. His bod)' was not lecoveied for half an hour, and efforts to restore life weic ineffectual. Deceased had been drinking. He leaves a wife in Auckland.