NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4988, 23 April 1889, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(By Telegraph. ) IncendarismAUCKLAND, April 23. Mrs Browne has been arrested on suspicion of having burned a small cottage at Onehunga Spit belonging to her husband. Dearer Sugar. The Colonial Sugar Company, of Auckland, have notified an advance of 10a per ton on all grades of sugar, and on treacle and syrup in bulk, and 6d per ease on treacle and syrup in cases. The’Frisco Mail ServiceMr B. J. Creighton, who arrived by the Mariposa from Sydney, proceeds to Wellington on Thursday to interview the Government relative to the ’Frisco Mail proposals. He has nothing definite yet arranged with regard to extension of the present contract. FootballIt is a fine day for the match between the Poneke (Wellington) and Grafton (Auckland) football clnbs. The weather is cloudy but the ground is dry and springy. The MariposaSailed—Mariposa, from Auckland for San JVftßcisqo, Passengers from Hew #salaad ;

Mr and Mrs Bloomfield, Mr and Mrs Duckworth, Misses Nelson, Captain Mclntyre, Messrs F. 8. Smithson, Hayman, Mendelsohn, Thomas and servant, Nelson, Halledgo, Towaend, Wakefield, Ware, Doole, Garland, Atherton, Wood, Heine, Dalziol, Jones, and 40 steerage.

Sir Harry at SeaWELLINGTON, April 23. The Premier left for the West Coast, South Island, in the Hinemoa this morning. He returns on the 30th inst. or Ist May, to receive the Governor. Opening a Hew TradeThe first shipment of fish consigned to the Melbourne Fish and Produce Importing Company leaves in (he Mararon. It consists of thirteen tons, collected at Auckland, Napier, and Wellington. A Jump From a Window. DUNEDIN, April 23. Mrs Semb, a patient at the hospital, jumped from the bathroom window on to the pavement below, sustaining severe injuries to her head.