INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1580, 12 May 1887, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

The foundation stone of the new Church of the Assumption was laid at Onehunga on Sunday afternoon, hia Grace Archbishop Redwood assisting at the ceremony, A large number gathered to hear the eloquent address by the Archbishop. A heavy north-easterly gale at Auckland dismasted the yacht Rita and sank a number of small boats. The premises of Mr Cooper, cordial manufacturer, Thorndon, Wellington, were broken into on Sunday night and cash and cheques to the value of £IOO stolen. Five sperm whales, averaging 50ft in length, were stranded near the mouth of the Rangitikei river on Saturday. Dr. Hacou, of Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch, is to be transferred to the Wellington Asylum, and Dr. Levinge takes Dr, Hacon’s place, It is also understood that Mr Seager, of Sunnyside, is u> be transferred, but it is not settled where he will go. The removal of the debris from the Wellington Post Office is finished, and the walls are all braced up with wire ropes. A man named Beauchamp Thorn has been arrested on a charge of wilfully setting fire to a foor-roomed house he occupied at South Dunedin on the 22nd ult.

While three men were removing a derrick on the north tiphead at Greymouth on Monday afternoon it was caught in a gust of wind and fell over. It knocked a young fellow named Allardyce into the water. He was stunned by his head striking a stone. John Moore was also struck by the derrick and severely injured. Morse and Williams plunged into the sea to look for Allardyce, and after about ten minutes bis arm whs seen as he was being turned over by the sea, and he was hauled out unconscious, but alive. However, he toon came round, and both the injured men were sent to the hospital. A case of poisoning occurred at New Plymouth on Tuesday. A boy named Day, three years old, got hold of a bottle of Belladonna and drank a quantity of it. A wrestling match for the championship of New Zealand and £SO aside, and a silver paedal, between Hudson, of Wan? ganuj, and Gilbert Pearce, of Egraont, was won by the latter by three falls out of five, after a hard_Btruggle. Numerous reductions are being made in the Public Works Department throughout the colony, and on Tuesday morning fifty notices were issued to or posted to officials, intimating their services would be dispensed with at the end cf September. The ship Northumberland, laying at Napier, parted her cables at II o’clock on Tuesday morning, and drifted on to the bank two miles to the westward. The lifeboat soon went to her assistance but was driven ashore. The steamer Sir gave assistance. There was a heavy sea and a gale of wind blowing. The Northumberland arrived at Napier from Lyttelton on Monday night. She had 1000 tons original cargo, principally material for the Wairoa bridge, also 500 tons wheat for London and 500 tons coal. She was under the command of Captain Todd.