INTERPROVINCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 1480, 19 June 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

[Per " Timaru Herald " Special Wire.] New Plymouth, June 18. Owing to the great inconvenience the passengers travelling by coach from Hawera have been put to through the dreadful state of the road between Midhurst and lnglewood, arrangements have been made with the contractor for the railway line to run an engine along the line to meet the coach, and 'convey passengers to and fro, till the line is ready for traffic. Wellington, June 18. A subscription is being started for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire. Messrs Plimmer, Reeve 3, and Co., produce merchants, who were largely intereated m Stratford's business, have been, m consequence of the fire, compelled to suspend payment. Their loss is L 20,000, but they hope, with a little time, to be able to pay m full. The salvage from the fire is about L2OOO worth. It is feared that a fatal accident occurred at Cable Bay this afternoon. It appears that a Mr Shalders, telegraph clerk at Cable Bay, went fishing iv the bay at six o'clock this morning. No anxiety was felt until about two o'clock, which was his time for going to duty, and a search, with the aid of a number of Maoris, was made, resulting m his dingy being found bottom up m the centre of the bay. The pilot boat starts m search at four o'clock to-morrow morning. Shalders has a wife and one child. Greymouth, June 18. The Rev G. T. N. Watkins, Incumbent of Trinity Church, died this morning. He was a true Christian, and beloved by all classes and creeds, and the whole district feels his loss deeply. He will be buried with Masonic honors next Saturday. Christchttrch, June 18. A baker's cart, driven by a boy, fell into the drainage excavation m Durham street to-day. A man who was m the trench at the time fortunately escaped, though having to clamber up betweeu the animal's legs. The boy was thrown on to a mud heap. The shafts of the cart were smashed, and the horse was suffocated.. Orders for work on the Waipara railway have been issued to 266. men. 140 were at work on Monday. Two hundred and ten Union Insurance shares were sold to-day, the majority fetching 12s 9d, the rest 13s. The galley of the schooner "Volunteer took fire this morning and was destroyed. The deck was burned and also the hatches, foresail, and fore and main booms. The hull was uninjured. The fire is supposed to have resulted from some embers having fallen through the bottom of the galley and on to the schooner's deck. Oamaru, Jnne 18. At the inquest on the body of a man named Mclnness who was drowned m the Lagoon on Tuesday, a verdict of "Found drowned" waa returned.

Dunedin, June 18. A fire broke out last evening m an old Bhed m Moray Place occupied by the Brush, Broom, and Fibre Company aa a factory. The manager (A. W. Parker) and a man named William Johns left the premises at 5 p.m., having first extinguished the fire which had been burning m the grate all day. The fire broke out on the opposite side of the shed, and was discovered by William Parker, the manager's son. In the shed there were three tons of cabbage-tree fibre and about 432 made-up brooms, of a total value of L3CO. The material was insured m the Colonial Office for Ll3O, and Mr Parker estimates the loss by fire and water at Ll5O. The Star say 3 : — " We hear on «ood authority that Mr W. L. Simpson, Hesident Magistrate at Clyde, has been offered and has accepted the position of Acting Resident Magistrate for th« Dunedin district, during the absence of Mr Bathgate. Major Keddell, who was the first Warden of the district, succeeds Mr Simpson at Clyde." Morley's opera — " Two Brides," is still drawing crowded houses. Separate properties to the number of 22,000 were valued m the Otago Land Tax district. The total number of objections received up to half-past four this afternoon, was 2140, but objections bearing post marks of the 18th inst., will be received. Most suspicious circumstances have come to light regarding the Athenseum fire, and an inquiry will probably be held. A large deputation of people, of all shades of political opinion, will wait on the Hon. Mr Stout to-morrow to ask him not to resign the Attorney-Generalship owing to the present state of political affairs. Invercargill, June 18. Mrs Hardinge Britten, the lady inspirationalisl lecturer, has been addressing very poor audiences here during the week. She, returns to Dunedin on Friday. Early m the week the Government commenced the erection of some additions to the Government buildings here. These additions were to have been of wood,- but before much progress had been made the morning papers spoke out strongly against the completion of the work, on the ground that the Act prohibited the erection of wooden buildings, except under special conditions, within a prescribed area. Public feeling ran rather high on the matter, it being generally considered that an insult was being offered to the town by the Government m the erection of such paltry buildings as public offices. Last night the contractors wete ordered by the Town Council to pull down the structure. This morning they abandoned the work, waiting further instructions. A new Resident Magistrate's and Supreme Court-house is shortly to be erected.