INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 1628, 9 December 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per "Timaru Herald" Special Wire.] Auckland, Dec. 8. Tho Coromandel gold field is looking up again. 1100 ounces of gold were brought up to-day. A man named Wrenginger narrowly escaped death while handling dynamite. It exploded, carrying away his upper lip, and a portion of his nose, and grazing bis forehead. .' At meeting of the creditors of William Kirby, his liabilities were shown to be L4OO, a:id his .assets nominally L3OO. Kirby was' desirous of taking it put of the best man amongst his creditors, but tho police being sent for, and appearing on the scene, be snbsidod. A meeting of tho creditorsof John George Tanson ; formerly of Ohriatchurch, master manner, has also been held, liabilities LI 73, assets nil. Wellington, Dec 8. The Estimates of tho Public Works have been recast sinco tho news received of the floating of the fivo million loan, and m consequence the delivery of tho Statement has been postponed until tomorrow. Fifty of tho ship Arothusa's immigrants havo been sent to Wanganui, and fifty to Foxton. It ib believed His Excollency has abandoned the idea of going to Sydney for tho present. The uteatnor Penguin, which left for Napier at one o'clock, roturned at two, owing to one of her boiler tubes having burst. She will complete repairs and leave again this evening. At tho Magistrate's Court Denis McCormack was charged with stabbing Mr and Mrs Flanigan. Owing to tho latter being unablo to attend, ho was remanded. A young man named Ryott was chargod with issuing valueless cheques, and remanded. It is believed several charges of & serious nature will •be ' preferred against him. In the Supreme Court, m Chambers, His Honor the Chiof Justico mado an order compelling the Inspector of Police to hand over to the New Zealand creditors property taken from one Gleich at tho time of his arroat for fraudulent bankruptcy at Adelaide. Tho order was made m conaequenco of the appeal, the Court having decided that tho Now Zealand creditors had preferential claims over the Adelaide creditors, by Gleich having changed his domicile by visiting England. Certificated accountants m bankruptcy havo adopted a lottor to the Chamber of Commerce m which they urge that body to uso its influence m having Mr Berry, ono' of the accountants, struck off the roll. Wanoanui, Dec. 8. The Italian who assaulted Dr Earlo on Saturday proceeded to tho racecourse nnd burned down the fencing thorn, sotting Gre to it m twenty placos. lie then threatened the custodian with a knife. He was captured by tho police near the Headß on Saturday. A shoemaker named Hondorson, from the West Coast, stabbed Mr Poolo, landlord of the Maxwell Town Hotel. The wound is not very serious. On Saturday morning a man named Pekcrwell was drowned m tho Wanganui river. He took a horse into the rivor, and fell over the bank into deep water. Gisborne, Dec. 8. Mr Webb, late of tho Standard, has commenced an action against Mr Edgecombe, late of Tauranga. Damages are fixed at LIOO. Chkistciiurcii, Dec. 8. The man named Hindman, injured at Lyttelton last Saturday, died to-day. Oamaru, Dec. 8. At a mooting |of tho Oamaru-Nasoby

Railway Committee, to-day, the follow-; [ng resolutions werp passed :— " That the Secretary and Chairman .bo requested to telegraph to the Members for this district, »nd to the Member for Mount Ida (Mr DeLautour), stating that a full meeting of tho Railway Committee was hold, today, and it was resolved: —(1) ' That a special effort be made for tho placing of tho sum of LSOO on tho Supplementary Estimates for the purpose of pausing a complete | survey to be made, with a view to nsesrtaining tho best rou to for a continuation , of the Windsor-Livingstone line, from Livingstone to a junction with tho main interior (Strath- Tnieri) rnilwny on tho Kyebnrn Flat. 1 (2) 'That ft subcommittee be formed, consisting <>f Messrs Qibbs (convenor), Steward, Roiri, Brown, Mooro, and Sumptor, throe to forn» a quorum, for furthering tho ( objoct m viow, with power to communicate with tho Government, by totegraph or letter, on the subject, and to take such other immediate stops as they may deem necessary for that purposo ; t<» endeavor to arrange with the County Council, Town Council,, and Road Hoards to obtain some small pecuniary nssis'anco, and to endeavor to obtain a fnrthor sum by private subscription. (3) That it bo rocommonded A k> tho Conimittco Mint tho Members for the district and Mr DeLautour bo respectfully request od to urgo that tho question as to whether tho I levels, at Livingstone of the present lino, from Windsor to Livingstone, will servo for tho construction of a line to Nasoby, bo enquired into, nnd that, if tho Hue ns at present surveyed is not being runout at Livingstone at a suitablo level there, that instructions bo given to cause such alterations to bo niado as may bo neccseary to enablo a through lino to bo constructed, viz., from Livingstone to Kyeburn.'" At tho District Court today, John Wilhoffts, for Inrccny, was sentenced to 12 months. In bankruptcy, tho' certificate of J. T. Evans was suspended for throe months, and that of George Aloxandor Harris, late hotolkooper of Duntraou, for two years. Du.JfEDiN, Dec. 8. Tho Dunedin Jockey Club today received a lettor from Mr H. P. Lance, accepting the office of handicappor to tho Club, m the place of Mr Moore. Mr Malcolm, Rector of tho Tokoniainro High School, has been appointod Rector of the Christchurch Normal School. Shearing has been commenced m the Lakes district, tho price ruling being 15s per hundred. At tho inquest on tho body of Henry Madden, found on the Ocean Beach yesterday, a verdict of "Found Drowned" was returned. Deceased had beon an inmate of tho Benevolent Institution. Mr W. A. Crobio, late manager of the Dunedin tramways, has been appointed goods traffic manager here, vice Mr W. C. Norman, resigned. Invekcakoiu., Dec 8. The sitting of the Supreme Court commenced to-day before Mr Justice Williams. Patrick MoManamin, charged with felonionsly killing a horse, waa acquitted.