INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2764, 2 August 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Pee Pbess Association.) Auckland, Aug. 1. Mr Setb Smith, 8.M., was thrown from

hi« liorfe to-day and broke his mni below the elbow. At. Ilio lalf-yeirly meetirg of l!,e Taupiri Coil Cnmrauy JCOOO wa» devoted In a t'.ividi nd, mid a bonus of Is 6=l per jWp drdarrd £1230 wai carried forward. The out-put fjr tho half year was 16,000 tons. In Banco, the caso of Scott v. the Northern Steamship Company came on before Mr Justice Gillies. The action arnFc out o< the robbery of jewellery on board the steamer Wellington some time rg.i, the plnini iiT calming comppnsatijn from the defentliiit" for breach of their Bgreerrent to carry his goods safely to their destination Before, however, the cafecime on for trial, it was decided in Clambers that there was a substantial question of law to be argued, and the argument was taken to-day. Course! havin<? b-rn heard, Uii Honor dtcMcd in point of l»w the dtferee pit in, under srclion 503 of th» Merchants Shipping Ac', was a good d-fenc-. The action is to bo tried at tho i rxtrivil sitting if neceseary. On Fridiy tlie 2ot'i in«t., 20 natives prrre ded to the camp ofa survey party who had crrs'pd tho Pokona river at Aoti-a. Tl>e Maoris swore I ha 1 , if the men riiJ not convry their tails and otlier things back to the other s'dc it tho ftr.-an, they would b^irn them. There being only two or three of the survey parly at thi? advance) pait of the roa-1, Mr Burd being away at the time they returned irith t!ieir effect*, Mr Burd, who waa in Raglan, came out to the camp on Monday, and ordered the men to return to the place where they wero sent away by the natives. A native policeman from Raglan alfo came 'uttoAotea. Tawhiao is not at present at K»whia, having left on Wcdneeday, tho 18th inst., for Whatiwbalihoo. TaubanqA, Aug. 1. The Taaranga Municipal Loan of £25,000 inc'uding a waterworks tcheme of £!8,5"0, was carried by a nujoriiy of 61. Great inti rest was manifested in theretult. N/pieb, Aug. 1. The Customs revenue for July was £332S ; the beer duty, £122. Vital statistics — Birt'is, M; marriages, 3' deaths, 4. Gretmouth, Aug. 1. The chargn of go'd stealing ngiir-st WiUiitr Nnsiau Martin, if Maori Creek, was coi eluded at an farly hour this morning. The indictment consisted of three charges, but tin jury found him guilty onlr on the last (»tea' ing aurifrrous earth), with a strong recom mendation to mercy. On t!ie Court renurr. ing at 10 o'clock, tho Crown Prosecutor with draw another charge of a timilor cliHracter and the Judge seu'enced tlie prisoner to : months' imprisonment. Owing to the wash ing site not having been taken and registers ae psrt of the claim, the ground was declare Crown land, and the prisoner could no therefore be convicted of dealing from th claim. No witnesses for tlie defence wei called in the cafe. At a meeting of members of the We.'tlam Law Society laet evening, to consider crrlai grievances of the profesfion against the Res dent Magistrate (Mr Stratford), it w-.s imarr mou»ly lesolvert— ' That hiving c*refull confiderrd such cimpluials, the Society find Mr Slratford habitually treats all memberi < the Bar, while practising before him, wit the greatest discourtesy, and that his de meanor on the Bench U frequently mo; insulting, and irritating and emb«rra»ing t them ; and that the Minister be req .eaied t enquire into the matter." A copy of tl resolution will bo forwarded to the Minister. Kajkofba. Aug. 1. The Eaikoura sheep farmers have reroive notice to immediately remote all rams fron their flocks. The minimum fcTalty unH.the Aot is £1 pfrdiem and the maximum £1 per diem for eich mm. It is impossible, t muster flocks ntw, as the waather is very bai and the rir.gea partially covered with mow Ttto mui.ths mutt elap-e before fl.cks can b mustered. Tho minimum p;na'ty in thi smalleft ibeks amounts to £4500. Tli wirking of the Sheep Act in this dietrct i creating tho utmrst amount of di»B«tisfactioi among all classes. Chbistchudch, Aug 1. Last night two men had to cro9» tho Wai mak»riri at Kainpii, when their boat capsizec One man got ashore, but as the nighl wa dark he did not look for the other. As th latter made no appearance this marring, hi mate reported the occurrerce to the Polici who dragged tlie river and recovered the bod; of the decea-ed, named William Wileon, we known in the district, Another cable message has been receive: from Kelsey. A meeting of shareholders ii the Lriamond Company is to be held to-mor row, after which the telegrams will b publithed. For Pioneer shares. £16 offerp and £30 wanted; and for Kohinoor, £1 offered and £15 wanted. About a dczan ap plications fjr prospecting licenses at Alfori Forest will be considered to-morrow by th Watte Lands Board. The Customs revenue collected durin July amounted to £16,819, against £22,36! for the corresponding month of last year The beer duty amounted to £779 and £921 respectively. Ashbubton, Aug. 1 A prospe -ting party has been formed, anc expenses guaraotaed, to select a block o country at Alford Forest carrying diamonds The excitement in Ashburtoa increase! ai reliable accounts come la band. DuMßDiir, Aug. 1. Th» New Zealand Refrigerating Company report their credit balii.oe as £199. Addi liotial machinery is to be called for, and thworks will bo added to eo as tj increase tb( storage to 12,000. The Company's opera lions will be confined to sending Home priux mutten. Jojeph Strong lias now challenged Georgt Robertson (the Maori) for the Caledonian Boci»ty'e champion belt for Border wrestling. Strong was champion at last New Year'/ games, but forfeite.l the belt without a contoit to Robertson, when the latter challenged him in March, and he now tries to recover his laurels. The annual meeting of the Refrigerating Company was held to day, when the report and balance-sheet wero adopted. Altogether 40,000 carcase* have bson sent Home by the Company, 31,000 of which went by the four steamers Marsala, Sorrento, Fenstanton, and lonic. Tho Chairman of Directors atatod that be considered branch refrigerating works should be started at Oatnaru, and he would tsks steps to that end. INVEEOABGUL, Aug. 1. During July 39 births, 12 marriages and 11 deaths were registered in Invercargill. Several letters have been published lately, disparaging to the Jewish raoe, and U, Pinkiert, a well-known member of that nationally, challenges their detractor to discuss tho subject on a publio platform, failing which he is to be branded as a coward.