INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2766, 4 August 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Pbess Association.) Atjckxahd, Aug. 3. The Union Sash and Door Company are rapidly pushing on new works to replace those burned down. The/ hare already machinery m operation. ~' Four men hare been arrested on a charge of committing robbery with violence on a man named Carroll. Iha Poultry Show was held to-day. There were 300 entries. The Show wm fairly attended. Patter's patent wool scouring machine ii to be taken to Wellington shortly and exhibited m practical operation before the Members of the General Assembly and others interested m such matter*. Sydney Taiwhinga has been granted a prohibition order to prevent Auckland hotelkeepers from supplying bit wife, Sarah Anns TaitvhoDga, with liquor. For a junior clerkitiip m the Board of Education, at £80 a year, 63 applications were received. No traces hare been got of the boys who absconded from tbe Training School and itols a boat. It is feared tbey have met with an accident. Tbe boat has not been recovered. Tbo men who took part m tbe t jeetment business and pulling down of tbe widow Walsh's cabin m the Roman Citbolio cemetery, hare been arre*ted for the offence. Their names are Patrick Henocsiey, Michael Casey, and MurUgh Donogbue. They have been released on bail. GISBOBNB, Aug. 3. The premises of D. Orr, produce merchant, m Gladstone Boad, were last night com* pletely destroyed by fire. There was a great eoiflagration, end it caused much excitement, coueequent upon tbe danger that surrounded tile other premiies. Through the exertions of members of tbe defunct Fire Brigade, Borough Council, police and o'.herj, the fire wan confined to tbe building destroyed. It was originally insured for £250 m the North British, but Orr allowed a policy of £500 to iapsa a few days ago. Mr ClajsoD, confectioner, is a loser of abont £200 uninsured, through damage to goods and stock on re* inoval from tho adjacent premises. Napieb, Aug. 3. The Poultry and Canary Association show to-day was a great success. There were nearly three hundred exhibits. Tbe firahmas ana H-Qjdaot were particularly fino. At a meeting of the Hospital Committee to-day, several cases of insubordination on the psrt of conva!e»cent patients were reported. Tbey were requested to give some slight assistance, according to the rules, when tbey objected, siyine the Hospital was now a Government institution, and they would defy the Committee nnd do as they liked. The Committee decided to appeal to the Government to end the present unsatisfactary state of affairs. At a meeting of the Committee of tbe Agricultural and Pastoral Society today, it was decided to raise £100 for exhaustive trials of sheep dips, also for experiments as to the bett remedy for lung worms m boggnts. At a meeting of the Law Society to-day, alarm was expressed at the District Conrts Bill, which proposes to extend more than the power of District Courts to Resident Magistrates' Courts m towns m a position like Napier, although the present Resident Magistrate here is no lawyer, and he would retain his appointment under the new Act. Wellington, Aug. 3. Another case of fever was reported this afternoon from the quarantine station, tbe | person attacked being a young woman named Wilkins, a piesenger for Wellington. This will delay the other passeDgers being admitted to pratique for a few days. Tbe Commissioners appointed to enquire into tbe complaints of steerage passengers of tbe s.s. Catalonia, have handed m their re* port to the Government. Tbey are of opinion that the provisions were of good quality, ard plentiful, but the cooking was decidedly faulty, and farther, that the general super* vision was not so good as it might-hare beeD. Tbey also mention that they have advised any private paiiengert, who hare complaint!,

to eommnnicate with the Collector of Customs. The Commissioners went off to Soames' Island, this morning, to take evidence as to the outbreak of typhoid fever on board the ship Oxford. Gbbtmouth, Aug. 3. The charge of perjury brought by Morton (whe was sentenced the other d»y for gold ttealing) against one of the witnesses for the prosecution was withdrawn this morning. The gnM shipped per Mahinapua to-night was ai follows : — By the Bank of New Zealand 302'iozs. by the National Bank of New Zealand 22800n, by the Bank of New South Wales 1040ozs, by Chinese 2O8oz«. HosmxA, Aug. 3. At the District Court to-day, Michael Costells was convicted under the Fraudulent Debtors Act of concealing a sum of money, £420, from his creditors. He was sentencud to eighteen months' imprisonment with bard labor. The Bank of New Zealand shipped per Mahinapua 65630zs of gold. Chbistcihtboh, Aug. 3. The rxoitement re the alleged diamond field continues, and a large number of additional applications for prospecting licenses have been made. Fireman Hillier died this morning from the effects of an accident during a false alarm of fire on Bunday last. After having greatly exerted himself m getting out the engines, the unfortunate man fell off the engine on which ho was riding, and this is supposed to have caused an old rupture to give way. A surgical operation was performed, but without avail. Deceased leaves a wife and four children. The alarm of fire was raised by some person purely for mischief. Several parties have returned from the Ninety-Mile Beach with a few pennyweights of gold, and declare it essentially a poor man's diggings. Duhbdik, Aug. 8. Sir John Coode advises the Harbor Board not to prooeed with Mr Barr'a scheme till he reports. Much congratulation was expressed to-day when the steamers Botorua and Hankow were brought right up to Dunedin wharves by the Harbor Board's Victoria ohannel. The latter is a very lengthy boat, and. was drawing 14ft 6in aft. She is the steamer which will take back 300 bodies of defunct Obinese to the Flowery Land. Mr Menlove, of Oamaru, shipped 241 twotooth merinos to London by the Fenstanton, and the nst return, including skins, is 26s Id per sheep. iNTBBOABanx, Aog. 3. Of deferred payment settlers m Southland, no fewer than 395 are m arrears with their rents, their aggregate indebtedness being £5i51. The Land Board has notified the defaulters that their arrears must be paid m one month, failing which the land is to be forfeited. Ihe largeness of tbe arrears is to be attributed to the fact that the settlers cannot find a remunerative market for their oats. The Board alto resolved that the residential cause of the Land Act shall for the future be more strictly enforced, m case of deferred payment selectors, it having become known that several cases of dummyism have occurred. There have been seven cases of typhoid fever m the hospital within tbe laet two months. In not one of tbeae casts did the fever arise m Invercargill. It was brought from another district. At the Invar car gill Chamber of Commerce to-day the following resolutions were carried : — (1)" That, m view of the proposed increase of taxation, this Chamber is of opinion that it is undesirab'e to increate the honorarium to Members of Parliament." (2) " That, m the opinion of this Chamber, it is not desirable at the present time to increase the rate of the property tax, but should it be found necessary, this Chamber is of opinion that the revenue should be raised by reducing the exemption to say £100." The Chamber wai Dot nnanimous on tbe latter motion, Mr Bain, formerly M.H.R. for Invercargill, endeavoring to pass an amendment deletiug all after the words " property tax." Other members also considered £100 too low. Tbe resolutions will be forwarded to tbe Colonial Treasurer and district Members. To-day the Babbit Inspector sued Hichard Spence for the cost of clesriag his runs of rabbits, and recovered tbe full amount, £80, ami £23 oos's. Spence has been frequently before the Courts re rabbit nuisance, and maintains that be is m tome instances much better than his neighbors m regard to keeping down the ptst. Tha training wall* m tbe New Biver have done good service, there being now 12ft 6in at high water. Tenders are to be called for removing some bummooks, after which it \t> expected the ohannel walls will show equsl depths. Tbe bar is very good just now, and likely to remain so for a considerable period. The water supply question is again agitating the publio, and a petition is to be presented to. the Municipal Council to consider an artesian scheme with artificial pretauro. Mr Napier Bell thinks that for £20,000 a population of 10,000 could be supplied with 25 gallons per diem. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. [By Tblbsbaph.] (Per s.s. Wakatipu at Wellington.) Sydney, July 28. The Zealandia made the passage from Auckland m three days and 22 hours. Tha steamer Port Jackson, wbioh arrived during the week from Dunedin, is much admired. H.M.B. Miranda has returned from Fiji. She will be recommissioned upon the arrival of the Windsor Castle with a new crew. All the officers except two proceed Home. The Nelson is daily expected. The Hon. E. K. Cox, of Fern Hill, well known m racing bircles, died somewhat suddenly. He had been ailing for some time, bat vu oat on the day previous to his death. Political matters are quiet. At Allawarra the Premier made several speeohes, ia which be fortsbowed that m the event of the Land Bill being rejected by Parliament, tbe country would be appealed to. This statement is condemned by tbe Press, as the present Parliament was eleoted especially on the Land Bill. Alfred Bow, the Australian Blondin, has been committed for trial for causing tbe death of a obild at Balmain by leaving his apparatus m an unsafe condition. Very fine cold weather is being experienced. Brisbane, July 28. Tbe Government have communicated with the Agant-General to inform the Secretary of State that the French Government refuse to take back their oriminalt. Three who are confessed notorious criminals have been liberated. Tha barque Deutchlaad, which went ashore on Masthead reef, bas been abandoned. Melboubnb, July 28. Mr Bosislo bas offered to send 1 cwt of eucalyptus oil for the treatment of oholera patients m Egypt. It is said to be highly effective, but tbe P. and O. Company are unable to land any cargo m Egypt. It is stated that the Hero, which if daily expected from Fiji, has passengers aboard suffering from smallpox aud cholera. Every precaution is beiDg taken, The richest gold quartz found since the early days has been exhibited at Ballarat. It was obtained from the Perseverance Company's claim. John Grey has been committed for the murder of his wife at Branxholme.