INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2768, 7 August 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Pbess Association.) Auckland, Aug. 6. Mr Humphrey BawliDgi, formerly • plumber, who recently died, bequeathed £150 to the Yonng Men's Christian Astoria* tion, end a balance, of hit eitate, eititwted at

about £1500, to the establishment of scholarships for Publio School. A boy named McQuinian has been dangerously stabbed by three Kanakas m o drunken row at tlio Auckland Hotel. Litest information to hind, however, is to the effect that the doctors consider he is out of danger. Sidney Taiwhanga is at Alexandra. He had a meeting at Whatiwbatihoe, when Te Ngakau was present. Sidney expected to meet Tawbiao. having telegraphed to him that he was coming, but His Majesty did not condescend to give him an audience, he having left for Kawhia, or m that direction, some days since. At a meeting of the Auckland Timber Company, the report showed the net profit for the year to be £13,560. A dividend was declared at the rate of 15 per cent. The amount carried forward to the- new account was £18,595. At the half-yearly meeting of the Mercury Bay Timber Company, the net pro6t shown for the half-year waa £3850. The declaration of a dividend was postponed to the end of the current half-year. At tbo annual meeting of the Racing Club the accounts showed a balance of £955. The disqualification of Joseph Byera and Golden Crown was removed. Nbw Plymouth, Aug 6. A terious acoident happaned on Saturday by » "bolt" on the South road. Two horse* men, one ridioginto town and tho other going out, came into collision with each other. One horse was killed, and one of the riders, named Fircham, was seriously injured. Wellington, Aug. 6. It is understood that an application for sew trial has been made by counsel for the defence m the case of Hunt v. Gordon. The application will shortly be argued m the Supreme Oourt. Preaching at St. Marks, the Rev. R. Coffae said he hud been requested to ask his congregation to sign a petition m opposition to the Catholic claims m regard to education. Ha could not do so for the Catholic claims were for the glory of God— Religion v. sooolled Secularism, and were m principle the same as those made by the repressntativei of the Church of England and of various other denominations. So far these claims bad been successfully opposed by the supporters of Godless education, partly on the plea that they were afraid ol tbe Roman Catholics. It could cot be eaid of him that be bud any leaning towards Romanish doctrines, but he would rather have a good Cathelio to deal with than an agnostic, a materialist, or an atheiat, which were the denominations now monopolising tho schools. Kaixot/ba, Aug. 6. Tbe intimation sent to sheep farmers respecting the removal of rams has been misconstrued, and turns out not to be an immediate order, but a direction to the 26th section of the Sheep Act, with a view of removing all rams from infeoted flocks at the next general muster. Ohbistchubcb, Aug. 6. J. R. Glanville's coach factory m Victoria street was totally destroyed by fire this evening. Four bnggies and a few wheels were all that was saved. The origin of the firs is a mystery. The iniurmice wa» £175 on the building m the Union, and £400 on ihe Stock m the Colonial. The City Council this evening rejected the hydraulic power scheme became it did not include water supply for domestic and fire prevention purposes. They offered a reward of £25 for the conviction of the givers of false alarms recently. The Mew Zealand Grain Agency Company have received a telegram from their London offioe that 617 sheep ex the British Queen have been sold on behalf of Duncan Cameron, of Clones, at an average of 7Jd per lb. The diamond excitement continue?, though it was rumored to-day that an unfavorable cable message bad been received from Keleey. It is deoied that any message hss been received, but one is due, as Kelsey promised to cable on Friday last. Beventy applications have been entered for prospecting licenses for the next Land Board sitting on Thursday. DtWIDIN, Ang. 6. A couple of juvenile Jack Sheppards, named John Scott and Henry PoppletOD, who were recently committed to the Industrial School, made their escape from the Institution on Thursday last, and were not captorsd until Saturday, when they bad got as far a) Palmeraton. They state that they left tbe school about six o'clock m tbe morning, and on getting to tbe North-East Valley, took two horses out of Ferguson's paddock, near the Lower Junction Hotel, and rode them along tbe Main Road. After passing Waitsli, they took a saddle and bridle from a stable and went on to Evansdale, where they stopped for tbe night. On the next morning a hawker who also stayed there, and who had a horse and cart, offered to buy one of the horses they had for £3, and they asked the local blacksmith to draw out a receipt, but after making inquiries he declined to do so, and they parted with the horse to the bawker for 10s. They then left for Waikonaiti, both riding the same horse, and took a pair of ducks from Kilmog, the property of Robert Francis, and sold them a short distance further on. At Waikouaiti they stayed at tbe Royal Hotel, and m tha morning took the blankets off their bed away with them and proceeded to Palmerston. A short distance north of Waikouaiti they found a horse on tbe road, whioh they took with them, and on getting to Pleasant Valley they got a bridle out of a stable belonging to Mr Ksnnedy and pnt it on the animal. When near Palmeiston they met a man riding a horse, who gave them 5s and a very old worthless saddle for the one they had stolen. The lads were brought before the City Police Court this moraiDg, and remanded until to-morrow. One is over 14 years old and the other 12. The Hotomahaoa's passengers will go on by the Wairarapa, whioh leaves next Thursday. The ship Lyttelton has taken m 6200 caresses of frozen mutton. The person who mi alleged to hove stolen the horse from Mollison's stable on Saturday turns out to have thought he had a olaim to it. He had become bankrupt, and the horse was sold as part of his estate, but he declares it was his ion's property, and he adopted that method of recovering it. The matter will be fougbt out civilly. A somewhat important jadgment was niven to-day by Mr Carew. Resident Magistrate, m a case m regard to the property tax. The person sued by the Commissioner proved that about two years ago he became insolvent, and had had no property since then. Consequently the property on whioh the tax was levied did not belong to him. The contention for the Crown was to the effect that if, when an asseismont is made, and that is once m three years, a person has property, real or personal, although he may meet with misfortune and lose all of his property m say the first year after the assessment roll is made, he nevertheless continues liable to pay a tax for tbe whole of the three years upon the sarna amount of asse.sment. The defendant admitted that the assessment roll was correct when made, but he lost Ins property after the time for objecting had passed. The Resident Magi,, trate said be saw nothing m the Property Assessment Act to support the contention for the Crown. The defendant had proved he had no taxable property for the yea? from the Ist April, 1882, and judgment would there fore go m his behalf. A olaim against Mrs Diamond, of the Globe Hotel, for money alleged to have been taken by the " lambing-down " process, was heard to-day, but the plaintiff 1 s story m tbe box was different entirely from what he had told the detective about tho matter m the first place, and the Resident Magistrate gave a nonsuit, without hearing any other witnesses! for the defence than the detective. The Otago Art Society start the year with a credit balance of '£54. Tbe next exhibition will be opened on November 3rd. Intbbcabgixi,, Aug. 6. At a meeting of the Southland Farmers' Co-operative Association, a long discussion took place as to the losses sustained, which were said to amount to £10,000, and it was agreed that someone was to blame, also that the money bad not been honestly lost. One member declared that the sooner legal proceedings were taken the better. It was finally tesolved, m the first instance, to employ an accountant to examine the books, and submit ■ statement to the shareholders.