INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2770, 9 August 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Pjbr Press Association.) Attokixhd, Aug. 8. A quantity of beaf and pork ii being eigorted from Anokltnd to the Mauritius vid ydney, previous exportation! haying proved utiifiotory to th» oonsigoeM.

Pilot Murray baa tendered his resignation to tho Harbor Board, owing to the late troubles. Mrs Marion Scott, a widow aged 65, who w»s frightened the other day by a monkey which savagely assaulted an infant, and who has boon ailing ever since, died suddenly this morning. An inquert is to be held. The Grst issue of shares m the Freezing Company, numbering 20,000 at £5, have been more than covered by applications sent m. Thames, Aug. 8. The New Prince Imperial Company ohtoined 9owt of rich specimens on Monday and 6cwt additional to-day from the No. 2 lode. There is an excellent chow remaining for future operations. HAWEBA, Aug. 8. At a sale of forfeited deferred payment Feel ions to-day, all wero sold except one of 21 acres. A section near Oktiawa fetched £12 5s per acre, and one 5-acre section m Manaia suburbs fetched £29 10s per acre. Wakgantji, Aug. 8. Ibe extension of the lino from Waverley to Manutahi is to be opened on tbe 23rd. Wellington, Aug. 8. Tho convaletcant patients at tho quarantine station are complaining of being detained there, and are making application to be releared. An elderly man named Samuel Jeffs was form.l dead m bed m a restaurant to-day. The cause was heart disease. Owing to the length of time since the immigrants embarked on board the Oxford (•even months) tome of them are greatly m need of clothing nnd other neceisaries. Subscription* on their behalf have been started. At a sitting of the Supreme Court m Barco, beforo Mr Juetico Uichmond, Mr E. Sbaw, the leading counsel for the plaintiff, intimated that he and Mr Bell had agreed that both motieni for a new trial m the action of Hunt v. Gordon should bo granted, tbe rules to be returnable m two months' time. His Honor accordingly mado an order lo that effect. Mr Bell asked that the proceedings should be printed for tbe Court of Appeal, to which His Honor consented. Chbistcht/bch, Aug. 8. The Supreme Court has issued a mandamus ordering tbe Rangiora Licensing Committee to reassemble and hear Lee's application for a renewal of a license to the Boyal Hotel, Woodend. At the annual meeting the application was refused on the ground that only one, lioubo was required, and Lee's was the Ira t central. A memorial against any licence being granted had been read, and the Commil tee retired ostensibly to consider tbe objeotions made to a signature on the memorial, but cama back into Court with a decision to grant only one license, thus not complying with the wish of the memorialists. At the same time their decision m favor of one house was given without Lee's being heard m support of his application, and hence the present mandamus. The excitement m diamonds has considerably abated. Shares m the prospecting companies are not much m demand. No further information as to the value of the diamonds has yet been received. A license to pro;pect for gold m the Alford Forest district was applied for to-day. latbe. The excitement m diamond mining has toned down considerably. Pioneer shares have fallen to £40, and Kohinoors to £14. Furthorinformation from England is anxiously looked for. Dunedin, Aug. 8. Mr Fish, m a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, says that the investigations of tho Telephone Committee have resulted co far m proving the actual cost of lha instruments to Government to be £14, and an annual charge of £7 10s per instrument leaves an ample margin, after allowing for wear and trar. Under the present arrangement Government can all but pay off, m ono jear, the whole coit of the instruments. The steamer Hoihow took the remains of 286 Chinese away to be re-interred m the Flowery Land. It is understood £7 per body is paid for their conveyance to Hong Kong. At the Supreme Court to-day, Judge Williams gave judgment m the appeal case of the Harbor Board r. Cates. In this caso the Court below had decided that the Board wore liable to damages done to a vessel by another vessel which was m charge of their pilot, but Hit Honor reversed tbe decision, holding that the Harbor Board had a duty to supply a pilot Bervico to the satisfaction of tbe Crown, and that no contract for pilotage existed between the Board and the vessel, so that the Board's pilot being m charge of a vessel did not render tbe Board liable for damages which she might do while m his charge.- In another case, Mollison v. Victoria Insurance Company, His Honor delivered judgment m favor of defendants. The casa was that Mollison sold goods to one Dunlop, of loveroirgill, on bills. These goods were insured m the Victoria Company by Mollison, but no trausfer was asked for when the goods were sold (o Dunlop. The goods wero burnt before the bills became due, and Mollison then claimed tho insurance from tho Company, but the Judge ruled that even if Mollison had an insurable interest m the goods whilst the bills wera running, it was not covered by the polioy m question, and ho expressed the opinion that at the time of the fire, Mollison had not such an insurable interest.