INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3789, 31 August 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.) AnOKtAHD, Aug. 30. A icenee occurred in the P.iljce O.mrt to day. A rather notorious woman named Anne Ve«ey, was charged with using abusive latuuige. While the principal witness, a woman, was giving evidence, the prisoner drew a sauoerfrom the folds of her dress and struck witness twioe violently on the head, covering bar with blood. The Court sentenced the prisoner to tiro months' imprisonment. The Thames Gis o>mp«ny havs declared a dividend of li 6d per share, carrying £481 to the new account. An Auckland lady has given £1000 donation to the Bcripture Gift Anooia'ion. A railway gunrd tamed Crawford had a narrow escape from death while shunting at the Mercer Btation. His head got jammed between a wagon and a pisee of limber. He was removed to the Hospital. Hi* bead was badly cut. Tho boy Alfred Hughes, (he victim of the late gun accident, is doing well. No attempt has yet been made to extract (he marble from the tistues of bis back for tear of exhausting the patient. Ofunakb, Aug. 30. William Clart, hotelkeeper, late of Wellington, and formerly of Blenheim and Piettra, shot himielf through the heart this morning tie Lad agreed last night wi'h Middleton Bros , from whom he had purchased the hotel five months ago, lo give bnok po*ses«ion. An Hureemrnt was drawn up to t'iat eff< ct. Clark appeared in good spirits this morning, and was working in the storeroom. Whilst one nf the men helping him weat to fetch a tomahawk, he shot himself through the bea-t. Hawsei, Aug. 30. Josephine Green was yesterday brought up on remand charged with child murder. The Rev. Williams, Weslejttn minister, to whom the girl caid she had given the child, deposed that he had only spoken to her once, and knew nothing of the child. The babv'a dre«e and flannels were much soiled. They were found in a hedge down in a gully near Ibi9 place. Mrs Hughes, midwife, ecid she made the flannels, and the child was wearing them when tho mother took her away. The theory of tha defense is that the child was fiven to George Williams, a married man 'be father of the cbild is supposed to be living in the Forty Mile Busb, and every'

•ffTtis to be made to di-cover him, A m«n is to be specially eept to trace him. VPELMKOTOJr. Aug. 30. Mr J. C. Crawford, formerly Begident Magistrate hero, writes from London to tbe Oolonial Secretary respecting the establishment of what promises to be an important colonial industry. He statea ho saw H tner'•hunt in London ttlio was connected with ■he construction of granite recks in Bombay, who taid that for making cement for «ork«, they had lo import large.quanutict of pumice from Aden, and pumice cement »as the strongest made for worke under water. Mr Cr«wf..rd continued to jay that pumice should prove to be a valuable element in making cement, and the North Island of New Zealand l<as an inexhaustible quanfity He referred the mutter to Dr Faya, C.E., an authority en the matter of cement, and tho la'tor suggests that samples of pnmice aa usually obtained (limeftone famplei), and samples of p*tuary mud, be sent to him for experiment. Mr Crawford itatea that a great •upply of pumice is found in the Wanganui river, and in tha East Ooa«t rivers in Hawke'f Bay ; also in the WBikato riTer, and pro» biMy in tbe Thamet. In Wanganai, pumice floats down the river, and a cargo could easily be secured. The Norkh Island, he assorts, has & monopoly of the artiole. The chief item of cost in producing the cement would be fuel, and Ihe fuel should be coke. Dr Faya was willing to report on the adaptabilities of samples which may be cent to him, his fee being 15 guineas, in addition to expenses of analysis, from two to three guineas. At a meeting of the Philosophical Society to-day, Dr Hector gave it as his opinion that the tidal wave which visited the New Zealand coast yesterday was caused by the volcanio eruption which, had been experienced in the neighborhood of the Straits of Sunda. He eaid the le'and of Sunda was renowned for the set erity of its eruptions. In 1772 a tract of country fifteen miles long and aix broad wat Bwallowed up, 3000 perjim losing their liTes. This was follower! in 1815 by another severe shock, when 70C0 lives were lost. The noise of tbe eruption was heard thousands of milei away. Captain Edwin received the following telograms this morning : — " Mongonui — Disturbances ttill continue; water uurh di«colored." " Corom»>>del — Po sign of tidal wave." There was alio no »ign of diatarbance at Thames, Tsuranga, and Castle Point. Gbethouth, Aug. 30. An accident occurred at Hirer View, pear , Ahaurs, in the claim of John Thomas and William Recce. Wbil* ttanding at the head 1 of the claim the bank gave way, precipitating both 60 feet almost perpendioular. Thomai : was covered up. Beece. who escaped no* l injured, obtained assi*tanee. Thomai, when extricated, was found to be seriously crushed • on the bead and bark. He was brought down in a canoe to the Hospital. Odb of the Oxford's immigrants, brought here by tho Grafton, i» isolated in tbe immigration barrack* with bis eister. He hat 1 been very ill, but it is said his condition if 1 now improving. Ohbistobuboe, Ang. 80. Nineteen gold and one copper and tin prospecting licences were granted by the Waste Lands B'ard to-day. The gold licenses are for the Malvern district, and the 1 copper for the Alford Forest. About eighty delegates were present at the Temperance Conference to-day. They patatd a resolution to form a political association ta be called tbe Canterbury Temperance Union. The Government has sanctioned the plant and tite of the proposed ocean steamer* jetty at Lytteltoo. Dtjnedin, Aug. 80. The projected walking match between Edwards, of Melbourne, and Young Boott, of Dauedin, ii likely to fall through. Mr Heymour, who came from Melbourne to arrange it, stipulates that it must come off in throe weeks' time, nnd Scott would not havo sufficient time to train. Xbe Harbor Board have agreed to telegraph to Mr Groen, M.H.K, tliat clause 11 having been struck out of the Harbor Board Becon«titution Bill, it had better be entirely ' abandoned. The Deep Sea Fishing Company hai been, - wound up. At the inqueat on Donald B. Stewart, of Tuaprka, who was found drowned in twelve i idles of water, tbe medical evidence showed tb.it his kidneys and liver were diseased. A verdict of "Found drowned" was returned. A special meeting of the First Church (Presbyterian) congregation, was held tonight to offer special prayer for the restoration to health of the Ber. Lindiay MoKie, their pastor. The Auckland football team are being well treated by the local Rugby Union. They hare b<>en taken down the harbor, driven to Blaeskin. ka., and to-night will be guest* at the Kinking Club's fancy drsis ball. They have determined to play seven men behind scrimmage on Saturday, Arneii playing at one of the backs. The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce received the following telegram from Mr Fi»h to-day :— " In reply to your telegram • utterly deny obstructing the Harbor Loan Bill. Neither myself nor Mr Bracken did to. I believe the meaiure to be worthless, but nevertheless did not obstruct. You cannot from newapapcr paragraphs, or lying tele« gram*, understand how things happen here. Had it not been for oar vote* the Bill would have been lost," Mr A. H. Boss was eleoted Chairman of the Harbor Board to-d»j. Eighteen sppltcations were received for the office of Harbor Matter, and aftir some disrusaion in Committee it was. decided to adjourn their con* aiderati'in until Monday. The Government h»ve issued instructions that ill vessels passing Cape Sinnden are to h* telephoned to Port Chalmers and Dunedin. The usefulness of the thing was instanced in the case of the ship DuDedin, from London, which arrived off Cape daunders at 8 a.m. today and was becalmed. The news of her being there was telephoned to Port Chalmers, and the Harbor Board's tug Plucky waa at once »<nt out to tow her round. Captain McO-nlam, tlio Depaty-Harbor* master, is likely to receive the appointment of Harbormaster. Mr J. C. Norman, formerly organist at the Oatholio Church, has been appointed organist of St. Paul's, the principal Episcopalian Church, succeeding Mr Towsey. There wer« numerous applicants for tbe post, several being from Australia. IHTBBCIBGrLI,, Aug. 80. A destructive fire occurred at Wyndbam this morning The buildings destroyed were W. Milne's Farmer*' Arms Hotel (with ball attached) and J. Ban tin's store. The fire broke out in tbe hall, and so gave time to aave a large quantity of furniture from the hotel. Bank n'« stock was insured for £200 in tbe New Zealand office and £500 in tbe South British, and Milne's furniture for £360 in ibe New Zealand office. Tho result of tha Waste Land* Board'f cireular to the deferred payment selector* in arrears has been the payment within a month of £3000, or more than half of the amount due.