INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2811, 26 September 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Association.] , AtTCKr.AVD, Sept. 25. , The name of tho stoward drowned at tho ( wreck of the Rnngitira wns James Walker, son of a Walker of Auckland. , Twenty-four prisoners aro waiting trial at the criminal sessions. There are no serious cases. A boy named Busy was run over to-day by ; a spring cart. He lies m a critical condition. ■ The polico are investigating the affair, with a ' view to arresting the driver of it if negligonco ' is proved. : " Majors " Barker and Pollard and their comrades woro enthusiastically received on arrival by the local Salvationists. Crowded meetings were held m the Theatro Royal m the afternoon and evening, when addresses were delivered by these officers. There was a crowd about the steamer on her arrival, but the proceedings were orderly. Nai-ier, Sept. 25. The Htrald's Woodvillo correspondent writes that m sinking a well nt Woodville the borer brought up broken quartz containing gold. Steps nre to be taken to test the value of the discovery. " Wa^oakui, Sept. 25. Mete Kingi's funeral has been postponed till Monday afternoon, to give time for natives from Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Taranciki nnd elsewhere to attend. King Tawhiao has expressed a wish to be present. Natives from nil pails of the coast are pouring m to Putiki, where a tangi is going on daily. Tho Education Board to-day resolved by a miijority to give Inspector Foulis threo months' notice of dismissal. This is the outcome of a series of disputes and complaints regarding scholarship examinations aim other matters. There is a strong feeling among School Committees m favor of Mr Foulis. Wellington, Sept. 25. The Wellington Meat Freezing Company send 6785 carcases o£ mutton and 20,000 lbs weight of beef per s.s. Doric. An elderly man named Havrison, a carpenter, dropped dead this morning. His age wns 64. The Hons. Messieurs Dick and Oliver leave fov the South by tho steamer Wakatipu this afternoon. Edward Mnlliu has been arrested on a charge of arson m connection with the fire at the boavding-house, Tawa Flat, on Sunday. The new Ministry wove sworn m before His Excellency the Governor at noon to-day. Major Atkinson retains Ills former portfolio, and has also been appointed Premier. Mr Dick resigns the portfolio of PostmasterGeneral and Commissioner of Telegraphs, and Mr Oliver takes charge of these departments. Mr Conolly retains his former portfolio, and has also been appointed Attorney-General. Messrs Rolleston, Brycc and Johnston remain as before. Cjibistchttbcit, Sept. 25. The collage that waa destroyed by firo on Sunday at Sydcnham, was insured m the Royal, not m the Standard. The Licensing Committee for liaugiora and Mnmlevillc have granted a license to Lees, of the Royal Hotel, at Woodend, which was refused at the annual meeting. The New Zealand Shipping Company are advised by cable that their chartered steamer lonic left Plymouth on the 22nd inst. for Wellington and Lyttelton, with a large miniber of passengers nnd a full cargo. Tho Law Examiners have recommended Mr J. Hay, of Christohurch, for the Canterbury Law Society's barrister's gold medal j and Mr W. C. McGregor, of Dunedin, for the Society's gold medal for the best set of solicitor's papers. They have also made the following awards : — Certificates of merit for excellence of work : Mr P. Kippenberger, Chriatchureh, and Ilcnry W. Ilalliwcll, Dunedin. Honorable mention : Messrs F. G. Raymond, Timaru j A. S. Adams, Dunedin ; and J. A. Caygill, Christchurch. Messrs Bird and Gegan, formerly of the Telegraph Department, have applied for lottcrs patent for a "secondary battery cell for storing or conserving electricity." They claim to have discovered means by which they attain far greater capacity m a given space than haa been obtained m any other storage battery m use. As the great objection to storage batteries is their weight, the invention of Messrs Bird and Gegan, if it can be economically worked, will help, so far as electric lighting is concerned, to remove a Great difficulty which now stands m tho way. I'llC experimental cells Tvere charged by ] Cunnington and Kent's dynamo, and arc, as far as is known, the first made m New ZeaUml, It is proposed to exhibit tho battery m work at the coining Exhibition. Dpnediv, Sept. 25. The steamer Fenstanton will complete her loading to-morrow. She takes 5971 frozen sheep home. Tho British Queen, which arrives early m October, is expected to take 0000. At the City Polico Court to-day the proprietor of tho South Dunedin Rope Factory was convicted for employing girls beyond tho legal hour prescribed by the Employment of Females Act. Ho was fined 20s and costs. No arrest has yet been made m connection with the robbery committed at tho Seacliff railway station on Sunday, when about £100 was abstracted from a safe.