INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2813, 28 September 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Pkr Pkeks Association. J Auckland, Sept. 27. Another case of n little child being enticed iway from its home by a givwn up girl, and brutally ill-treated, has occurred. This is Hie third case of the kind within v short time. Nominations for the two principal events of the Auckland Bneing Club's Spring meeting (the Handicap and the Hurdles), close tomorrow, Friday. The creator portion of the Mataura's cargo was insured with the Xew Zealand Insurance Company. The Company will therefore be the principal loser by the failure of the refrigeration. Xew Plymouth, Sept. 27. Alexander Boswell, late of the Lighter Company, was arrested last evening on a charge of embezzline «■ cheque, the property of the Lighter Company. The case was adjourned for a week, bail being accepted. Wellington, Sept. 27. The Xew Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamer Doric sailed for Lytteltan ivt 5 o'clock this afternoon. She takes from Wellington about 5300 carcases of frozen meat. A smart s-hock of earthquake was felt here at 7 o'clock this evening. GoTcrnment have received information respecting the destruction of beacons at K.-iwliia, by natives. Mr Butler, of the Xntive Ollice, who was sent to make enquiries, found that the beacons placed there by Captnin Fuircliild recently were removed, and so much broken that it would take some | considerable time to repair and re-erect them. One of the two chiefs who were concerned m the destruction of the beacons has gone to Whatiwhatihoe with Tawhiao. The other was still at Knwhia, and when Mr Butler called on him to assist at once m repairing and re-erecting the beacon?, he answered that he could not do so without instructions from Tawhiao. These two chiefs are the same as were concerned m pulling up pegs along the road from Kawhia around to Aotea harbor. It is believed that m both instances the chiefs acted at the instance of Tawhiao, and some of his advisers belong to the Waikato tribe. The beacons are not yet re-erected. The Hinenioa has returned to Wellington. The first annual election of the Pharmacy Board took place this forenoon, and resulted as follows : — Bonnington, Christchurch, 132 ; Aiken, Auckland, 113 ; Edson, Auckland, 109 ; Pond, Auckland, 109 ; King, Auckland, 106; Brittan, Wellington, 104; Bagley, Dunedin, 9-1. The above form the Board. The defeated candidates were : — Leary, Dunedin, 78 ; Elder, Port Chalmers, 67 ; Marshall, Dunedin, 57 ; Isaac, Dunedin, 40 ; Fitzgerald, Wellington, 29. 197 votes were received, of which 19 were informal. &BETsiorin, Sept. 27. Messrs Redmond and Walsh will be escorted from Paroa to Grreymouth this afternoon by sympathising countrymen, and will arrive here at six o'clock this evening. Mr Redmond will lecture here to-morrow evening, aud afterwards a banquet will be given him. CnEisrcHrsCH, Sept. 27. The Xew Zealand Shipping Company ara advised by cable that the British King reached Rio Janeiro on the 2ith inst., all well, her frozen meat being m good condition. She left seven days later than the Catalonia, but is now only four days behind the big Cunarder. At a meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board to-dnv it was resolved to reject the present scheme for hchting the harbor by electricity. The Harbor. Board's reasons for rejecting the electric light are the following : — That the Xew Zealand Electric Light Company have not carried out their arrangements of January 27th m such manner as to enable them to require the Board to pay contract price, and accept delivery of an "installation "m its present condition. That the Company has not attempted to prove tho lights erected are of 2000 candle power. Tha' the workmanship and material baa not been of uniformly first-class quality. It is admitted that the cost of the sixteen lights is somewhat below 4d per hour exclusive of interest on cost or depreciation of plant. The Board recognise the necessity for lighting the Harbor thoroughly, and lire prepared to negotiate with any Company for lighting, either by electricity or otherwise. The Sailors' Home, Lyttelton, will probably be opened at the beginning of Xovember. Oaiiaef, Sept. 27, A cottage m Xorth Oamaru, insured for £80 m the Scottish Imperial, was burned, together with its contents, this afternoon. Dr/NEDis, Sept. 27. The Serald mentions that Mr Andrew Pollock, of Green Island, has received a cablegram, stating that he has succeeded to a. baronetcy and £9000 a year. At the Police Court to-day, six butchers were charged with selling to the Inspector of Adulterated Food, quantities of butchers' meat containing lead aad iron ingredients injurious to health. After the evidence of one witness for the defence had been taken, the cases were adjourned. This witness was a traveller for a firm of salt merchants, and he states that hb firm had supplied a preparation termed "American ball," which was described m the dictionary as a tonic to butchers. In this and other colonies he believed all butchers used it, but he did not know what its ingredients were. To the police the witness replied that he had not sold red lead or iron to butchers, but sage, salt and pepper. The big dredge now lifts 1-100 tons daily off the bar. Soundings there this week give from 20 to 22 feet at dead low water. This result is considered eminently satisfactory. Bishop Morau having written to the Minister of Education, calling his attention to the fact that school work m t-ho local High School is opened with prayer, and m a country school with praise and the reading of the Bible, and asking if such was m accordance with law, has received a reply that these matters are left, to the local authorities, and that the Legislat lire has given the Minister of Education no power to interfere. ISVEKCARGILL, Sept. 27. At the District Court to-day, after three days' hearing, n special jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for a claim of £200 m the action D. McLcod (owner of the ketch Edith Reid) v. the Xew River Harbor Board and Campbell aud Ritchie (lessees of the Invercargill jetty). The plaintiff's contention tvas that the bottom of the harbor at the jetty was so unequal that the ketch strained at low water and was damaged to the extent claimed for. The lessees were made defendants because they had ordered the shifting of tha vessel after she had been partly unloaded to make room for a steamer. The defence mainly was that the damage was caused by the stupid way m which the ketch (a centre board craft) was discharged, all her cargo being cleared out amidships, without touching that stowed fore and aft. The jury were a -Considerable time coming to a decision. Tomorrow argument will bo taken as to which Jf the defendants tho judgment shall be ;n(cred against.