INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2826, 13 October 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Association.] Auckland, Oct. 12. The Bay of Islands Steam Navigation Com pany lias declared a dividend of 10 per cent. Cornelius Gillot, of Cambridge, received a dangerous injury by the explosion of a gun while shooting. Ho will lose the si"ht of 01 a eye. The City Council Itnre appointed the public' analyst to make an analysis of the city wati-r supply at stated points m the city, and n* Varying periods of the rear.

At the Diocesan Synod a resolution ha been submitted urging that to give fiicilitic for religious instruction m schools, bchoo Committees should have power to rcgulat school hours. Dr Richardson has restored sight to a gir named Fowler, n<;ed 18, the daughter of th schoolmaster at Maungaturoto, who had beci blind from birth. The assault case Wickham v. Harrison wa called on at the Police Court to-day, and ad journed till to-morrow. The paragraph whicl occasioned the assault spoke of Mrs Dr Pott m personally offensive terms. Accounts re garding the assault agree m their chief par tioulars. Aspinall, the agent, ha 3 furnishec the following account to the Herald : — " D: Harrison, Millet and myself went to the Fret Lance office. Millet, who is employed ai Haslet's chemist's shop, went with us to shoTi us the place. Neither myself nor Millet hat the slightest notion when we went to thi office that any row would take place. Di Harrison went into the office and asked Mi Wickham if the editor was m. Mr Wickham replied that he was the editor. Dr Harrison then said he came to speak to him for n minute. Mr Wickham replied 'Yea,' and took U3 into his office. Dr Harrison then asked if he owned a paper culled tho Figaro, and he replied that he did. Dr Harrison then asked for the name of tho writer of the article m Figaro referring to Mrs Dr Potts, which Mr Wickham refused to give. Di Harrison then told him to defend himself, At first he refused, but on tho doctor removing his overcoat and hat Wickham started up and made for the door. Dr Harrison then struck Mr Wickham. The cut on Mr Wickham's head was caused by his falling against the table m the scuffle. Neither Millet nor myself took any part m the affair, which was quite unexpected, and we do not know why we should be arrested." Wanoakui, Oct. 12. Mr Roehfort has received final instructions from Mr Bryce, and he leaves on Sunday for the interior to resume the central railway survey. He will not go directly to the district where he was stopped by Taumata and his Hauhaus, but will proceed by another route to the country beyond, which is under the rule of Topia, whose assistance Mr Rochfort is instructed to obtain. Taumata's district is a borderland sixteen miles through, nnd lies between Kemp's and Topia's districts. Mr Roehfort, with Topia's help, will work back towards the borderland. He is instructed to exhaust every pacific measure, and meantime Mr Bryce does not think it necessary to interview the obstructionists himself or send an armed force to the Bcene of action. Wellington-, Oct. 12. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day Edward Mullens, on a charge of arson m connection with a fire at a boarding house at Tawa Flat, was committed for trial, bail allowed, himself m £500 and two securities of £250 each. The body of Henry Woodward Williams, one of the principal clerks m the head department of H.M. Customs, who has been missing since the 2nd instant, was picked up m the harbor this afternoon, close to the Queen's wharf. The general supposition is that he had been drinking, and from tho appearance of the body it had been m the water for some days. An inquest is to be held. Minister will meet next weok. Mr Conolly is expected to return to-night, Messrs Oliver and Dick on Sunday and Major Atkinson on Tuesday. Several urgent matter 3 will, it is understood, come before tho meeting. The police have drawn the attention of the City Council to the means of egress from the Salvation Theatre, and it has been left to the City Surveyor to decide as to what action shall be taken m the matter. An amusing discussion took place as to whether it was a " place of worship " or a " place of entertainment." A coach accident occurred at one o'clock this morning to a party of ladies and gentlemen, numbering about 20, returning from a dance at Karori. They reached as far as the Botanical Gardens safely, when a trace broke, and the horses becoming restive tho coach went over the bank. Moat of the passengers received injuries of a slight nat\ire, but none serious. The party had to walk home. G-REYMOFTH, Oct. 12. At a meeting of the Central Education Board last night re the head teacher and assistant teacher, it was resolved that thoy be requested to send m their resignation, to tako effect on the 31st December. This is the outcome of an enquiry conducted by the School Committee on certain charges made by the head teacher against his assistant. The Board considered the best way to solve the difficulty m the public interest was to ask both to resign. Chbistciipbch, Oct. 12. At a meeting of draught players to-night it was decided to play a match w : ith Otago on or about November Bth, twenty players on cither side to play six games each. It is said the New~Zealand Electric Light and Power Company are joing to make another attempt to light tho Lytt°lton •wharves, employing 32 arc lights instead of 16 as at present. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Joseph Strong, the wrestler, who cut his throat on Wednesday. The evidence showed that since returning from the wrestling match with Robertson at Dunedin, deceased had been m a very despondent state about his defeat, but never expressed any intention of taking his life. The jury returned a verdict of " Committed suicide whilst m a despondent ; fltate of mind." Dunedin, Oct. 12. A rather uncommon kind of case was heard before Mr Watt, R.M., to-day. Thomas Allan, gardener and florist, sued Professsor Macgregor, of the University, for £34 15s, value of plants destroyed through his greenhouse having been broken by defendant's act. The circumstances were that plaintiff's garden is next to the Dunedin Bowling Club's ground, where defendant and others play fives. The players often knock the ball over the wall, and as the defendant said m evidence it was a common joke for players to say "There goes another of Allan's panes of glass." Allan, m evidence, said 500 or 600 balls had come over, of which he returned about 60. On July 20th, two panes wero smashed by a ball, and Professor Macgregor and another gentleman came after it — (the ball, not tho glass). Nearly everything m the greenhouse had been ruined through the panes being broken. His Worship held that unless defendant could be shown to have struck the ball which did the damage, a nonsuit must follow. Plaintiff nonsuited accordingly without costs. At Port Chalmers to-day, William Peterson, a seaman of the Helen Denny, got one month for an assault upon the chiof officer, to which he pleaded guilty, and fourteen days additional for disobeying lawful orders. The Hon. Mr Dick left for Wellington today. The Hon. Geo. McLean is a passenger from Home by the Union Company's express boat Takapuna, which will arrive thi3 evening. The prisoner Tate, who was discharged by Mr Watt, R.M., for insubordinate conduct, was brought before two Justices at the Police Court to-day for having preferred false and frivolous complaints against a warder. He was defended by counsel, who submitted that these complaints having been made as a defence to the charge of the. day before, could not be regarded as " gratuitous and voluntary " within the meaning of the Act, but as the Justices could not agree on this point counsel pleaded guilty for his client. Th( Bench thereupon determined to take off 18( marks from prisoner, equal to 30 days frorr his term of remission. At the Police Court to-day, Williair Leckie, a young man, was charged with rap< on Isabella Richardson, a girl of fifteen. Thi prosecutrix was serving m accused's father' house, and alleged that the prisoner accom plished his purpose by violence. Mrs Leckie however, accused's mother, deposed that shi found the two m a bedroom, and prosecutri: wa3 laughing. Witness struck her am ordered her away. The Bench reserved judg ment till to-morrow. The match Scott v. Edwards continues. A three o'clock to-day, Scott had walked 8 miles 8 laps, Edwards 70 miles 18 laps. A half-past seven the distances were— Scott 9 miles 17 laps, Edwards 97 miles 17 lap Scott has been suffering from dysentry th afternoon, but is now better. At ten o'clocl twenty-four hour 3 after starting, Scott hii covered llli miles, and Edwards was near! a milo behind.

Mr Watt, R.M., is a fourth candidato for tho City Mayoralty. The Caversham £20,000 Municipal loan has been floated m London nt a premium of £500.

1 TSVERCASCULI,, Oct. 12. c At the meeting of tho Borough Council tort day the Engineer reported that the Theatre Royal, now m the occupation of the Salvation s Army, waa crowded nightly, nnd that the . staircases were narrow and dangerous, so that h the result of a pnnic would bo serious. He 3 recommended certain alterations m the build- :. ing. One member thought Councillors Bhould .. visit the Theatre and see for themselves, but 3 a fellow-member regarded this as a side-wind r to get members to attend the Salvation Army. c Ultimately the matter was referred to the t Works Committee.