INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2841, 31 October 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Association.] Auckland, Oct. 30. Sydney Taiwhnnga lias left for Ktissell, to ! jo present at the native meeting to bo held { o-morrow, -when ho will give nn account of ! lia mission to the King Country. According o his statements, he has been, eminently sue- ' :essful in bringing the King natives round r o his views. At the northern native meeting ' our delegates will be appointed to collect c mbscriptions for a Maori embassy to England £ ind also to procure signatures to a native e jutition. to be taken Home for presentation to he Imperial authorities. It is not Sydney's ' ntention to go Home till after the neit ' [enerul election, when he hopes to blossom brth a3 a Maori 31.H.R. Messieurs Moss and Co. have submitted to , he Harbor Board a proposal for lighting Juecn street wharf with the electric light, on lie system used by the Australian fUectric t -light Company of Melbourne. The pro- , losal was referred to the Works Comuittee. l

GIBBOBKE, Oct. 30. No definite information has been obtained the murder of the natiTe Kcpao at furiwa. The deceased was accused of witchrafl, and causing by that means the death f Wi Kaipuke, a young chief who died a day r two before. Nbw Plymouth, Oct. 30. The Governor to-day visited the High chool and Ilarbor Works. The latter he nspected thoroughly, and expressed himself ilcascd with the substantial nature of the •vork. At an inquest on the man found drowned .n the VTaitara river, an open verdict was returned. There was no evidence to show liow he cutr.e into tl\o water or what his name was. The deceased was about sft Sin high, of medium build, and with grey hair. He had been working for Jaa. Bailey on the Waimate Plains. ■\Yaxgaxui, Oct. 30. The Supreme Court eiril sittings was occupied to-day with the trial of the ejectment case Pierce v. Petera and other natives, -who have occupied a portion of the Kawhia block leased to the plaintiff. Evidence was taken on both sides, imd the plaintiff is to move for judgment when the Chief Justice next sits in Banco at Wellington. The next case was Hugh Mellhone v. Geo. McCaul, on action to recover £269, being purchase money of the Railway Hotel. The evidence'Vas very conflicting. The Chief Justice reserved judgment. The ease of McGregor v. Boyd, in which it is sought to set aside certain deeds made in the defendant's favor, conies on to-morrow morning, and may last several days, a large number of witnesses having been subponnned. * Wellixgtox, Oct. 30. Mr Sol. Levy, an old and highly respected resident of Wellington, died suddenly at Blenheim to-day, aged 64. He was on a visit to a relative there, nis body -will be brought to Wellington for interment. Mr J. B. Brown, C.E., will represent Wellington at the conference of delegates to bp held in Melbourne in connection with the Irish Xational League. At an inquest on the girl Alice Corie, who died suddenly on Saturday, a post mortci.i examination showed death to hare resulted from natural causes, and a verdict in accordance with this wis returned. Blenheim, Oct. 30. The Havelock correspondent of the Express telegraphs that yesterday jaorning a miner named Finlay McMillan was killed by a tree falling on his wharf. From appearances the deceased -was sitting on his bunk putting on his boots, when the accident happened. The tree completely smashed the whare, and the body was found doubled up. Hokitika, Oct. 30. The Eos3 United Gold-Mining Company have commenced to open out their 100ft level in highly-payable washdirt. The pumps in the main shaft are working well, and keeping the water down easily. CHBISTCHrBCH, Oct. SO. Ernest Owen, au apprentice on board the Waikato, was picked up from the lower hold of that vessel yesterday evening with his skull fractured and one eye terribly damaged. He had been walking between decks late in the afternoon, and was not missed when the hatches were put on for the night. The officer in charge becoming anxious at his nonappearance, ordered the hatches to be taken off. It is thought that whilst walking about with his hands in his pockets he must have tripped over the combing of the hatch, and fell a distance of over 14ft. He was conscious when brought on deck, and the doctor has hope3 of his life. His father is Mr G. W. Owen, of Auckland. Adolph Buval was to-day charged at Lyttclton with the larceny of a cash-box containing £113, from the British Hotel, and was remanded till to-morrow. The Selwyn County Council have resolved to apply to the Government for £250 for taking water through deferred payment land in Hororata District. The Council also are again writing to the Government, pointing out that the Otira Gorge toll-gate has not been removed, and the tolls still are collected. The Ellesmere Agridultural and Pastoral Association held their annual show to-day at Leeston. There was a good attendance and fine weather, and it proved a general success. The rights for publicans' booths, &c. at the C.J.C. Spring Meeting were sold to-dar for £223. The man found drowned has been identified as Broughton J. Ollivier, formerly a ship's 6teward. A tender has been accepted for the Exhibition Buildings. Notwithstanding the losses occasioned by big floods, a large number of English ancl American trout have been reared this season at Opawa, and have grown so rapidly that their removal if delayed much longer will be attended with considerable risk. DrifEDnr, Oct. 30. The report of the liquidators in Guthrie and Larnach's New Zealand Timber and Woodware Factory Company was presented to-day, and the shareholders adjourned for a week to consider it. The shareholders are to reeeive a dividend of £j per share. The assets have been realised very badly. The assets shown in the ledger account as worth £162,630 realised only £28,250, and thus show a deficiency of "£134,380. The book debtß stood at £50,688, but were overestimated by £12,688. Besides the ascertained deficiency of £134,380, there i3 a probable depreciation on unsold assets of £37,998. A four-roomed cottage at Maryhill, Momington, belonging to Jeremiah Gatehouse, was burned down this morning. It seems that about 9 o'clock the place was discovered on lire by one Andrew Millar, who was working close by. Millar states that seeing smoke issuing through the door, he ran over to the place and found a quantity of paper and straw underneath a sofa on fire and that ho apparently succeeded in effectually extinguishing it. Mrg Gatehouse was at home at the time, but her husband was away at his work. About an. hour afterwards the house was discovered in flames and was burned to the ground. The place was insured in the South British Office for £150 and the furniture for £50. The circumstances of the fire being of a suspicious nature, the police are inquiring into them. The Anglican Synod opened to-day. Bishop Neville's address contained little of general interest, except a reference to the fact that the religious education classes conducted by the clergy in State Schools continued to be well attended. At Mosgiel early this morning Cornelius Peterson committed suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife. The wound would not have been fatal could medical assistance have been more promptly procured. He died from the great loss of blood. Ho was about 29 years of age, and unmarried. AU further proceedings in connection with the libel case Denniston v. the Otago Daily Times Company have been abaudoned by the plaintiff.