INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2882, 18 December 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

.. [PBESBj AeaOOIATIOH TMJJffBAM.3 „ . ■^ ■•-;" '.-.-■■i.-Jl Atjokiaud, De0.?17.j Dr Purchase met with a serious accident to-day. His horse bolted, capsizing the buggy,' and throwing" liiih on' to" the street. He was cufc soveridy the temple. Two old identities ore dead, both being local celebrities m their way. They ore Richard Griggf. the Police Court poet, who has attended the Police COnrt proceedings for thirty years, and Archibald Wilson, known as " Miser" Wilaon.'who is Baid to have loft a large fortune behind him. Both men were four score, %nd had been m the provinco since 1&40. ' : ' "■■'■' • Emauuel Silver, a resident at Great Barrier 'Island, is supposed to be drowned. His boat was found capsized. ; -'- i ■ ■ ' ' It is ' probablei that' a considerable proportion of the ChristcliurcJi unemployed it-ill bo drafted to Auckland. The Mayor has received a telegram from the Minister for Public Works, enquiring what demand there waa fox labor herb. .'On behalf of the Mayor the Town Clerk telegraphed backthat there is a good demand for pict-and-jhpveL; men, bricklayers, and bricklayers 1 laborera, and carpentora. Pick-aad-sliovol men, however, are most needed. ' , . Articles have been signed, for a sis days' walking match, m which Edwards is to walk against Henry Huckstep, Arthur Hondry, and Ja's. Hendry, for £100 a, side, at the New' Year. " ■ : . Wellington,. Dec. 17. This afternoon the DistviA Coroner conducted an enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of a newly-born infant, the daughter of one Kale Boyle, tho discovery of which m tin outhouse was reported on Saturday. The medical testimony proved that around the neck of the child there was [ ttyck piece, of rag tightly tied, .with a double knot, while its mouth was 'tightly plugged with a piece of wet rag. The umbilical cord l was not tied. The body.. -was pale but not discolored, "but the' bact '~bf the head was discolored and - bruised, anil the. skull was crushed into small pieces, the t)nngs had the appearance of complete inflatiofa, and there was no doubt the child' was oom alive. Any of the injuries mentioned above were sufficient to have caused death. The jury returned a verdict of 'wilful murder 1 against Kate Boyle. ..„....,.„ The amduntrbf property tat'paid throughout the colony up to Saturday <night amounted to £24^,000, which is within £5000 of the Treasurer's estimate 1 . 'It is expected that fuUy~ffff additional £lp,ooo wfll be paid.' Several large, cheques 'were'-paid m on Saturday, one amounting to £9000. l;: ' r ' CHfiisTOHDiioßr, Deo. 17. A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Hon. ' E/Mitchsson with a view of calling hiß attention to tho necessity of a rovision of tho railway rates, more particularly on the liyttelton and Christchurch and Christchurch and Timaru linos. 'The deputation having fully explained their objoctions to tho present tariff, the hod. gentleman promised to give them full con-.

sidoration, and forward a *eply m due course. '** ' "' The New Zealand Shipping Company hare received cable advice that the meat by the British Queen armed m good condition. The Aorangi left,Teneriffe afcfl p.m. oh December 7th for WelUpgtonrThe Doric left Plymouth for Auckland on December 15tij. ' ' t J. Mr BoHeston has replied to "the Mayor re the unemployed to the. effect, "that work to enable them to tide over their, present difficulties will be found at once. ''•» . | The Hons. Messrs Rolleston arid Mitcbelson loft for Wellington this evening'by the Takapuna.' ;<?••■ At the Auiberlcy races, Harry Thompson, who was riding Kahikatea, fell with him and yras stunned. He was earned to Amberley man unconscioug state. - . . Dunedin, Dec. 17. A meeting of : consignees having goods on the Loch Fergus, expected shortly from London, was held to-day, and it was decided to interview the agent of the New Zealand Shipping Company to-morrow to allow lier to be discharged at Dunedin instead of Port Chalmers, the depth of water m the upper harbor now enabling this to' be done. There will thus be a saving of 3s 3d per ton oil goods. Babbits quite close to Dunedin hare now >een found affected by tuberculosis; which thus appears to be spreading through the province. Wild Boy, the hurdlo racer, was destroyed on Saturday night, tetanus having set m as the result of the accident which befel" him: at the recent Spring meeting. It is stated that Q.ueenstown was. very nearly tho scene of a duel during the present week, a well-known 'representative of the •Fourth Estate having received a challenge from a member of the Hebrew persuasion to a ' deadly encounter with either pistok or broadswords, but the 'invitation was respectfully declined. • : , . ; .Mr T. Bracken, MJS.R., telegraphed to the Minister of Public 'Works this morning relative to ' the removal :of three . locomotives from Hillside to the Aldington -workflhopafor repairs. He reminded the Minister, that there were a number of mechanics out of employment m Dunedin, and that the Houj : Mr Dick had promised that: all repairs, on, $he Otago Bection should be: executed at Hillaide. This afternoon Mr Bracken received , the following' reply : — "Mr. Pick's promise? will' be carried out a» soon »b machiDery is aroiiable. Machinery for Hillside is. now laading and on the' way out. (Signed) E. MlTOHßl§ok." Otago will be represented at the Colonial Prize Firing at Auckland, by Kennedy, the champion; Sergeant Hogg, ClUtha ; Volunteer Sontag, -Waikari ; Corporal 'Eeynolds, B Battery; Lieutenant Beid, Bruce ; Corporal Hutchinson : and ' lioutenant Richardson, . of the North Dunedin Volunteers ; Goyentry, City Guards. • Is«*K<3AHanx, Dec. 17. .At the- City Police Court to-day- t?»p_ lade, : Charged' with causing iv^diefcurbiiJice .ftttho Salvation Army aerviocs, were fined 10b each, m default 48 'hours' imprisonment. They pleaded not guilty, and their lawyer-defined the hall as a place where people could do as they pleased, but the Court demurred to this view, holding that it was like anyjpiber place :of worship. ', ' - o' :■ rniJ / :i/,'i -.. ■•} - Tlie Supreme Court open 3 . to-morrow. I dhere are only -fiye criminal oawftj andßone of them serious. . ..' •>.. v, ■:«... 't