INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2906, 16 January 1884, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[P.tsas Association Tzirobax.l ArcKtiXD, Jan. 15. A g«at native fenst is to be hoid Sukipuku Hill to-morrow, when Waham Rewi and other friendly Ngntimaniopot and Hauhaua will meat, the Eingites and ci all differences, and when m friendly reoo ciliation they will unite m re-erecting ti stations. Mr Cussens' party is now encu nip. near Te Kuiti, aud thos.urvevpnoceed3i)eac fully. lir J. B. Russell's residence, recently pu chased b;r Mr McLeod, manager of tl AustnUian Mutual Provident Society, fi £3000, vna burnt down . at three o'clock th morniug, ;ill the furniture and everything i the house- being destroyed. The occupanl had a narrow escape. The house and f urn ture were insured for £100 m the Sun Fii office and ;EJ"0O m the Jforwich Union. A divoroe case was on the Supremo Com Civil Sittings list, but the hearing did nc eventuate. Win. Siilly, for larceuy as a bailee, ha been committed for trial. c At a special meeting of the Harbor Bean the following recommendations of the Doc Committee were adopted : — Ist. That M Fallow's tender be declined, and his deposit returned. 2nd. That Mr McDonald be ru lieved of all further duties) m connection wit! the Callio|>e dock. 3rd. That the Boarc advertise for an engineer to prepare plan sod specifications, and to superintend tht construction of the Calliope dock. The Cnitisd Methodist Free Church Assembly met to-day. The Rpv Mr MacfarLim acted as representative o!! the conneiioaa assembly at Home. The Rev C. Worboy s wai elected Chairman, and the Her E. O. Terry, Secretary. Totes of thanks were passed tc the Revs E. Taylor and Perry for their services as Chairman and Secretary daring tho put year. An animated and lengthy deba.to took place respecting the division of the church circuit, and it was agreed to accede to the request of the circuit to ire formed into two separate circuits. Gisboske, Jan. 15. There was a heavy U.W. gale to-day for the first day of the 'Poverty Bay Turf Club's annual meeting. The results were : — Flying Handicap-^-Kihgask 1, Loch Lomond 2, Impostor 3; County Stakes — Penguin l'j Tradesmen's Handicap — Kingask 1, Radam<3S 2, Briar 3; Selling Race— Tim Whiffler 1, Boebuct 2, Tartar 3. -WxiLrir&iON, Jan. 15. A furious nor'-west gale set m last night, and blew with hurricane force, suspending all shipping bniiuess. The yacht Thetis and cutter Day's Bay were driTen ashore. The former is now bumping rather heavily up against some trestle wont. Numerous chim-ney-pots, femes and sheets cif galvanised iroh have been lovored, also tw« or three shedi, and the roof of the Naval Brigade boatahoil was taken off. One verandah was eompletelT wrecked, but fortunately no one was passinj; at the time. Tbis evening is is still blowing strongly, but iione of the daizugs reported Lt of a serious nature, and tiiti shipping have escaped, with one or two exceptions. The cutter Day's Bay had about 300 kegs of powder on board, but this lias been landed without sustaining any damage, and the vessel is not as yet much injured. At the Lunatic Asylum an inquest wae held on the body of a patient named William Dryden, who met with his death under somewhst peculiar circumstance*. He was taken to tho bathroom dor the purpose of having a baiih. The wanfcr turned on the hot water, and while his tuck was turned Drjden jumped into it. Before taken out he was so badly scalded ac to renult m his death. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," and added the following rider—" The jury are of opinion that the head attendant should be responsible m future for strictly carrying out tho bathing rulei." The arson case against Edward Hulling again occupied the Supreme Court all day. The prosecution was finished, nnd one witness for the defence hiis been examined. The case concludes to-morrow. : At the City Council meeting a letter was read from Meiers O'Malley and Pepperill, contractor* far the Te Aro reclamation, stating they hid assigned tbeir contract to Mr Corcoran, of Waimate, one of their sureties. The Council decided that the contractors having neglected to aek permission to do so, the assijjnment should: not be recognised. , . Thff Director* of the Wellington and Manawatn Railiray Company have accepted tenders m England for 5000 tons of 531 b steel rails, and the first instalment of 330 tons is on board the e.s. Aorangi. Five engine* of epeaial design, and a complete equipment of oiling stock for the railway have a!a« been, contracted fcr. Passenger can are being imported from America, and will be about 38ft m length, and similar to those m use on tbe Southern ruilway. Some of tbe I wagons trill be manuf iictured m the colony. . Libeller and Musketeer have been scratched for ail their engagements, at the WeHingtonimeetjeJ!;. -'J. '.hi/ 'IS&S Secretary of toe Marine Department hasifßceived -a tjlegram from (tSaptain Oreijj, of *he Governfiißnt tchooner ICekeno at the BluS^jtjn whicb he reporto that ho hs# BearAeti everpiarbor m the Auckland Isle* withant findtngjany trace of the crew of the missfawboat of the Sarah W. Hunt. :/ > " A smgnlar ,d«« was beard ; at iho Mafir strafc^^Cdart (o-day. 4- l*hbr>(ig man, camjofTonriCollier, was charged with failing to tupuert his wife ond fire young children. The plea of not guilty was recorded. The protecutrix, wb/> appeared m the Court with her face bandaged and a young child m her ami, related a most won*' derful talo to hi* Worthip. Mm Collier declined to recognioe accused as her husband, although, tbe man aiterted that he was married to her at Chrittchurch eleven years ago. In the courao of her evidence' the woman said tbii the had not seen her husband for to too time. Defendant waa something like the man to whom she was married, put she. was positive that he was not her hatband. Collier did not possess any marka on hit body like those poweesed by defendant, and m other respects there wan no resemblance. Bis handwriting, for instance, wat quite different, and the letters which ho tent were like thtte of a man who was courting. Her huat>and. was on affectionate man but be neve; committed himself m that manner, and sh; was convinced that the )etter» were not those of tbepenton whom she had niarried. In reply to a question from tho B<tacb, Mrs OolUor admitted 1 tho was now cohabiting with ni^uted, but demied that sh< regarded Mm as lite husbnnd. 'Accused explained to tho Colrt that tho woman was hi: wi%:Mid~ expressed hU wjllinjpiess 'to 100 l after h«?r and the children. H.wgeant Ander son stated that .ihortfy after toe arrinil ol the woman from the South the was examinee by two doctors, only one of wbotn pronouncec h^>r iatoai, vOi ,yto **• di»

flici- charged. In {linniming the information, Wartlell remarked that the case was oni i the tho nlost w»derf id lie had ever heard. [,081. t GbBTMOUTII, Jan. 11 The Maori Creek murdor caso occupied (hop ** a >i' Btrate ' 8 Court to-duy nnd yeatotd " Over two dozen witnesses were examir „ . Thr evidence is mostly circumstnnt al, ™A Tery s^° n e of ita kind - The demeanoi rcea tho prisoner throughout wan very quiet : unmoved. He pleaded he -was Innocent I M the charge, and reserved bis defence He 1 ings been committed for trial, the The river is flooded. A great quantity jon- rain has fallen, anil tho bar ia extrem rough. tiah OauisrcHUKCir, Jan. 15 „. Tlio Board of Hualth hare decided lich ""ape! the Hospital authorities to disci twup pouring draina.je from the instituti into the mer, a practice which has long be complained of. This afternoon n fii* oc<!urrcdin JBarbadc Btreet north, by whicli three wooden buildir , we ™ de «*«>yed- Two were shr.ps belongi to Mr Christie, confectionor, and were occ pied by Mr Stewart, storekeeper. T buildings were insured for £150. The othi nal a six-roomed hotue, was owned by M ety Raphael and occupied by Mv Hill, geuei ca j dealuy, and was insured for £150 m t! [>er tiv <"T>ool and London and Globe. Tl , 3r premises were old, nnd the loss is not suppose .„. *o be very much over tic insurance. Tl . . fire wus caused by fcho upsetting of a frjin • % ' pan into tho fire mMr Hill's kitchen. Th °* morning Hawker's stotw and bakery, Woo P™ ston, was burned down. FiUl details are ni ia. to hand, but it is reported to bo insured f< £300 m the Bouth British. The cause -wi accidental. ilr John McLachlan addressed the electp: of Selwyn district last night and received vote of thanks. A numerously signed requi pn sition has been presented to the Hon. I ni, Hichardson, re<iUesting him to couleaf th t<>s seat. nd Oamabv, Jan. 15. m- A house and stable, tho property of afa ■i ? proprietor namod Greenfield, woro burnc c.l down at 3 o'clock this morning. The pre pert.y waa insured for £210 m the Nort 1 British office. The occiipsuts of the hotia ir . were away at tho time, and the fire is sup i),. posed to have been caused by some persoi or who had been sleeping m the stable. di- ItJXBDHf, Jan. 15. ia At the Polico Conn; to-day Henriotti ts Hunt was committed far trial for stealini i. £110 from Mrs Shaw, of St. Kilda. Aocusw re wus visiting at Mrs Shaw's, and was caugh by the latter coming out of the bedroom witl rt the b3g of money m lier hand. Sho win >t arrested m Christchnreu. The Rev. fiatber Vaugban handed to th< is Secretary of the Waim<» Plains Rnilwaj Company this morning the sum of £32 10s d being an amount embezzled some years age k ! by a person whose name iii not disclosed. > The Governor visited tiie Mosgiel woollen t factory to-day. ,- The s.s. Kakanui haw besn temporarily reh paired at the Bluff. She will leave there toI morrow, and is expected to resume her irdis nary running on Tuesday next. s We have had all sampljs of weather, including hail and heat, with wind from all parts of the compass to.d*;r. At present we a are having it cold from tha north-east «ritli 1 rain and occasional hail. At lake Wufcatip b last night was the roughest over remembered. , The glass was below 27 degrees. From mid- > night to six o'clock this morning, an extremely i heavy thunderstorm raged, the peals of ; thunder shaking the builditigs ond causing a i pood deal of alarm. The li jhtning was very : livid, and at times heavy ruin fell. On December 19th the police took four- ! pound loavos of bread from tho delivery cart of nine different bakers. The bread was analysed by Professor Black, and he reported ■ on each caso that there was nothing injurious i found. , ■ ; .• ■ ■ I The city valuati-.n for Dunedin this year , is £6888 ovtjr that of last yair. .; ; The Victorian bowlers arrive hy the next i steamer. The local bowlers are looking , forward with great interest; to the match "Victoria v Kew Zealand, m which the best players m the Middle Island will take part. The Primitive Methodist Conference has filled up the vacancies m Geraldins and Waimate by the appointment of Messrs Henry Clarke and Robert Freeman, probationers respectively, to those places. Affairs m the City Council reached a cli-maxatl o'clock this morning. The Gas Committee were defeated m their recommendations respecting new works, ond ona of their number then proposed they should be requested to resign m a liody. After an extremely violent and personal discussion, tbs motion was carried by 7to 4, the Gas Committee voting for their own extinction. The Presbyterian Synod opened to-night, r ana the incoming Moderator, Hey. Groiff, delivered tho customary adilress. It dealt wil;h the causes of the falling off m the attendance at church, which were stated to bo infidelity, indifference, and. dissatisfaction with the chnrches as at present existing. It also regretted the exclusion of the Bible from schools and the failure of the recent attempt by the Dunedin ministers to tsach religion m day schools. A Committee wus appointed todraw up an address to the Governor. A man named John fitevenson died suddenly at the Farmers' ijms Hotel toI- day. It is believed he had 'been. drinkW i bei.vily. ■■■)■• - i 1 A child numed O'Connor, three months ' old, died suddenly to-day. It had been deserted by its parents, and' was given into i the charge of Mrs Dcwar. An inquest will ■ be 'held. . .. : liishop Harper, the Primate of JTew Zealand, arrived to-night on the first, virit he has paid to this Diocese for twelve years. ■' The wrestling match Hudson t. Dinnie came off to-night m the Queen's . Theatre. Hudson threw Dinnie m tbtr Border stjle twice, and Dinnie threw Hudson twice m tho Scolch style, lii a style called " TheHuggie," or ancient Cumberland, Hudson threw Dinnie twice out of three. In Grceco-Romari style Dinnie threw Hudson very heavily, and hurt him so severely that Hudson' was unable to continue, and it was arranged the , match should stand over till to-morniw night when the iitakcw will bo doubled.