INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 8939, 23 February 1884, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

; [Passe AesoouxiqK Tecighaxs/) Aqcedaitd, Feb. 22. The local Insurance Companies have again refused to contribute towards the cost cf the Sire Brigade Some idea of the state of tie ahipbulidiog trade at home may be gathored fn>m the fact that no leas than fifty-nine tenders weru received for tie construction of a new 3teol steamer for Messrs Stone Bros, of Auckland . The tender of Allan McGtuira was accepted by the Nmr Zealand Insurance Company, for the erection of the Victoria. Arcade, at £m& r Tenders am to be called immediately for freezing works for the New Zealand Heat Freezing' Company. The store will contain XOfiOSsza&ateiaf .mvteon. Ereealngopera-. tioD3 arc to bo started m eight months. Tinfring nfppnTatua and other mauHmery kave arrived from America. The Company will send a cargo Home m Hay. •: The opetafcsona of the Barof Islands Coal Company daring the last half year have fceen anything- "but/ s atisfactory to shareholders, account* presented at » meeting this atternoon showing a loss of £1500 on the half year's operations. It has been determined to rabe the price of coal from 13s to 13s 6d per ton fromdttialstpiMapeh, whilst a reduction in!#ftgcs hi»-fce«n irifaroe since tlte beginning of tte;jear; 2 "thaw decisioni) are expected to cam wfo^OfiEipahy, through tha next half-* ye^;^aoM\o^^iittbe,PTOsj^tU do iwb lmprfly* ti«is. H V proposed to 'farther increnMJttis'pijiie o^coal and reduce tlje w»ge», or to pfp&diin £ba mine. Applicufaon Ja to be ibado^oTap QfoeSaanent for astistanco to boii§;jfor ''cqA undorstood that <he caaie'of Tdii iii tuo-^iving out of the cail, which, does not exist m sufficiently large bodies m the present seam to pay for taking it out. The Diractors of the Company have declined to bite otw the railway, and the linpwiji shrattfj bo open to Deep Water and Worked by Goremmect. A cricket match, Kascotte Op erai (^> m pany T. Rresi, was 'played to-day. The former won by 13 runs and omi wicket. The BTom.. Bryce, Bollcston and Olltot arrived to-night from Waikato. Owing to both the Auckland and Northern Clubs being crowded, tbey had to go to the Star HoUl. They are- hopeful of yet settling the Maoris satisfactorily at Eotorua. They have for Wellington on Monday. Taa Aucklaml Licensed Victualler .Aasodii' tion held a to discuss the tituation creafedf ty the recent licensing election. There was a large attendance. The Praia were'Sxcluded." ' Thaxeb, Veb. 22., ' A eingular VblUnieer caw was heard m tie Hentoai tltagtebmtttß Com* ; .to-day. .V. MSDbtti am«nil«r of the late Haiiraki Bite ■Vtt^nteeßpjlwHed Mi Captaia (Small) «W'> p?6pjartion of .'the talue of the Company's asseth the lßtfc«r ajnounting to-atotalfiua of XZ42. iaiptain Small bad struck the olaimant andt 80 others from the Company** roll f or ruftMal to be re-sworn ur der tbj new ; WgnlaHoiis . and ntm-nttendaiice at piiradeg, and called a meeting of thti Company' without a(ipoiatinK a place. Fourteen persons remained on the roll, and six of these met at rv opecified time at the Dfßcor'ii roridimce, and determined upon a dirision of tlie aseeta among tha fourteen. The Magistrate decided thivt the plaintiff and the othere had been illegally removed from the roll, and were therofyire (till members of the Company. The meeting of > members wiis also illegal, and a» tfeere was rirtnaUy no decision of thn Compiuiy as to the disjKxition of the property, the plaintiff could not aft present recover, and wai thorcforenontinited. ' „ „ ■• • • TABBiSOA, Feb. 22. Major Sftrindley lias resigned bis inspectorship m the ConeSabtllary, and has intimated his intention of contesting the East Caut seal at the next election. „ . NAWira, Feb. 22. Me Button, M'.KJt., h«« received a tele raun m reference to the revocation of th( proclamaJion m Gazelle No. 14, dcflninn dis tricta as rateable under tho Crown and Nativi Lands Bating Act, which proclamatioi cxolwlfld all the; richest native estates m tli ProTJncial Distrii*, and as most of tht m ha* no specified owasrs, they would haro e»capei all locAl ratine. The revocation of the pro elamation makes * difference m »w .o» »«

Hawkos Bay Coumiil and' Road Boards < about £2500. WBIiWGTON, Feb. 22; Ah elderly son nnmed Graham May wi committed for trial at tho R,M. Court to-da on a charge of :«pe on a gt-1 six years old. At tho Presbyterian Atisombly the l-epoi on Sunday Schools showed that there was ■general- inaroase 1 as, compawd, with last yea: there being Bf> schools, '.'42 teachers— 32 male and 420 female— 6o94 scholars wit an average attendance of 5140, and the schoc libraries amounted to 12,408 volumes. 68 scholars attend 'Veefc night Bible classes, am there are four preparation classes for teachore The members of the Presbyterian Assemblj were entertained at a aoiroe this evening. 1 public meeting vas hald m fit., John's Churcl afterwards, vtheii addresses wore delivered b; the Bey. Ilr McKaazie lir&ser on " Th( Obligations of the Pew," by Mr Cairns oi "The Mission of Churdh," by Profossoi Salmond on "VHiat Otheni Outside Thinl of Üb," and by the Boy. Mr Calders oi "Some of the lOistiiwtive Features of tin Reformation." GkbtmoctH, Feb. 22. A few of Mr Petrin's supporters made o money presentation to him last evening foi his Parliamentary services. The affair was conducted privately. A. very lai-ge meeting of ratepayers was held this evmting to consider the action oi tho Borough Council respecting tha Cobden bridge. The meoang unanimously approved of what they had done, not a single hand being held up agaHst it. A poll for a special rate will be taien on Wednesday next. Nbmom, Feb. 22. A sensation: J scene occurred m the Police Court to-day. Mr Harley was applying for a prohibition orclor a|;ain6fc his son Arthur. The latter was m Court and asked his father to withdraw the application. The father refused, whereupon lis 9011 draw a phial from his pocket, ana nayng " Then here gooa," attempted to swallow the contents. The police rushed on him and look tho phial away. It was found to coptaiii chloral. Arthur Horley was remanded m custody. Seventeen competitors have left Nelson to attend tho New Zealand Bifls Association meeting. CBEisTCHtiitcu, Feb. 22. The boy Bouse, accused of robbing the mail b3gs between Ly ttelton and Christchurch, was to-day committed for trial on two charges. At tho St. Albans licensing election, and at ChristahuTKh North-west, tho temperance men ware defeated. At the latter the old Committee was re-elected, tho Temperance candidates, G. Booth, Hugh Bennetts, and Robert Clephand gelling 121, .108, aud 97 votes respectively. The highest, number polled waa 190, the lowest of the iivo returned 162. DOTfEDitf, Feb. 22. ADunedin tourist, accompanied by a local guide, about a week ajjo made a very successful ascent of Mount Earaslavv, having got light up to the foot of the glacier, which is 2000 feet higher than the Bey. Gi-een got, as he was overtaken by a snow storm. They were fifteen hours out from Glenorchy. . At the Police Court to-day John Mason was convicted of playing an unlawful game on the racecourse, anl was fined £5 or one month. £6 found: on 'lim was forfeited, and his instrument, a spinning jonny, destroyed. The weather hasboeti sunmerlike here for the last few days, giving the beat hopes of a good harvest. . . ... Mr William Mills, .junsmith, nnd a wellknown footballer, Elista ced a nasty injury to his hand to-day. A nan. entered his shop with a revolver for repair, and stated it was unloaded. It had a ball cartridge is ono barrel unfortunately, and thin w&a discharged through Mr Mills' hand.