INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2945, 1 March 1884, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Pbess Association Tblboeams J . Auckland, Feb. 29. The criminal statistics of the Auckland district just published show that tho total number of offences reported m this district last year was 3798, m. connection with which 8979 persons were apprehended, and 1294 proceeded against by summons. This shows an increase of 98 m the case* reported, 152 m the persons apprehended, and 193 m the number summoned. The first; of the fire escapie for use by the Auckli.nd (Fire Brigade has been landed from the s.s. Buapehu. Gibbobnk, Feb. 29. The Southern Cross Petroleum Company's second bore, after going down 565 ft m nineteen days, had to stop till pipes urrivixl, as there '»a« a slight caving m, thereby rendering it onsiife to go on without pipes. Napieb, Feb. 29. A air-roomed house, workshop, and stable were destroyed by fire early this morning m tbe Main street. The inme.tea were aroused by the screams of children, by which time the flameii had a good hold. The family etc&ped m thuir night clothes. The Brigado was quickly on the spot, but there was no occasion for th« engines, owing to the splnmlid pressure of water out of the Day part of the town. By the time the Brigade arrived then) was no hope of saving the premises, and the fire had communicated with the stable and workshop, which being but shells containing inflammable materials, were quickly consumed. The efforts of the Brigade were, thercforo, directed towards saving tho adjoining dwelling-houses. Tho insurance on the dwolling-houso whs £250. furniture £100 and the workshops and stable £25 etch, all m tho Victoria office. t

10. Wansanct, Feb. 29. 3 g At a numorou.Bly attended public meetinj B 8 to-night, Mr !R. Winter, late of the Chronicli and now editor of the Marlborough Exprttt was presented with an address and a purso 0 ; " sovereigns. Tho address was signed by th< 'S leading merchants, bankers, professional mci *"? and tradesmen. W3LLINGTON, Feb. 29. v The Gorernmeat haTe received advice thai ? the s.s. lonic is bringing out 229 immigrants [t the minority being nominated. 183 are foi ,° Canterbury, the remainder for Wellingtoc [ " and adjacent transhipping ports. There are '■ 20 families, 56 single men and 86 single women. Tho following nominations for assisted immigrants, to be forwarded per San - Francisco mail, have been received — AuekJ land 11, Taranaki 14, Hawkes Bay 36, Wel- * linßton 79, Nelscn 9, Westland 11, Marl- * borough 3, Cantetbury 67, Otago 83, South- £ land 83 ; total, 386. 3 The annual meoting of shareholders of the . Koranui Coal Mining Company was held a to-day, about a dozen shareholders being f present. Mr J. 'R. Goorgo, the Chairman, f read a telegram received from Captain Williams, stating that, the annual report would come by tho first mail. In the absence j of the report the Chairman moved that the ' meeting *be adjourned. He observed that shareholders would porceive from the financial balance-sheet tha; the Company bad been over-running considerably boyond their share capital. Since last meeting the Hon. Mr Pharazyn had advanced £7000, and there was an overdraft at tho Bank of New Zealand, for tho greater portion of which Captain Williams was responsible, tho Directors being responsibla m lesser proportion for the balance. Although their prospects m future were extremely favorable, and the Company was m jossestion of valuable property, it was not m the power of Directors to go on without more money. The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn seconded the motion, which was carried. The Chairman afterwards moved a, special resolution t.uthorising tho Directors to issue 5000 shares, it £3 each, as preference shares, receiving a dividend of 10 per cent as first charge on tlie profits of the Company before paying any dividend on the previous issue of shares. This was also carried, and the meeting adjourned to a date about a fortnight hence, wien the special resolutions roferred to will come up for confirmation. CHBisrcHUBCH, Feb. 29. Several burglaries are reported m this city, and apparently there are some dangerous characters m it. Five of the Sarah W. Hunt's crew have gone north en route for America. The Auriga, barque, -which arrived from Glasgow to-day, l^porta having successfully used oil bags twice to allay Tough seas. Several of the New Zealand Shipping Company's director's have gone to Auckland to bo present ah ths dinaer on board the s.s. Ruapehu. Entries for the New Zealand Cup of 1000 soys, nominations i sovh, close on Saturday night, at the C.J.C. Rooms here, at nine o'clock. A case of supposed larceny of a cheque has occurred at Kaiapci. A short time ago Vincent and Co., brewers, of Christchurch, forwarded a letter containing a cheque for £75 to a Mrs Hanson, [t is supposed that through an error at the local post-office the letter was delivered to one Hanson, -who proceeded to Oamaru, and there presented the cheque for collection through the Union Bank. Tie money was remitted m due course, but afterwards the bank officials found that the cheque had got into tbo wrong hands, and a warrant has been issued for Hanson's arrest. By the s.s. Wairurapa tbo following racehorses went to W:»nganui — Sou-wester, Tho Poet, Emir Bey and Taiiiroa. Dukbdin, Feb. 29. Mr Griffin, the United States Consul, leaves here to-morrow for Chrisitchurch, en route to Auckland. The Trades find Labor Council have resolved to convene a public meeting for Friday next to protest against the action of the Land Board m reference to the Borthwick and Herta'ett cases of dummyism, and to call upon the Minister of Lands to vindicate the law. Messrs Gillies and Kerford, members of the Victorian Ministry, arrived from the Lakes on Thursday. They leave for the North, on Monday. Tender 3 were invited on January 17th for the completion of a section of the Catlin's River railway, but no tender has yet been accepted. Mr Thomson, M.H.R. for Clutha, therefore telegraphed to ask whether any tender hud been t.ccepted, and received a reply from Mr Jlitchelson that the vote being exhausted, he could not accept any tender. Mr Thomson has written to point out that £12,500 is actually available for expenditure on tbe lie c. Two sudden deaths have occurred m tho Clutha district. In one case a young man named Forrester was found dead m a field where he had been working, and the medical evidence was that death resulted from sunstroke. In the other, David Spence died after half an hour's illness. The death was stated to bo from apoplexy. The deceased had had a slight sunstroke some days previously.