INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3019, 28 May 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Fbesb Association Tbdbobamb.J Auckland, May 27. ' Tv Tawhiao, Tawhiao's son, writes tlint nil I tho natives nt Whatiwhatihoo havo signod a 1 Eotition asking Mint tho solo of liquor bo proibitod m tho King Country. ' Sir G. Groy loavos for Gisborne on Thurs- ' day, to deliver nn address thoro. ' Tho Governor 1 and Laxly and Miss Jorrois loft this evening for Onohunga, whence tho ' Uinomoa sails for Wellington nt daybreak. ' An Italian named Dclinonieo Barrabata, was fizrostod wliilo lniivinf m ttio on n warrant for wifo desortion at Wellington. Ho had £150 m his possossion, and his wifo is said to bo loft destitute c Tho Harbor Board wrote to Mr Wardoll, t 0.E., of Sydney, asking him if ho could como r to Auckland to report on tho proposed Calliope ' Dock, but his roply was m the negative.. ' Wbhinoton, May 27. It is stated that tho Yen. Archdeacon c Thorpo contomplatos resigning tho incum- £ bonoy of St. Paul's, Wellington, as ho finds tho work of tho parish too arduous m his t presont state of his health. ' At the Appeol Court to-d»y tho caao Hunt v. Gordon was argued. This wns o spooial doso removod for nrgumoDt from tho Supreme ? Oourt to tho Court of Appeal, and was to D review tho taxation of costs m Iho rccont trials of Hunt v. Gordon. Thoir Honors , roßorvod judgmont. * Tho Post to-night publishes a privato tolo- a jriim staling that Mr Filliat, Moinbor for) atanmore, has offered to resign his saat m n

favor of Sir Julius Yogel, and if the latter will stand no opposition is anticipated. With reference to tho proposed intercolonial riflo match, to be fired at Sydney towards the end of the year, Mr F. Stevens, Secretary of the New Zealand Rille Afsjciation, haa received the following letter, dnted Sydney, Bth May : — " It has been decided that the next prizo meeting of this Association -shall be held during the week ending 25th October next, and at which a match between teams from each of the AustraHin colonies and New Zealand will be placed on the programme. I am directed by my Council to inform you. of the same, and iuvite your Association to Bend a team to take part therein. The main conditions will be — ten men to comprise the team ; 300, 500, 60 ) yards range j 16 shot 9at each ranges, and two sightcrs ; Martini-Henry rifles to bo used. (Signed) "W. Foskett, Secretary New South Wales Rifle Association." Mr Stevens has also received tho following from Brisbane, dated 2nd inst. :— " The Council o( the Queensland Rifle Association invite a representative team of riflemen from your Association to take part m a contemplated intercolonial match, to be fired on the Brisbane rifle range about September nest. Particulars to be forwarded at a later date. (Signed) J. E. Hikton, Secretary Q. R. Association." Napier, May 27. A married man named Berry was drowned whilst attempting to cross the Tukituki at Patangata, on Saturday. Great complaints are mado of the scarcity of pheasants and quail this year. Wekns, which suck the eggs, and which have become very numerous during the last three years, are blamed for the scarcity. WANGANtrr, May 27. Sir W. Fox has resigned his position on the Education Board, as he is leaving tho colony shortly. Cahill, the jockey hurt m the Steeplechase yesterday, is progressing favorably. The Mayor, Mr Careon, entertained the Ngatimaniopoto chief Wahanui and his suite at luncheon this afternoon. Mr Watt, M.H.R., Mr Ballanco, and a number of loeol notables were present. Wahanui expressed gratification at his reception, and a hope th*t soon all hindrances to prospecting the country would be removed. Wellington, May 20. At tho Magistrate's Court this morning, Frederick Cooper, a compositor m the Government Printing Oflice, was fined £5 and cost 3 for a breach of the Printers and Newspapers Act, 1868, by printing and circulating a squib about the Thorndon election without attaching an imprint thereto. Two seamen belonging to the Victory were fined £5 and £10 respectively, for assaulting the chief engineer of the steamer. Wahanui, the Ngatimnni^poto chief, has arrived at Wanganui, and comes on to Wellington. He will remain here through the session, as he is anxious to see how it is worked. His Excellency the Governor has declined to interfere with the sentence of death passed on O'Donoghue, the Hokitika murderer, and the prisoner will therefore bo executed. Nelson, May 27. Last night a twelve-roomed house at Wakapuaku, belonging to Mr W. Wastney, was burnt to the ground, together with a carriagehouse, etc. The buildings were insured for £650 and the furniture for £450, both m the South British. A fire broke out this afternoon m a sevenrooined houso m Brook street, owned and occupied by Mr W. Lockey, cab proprietor, during tho absence of the family. Tho upper rooms were completely destroyed, but the lower ones were saved, and the furniture from the latter was got out. The building was insured for £150 m the South British, and the furniture for £100 m the Australian Mercantile. A dreadful accident occurred this afternoon to a little son of Mr H. D. Jackson, aged ten. He was leading a horse to a paddock to tether him out, when the rope became ontaugled round his leg. Tho horse bolted and dragged the boy eomo distance. When picked up the flesh and skin from the calf was found stripped off and pulled over the heel on to the sole of the foot. Three doctors have been with the boy and have sewn up the flesh. CnuiSTCHVHCH, May 27. Three specimens of supposed Californian salmon, caught m tho Waimakariri, arß to be sent Home packed m ice by the Aorangi, so that an authoritative statement as to the success of acclimatising salmon mauy be obtained. It has been suggested that Sir Julius Yopel should bo asked to contest the Avon seat with Mr Bolleston. Dr/NEDIN, May 27. The fire has not been got out m the Kaitangata coal mine, but it ia hoped work may be resumed within two or three days. A conference was held to-day between the Harbor Board and a number of Otago M.H.R.'s, when a number of subjects such as the new dock, the shifting of the railway station and other matters were fully discussed. A tramcar drivor was fined 403 and costs to-day for refusing to stop at a railway crossing m obedience to tho warning of the signalman. There will be no hunting here this year, as a pack of hounds cannot be obtuined. A resident of tho Arrow district lias received a letter from Mr Fergus, M.H.R., who states that he will bo at his post when the session opens. There has been a rumor that he intended resigning. Mr Robert Wilson, who leaves for England per s.s. Aorangi, was entertained at a complimentary banquet last night. At the sottling up over the late races, tho following were '.the principal amounts paid over: — J. Stephenson, £175 ; D. O'Brien, £150 j M. Sherwin, £130 j Hon. G. McLean, £100 i H. Goodman, £81 ; B. J. Mason, £70 j W. H. Fuller, £60 ; M. Smith, £55 : M. H. Smith, £50 ; B. Bates, £50 ; R. Rutherford, £50. At Palmeraton Resident Magistrate's Cotirt to-day a charge was brought against a schoolmaster namod Warburton of ill-treating a boy named Ross, ten years old. The boy had been accused of tclUng a falsehood, and tho toacher first made him kneel and beg a boy's pardon j then he hoisted him on another boy's baok and strapped him ; then he made I tho boy " ride- tho donkey," that is, tho boy was plnced n stride a desk and made to leap along it, and was flogged ovory timo he jumped. Ono boy saidhe counted 38 strokes thus inflicted, but it was denied that there wore so many. Tho Magistrate (Mr Robinson) dismissed tho case, saying that he could not think it such on excess of severity as would compel him to put defendant m the position of a criminal. At the same time ho thought if dofendant had fully considered the matter ho would not havo inflicted such a punishment.