INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3055, 9 July 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

C Pbb 88 Association Tblrqrams.] Auckland, July 8. At tho inquest on John Brit, who" committed suicide, tho jury returned a verdict that decoasod was found dead with a bullet wound m his head, boliovod to be self-in-flictod, but thoro wo» no ovidonea to show m what stato of mind tho deceased was at the timo. Ho had lost £600 mTo Aroha scrip speculations. Docoaeed was a native of Hamburg. Thames, July 8. A fatal accidont ocourrod to-day at Totara Point, where a lad namod Charles Robinson, einployod by tho contractors for tho ThamesKppua railway, was jammed betwoon a wagon and the bank, and horribly orushed to death. , Tattbanga, July 8. Mr Alexander Menzies, brother to John MJunzios, sonr., of tho Tauranga Hotel, is missing, and it is feared he hos been drowned. Ho was subject to fainting fits, and it is foarod ho may havo fallen off the wharf. , GIBBOUMB, July 8. ,Mr Reof has Mod an indictment against Mr L»cko, for corrupt practice, alleging that Mr Locke paid moneys outside and boyond tho exception authorised by tho first and second schodulos of tha Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, by sootion 25 auoh being un indiotablo offonco. Wanoahui, July 8. •A firo occurred to-night m a four-roomed cottago m Dublin streot, tho property of Mr Soronson, nnd ocoupied by a man namod Breon, a blacksmith. Tho firo was confined to tho kitohon and pwlor, and was speedily got under. The building was insured m the London and Lancashire for £150, and tho furniture for £78 m the Fire Insurance Association.

Wellington, July 8. The Wellington Trust and Loan Company have declared a dividend of 8 per cent. CHBiSTcmJBcn, July 8, The Chriatchuroli Presbytery have appointed n Committee to ascertain whether St. Andrews Deacons' Court is legally constituted. This is a stage m the proceedings re the Scotch cemetery.. A Bicycle and Tricycle Parcels Delivery Company has been started here. Mr Jacobsen has won the second game m the chess match against Mr Hookham. Dunbdin, July 8. A four-roomed house on Pino Hill, owned and occupied by William Johnson, carpenter, was burned down this afternoon. The house was insured for £267, and tho furniture for £50 m the South British office. The sustentation fund for the half-year of tho Presbyterian church amounts to' £5023, enabling a dividend of £103 10» to bo paid. A firo broke out this evening m a small cottage which had been on lire on Saturday evening. This timo it was completely deetroyod. The cottage fjsas occupied by a woman of ill repute, and was : insured m the Now Zealand office for £150. Tho police regard the matter with suspicion. ' I