INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3196, 23 December 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Press Association' Telegrams.) Aucklaitd, Deo. 22. The Auckland cricket team -will leave Onehunga by tho Pensuin to-morrow. It is very uncertain, even up till now, who will form tho 'earn, but it will probably consist of the following :— W. E. Barton, "D. Lynch, W. W. Robinson, S. W. Colon, O. Maeormiek, C. S. Stafford, E. Mills, J. Tostro, W. Meldrum, a. P. Ewing and H. Kissling. Three matchos aro to bo played, namely, against a Canterbury interprovincinl team, and Dunedin and Wellington. Robinson is mnnaeing tho trip. Tho team is considered a weak one, Arneil, Dowcs, Blair, Buck-land, Yates and Lankliam boing out, and it is felt that tho Association acted wisely m refusing to giro it the status of a representative team. Wm. Sheohan was arrested to-day at Wai komito by Superintendent Thompson and Detectives Walkor nnd Twohcy, on a charge of murdering his mother, Mrs Sheohan, his brother, Thos. Sheohan, and his sister, Mary Sheohan, m Castletown, Kocke Tsland, m Oct., 1877. He is about 40, and is living with his wife and family on a farm at Waikomito. Ho wm recognised by n furnished description. Ho appeared quite unconcerned. It will be romembered details of tho murder appeared m the mail news a f#w woeks ago, and a recent Houter cablegram stated a warrant had been issued, and that Shoelaan was supposed to bo m New Zealand. Sheohnn nrrivod hero by tho Doric oi; her first trip to Auckland. Ho hai boon working at tho B»y of Islands until tho last two months, whon he returned to Auckland. He bought s> farm at Waikomilo lost weok, ton miloi from Auckland. Ho bears tho reputation of a steady hard-irorking man. Ho strenuously mainUinshU innoceneo, but admits be is the Wm. Sheoban referred to m tho newspaper accounts of the alleged murdor. Ho deolares his missing mother, brother, and sister, emigrated to America. Ho has perer

seen or heard of the newspaper reports or cablegrams, not being a reading man. District Court Judge Smith gave judgmont for the plaintiff m tbe case Tole, Commief ioner of Crown L mds, v. Cozens. This decision will fall like a bombshell m the camp of the Rotorua leaseholders. It will be remembered tlist -when tho case was tried and came before the District Court, judgment was given for defendant. This decision was appealed against, and two points wero arguod before the Supreme Court. After a lapse of several months, Justice Gillies, forgetting that only two points had been argued before him, gave an opinion on all tho issues m favor of plaintiff. Cozens, who was supported financially by the other leaseholders, then obtained a rehearing before tho District Court, and it was on this action that Judgo Smith gave judgment to-day. There is between £3000 and £5000 of rents outstanding. The Crown Lands Commission now intends taking summary proceedings to recover the amounts due. As the defence fund raised by the leaseholders is now exhausted, it is improbable that they will make an appeal to the Law Courts, but it is quite on the cards they will petition Parliament next session for relief. Wellington, Dec. 22. The torpedo launch for Auckland will shortly be towed up to that port. Voting papers for the Insurance Board election will be despatched from the head office to-morrow, and may be returned as soon as the Toter chooses to do so. Tho election virtually begins at once, but the final date for ihe receipt of voting papers is the 7th January, and they must be forwarded from all parts of the colony m time to reach Wellington by 10 o'clock on the morning of that day. In chambers to-morrow the defendant m the case of Sir Julius Yogel v. Harris -will make an application for fuller particulars aa to the claims of plaintiff m the libel action. Government intend to re-gazette the proclamation offering rewards for the discovery of goldfields La the colony, and also intend to place on the Estimates neit session £500 for the purpose of removing enags and otherwise improving the navigation of the Mokau river. Gbbtmouth, Dec. 22. The Greymouth Harbor Board this afternoon resolved to invite applications for a Resident Engineer, at a salary of £700 per annum. Chbistchdbch, Dec. 22. The Middle Island East and West Coast Railway guarantors met to-day, and considered a letter from C. G. Fell and James Sclanders, delegates from a Committee for the Nelson and West Coast railway offering to join m an united 6cheme for the construction of o Canterbury, Nelson and West Coast railway. It was resolved—" That the Committee be empowered to negotiate with tho Nelson delegates who have invited cooperation m carrying out the railway between Christchurch, the West Coast and Nelson, and report to the guarantor* tho result of their negotiations." Sir T. S. Duncan, one of the earliest pettlers m Canterbury and for a long time Crown Proseoutor, died this Morning. Dckedin, Dee. 22. A violent thundershower was experienced about noon to-day. The rain poured down m torrents for nearly half an hour, and the street channels were like rivers. At the foot of Borne of the hills premises were flooded, but no serious damage is reported. Whilst on duty m King street on Saturday night Constable McLauchlin found a man lying drunk on the footpath, m Buch a helpless state as to render his removal to the Hospital necessary. He proved to be William Bnyliss, a fish hawker and bill-poster, and of intemperate habits. He is still unconscious, and is not expected to recover. The body of James Anderson, who jumped into the Clutha river at Clyde, on the 6th inst., has been found below the Teriot, 30 or 40 miles down. At the inquest a verdict of suicide by drowning was returned. DtrNBDiK, Dec. 22. The dwelling-house of James Johnston, at Roslyn, was burned down this morning. The building was insured m the Equitable office for £200, and the furniture m the National for £100. The Albion Company's Arawa arrived at Hobart on Friday. She left on Saturday and is due at Port Chalmers on Wednesday. Invbrcabgill, Dec. 22. Price and Bullied, drapers, were to-day fined £5 and costs, for employing two girls after hours m breach of the Employment of Females Act. The Magistrate said the penalty was made light because it was the first case of the kind that had been heard here.