INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3252, 27 February 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) *' Auckland, Feb. 26. c . ■Ifc is. understood the Government have rranged with the Directors of the Rotor ua tail way to take over two sections of line caching to a point beyond Oxford, and have C rranged with tho Company to construct the emainder to Rotorua. A great native meeting is proceeding at Khikihi to consider tho offer of land to Mr lallance for railway purposes. The Ngatilaniopoto consider Tawhiao should not have "» lade presents of land for the railway withut first consulting them, as the land is not M is to give. One chief made a strong poiut i his speech that the line should bo made v native labor only. The meeting will last J»: ntil the food supply gives out. A lad named Driflle was drowned at Tararu ssterday, through the. capsizing of a boat. Mr R. Hobbs, M.H.R., met his constituents ' the Bay of Islands electorate at Kawa- Mi iwa. He reviewed the work of the session, id received a vote of confidence. ; An investigation into the accounts of tho W ;ceased Secretary of the Auckland College La id Grammar School Board of Governors ' ows a deficiency of £1100. am Wanganfi, Feb. 26. fat Thos. Watson, manager of the Waihau La n, wag committed for trial to-day for ne: ibezzling the proceeds of cattle sold by St< m on behalf his- employer, Dr Curl. Bel Wellington, Fob. 26. Ev Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's the M.S. Tongariro, which arrived at Plymouth am Tuesday, mado tho passage from Lytteltou ne< 38 days, being four days under the con- hoi ict time. the At an inquest on the body of the man auc elson a verdict of death from natural a 1 uses was returned. Qu The Minister allows exhibits for the New 1 aland Industrial Exlubitiou to be carried ]

free of cbavge on the railways. Applications for space m the Exhibition must be deposited at the various local committees throughout, the colony on Saturday next without fail. The space is very fast filling up. The body of young Cnvin, who was drowned on the 14th inst., was recovered this morning. NAriEB, Feb 26. At the Licensing Committee election today, the moderate party won by " a large majority, the teetotaller nominees being m" every case at the bottom of the poll. Nelson, Feb. 26. Mr Vaile, member of the Institute of Mines, Cornwall, has spent a week m examining the Champion and United Copper Mines, Aniseed Valley, on behalf of a New South Wales syndicate. He has handed the Directors of the Companies his report on the mines, which he considered very favorable. He points out that the mines " are m a different rock formation from those which the large deposits of copper ores have hitherto been found, but all places are not alike, and I have seen on tliis ground such a combination of ore that I cannot look but with favor on it, nor bring myself to think that so strong a body and length of ore can give out easily." He approved of tho working now being done, and says " Should the ore improve m depth as the mine is opened, and from the present appearance it is likely to, m six months from this you should make returns and you will see from my calculations handed you that a grand profit is to be fairly expected." The Hon. Mr Larnach arrived here to-day, and to-morrow will pay a visit to the copper mines m Aniseed Valley, when he will be accompanied by about twenty leading public men. He afterwards leaves for Collingwood. Blenheim, Feb. 26. The Licensing Committee elections have concluded, and it was the keenest contest ever known here. The temperance men had a majority of one m one Ward, returned two m a second, and were entirely beaten m the the third. It is understood 11 o'clock closing will be continued. Westtoht, Feb. 26. The Kovanui Company have opened out a seam of coal twenty feet'in width. A severe shock of earthquake was felt yesterday at 2.30 p.m. Chbistchttbch, Feb. 26. The first prize (£IOOO odd) of Hobin Hood's consultation on the Dunedin Cup has been won by a journeyman tailor here, the second (£530) by a number of men employed m the coal yard at the Bailway Station, and the third (£300) by a billiard marker m Lyttelton. At the Christchurch Regatta to-day the Champion Fours and Champion Pairs were won by the Union Club, the Champion Double Sculls by the Kaiapoi, and the Ladies' Plate, Maiden and Junior Fours by the Union, the Maiden Double Sculls by Kaiapoi, and the Junior Pairs and Double Sculls by the Lyttelton Club. The Union Club won £70 besides trophies. The annual exhibition m connection with the Canterbury Society of Arts promises to be very successful this year, over 160 entries having been received — 50 more than last year. An old man named James Hadford was sent to gaol for fourteen days by Mr Beetham, R.M., to-day, for cruelty to a girl nine years of age he had adopted. The child had been tied up with a rope by the hands and feet to a bed-post on several occasions — one day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again left alone m the house tied to the bed-post. Oastabu, Feb. 26. A few days since the licensee of the Queen's Hotel was charged with keeping hia house open 15 minutes over hours. The Magistrate, after hearing the case, dismissed it, as it was shown no one was m the bar. To-day the licensing Committee have for* warded a wriften protest against the Magistrate's action. Dunedin, Feb. 26. The Union Steamship Company do not intend to allow tho Bingarooma, which has been released from quarrantine at Sydney, to resume running for a fortnight, so that extraordinary precautions may be takeu to prevent her carrying infection. A dwelling house at Tuapeka, owned and occupied by Thomas Fahey, was burned down this afternoon. Some men harvesting saved the furniture. The house was insured for £300, the office not stated. The Upper Junction Hotel, an old and well-known house, about four miles from the city, on the Main North road, was burned down this evening. No particidars are to hand. The six days' go-as-you-please ia still proceeding. Rayner is leading. Mr Stout left for Wellington to-day. . Invercaegile, Feb. 26. The Invercargill Volunteers have gone into camp on one of the town reserres, and will be joined by the Bluff Navals to-morrow night. The camp breaks up on Tuesday next. The corps will be drilled early every morning, and the men will be allowed to follow their ordinary vocations during the day. The second excursion to Lake Wakatipu was more successful than the previous one, the time being extended so as to give the people an opportunity to visit Queenstown.