INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3258, 6 March 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Teleoiiaph.) • . , .. -.. Napieb, March 5. At tbe E.M. Court to-day a man formerly boota at the Caledonian Hotel, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for stealing grog. Ho is heir to; a fortune of : £12,000, wbioh is low on iU way out to him. : - ■

Wellington, Maroh 4v . , The Gear Meat Company ; have just pre- - served between 20 and 30 carcases of fish for* Nicholas Fernandez, fishmonger, who" intends-" to send them to India and Home as an experiment, and endeavor to open up a market for fish. The delegates of the- various Art Societies of New Zealand met this afternoon to examine designs for certificates andmedals to be awarded to the prize-winners m the. New Zoaland Industrial Exhibition 1885. Mrs Samuel Best, of Filleul street, Dunedih, gained the prize for design for a certificate of merit, and Mr reter Kllis, of Sydenham, Canterbury/for the design for a medal. ' r HIU "\ Or B ° arc ! , todft y Voided not to light the wharves with the electric lieht as being too costly. o j At the Thorndon Licensing Committee today, reference was made to Sunday trading The Chairman of the Committee said he quite believed that the difficulty was experienced m convicting publicans of Sunday trading, owing to the number of loopholes of escape whioh existed. Inspector Goodall . remarked that the present Licensing Act was not nearly so good as the one previously m force, his experience being that it was about a hundred times more difficult to secure a conviction now than under the old Act. : The Gazette notifies that Charles' Si.. Tennent has been removed from the office of - Coroner within New Zealand. ' Chbistchuech, March 5. Very heavy rain fell last night, the downpour being so great at one time as to rouse people from their sleep, and excite fears of a waterspout. This morning the rain ceased, but the weather is still dull and threatening. ■ Messrs W. Montgomery, G. Booth and T. H. Anson were elected members of the North - Canterbury Board of Education to-day. A number of volunteers from Dunedin and ' elsewhere left by the Manapouri for Wellington to-night to take part m the Interprovincial rifle contest. The steamer also took an unusually large number of passengers for Northern ports consisting of tourists and visitors from the Dunedin races. At the annual meeting of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company, Messrs W. D. Mears, G. Hart, and R. Walton were elected directors. The report showed that £28,000 of capital had been called up, that the liabilities amounted to £1263, and value of property £9408. The expenditure during 1884 was £12,597. The pipes for the new bore have left Christcburch, and the bore will be commenced next week. The liyttelton Licensing Committee have decided to extend the hour of closing from 10 to 11, the latter hour being generally adopted m and around Christchurch. DtTNEDIN, March 5. The lad William Fraser, who was injured on the Caversham tramway on Tuesday, died at the hospital this afternoon. Cable advice was received m town to-day from Glasgow, announcing the death of Mr James Galbraith on the 4th. instant. The deceased gentleman was senior partner m the well-known shipping -firm of P. Henderson and Co., of Glasgow, and was afterwards managing director of the Albion Company, and on its amalgamation with Shaw-SaviUe and Co., became one of the Board of Directors. . : The extension of the Mornington wir« cable tramway to Mary Hill is now completed. The line is half a mile long, and over a portion of it the car descends the steepest grade m the world. ; : Further evidence was taken to-day m the charge against Thomas McEenzie, mate of the Janet Ramsay, for the attempted murder of the Captain by throwing him overboard. The evidence showed that the captain called the mate a liar, and the. latter made a rush at the captain, who went overboard. The" accused at once called out, "The skipper's overboard." The charge was dismissed, the evidence not supporting a charge of murder. The Mayor has at the request of a number of the citizens telegraphed to the Premier requesting him and Sir Julius Yogel to address a public meeting m Dunedin at an early date. Inquests were held to-day on bodies of John . Harrigan, of Oamaru, and Samuel Green, of Fernhill, who died suddenly. In both cases verdicts of death from naturalcauses were returned.