INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3259, 7 March 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

' (By Telegraph.) Auckland, March 6. Nine tenders have been received for the erection of an Art Gallery and Library, and that of Price and Malcolm for £19,505 has been accepted. ) The City Council has decided to recommend the closing of the present cemeteries after the lat January. They are now m the centre of the city, and a dense population Burround them. The Auckland and Thames shooting repre* sentatives left per Te Anau to-day. At a meeting of the Senate of the New Zealand University, it was resolved — "That the resolution passed on the 3rd mat., relating to the date of the meeting of the Convocation be varied by substituting the 4th March for April 6th, and that the result of the degree examinations be not published till the arrival of the final report from Home." Private information has been received, but it is not authoritative. The body of a female child about three days old has been found on Shelly Beach sewn up m a gunny bag. The police are investigating the matter. John Connolly, arrested for arson, was today charged ■with setting fire to his dwelling ■with intent to defraud the South British Insurance Company. It is announced here that the Mutual Life Association which, recently established & Board at Cliristchurch, have appointed Mr Geo. Gill, Secretary of the Adelaide Branch, to bo Eesident Secretary for the South Island. Wbm.ikgton, March 6. A peculiar case is now being enquired into by the Acting Collector of Customs. It appears that paraffin candles (Orient brand), are imported m packets supposed, to contain lib each, packed m boxes supposed to contain 251bs, but the packets are not fully _ a pound, and the boxes only contain £3.7-lQ"» each, and the importers demand that the duty should only be paid on the actual weight. About 400 persons travelled by the excursion train from Masterton to Wellington. . It is understood that the Government havo arranged with the Loan Agents to offer terms for the conversion of the consolidated loan debentures of 1867. A cricket match, Wellington v. Kelson, commenced this morning. The weather was dull and threatening, though fine. In the first innings Wellington scored 143, and Nelson 67. The game will be resumed tomorrow morning. Njelbon, March 6. Several deputations waited on the Hon. Mr Larnaph to-day." One represented the desirability of the Government aiding by grant the construction of a road giving ace«» to tbf

Mount Owen reefs. The Minister spoke favorably of tho enterprise shown by the prospectors, and wished them success. He added that such work deserved Government assistance, and promised if funds were available to grant the Inongaluia Council, within whose boundaries tho reefa were, the sum of I JE3OO towards the work. Last night- a barn full of oats, belonging to J. Canton, situated at Hope, was destroyed by fire. The insurance was £300 m the Norwich Union. Blenheim, March 6. At a meeting of ratepayers last night an influential committee -was appointed to collect information and report as to the best way of providing a -water supply and a drainage system for the borough. Cheistohubch, March 6. A half-caste named J. C. Caff alias Kobert Taylor, who is charged with forging a promissory note for over £100, at Invcrcnrgill, and who escaped from custody on February 26th at Waiau, was recaptured by Detective Jones at the Sotheram Hotel, between Hurunui and Waiau, to-day. Ho is m a feeble condition from exposure and privation. The Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association has decided by a narrow majority to recommend the general meeting to purchase more commodious grounds for 'show purposesj close to the Addington Railway station. A large sale of shares m the Southern Cross Petroleum Company was held to-day. Some 3800 were disposed of at prices ranging from 6d to Is 3d. The total amount of the city assessment this year is £245,548. A movement is on foot here to induce the Government to establish a Home for the cure of inebriates, and Sir Julius Yogel ha 9 consented to receive a deputation on the subject. The weather has cleared up, and is now brilliantly fine. _, . Dr/NEDiNj March 6., JLiie Acclimatisation Society has declared all imported game except hares protected. The hare season, as also that for native game, is to extend from April Ist to July 31st. The project of sending a team of New Zealand bowlers to the tournament at Melbourne at Easter has been abandoned, asa sufficient number could not be got together. An inquest was held to-day on the boy Fnwer, who was killed by falling from the platform of a tramear, off which he was jumping. A verdict of occidental death was returned, and a rider added that boys should not be allowed to ride on the platforms. Two Dunedin tourists, Messrs M. Ros3 and G. Marshall, accompanied by Harry Birley, a guide, made a very successful ascent of Mount Earnßlaw, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, on Wednesday last. They reached a point on the eastern glacier 8500 feet above the |sea level, or 2000 feet higher than Mr Marshall accomplished last year, and a good deal higher than the Eev. Mr Green achieved m 1882. The top of the mountain was enveloped m fog, so that it could not be reached. The ascent and descent occupied fourteen hours. Mr Waddell, an English tourist, accompanied the party as far as the snow-line, but gave m there. A farm hand named Fitzpafcrick met with very serious injuries on Thursday m the Clutha district, through his horses bolting down hill with a reaper and binder he was driving. He was found two hours after the occurrence. The knives had cut one of his legs fearfully, his head was veiy badly bruised, several ribs were broken, and the iron teeth had pricked his body severely m many places. Dr Smith has gone to amputate the leg, but it is feared the man will not survive the operation. Mr W. Downio Stewart, M.H.B. for Dunedin West, addressed his constituents tonight. There was an audience of sixty or seventy persons. Mr Stewart supported the Government generally. He received a vote of confidence. A meeting of shareholders m the Guiding Star Quartz Mining Company, Wesfcporfc,' was held to-day, at which very general dissatisfaction was expressed at the quantity of stone crushed, and complaints were made of false representations at the mine. A resolution was passed requesting tho Directors to suspend operations for a month, to allow of a survey of the mine.