INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3260, 9 March 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegkaph.) Auckland, March 7. Tho charge of arson against Madame Valentine was dismissed. The post mortem examination on tlio infant found m a bag on Shelly Beach ohowß that death wag caused by violence, as the skull is fractured m two places. I A communication was received from Mr W. I/. Bees at the Trades and Labor Council stating that he proposed to deliver a series of lectures throughout the colony on the " Cooperation of land, labor and capital," under the auspices of Trade Societies. The proposal was accepted. Mr Froude and Lord Elphinstone have gone to the Hot Lakes. Seven hundred immigrants are due daring the next three months. Thames, March 8. The HauraM saw mill at Turua, owned by the Hauraki Sawmill Company, and leased to Bagnall Bros., was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. It is not known how the fire originated. The property was insured for £1000 m the New Zealand office. Gisbobke, March 7. A 14-roomed house at Waikaorai, owned and occupied by Mrs Harris and family, has been totally burned down. The insurance was £600 m the New Zealand office. The loss is considerably greater. The origin of tho fire is unknown. Wellington, March 7. Sir Julius Yogel leaves m the Hinemoa for Lyttelton to-morrow. Chbistohuboh, March 7. A farmer at Fendaltown named William Feat committed suicide this morning by poisoning himself with strychnine. Ho had been guilty of strange conduct for some time. A private telegram received here states that Mr B. T. Booth, the temperance missionary, mil probably visit Christchurch if he is able to obtain a release from his engagements at Ballarat. Samuel Acourt, blacksmith, was charged at the R.M. Court this morning with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Tub daughter, Neno Acourt, a girl of fifteen, by means of burning with a kerosene lamp. The injuries that the girl has received are so scvero that she will be confined to her bed probably for three weeks, and the accused was accordingly formally remanded to March 14. It appears that on Thursday night last about 9 o'clock Acourt came home intoxicated and found his daughter, Mies Neno Aconrt, sitting by tho fire reading by the light of a kerosene lamp on the table close by. In a fit of temper, induced by the drunken state the man was m, he seized the lamp, and after making use of abusive expressions to his daughter, dashed it towards the fireplace. The lamp burst, and some of the burning oil falling into the grato, flared up the chimney, while Miss Acourt 1 s dress was also ignited. Acourt rushed out leaving his daughter m flames. Her screams attracted the attention of her mother who was m the house of a neighbor next door, and who fortunately came m m time to save her daughter from fatal injuries. Mrs Acourt' 8 hands were badly burned m her endeavors to throw her daughter down and roll somothing round her to stifle the flames. March 8. A twelvo-roomed wooden house m Gloucester street, belonging to Mr Moir, of Styx Mill, and occupied by Mrs Tindall as a boarding-house, was burned down between 0 and 10 lost night. No one was m when the fire occurred. It is stated that a kerosene lamp was left burning m the house. Both Moir and Mrs Tindall are out of town, so the insurances cannot accurately be ascertained. The furniture is said to be insured for £200 m the Colonial Office, and the building m the New Zealand Office. O ah abu, March 7. A large meeting of farmers was held to- j day to take into consideration the action of the millers, whp recently advertised their intention of buying grain on the same terms and usages as executed m Dunedin. The meeting unanimously passed a resolution to I the effect that the price of grain is the nett cash price, and that the bags containing the grain are to be paid for extra, except m such cases as the terms may be otherwise arranged between the buyer and seller. The merchants stand aloof from the arrangoment. Among the malsters tho opinion was expressed at the meeting that the fanners should only deal with those who had done business on the terms that have existed m the past. Dunedin, March 8. His Worship the Mayor on Saturday received the following telegram from Sir Julius Yogel : — " If there is a general wish for me to address a public meeting m Dunedin 1 would bo happy to comply with so flattering a request. As far as I can see at present this day fortnight or Monday fortnight would suit mo." The Premier has notified his inability to address a meeting. Articles have been signed between J. Scott and Pettingoll to box under the Marquis of Queensberry's rules for £25 a Bide m six weeks. Arrangements havo been completed for a boxing match for £50 a side to take place on Monday week between Messrs Fettingell and Matthews.