INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3307, 4 May 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) Avcxj>AXi> k May 8: The Seamen's Union do not intend to interfere with the City of Sydney on her arrival, as she only carries a few Chineso servants, unless they receive instructions from the Bydney Union. The twelve hours' walking match, for £50 aside, between Bayner and McClure, was won by the latter. ■ Eayner gave 3£ miles start. The record was : — Bayner, 58 miles 18 laps ; McClure, 62 miles 10 laps. Eayner took ill during the evening, and left the traok at 10.20 p.m., 10 laps behind McOlure, who finished at 11.5 p.m. The betting was 2 and 3 to 1 at the start on Bayner. Wbuungton, May 2. The s.a. Coptic will have completed taking m her coal, and will be ready for sea to-night, and it is probable she will leave either tonight or early to-morrow. She will leave under scaled orders from Admiral Tryon, through the Governor. A heavy southerly gale is now blowing, with heavy rainfall, and m consequence the races have been postponed until Monday. The public accounts are now ready. The year's balance on ordinary revenue and expenditure account shows a surplus of £22,003 Is 6d. Last years deficiency was £152,111 18s 7d, and £150,000 remains m deficiency bills. The balance, £2111 18s 7d, has been written off, reducing the surplus to £19,891 2s lid. The figures on 31st March stand as follows :— Cash m public account, £186,397 11s lOd ; advances m hands of Government officers m England and the Colony, £34,473 lls Id ; total, £219,891 2s lid. Deducting £200,000, the amount of deficiency bills outstanding, irrespective of last year's deficit, the balance is £19,891 2s lid. BiißKHßur, May 2. In the Supreme Court the water rights case, an action for £1000 damages, Murohy t. ' Vercoe, terminated m a verdict for the &&• fondant with costs on the highest scale. Plaintiff and defendant are both owners of ' flax mills on a creek near Blenheim. Plaintiff contended that defendant had raised a dam so as to back the water on their wheel, diminish its power, and lessening the produc« tion and deteriorating the value of their flax. Defendant pleaded that the back-up of the water was caused by the creek being obstructed by the refuse from plaintiff's mill. Mr, Travers, for the plaintiff, gave notice to move at Wellington for a new trial. Mr Justice Bichmond sits on Monday to hear bankruptcy and divorce applications, and leaves the same night for Nelson. Cheistchxtsch, May 2. An accident occurred at Lyttelton railway Btation this morning, by which a shunting engine was damaged through colliding with a train on the main line. It is said that the man m charge of the engine was off it trying to open the points, and that he ran back to the engine to stop it, but could not oaten it m time. , n At 6.30 a.m. .to-day a fire occumd « v,

Dugsnn's pointers' sliop, Cnsfcel street. Owt £200 wo.Hi of stock was destroyed, ana me building was damaged to the extent of £30 The insurances were :— On the building sblOO m tho youth British ; on tl-o stock, 4700 m the South British, und £300 m the Union. The cause is supposed to be spontaneous comBlngrove, a laborer employed by the BiccartonKoad Board, was found hanging dead m his house -nt Addington this afternoon. Ho was a single man of steady h-bito and m t»ood circumstances, ° n^ nl9 health had been failing lately. (The Government have accepted the services of the Engineer corps, the Ly ttelton Artillery, the Irish. Rifles, and the Richmond Rifles Mounted Infantry as a garrison corps, the University Rifles as an honorary corps, and the Kaiapoi Rifles as a country corps. Oamabtt, May 3. Jessie Stewart, aged 3 years, the daughter of a platelayer, was drowned m the Rookery River on Friday evening. The little girl wandered away from her parents' house, and on a search being made, her body was found m the river, into which she had fallen. Dunbdin, Wnv 2. Government have accepted the services of the Engineers and tho Anderson's Bay Rifles. Mr Booth opened his mission here last night to one of the largest and most enthusiastic audiences ever collected m the Garrison Hall. In the West Waitahuna dummy cases, the Land Board forfeited the license of Eadie, who had deserted his section, and m regard to the cases of Bruce, Keenan, Donoghue and Robertson, the Board will make further enquiry unless the ranger reports favorably on his next visit. There was not sufficient evidence to show that tho other licensees (exsorvants of the Greenfield estate) are evading the Act, while satisfaction was expressed with tho occupation of Mr Smith's two sons. The Board considered the evidence fully justified holding an enquiry. The stone lighthouse at Taiaroa Heads is to be taken down, and a wooden one built. This 13 rendered necessary by the construction of the defence works. What has the appearance of an attempt at incendiarism was made about half-past two yesterday morning. A quantity of coarse waste was saturated with Strong smelling oil and placed m the inner room of an empty house at Burkes, belonging to the trustees of the late Mr J. Marshall. The Burkes' stationmaster -was returning home about 40 minutes past two m the morning, after passing a special train conveying the Kaikoura's mails over the block signalling section, when he perceived a flickering light through the casemenfc of the house, which adjoins the ono occupied by him for the firßt time that day, and m which his little son was asleep. On looking m he found saturated waste alight m the corner, and instantly kicking it out and ■ stamping on it, he hurried into the next house, snatched up the boy and placed him beyond harm, and with water from the creek put out the fire.