INTERPROVICAIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3309, 6 May 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVICAIL.

(By Telegraph.) Auckland, May 5. Thomas Macfarlane, an old resident here, was struck by a railway engine this morning on the same spot where an accident occurred recently, and had to bo taken to the hospital. No bones are broken. Superintendent Thomson boarded the mail steamer and arrested, on an extradition warrant, Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, alias Theodore Cecil Danquier, variously described j as " doctor " or " officer " m the French or Turkish army, on a charge of the murder [of Charles E. Pareller, of St. Louis, ! Missouri. The accused stated that the affair was a mistake, and he could explain it m the proper quarter. Nothing was known of the murder before the steamer left. The acoused i 3 about thirty years old, and of gentlemanly appearance. He and the murdered man were both British subjects. Consul Gamble had received a cablegram from the Secretary of State, and the man was at once known by the complete description furnished. Detective Hughes and Sergeant Clarke were waiting off Tiritiri for the steamer for two days. They handcuffed him on board, and found a revolver m big luggage. He was brought up at the police Court this morning, and remanded till Friday. Wellington, May 5. Government have decided that m future constables joining the A.O. force shall be paid only 5s per day, being a reduction of Is on that paid now. Drill instructors have not yet been appointed, but this will be done immediately after the arrival of the contingent of A.C.'s from the North. The Colonial Secretury has wired to the Health authorities to report on the quarantine station at Port Chalmers and have a place prepared to receive passengers by the Avawa. Every precaution is to bo taken to prevent smallpox spreading. The Penguin, with the San Francisco mail, left Manukau at 11.56 this morning. Southern arrangements are not yet decided. A boat containing four men is missing. Boatman Ned Blanville and navvies Timothy Daile, Patrick Hickey, and N. Neilson left the defence works yesterday afternoon m an open boat to go to the head of Evans' Bay for a cargo of sand. They have not since beon heard of. Search parties have gone out, but they have been unsuccessful. It is believed that the boat was swamped on returning, as its oara have been found on Petone beach. , . It is understood that a sculling match is likely to come off between Hearn, the champion, and Boniface, a resident of Riverton. The latter has challenged Hearn to row a three mile raco at Biverton for £100 a side, the champion to concede a start of one minute. Hearn has replied that he is perfectly willing to meet Boniface, but he is not prepared to make a greater concession than half a minute. Chbistchtjboh, May 5. Mr Alison D. Smith, of the Bailway Department here, has been appointed Superintendent of the Victorian Railways. An inspection of the salmon ova m the hatching boxes this morning showed that they were all m the same excellent condition as when landed. At the inquest on the body of Thomas Blagrove, who was found hanging m his cottage at Addington on Sunday last, a verdict of "Suicide while m a state of temporary insanity" was returned. The workmen employed m three of the boot factories went out on strike to-day. The local Bootmakers' Society desired to raise

the tariff of wages m the larger factories to a par with that m force m some of the smaller factories. Messrs Lightband, Allan and Co., Suckling Bros., and O'Brien and Co. are the firniß at present concerned. The demand is one for an increase of wages, and it is not likely the employers will give way. Dunbdin, May 5. The National Insurance Company have declared on interim dividend at the rate of 15 per cent per annum. John Sloan, a laborer, has attempted to commit suicide by walking into the surf at the Ocean Beach. Two boys, aged 15, were to-day committed for trial for housebrealring. They succeeded m climbing a six foot fence, and an entrance was effected by pulling down Beveral tiers of bricks. They discovered the key of the safe, and from cash boxes m it secured some £9 16s. A third boy was concerned, but the evidence showed he only assisted m spending the money. Inteboabgill, May 5. The Orepuki railway was opened for traffic to-day, when an excursion train carrying 650 passengers from Invercargill and Riverton passed safely over the line to the terminus at Hirstfield. The district is rich m gold and minerals, but has hitherto been almost inaccessible except on horseback or foot. Advantage was taken of the occasion to present Mr Theo. Daniel, ex-member for the district, with a purse of sovereigns, m recognition of his efforts to get this and other public works carried on. The line is eighteen miles m length from Biverton, and forms the extreme end of the New Zealand Railways.