INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3387, 5 August 1885, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) Auckland, August 4. The Federated Seamen's Union demands £10 per month for firemen m the employ of Iho Northern Shipping Company. Dnring the previous strike tho firemen voluntarily surrendered £1 per month. They now demand the former rate of pay. The Auckland Timber Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and carried forward £24,701. The annual report of the Eacing Clnb ■howed that £1600 of the debit balance hao been wiped off during the year, and there was now £400 to the good. The capital account ■howed a balance of £14,959. Another wrestling match has been arranged between Reaney, of Dunedin, and Fagan, of Auckland, for £60 aside. At a public meeting under the auspices of the Auckland Liberal Association, to consider the question of the unemployed, about 100 persons were present, not a dozen of whom were anemployed. Mr H. W. Faniall pre Bided. Ihe following resolutions were earned:— "That this meeting views with alarm tho growing number and distress of the unemployed, the natural result of the bulk of the population being employed on borrowed money, and is of opinion the Government has no right to encourage immigration, assisted or otherwise, m the present position of the colony." " That this meeting believe there is a pressing need for employment being afforded to any industrious person m Auckland now unemployed, and urges upon the Government the doty of at once meeting the necessity which has arisen." Blenheim, August 4. A five-roomed house, occupied by E. Gr. Thomas, distent a mile from Benwick, was burned down last night. The came of the fire is unknown. The insurances were m the Boyal Office, £100 on the house and £20 on the furniture. Chbistchpech, August 4. jvi 6 firßt examina tion of Canterbury candidates for commissions m the Volunteer force under tho revised regulation took placo w the district office today. There were fourteen candidates. The examiners are Colonel Bailey, the Hon. Colonel Brett, Majors Slator, Newall and Hamersley. Walter Edward Terry, alias Kdwards, allot Wilson, who had been arrested m Wellington, wai committed for trial hero to-day on a charge of obtaining monoy and guodi to the

amount of £10 by moans of ft valueless choque. Tho offence is alleged to have been, committed on December 30th, 1884, and a storekeeper at Glentunnol named William Hitchett was tho victim of the fraud. At the inquest on Mr .Tqhn Hebden, held to-day, tho jury returned a verdict of " accidental death," adding a rider recommending that omnibuses should carry a conductor^' to obviate the necessity of tho driver leaving his seat to look after porsons at the back of the vehicle. It will bo remembered that it was after the driver had thus left his place on the box that the accident occurred. DOHEDIK, August 4. At a meeting of the Society for Preveption of Cruelty to Animals, Judge Williams presiding, it was resolved to form a ladies auxiliary branch, many ladies having expressed a wish to join. Some 46 unemployed have applied for wprk at stonebreaking started for them by the Corporation. Only 25 have started, work, however. An application to have a change of venue of the totalisator dispute case was refused today. Intelligence has been received that the Te Anau had bad weather on the voyage to Hobart, and that some valuable cattle shipped died on the passage. They were insured.