INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3430, 25 September 1885, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) Accklasd, Sept. 24. At the City Council meeting to-night, the Committee's report on retrenchment will be considered. The proposals arc understood to include striking £100 off the salary of the Town Clerk, £200 off that of the Engineer, and dispensing with the services of rate collector and Inspector of Abattoirs. Tho Hinemoa with the Auckland members arrived to-day. The fine of £50 recently imposed on Capt. Mnnro, of the barquo Altair, for_ neglecting to report a quantity of sugar on his manifest, has been reduced to £10 m consequence of representations made by himself to the Government by petition. Last nipfit before tho To Anau left for Sydney her warp carried away unexpectedly. It wa3 discovered on examination it had been out by eonio sharp instrument, later on it was found warps of the Waihora aDd of the ship Duchess of Argyle had also been cut partly through so that an ordinary strain would came them to snap. The police arcon the outlook for tho perpetrators of the oct, tho motive for which it is difficult to imagine. Ha web A, Sept. 24. A partial eclipse of the moon took placu this evening. At seven o'clock seven-eighths of the moon's disc was obscured. Tho night was magnificently dear, rendering exceptional facilities for observing. Vt elmkotos, Sept. 24. The annual report of tho Now Zealand Kiile Asfociation has been published, but gives little information except a rosumu of what took place at tho annual ride shooting meeting at Island Buy m March. The balance-sheet attached to tho report shows tbat tho receipts during tho year ended 31»t July were £1600 5s Bd, including £373 Os 6<l as subscriptions and prizes, and £460 IDs 6d n> entrance fees. The expenditure woa £1586 16s, including £898 3« 6d for prizes, £103 for markers wages, and £118 6s 9d for tho format ion of tho Island Bay range. Tho oxpenses at tho Island Bay meeting show so much heavier than at Auckland that complainta aro made by members of tho Association that nothing is known of tho meetings until porliaps a week after thoy tnko place. Strong opinions are expressed hero that unless somo change m tho management i» made uoit yew the meeting will f»U through,

) The Maori performers who pave an entertainment at tho Exhibition, will It-arc for tho South at tho ond of tho week. They intend exhibiting their dances and other performs nce3 m the principal towns of the South Island. A ten roomed houso belonging to Mre Hopley, and occupied by Miss Brody m i Tinakori road — well-known as the residence of tho loto T)r Feathorston— was completely gutted by fire at 330 this afternoon. Nothing is known as to the origin of the fire. The hou96 was insured m tho National for £400. At the City Council to-night, the City Engineer was instructed to preparo an estimate for tho construction of lnunicipil gas works. Nelson", Sept. 24. Mi- Joseph Ford Duncan, of Kiwaka, is dead. Deceased was most respected, being a settler of over 43 years standing. Ho leaves a wi 'o\v and 8 children, 60 grandchildren, aud 3 great grandchildren. He had attained the ago of 79. The eclipse of the moon was viewed from this district under most favorable circumstances. Wunt of rain is begining to be felt m this district. CnßiaTcnr/Bcn, Sept. 2t. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to day, James Willis, printer, was fined £5 for a breach of the Printers and Newspapors Registration Act m failing to print his name and address on a copy of the Pall Mali. Gazette disclosures, which ho printed for sale for Robert Aherne. Charles Christian Sommers and Alfred Simpson, booksellers, were charged with selling the pamphlet, but the information -was dismissed, as the B.nch did not think they had committod any offence. Dunedin, Sept 24. A singular case of love of adventure m a boy was heard at the Police Court, when the father of a 10 year old boy applied to have his son committed to tho Industrial School, as he was unable to control him. It was shown that since attaining cii years of age the boy has made ceaseless efforts to become his own master. He has been away from home for moro than a week at a time, and lias been discovered m the bush, where ho managed to exist somehow. Last Saturday ho secured £3 during his parents' absence, and was not discovered till Wednesday. The lad could not be got to school, and preferred sleeping m a dog-kennel to a bed. He was committed to the School. William D. Jackson, who was arrested m Auckland, was to-day brought up on a charge of embezzlement and remanded on bail. Tho statement of liabilities and assets m the estate of James Shand gives the former at £24,000 and the latter at £10,300. A composition has been accepted by most of the creditors of 10s, but as it was not generally agreed to, it was not concluded.