INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3438, 5 October 1885, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(BY IBLEOEAPH.) 1 i~i ■ . AUCKLAND, Oct. 3. An ontortainment was giren to-night at the Theatre Boyal for tho benefit of the prohibited Circus Company to aid thorn m their dilemma. Nineteen prisoners come up for trial at tbe Supreme Court criminal leMiom.

The Board of Education for tho purpose reducing their Gnaneial deficit have lowered the salarios of teachers at the Girls High School, and are replacing male assistants with female teachers- , Messrs Lyons and Blakie have purchased tho two years' old Musket-Prunella colt lor 300 guineas. The " Sorcerer" has been successfully performed by tho Auckland Amateur Opera Club at the Opera House for the benefit of the Freemasons' Hall Buildingifund. There was a crowded audience and tho Freemasons appeared m regalia. yy 6 Wellington, Oct. 3. The principal alterations which appear on the now scale of railway charges gazetted lost night, are that daily return tickets are to be issued for suburban traffic, and on some of tho lines a reduction has been made m the charges for merchandise. A. new feature m the passengers' fare is the introduction of market tickets. These tickets will be issued to all passengers to towns m which there is a weekly market, and on the samo terms as Saturday return tickets. The rumor that the Government intended to take over the management of the New Zealand Rifle Association is incorrect. With reference to the quarantined circus at Auckland, the Colonial Secretary lost night received a cablegram from the Premier of New South Wales, that the Government of that colony would mako no concessions as to the landing of the circus. Chbistchcbch, Oct. 4. The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry's annual training commences to-morrow (Monday). The corps musters about 60 men, under Major Slater, who are encamped on the drillshed ground. DtrNEDIN, Oct. 4. The cricket and boating Beasons were to have been opened yesterday, but the bad weather prevented the formor taking place, and only half a dozen boats turned up to the latter. To-day the weather has been very bad, heavy squalls of wind with sleet beiug of frequent occurrence. A verdict of "accidental death" was returned at the inquest of James Watts aliat George Scott, who had beea at work m a claim at Hindon during the absence of the owner, who, on returning, found him dead through a fall of earth. The Hon. the Premier returned from the South this morning. It is expected the Hon. tho Native Minister will leave on a trip up tho coast of this island as fsr as Opunnke shortly. Oct. 6. A middle aged woman, named Butler, was discovered on Saturday morning dead m her house with her skull fractured and other injuries. It was at first thought her death was due to the bursting of a blood vessel, but examination showed that she died from violence. No arrest has yet been made, and the Police are very reticent. Invbrcabgill, Oct. 3. A company has been formed to carry out the preliminary testa necessary to prove the capability of Bluff clay as one of the component parts m the manufacture of cement. It hos been proved that a combination of this clay and of lime alono is sufficient to form a cement up to the standard required by Government. The Company is now at work. It has purchased the necessary machinery and a lease of ground at Campbelltown, together with Thompson's patent rights, and m a fow days a sufficient quantity of cement will be ready to be tested. The Company has subscribed enough capital to carry on the preliminary work connected with the undertaking, and m the event of success it is intended to form a public company for the manufacture of cement on the ground at the Bluff. ________^__