INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3456, 26 October 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) AUOKLAND, Oct. 24. ' The i.e. Tongariro loaves for London tomorrow at 4 o'clock. She takes 55 passengers, of whom 26 are from Auckland. Her cargo includes 164t> carcases and 1501 backs of frozen mutton ; 2500 pieces of frozen beof; 522 cases of kauri gum, and 200 bales of wool. lie formation of an Auckland Merchants' Marine Club is projected on tho lines of the Auckland Club fur the benefit of masters oi large vessels trading to the port and tho merchants. _ Ihe foundation atone of the new Congregational church at evonport was laid t'-da,y by Captain Daldy, assisted by Qu.en Makeo of Barutonga. Wellington, Oct. 24. Tho Bill referred to m tho Press Association's telegram from Chrietchureh on tho 22nd mat., the object of which was to deal with Lnko EHcsinore, was simply, a rough draft giring effect to the purpose, to render the reserves set apart for ti<e Akoroa railway (whioh are now for the most part under water) saleable, and that measure hoa not m any way boon adopted by the Government ot rubtnitted to the Crown law officers.

I _A }"g° number of employees m the Publics Works Department throughout the colony have rece.v.d notice that their services will ,be dispensed with. It is understood that : this is rendered imperative m consequence ; of tho rejection of the Public Works vote last , session. i Geeymouth. Oct. 24. I There has been continuous and heavj ; rain since yesterdny morning, and the river is now floo.led. As there is no prospect of the weather breaking there is j likely to be a high ilood to-night. Hokitika, Oct. 24. Heavy rains with squalls from the northeast took plnce to-day. The river is m high flood. The weather is very favorable to the , bulk of the miners who have now a plentiful supply of -water I The Natives Reserves Commission finished their labors to-day. CHHraTCHTJBCH. Oct. 24. The Bnilway Board of Appeal have exonerated Foreman Pope, of the Addington i Workshops, from the chargos brought against | him by F. Davis, and have decided that the latter was properly dismissed. About 1.30 this afternoon o fire broke out on the premises of W. R. Parker, builder. - ome straw m an , old store attached to the dwelling-house caught fire. The sfore wai destroyed and the house unroofed and damaged. The cause is not known. The building and furniture are insured m the Northern offico for £350. Oct. 25. At 2.30 a.m. to-day, a six-roomed house at Opuwa owned and occupied by John Butler, a railway servant, was burned down. It waa insured m the National office for £300. Butler was awakene'l by tho smoke and had hardly titno to save his family. Very little of his furniture, which was * uninsured, wM saved. It is not known how tho fire wag caused. At a quarter to two this afternoon, two small cottages at Spreydon, belonging to a storekeeper named Casbolt were burned. The fire broke out m one of them occupied by F. Davis, a blacksmith, who was absent, at the time. They are insured, but m what offico could not bo ascertained. Poet Cdalmbtks, Oct. 24. The lumpers' strike has ended. At a, meeting held yesterday evening, it wm decided that the men resume work this morning, and accordingly a gang of men hare left here to discharge the ahip Waipa at the Dunedin wharf. DrrifßiiiN, Oct. 25. A satisfactory trial crashing of the Blue Spur cement m the Corporation stone crusher was made on Saturday. Some 4J tons were put through m eleven minutes, whereas a ten head battery puts through only about 6 tons per hour. The thoroughbred sire Coseivclaunus has been aold to the Messrs Rutherford, of South Canterbury.