INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3225, 15 January 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

i (By Telegraph.) Auckland, .Tan. 14. ! A fire brofco out this afternoon at H. Wuito's figlit-roomo I residence, Vfount Eden, j which spread to O. D. Syko's seren-rooined residence adjoining. Both were destroyed. ' VVaite'a buil ing wag insured for ,£3OO m L tho South British, and the furniture for £500 m the Royal. Syke's building was insured for £450 m tho South British. Ihe damago ia , estimated at £2000. At the Grand Lodge session of the Good Templars, their report showed the order was m a healthy condition numerically and financially. The Hon. T. M. Slattery, late Minister for Justice for New South Wales, left by the Te Anau on a tour through the colony. : The Auckland clrrical and lay representatives left to-day to attend the Wesleyan Conference at Christchurch. John Knox and James Maloney, for stealing a yacht, have been committed' for trial. The yearling cisler to . Martini-Henri passed m at the late sale dt Sylvia Park, was purcb.as.cd to-day by Mr J. P. Hilson, for 600 guiueas. It is understood that the purchase was inado on behalf of the Hon. W. Bobinson. ..-'..- Another color has been given to the Waikato mystery. Two men named MeElroy and Galfoyle, have made a ; statement to the polico that they observed ' tho boBy I floating

down the Waikato river on December 20th, some days preceding tho discovery of the body that was" supposed to be that of Dunbar. TArpo, .lan. 14. The Native Lands Court, opened this morning, has at the request of the natives been adjourned uniil 10 o'clock to-morrow. Rewi is here, looking after the interests of his tribe. Peveml of To Kooti's followers passed hero this morning, and r. port that To Koofci has crossed the Kaingaroa Plains with a numerous following, for either Whakatano or Obinemutu. Wellington, Jan. 14. Captain Lambert, of the B Battery, has resigned ; Captain Johnston, of Wellington, has also resigned his commission, but retains the position of captain-commandant of the Wellington and Petone Navals. The Hon. G. R. Johnson, and Messrs J. Stepbenson and R. G. Wood havo resigned their appointments as J.P.'s. His Excellency the Governor mado an official visit to Admiral Tryon this afternoon, and on returning from the ship received a salute. The Governor, accompanied by tho Admiral, will probably leave on a visit to Queen Charlotte Sound m tho Hinemoa tomorrow evening. . Tho Samonn chiefs who visit New Zealand for the purposo of interviewing tho Governor and Ministry, arrived here this evening, and at ten o'clock to-morrow morning will, m compnny with the Hon. tho Colonial Secretary, wait on His Excellency at Government Houee. In the afternoon they will visit Admiral Tryon on board H.M.S. Nelson. Every attention is to be paid to the visitors during their stay here. . At tho Resident Magistrates Court this afternoon Frank McDowell, charged with converting certain goods tho property of Jas. McDowell to his own use, was discharged. Subsequ#ntly he was arrested on a charge of having embezzled two cheques value £34 nnd £;i9 respectively, which it is alleged had been paid to him by F. H. Wood of Grey town on behalf of Jas. McDowell. The case was adjourned until the 25th inst. Bail was allowed Which accused obtained. A meeting of the Kxeeutivo Council was held to-day tho Governor presiding ; only formal business was transacted. The ball to Admiral Tryon and the officers of H.M.S. Nelson, which is being held to-night is lnrgely attended. Messrs J. H. Wallace and Co., auctioneers, havo been declared bankrupts. Chbistchpbch, Jan. 14. At a meeting of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company held to-night, the contract of Mr Stubbs to bore a well to a depth of 1000 feet for £¥600, was accepted. The work is to be completed within seven months. Among the passengers by the Rotomahana for the North to-day were a dozen members of tho East Ballarat and Ballarat City Fire Brigades on their way to take part m the forthcoming fire brigades competition at Napier. DtTNEDIir, Jan. 14. Ninety-six men were engaged to-day and proceeded to Melbourne by the Manapouri. At tho Presbyterian Synod meeting a satisfactory report by the Temperance Committee was adopted. All the Ministers of the church i-ave five are pledged abstainers. An old re-ident named Carrick was taken ill while taking a hot bath this afternoon, and died before reaching the hospital. Congestion of the brain was the causo of death.