INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3577, 18 March 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

— . (By -Thlbob^ph.) - .-. ; ■ '- ■ ■ Atjckxaitd, March V 7. - The BchooneVWairoka i» now a total wreck on tho r ßouth' Head, Hokianga. . No .Eves wfere lost: The vessel is owned W'Mcisrs Webster and Captain, Johnston I ,' of New Plymouth. The insurance is unknown,; , - . At a meeting of natives members- of/jihe Boman Catholioi Church, held at Hokianga, ik.Ws* determined to petition the Pope 1 , to appoint Dr McDonald Bishop for the native race ; His Holing* to be asked to impro're-the standing of native deao6ns;~ ■ ' ■ • St. Patrick's Day was obse'rvedfli a holiday by the Hibernian Catholic schools. The fete was attended by 2000 children. The' Hibernian Society held sports m the domain. WBiiiHGTOir, March 17. A petition for presentation to Parliament praying for the amalgamation of city electorates is' in course of signature through the town. . .•■■.-• At St. Patrick's College this morning, a statute of St. Patrick, presented to the College by the Primate of Ireland, was unveiled by Bishop Redwood, and occasion was taken to present Bishop Redwood with an address and a purea of eleven hundred sovereigns on behalf of the parishioners of his diocese. .-.-•' The Hibernian Society held their annual demonstration to-day. A new banner imported by the Society, was blessed by Bisliop Bedwood at the Cathedral this morning. The Champion Fours have been postponed till to-morrow as a perfectly smooth two mile oourse cannot be obtained. The other events were decided to-day. A light southerly breeze caused rough Water over a portion of the larger course. The Agent-General has sent Government a letter received by him from the agent* of the b.b. Doric stating that they had received serious complaints from the Doric at Capetown of discomfort caused to the "passengers by the stoats, weasel* and pigeonß which were taken by that steamer. The surgeon strongly recommends these should not be carried, and the agents state that they will be nnable to accept freight of this kind m future. The shipment, howevor, was not sent through the Ageht-General'B department. It is definitely decided that Parliament will be called together for the despatch of business during the first or second week of May. Ministers will shortly be moving again. Mr Ballance leaves for Wanganui on Saturday, and Mr Stout will probably visit the South for a few days, leaving on Monday. Mr Larnach will shortly make a tour -of the South Island mining districts, visiting the West Coast first. Mr Buckley intends to proceed to Auckland shortly, and Mr Richardson will, as soon as his departmental duties allow him, visit the West Coast of the South Island. . Wanoahui, March 17! The Wanganui Gold Prospecting Company s_ prospectors have written from Kihikihi with regard to the results of prospecting. The letter is eaid to be fully satisfactory. CHBIBTCHUBOH, March 17. A Mrs Sheehan attempted BuicideatTai Tapu to-day by cutting her throat. . She partially severed the windpipe/but as none of the arteries were cut there are hopes of her recovery. " . - .. . The United Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to-day adopted the report of their Orphanage Committee confirming the dismissal of Mrllitehie, master of the Orphan* age. Mr and Mrs Bromley, of Burnham Industrial School, have been appointed master and matron of the institution. A deal of sympathy is felt for Mr Ritchie, and there is a general impression that he has been hardly dealt with by the Board. John McKally, employed as a lineman by the Telegraph Department, was killed at Waipawa to-day.. He was m the aot of removing the blinkers from a horse attached to a wagon when. the animal bolted, and the wagon wheel passed over the "man's head, killing him almost instantaneously. He leaves a widow and child. Another case of suicide is reported. John McNeill, a laborer, - employed at Messrs MoOafferty and MeKendry's farm, about three miles from Methven, cut his throat today, and died from the effects of the "wound. The University Senate concluded its session yesterday afternoon, The next annual meeting will be held m Dunedin, but a special meeting will be held here next month for conferring degrees and other business. ' Oahabu, March 17. At the Supreme Court sittings to-day Mary Ballantyne was sentenced <to six 'months' imprisonment for keeping a disorderly house. Tha-jury have not been able to agree m the caso againßt Mary Mdran for infanticide, and have been locked up till the morning. Dunkdih, March 17. [ Sir George Grey returned . to Dunedin tonight, and m response to a requisition has consented to address a meeting on borrowing and publio works. ,; The Mayor, who has up to the present supervised the relief works for the unemployed, has declined to do so any longer m consequence of disagreements with-Council-lors, and the men have been placed m charge of the City Surveyor. ; Dr Belcher, the new Sector of the High School, was introduced to the masters and pupils at the school. Mr 0. E. Price, an old resident of Queenstown, died of heart diseaso to-day, while tending horses.