INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3596, 9 April 1886, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By TEtEOKAPn.) AOCKL4ND, April 8. New licensing elections are ordered foi city south. 'I he Waimea loads 200,000 foet of timbei for London. Tho Halcjone loads at Kaipara for the same port, and takes 700,000 feet. Richard Feltus Champion, son of an old colonist, has had to be recommitted to t lunatic asylum. Tho ho.ua,e of Daniel Dunn, at Marora, Waiuku, was burned down. It is insured m tha South British for £150. A deputatiou of Kingites waited on the Governor and informod him of wbat tool

3 place at the native meeting at Whathvlmtilioc r m relation to native lands. The Governoi gave tho natives a courteous hearing, and c asked them to put down m writing the pointi t which they specially wished to represent, ant 3 ho would give them a reply m due course. A letter has been received by the Secretary j of the . Auckland Rugby Union from tin Southern Rugby Union ut Sydney, proposing to send a !"> ow South Wales football team tc " New Zealand m August next, and asking what I terms would be- made for the visit. 1 Wellington, April 8. f Government are m communication wit! the Agent-General and Government of Vie- • toria with reference to the New Hebridei 1 question. l The Promier leaves for Taranaki to-morrow. ■ t and will be absent for a few days. The annual revonuc returns are not yet complete, but it is known that there will be no deficit. It is understood that tho German squadron now at Auckland will visit Welling ) ton before leaving tho colony. At the Supremo Court the Italians foi assault on a Chinaman were acquitted. It is stated that Sir William Fox ha; r definitely decided to stand for a Nelson conL stituency next election. Sir Julius Yogel addresses a public meeting on the 20th inst. 5 Arrived — Wakatipu, from Sydney. A 3 Bteerage passenger for Dunedin died on the - morning of April sth, of consumption. f CnBISTCHUBCH, April 8. j The difficulty between the master of tht Orphanage and the Charitable Aid Board still 3 continues. The Board held a meeting to-day 3 at which they decided that the master should f have 24 hours notice to quit, and, m the event r of his refusing, the Board's 'solicitor wa« | authorised to take such steps as ho deemed | necessary. Mr Beetham, Chairman of the Board, has resigned on acoount of the pres- > sure of his official duties as Resident MagisI trate. [ When the Supreme Court adjourned at , 5.30 p.m. to-day the hearing of the conspiracy case against Howard and others was ' unfinished. A four-roomed house at Rangiora, owned E and occupied by Joseph Bishop, was destroyed t by fire this morning it was insured for £100 j m the National office. The owner loßt £15 m | notes, lhe cause of the fire is unknown. 1 DuHEDIN, April 8. f For receiving a pledge m lieu of payment : for drink, a hotelkeeper was fined £2 and . costs on two informations. Another hotel- [ keeper was fined 50s for permitting a raffle, and £5 and costs for allowing hnzard to be ' played • ' The Harbour Board have resolved to grant j tho use of their steamers, tho Koputai, to [ take part with the Hinemoa and Helen Ballanco, m an attack on Oarnn.ru at Euater, on condition that the extra expense for coal 1 and labor are paid for. Intercarqill. April 8. > A Protection League was formed here tonight, and a committee appointed to open ' correspondence with similar institutions m the colony.