INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3600, 14 April 1886, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Tei^cirapjh.) Auckland, April 13. Mr Justice Gillies was a passenger by the Hawea for Wanganuij thence proceeds to New Plymouth. A bushman named Moat, at Sktter's bush, cut his throat, and is not expected to livo. 'I ho stewards of the Takapuna Jockey Club decided the horse Orwall, and McLean, the jockey who rode m the Maiden Plate, be disqualified for three months. Mr Fenton, as ' judge has resigned. Mr Ballance left for the Waikato to-day. : He received an invitation to meet Tawhaio at < Alexandra. _ i A large number of exhibits for the Auck- : land Society of Arts Exhibition. Many of I them are from the South. i Sir George Grey's birtliday address contains 10,000 signatures. It will be presented to-morrow, at the Theatre Royal. A million and a half acres passed through the Native Lands Court at Taupo, Tongariro i and Ruapehu hare been made a public ■ reserve. i A deputation of the Trades and Labor i Counoil have suggested to tho boot manufac- < turers the appointment of a committee of : masters and men to settle the strike difficulty. , The masters are considering tho proposals. ; Wellington, April 13. i Sir Julius Yogel is m communication with i the departmental officers on the subject of laying out some reasonably sized fish farms ] around the coast of the colony, which can be J let for the purpose of cultivating the oyster t and other suitable fisheries. ■ At a meeting of operative of the boot- | makers' society, a resolution was passed making a levy of ten per cent on all wages i earned by members, and it was also agreed to i forward £20 to fellow-workmen on Btrike at ■ Auckland. " Mr Wardell states that at present he has no ■ intention of giving up his magistracy and retiring on his pension. Tha charge ogainßt W. F. Ross, fruiterer, , for having committed perjury m making an application to bring certain hind m WeUington under the provisions of the Transfer Act was [ partly heard to-day, and adjourned. Prisoner's counsel said the action was cvi- ; dently brought for the purpose of prejudicing | defendant m the higher court. I Ross, April 14. 1 The Hon. Minister of Mines, his son, Mr i Homer, Profesßor Brown, the County Chairman, and Mr MuUer, arrived to-night. Professor Black is lecturing at Mapourika Lake. DnNEDiN, April 13. Beatrice Scott Borland, wife of John c Borland, steward of the Rotorua, yesterday < toot an overdose of ohloroform, and died ; from its effects. She was 28 years of age. j An inquest was held to-day, and a verdict , returned of death from an accidental overdose ' of obloroform. The evidence showed the do- ; ceased had been m the habit of inhaling ] ohloroform. J The New Zealand Plate-glass Insurance Company have declared a dividend of ten per , cent for the year, and has carried forward a , small balance. The local Bootmakers'. Union has forwarded j £30 to those on strike m Auckland. At the Supreme Court criminal sittings today James Cherry for unlawfully wounding hi» wife was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. The charge of sheep-Btealing against John Heenan Was then proceeded < with, but was not concluded. Daily accessions are being made to ■ the ranks of the unemployed. Altogether 307 men are now engaged on relief works. 22 more applied on Monday and 6 yesterday. The present works are nearly completed. Alexander Todd, one of tho early settlerß, died yesterday, aged 83. He arrived m 1849, having previously been a banker m Glasgow. Intbbcabgill, April 13. The Bluff Harbor Board, which called for tenders for the construction of a ship-way for cleaning and repairing tho Board's tng and dredging plant, to-day by a largo majority '. declined to open the tenders. The moving , course of the change of front seemed to be , the offer to dock the tng at Port Chalmers | for £15. The Chairman gave notice to move j that the towage charges be reduced to seven- j pence out or m, and no charge for pUotage, , and that out and m charges of a half -penny , per ton cover all bertbage dues; that the ( towage limit be extended to five miles,' and j that the Board consider the question of | learing the tug to carry on the harbour and i Stewart Island mail service, and of subsi- j cliiing a system of licensed pilots ia lieu of , present methods. I The position of harvest matters m this district is moat deplorable, any Bhort periods j of sunshine being followed by steady rain, . which keeps operations at a standstill. ,