INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3602, 16 April 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

' (By' Telegraph.)' : '' Auckland, April 15. £he Thursday , half -holiday among the bootshops has collapsed. Sir George Grey haa received aliirthday address, from the Auckland Liberal AssociatioD, and the Kechabites Society. : . ■' j. Tho Hon. Mr Ballance and "party, after ■ leaving Alexandra, called at Whatiwhatihoe to, ; Bee Tawhaip. ,• Good wishes on\y were ex- - changed. Mr Bsllaqce explained that 'ho wished to give time to Tawbaio to consult the , deputation which had returned from. Auckland, before the formal, meeting was ■ held. Tttwhaio said he was glad to meet th»

Minister ,• it waa a good thing they Bhould meet. Mr Ballance then proceeded on to Kopua. Wbllinoton, April 15. Mr A. H. Shipley's appointment as American Consul at Auckland is gazetted. Mr Alexander Beck as Consul for Belgium at Christchurch has been provisionally recogDiscd, and Mr 0. J. Johnston has been recognised as the Belgium Consul for Wellington. ■ Messrs W. J. Baillie, of Picton, and W. F. Russell,, of Wanganui, have resigned their positions as J.P.'s. The Chairman of the , Board appointed under the Government Officers Guarantee Act makes a call of 3d per cent to repay certain defalcations of one W. D. Willcox. The amount of the defalcation was £121 13s Bd. The refusal of the Epuni Licensing Com- . mitteo to grant licenses for the sale of liquor at the Hutt races to-morrow . and Saturday has created a good deal of comment m town. This aftornoon it was discovered that a portion of the course is within the boundary of the Hutt Licensing Committee, and this Committee ib quite willing to grant licenses, but the position where the booth would be erected, is so inconvenient that, it was decided not to trouble about it. The Club, however, have made arrangements for a full supply of liquid refreshments to be on the ground, and the patrons of the conrse-. will find no difficulty m obtaining grog, which will be supplied free. A petition is m course of signature through the Wairarapa district m favour of the release of John Freebody, who was sentenced at last Supreme Court sittings to two years for cattle stealing. . The petition set*, forth that Freebody is innocent, and was merely a tool of' others. Mr H. Bunny expects to be absent from Wellington five. or six weeks on business connected with the native reserves at Nelson and Greymonth. Kaixouba, April 15. Tho Chairman of the County Council has sent a. telegram to Mr. Lance, M.E.R., desiring him to urge the Government to have a lighthouse erected at Kaikoura. Dunkdim", April 15. Dr Salmond was to-day, on the casting vote of the Chairman, received by the University Council as the Professorof Mental and Moral Philosophy. Mr Fulton declined to vote. Mr Fraser waa elected Chairman of tho Education Board to-day on hiaj own casting vote.