INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3607, 22 April 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) Auckland, April 21. On .several occasions during the Wairarapa's passage from Sydnoy, sudden and unexpected, raisings pf the sea have been experienced, leading to the conclusion that they were the result vt somo volcanic action, m the direction of Tonga. i ThelJapaneso war ship. Tsekuba is to^yisit Auokland shortly. • . -. : , ' At a meeting of the New. Zealand Smelting Company, after some discussion, the following resolution was carried — " That the directors have full power to dispose of the property of the company for the full amount, and that an extraordinary meeting of shareholders be held to confirm same." It is understood that an influential syndicate has been formed to take orcr the works if favourable terms are offered. Owing to threatening conduct of the boot operatives on strike five men who returned to their work at Green and Co.'s had to be escorted from the factory home by tho police. .".-.-. The Minister of Public Works has telegraphed to the Mayor that immediate consideration will be given to the base of the Auokland unemployed. Weimngtok, Apirl 21. At a meeting of the Council last night, the Mayor, m presenting tho annual report, said the estimated expenditure for the year was £52,968, arid the receipts £50,294, leaving a debit balance of £2674, but tho greater part of this was overdraft of the previous year. Ho hoped the Council next year would observe rigid economy, and they would be able to congratulate themselves on their position. Kaikopba, April 21. A considerable difficulty is being experienced m dismantling the Taiaron. The Wakatu brought. away apme of her .fittings to-day, hut it is feared that the quantity saved beforo the veesel breaks up will not amount to a great deal. ; Chbistohusoh, April 21. . - ■ CTbis morning a fourteenrroomed.. house, owned and occupied by Mr Georgo Ooleman, near Belfast, was burned down. The insurances are : on the house £700, m the Australia Mercantile Union, and on the furniture £600, m. tho Standard office. The cause is not known. Oamabu, April 21. The population of Oamaru according to the census just completed is 5379, a decrease of 412 compared with 1881. The country is expected to show an increase. Dunbdin, April 21. The b.b. Hararoa left San Francisco a week later than time table date. Tho Alameda arrived on April 18th, a day m advance of time tablo date. ' Ann Peorce, an old woman, has recovered £100 damages from the City Corporation for having broken her leg by falling over a gas pipe which had been left m a channel abutting on the kerb. The Land Board declined to-day to state a case for the judge as to whether under the small, grazing runs conditions a competitor could bid for a second or.moro runs bo long as tho area did not exceed 5000 acres, the maximum allowed by the act. In the case of Wihon Harrowaynnd Co. v. the National Insurance Company, m which a special jury found for the plaintiff for £2250, m connection with tho loss of the Star of tho South at Groymouthj Mr Justice Williams has now nonsuited the plaintiffs with costs, holding that there was no evidence of barratry, and that the case should have been withdrawn from tho jury on that ground. ... At the annual meeting of the Aodimatjsation Society, the chairman stated that notwithstanding losses the society would bs able to' turn out 16/00. salmon this season. .. The Moderated Seamens' Union ,of Port Chalmers have voted £50 towards the Taiaroa, relief fund,: The stewards and cooks of the Union have voted £25. A cheque for £16 has been sent by the congregation of Christian Disciples, as a result of a-collection made last Sunday. :■ INTBBOABGILL, April 2JL. A beautiful parcel: of ; rough gold, has arrived m town from the Triumph Company's claim. The No'kowai Company have been obliged to -replace, their pulsameter by a tangye pump, and are now able, to icope with the water, which has always been a source of expense. On this field they had driven 200 feet m ono direction without success, and had oply got aome six .feet m. another direction when they struck wash dirt; from which the specimens are taken. .The company anticipate handsome returns, : The. census returns for the Ihvercargill electoral district show the population to be .7501, and for tho borough of Invercargill 6214, being an increase of 819 and 622 respectivriy on the census of 1881. , "

Thoa. Surman, the brewer, who is largely interested m hotel property m this and other districts, has been adjudicated a bankrupt on his own petition.