INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3720, 3 September 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Teleqbaph.) Auckland, Sept. 2. Luke and Brien have been committed on three charges of breaking and entering. Out of 80 applicants, Professor Kirk to-day engaged 26 to go to Rangiriri forest planting. Lawrence and Alfrod Nathan, m memory of their brother, David Nathan, gave £100 to the Auckland Benevolent Society. Be cable subsidy and rates, a resolution was forwarded by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce to the Auckland chamber. It was decided to-day to leave the matter m the hands of Government, who are understood to be making other arrangements, which they are hopeful will cventuato m a reduction of rates. ■Wellington, Sept. 2. Wra. Norton, a baker on board the Rimutaka, died of apoplexy last night. He had been suffering for several days. Another battery of six-pounders is expected shortly. Two gunß will bo supplied each to the Lyttelton, Timaru, and Oamaru batteries. TheEngineer-in-Chief left to-day to imped the damago to tho Oamaru breakwater m the late galea. Mr Kenny haßnot yet accepted the position on the Soldiers Claims Commission. A definite answer is expected to-morrow, and it is not received it is understood Government . have another gentleman m view who trill »ot.

Tho barometer fell over an inch this morning. The fall is general oil over tho colony, and the glass has touched the lowest point 1.1)13 winter. A heavy sen. is reported on the Eaßt Coast of tho South Island. Tlio Agent General cables that owing to tho American railroad new time-table not having vet been put into force, it will not bo possible for the present to arrange the accelerated Berrice indicated m Mr Buckland's letter. The Evening Post says it is undcrsiood that Judgo Gillies lias applied for extended leavo of absence on account of ill-health, and it is probable that District Judge Ward will bo raised temporarily to tho superior bench to fill the vacancy. The question of the Wellington magistracy is not yet settled, Mr Broad] being unwilling to leave tho West Coast, and it is not likely now that ho will accept the position. Ralph Hamsrten, youngest son of llio manager of the Woollen P«ntory,'g;t his left arm into tho machine known aa the "ecrib- . bier" this morning, and had the einews stripped off. Ho was taken to the hospital. Blenheim, Sept. 2. It has been raining steadily all day. All the rivers are very much swollen and the oveniow is now coming into tho streets m tho centre of the town and flowing through. If the rain continues thero will bo a heavy flood to-morrow. CuEiSTCnnnoir, Sept.- 2. The Lyttelton Harbour Board have decided to remit the pilotage fees of ocean steamers when making a second call nt Lyttelton on the same round trip between the colonies and England. Ihe board also voted £25 toward establishing a lifeboat at Akaroa. Kain re-commenced early this morning, and it is now raining steadily. The wind is from the north-east. Dunbdin, Sept. 2. There -were only four days m August on which rain did not fall m Dunedin. The total for the month was 19.55. Bain set m. again to-day. A candidate for ono of the South Dunedin wards was proposed and seconded by female ratepayers. At a meeting of the D.J.C Stewards, correspondenco from the Y.R.O. w as road, which left no doubt that the horse which aa " Warepa " won the hurdle race at the midwinter meeting -was really "Problem," the winner of the selling race at tho V.R.C. Grand Rational. The handvrriting of the signature, " P. F. Gordon," to the sale note was unmistakenbly the same as that of the letters m tho club's possession, admittedly i written by F. G. Parke3. A meeting is to bo held to consider whether two of the witnesses called by Parke9 shall be warned off tho courso at future meetings.