INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3772, 3 November 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph. ) Auckland, Nov. 2. The opening dedication service at the new premises of the Young Men's Christian Association took place to-day. The service was conducted by Bishop Cowie, m the presence of the clergy of the various denominations. The cost of the building was £1000. It is understood that a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be convened re tho cable charges. ] The Finance Committee of the City Council have submitted a detailed account recommending retrenchment to the extent of £13,382 per annum, to establish the equilibrium of the finances of the corporation. Mr Napier, counsel for Perm, contemplates appealing for a change of venue m his case. Perm's mother had an interview with her son to-day. The girl Graham has made a statement to the Crown Solicitor. Sir M. O'Rorke, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has presented Colonel Rookh with a beautifully illuminated copy of the resolution passed by the New Zealand Parliament m 1855 for his services at the capture of Mararoa Pah. A numerously attended meeting was held to-night to promote temperance special settlements under the Homestead Act m various parts of the Raglan County. Mr W. Duncan, County Chairman of Raglan, and tho Hon. Mr Chamberlain spoke m favor of the project. The shareholders m the Holensville Flour Mill Company, resolved, to instruct the bank to dispose of the mill, plant, etc., by auction on Tuesday next. The directors are empowered to wind up the company immediately. The charge of uttering forged cheques brought against 0. W. Langstone, a veterinary surgeon, was dismissed at the Police Court this morning. Wellington, Nov. 2. A magisterial inquiry was held this afternoon into tho circumstances of the Jane Douglas striking on a rock at Kapitl on last Sunday week. Captain Fraser's certificate was suspended for a week, and he was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry. To-morrow will be generally observed as a public holiday, the occasion being the driving of the last spike of the WellinglonManawatu railway. It is expected that 1000 will Bit down to lunch at Waikanae to-morrow. Sir Julius Yogel left for Lyttelton m the Hinemoa at 5 o'clock this afternoon. :• ; The native prisoners who are incarcerated m the Terrace Gaol under sentence for their part m tho late disturbance at

Manaia, will have undergone one month's i imprisonment to-morrow, and all except Te Whiti will be released to-morrow morning. Mr Sutton, Postmaster-General of New South Wales, has notified by advertisement m tho Sydney papers that until further notice it will be necessary to prepay all telegraphic messages, preES included, handed m at Sydney for transmission to New Zealand. Blenheim, Nov. 2. The Education Board has passed a resolution approving of the suggestion of tho Otago Board that Inspectors be interchanged between the districts. Constant reference lias been made by members of the Board to the continuedschool troubles m Blenheim as showing the need of a change of system m inspection. Dunedin, Nov. 2. In a case m which a man was sued for an overdue newspaper subscription, and the question was raised ns to whether he countermanded the paper, three justices refused leavo to appeal, on the ground that they wished to discourage litigation.