INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3965, 23 June 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph.) AUCKLAND, Juke 22. The body of tho man drowned m the harbour last night lias been identified as th.it of Feryus McLeary, a labourer, who lived at To Awamutu. WANG AN UI, Jtoe 22. A large cloud is ascending from the top of Ruapehu and is visible from here today. It is thought that the steam is rising from the hot lakeg known to exist m the crater hollow on Mount Ruapehu. WELLINGTON, Jotje 22. Some time back £50 waa collected by Mr Lee, of Otaki school, and Mr Wilson, the member for Foxton, for remitting home to provide penny dinners for poor children attending schools m London. The Mayor received by the last mail a communicatjon from the Lord Mayor of London appreciating the kindly action of the school children m New Zealand. DUNEDIN, June 22. Heavy -wind and drizzling rain prevented effective illuminations. Thousands crowded tho streets,and there was a good display of fireworks from the Town Hall. The residence of Mr Henry Richardson, North-East Valley, was burned down last night, during the family's absence m town. Insurance £400 m the New Zealand. Edward Maryatt, one of the oldest residents of Milton, died yesterday. At the annual meeting of the Educational Institute, Mr David White was elected president. Meßars Ross and Glendinning have given twenty-one pairs of blankets and 218 yards of flannel from their mills to the Benevolent Institution. A constable at Port Chalmers has been missing since Tuesday morning, and it is believed ho must have fallen off the wharf while on his rounds.