INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 4185, 8 March 1888, Page 3

INTERPRO VINCI A L.

» (By TkliKokai'U.) GISBOBNE, Mabch 7. At a nioetint: of creditors m tlio bankrupt catate of Willoii'diby lira^ny, solicitor, tho following resolution was pafl»cii :— "That the official assignee- bo instructed to take n)l stops necessary to prevent tlin debtor Rotting Ilia (]is(.'luiri;o till ho li;h paid hia creditors twonly shilling 1 ) m tin; pcmml," "

WELLINGTON. Mabch 7. Convict labour will not bo employed at the fortifications m Auckland, as it is found that the convicts could not be kept on tho ground at night time owing to want of accommodation, and the distanco from town is too great to enable tho men being taken backwards and forwards ovcry day. H.M.S. Swinger sailod for Port Chalmers to-day. At i meeting of the newly-elected To Aro Licensing Committee to-day, it was decided to inform several of tho landlords m tho district that unless proper lire escapes are provided the [licensee will be refused at tho annual meeting. NELSON, Maecii 7. Ifr Charles Hurley, a member of the firm of Messrs Adams and Kingdom, solictors, was loading cartridges last night when one exploded, and so damaged his left hand as .to probably necessitate amputation of tho little finger. BLENHEIM,' Maech 7. William Bnmsay, lato lessee of tho Phoenix Browery, m thocaso of burning, on which an inquest was held yesterday, was brought up to-day on a charge of fraudulently altering a receipt from £1 12s to £2 15s, and remanded till Tuesday, as Mr Dobb, salesman to Pickering & Co., who gavo accused tho receipt, was unable to attend, owing to illness. HOKITIKA, Maecu 7. Frederick Bullen, a pianist, was to-day committed for trial for indecent assault on a little girl. A heavy north-westerly gale is blowing, accompanied with m\ieh rain. 'Jhe rivers ns yet are not heavily flooded. CHRISTCHURCH, March 7. At a meeting of the Hospital Board today, resolutions were passed that tho Rhodes Memorial Home is not require;!, and that its incorporation as a separato institution should be opposed, on tho ground that when the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1535 was passed it was not an institution supported wholly or m part by contributions from not less than 100 persons. DUNEDIN, March 7. Edward McWnlty, a married man, was killed near Cromwell by a blasting accident. Donald Button, his mate, was seriously injured. Port Chalmers regatta is fixed for March 21th. Prizes of £100, £25, and £10 are offered. Dr Brown, and Messrs Fracr, and John McGregor were elected to tho Education Board, Miss Freeman being a close fourth. Mr Alfred H. Burton, tho photographer, returned to Dunedin ]frcm Milford Sound on Saturday, so that the telegram from Hokitika was incomprehensible here. Miss Amy Sberwin opened her season Viere to-night, the theatre being packed m every part. She received an ovation leaving her hotel, and on her i first appearance on the stage. She fully sustained her reputation and even exceeded expectation?, being doubly encored for each song.