INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4540, 16 May 1889, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

» (By Telegraph.) AUCKLAND, May 15. The cue of maitai timber instead of kauri on the railway wharf has proved a failure, and tho engineer reports that maitai will not stand the wharf work. The .solicitors of Auckland havo memorialized the Government against the salo of land for rates. They assert that sufficient saarch is not made at the deeds oflice as to who is the owner of tho land. They aak that a month elapse between tho issue of tho summons and tho hearing, and tho search m the deeds ofllco be ms.de by (ho local body and notice be sent to tho owners. Captain Oliver, of the Mawhera, which arrived at Russell to-day frum Fiji, reports tho total loss of the four-masted ship AKmoro at Vbyu, one of the western islands of the Fiji group, 'ihe chief officer was drowned, and n boat with a number of passengers and crow was missing when tho Mawhora left Leruka. While a football match was being played between the Mangnpai and Waikikio teams, and only about five minutes after beginning the game, Mr J. Pitman, a strongly built half csste and a good player, was killed by a kick just below the heart, or possibly by falling and lain meeting the blow. It seems ho ran a short distance, dropped m a stooping position with his hand across the pit of bis stomach, and exclaimed " I've been kicked or something," fell back and was gone, Quito » sen>ation was caused to-day by the publication by the Herald of what it calls a " secret court of justice." A fon of a wealthy citizen was arrested for larceny and tho Ilerabl asserts that tho police convened a secret sitting of the court m the afternoon, at which two justices sat. A marked £1 note was found by a detective on tho boy, but tho Herald says when tho easo was called the Inspector of Police said he believed that tho prosecutor did not wish to proceed fur! her, and the case was dismissed. The mutter had been managed so well that the case, did not appear m the papers. Tho Herald concludes by demanding an enquiry, and says if this ia the way m which justice is to bo administered m Auckland there is nothing to binder the most serious crimes being compounded. It would »eem aa if a man who is arrested at any time during the day or night can, if he has influence or power enough, get a couple of justices to sit, and if he has made the necessary arrangements with the prosecutor and police, tho justices will discharge the- accused and not a word of the matter becomes known. Morrow, secretary of the Arehhill Boari Board has been arrested at Fiji, charged with the embezzlement of the funds of that body. Valuable coal seams have been discovered at Wangareu. News from Savage Island states that a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore there, and it is feared that a sbip has been lost. The Awahina, damaged m the collision m the channel last night, and beached at Rangitoto, waj towed to port this morning, and will bo docked, NAPIER, May 15. At & meeting of the Land Boird to-day, the Chief Commissioner said tho rovenue for the past year wa» £15,000. 111,000 acres had been dispotedof, being 40,000 more than last year. There was hardly a piece of Crown land m the district not enquired for. HAWERA, May 15. For some time past the Arbitration Court has been sitting to settle tho terms under which there should be granted new leases under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act to tenants who hold leases conferred by the Governor on the recommendation of the West Coast Commission. The natives have generally objected to the renewal of leases by the Public Trustee, and havo declined to accept the service of notices or m any way to recogniw the proceedings. At a sitting of the court held today a solicitor who appeared on behalf of the natives announced their determination to apply to the Supreme Court for a mamlamus compelling the Public Trustee to suspend all furthsr action, pending the reconsideration of the whole matter bf Parliament. WELLINGTON, Mat Id. A patent has been granted for Cobb and Co's pslsee cars. The application hai been before the patent omco for months, and postponed waiting the result of the recent trial. CoiU were given against the opponents. A syndicate has been formed to buy the patent. The Native Minister returns on Sunday. In chambers to-day, m the case of Joseph Simmons, arrested on a warrant from New Plymouth, an application was made to havo the rule nUi, granted on Saturday, made absolute. His Honour pronounced the rule absolute, and Simmons has been released from gaol. The Property Tax Beviewers hare reduced the valuation of Miramira Peninßula (late J. C. Cr»wford'a estate) from £52,015 to £50,000. OHRISTCHUBCH, May 15. Ihe Board of Governors of Canterbury College to-day decided that all fuel, light, and servieo m the School of Agriculture buildings should be found by the board, that at the and of the ye»r » rate per head should be struck, and that the director pay for himself and family at the same rate subject to an allowance of £35 per annum for entertaining visitors, eto ; and that school fees bo reduced to £40 per annum. It was also decided to suggest to the Minister of Education that the recommendations of the recent commission should bo partially carried out by the appointment by Government of half the members of the Agricultural School committee. At a meeting this evening General Strange spoke on Imperial federation. A league was formed with Mr 0. 0. Bowen, as president, ■tU» Hon. W. Heeves, Mr John Studbolme, »nd Mr 0. P. Hulbert ns vice-presidents. DTJNEDIN, May 15. A good find of K otX is reported on Young's farm, Lovell's Flat. Tti» «cam is over 20ft thick. A syndicate is formiag to work the find. ("Lovell's F-'a.t i* near the main line of railway, not far from where the Kaitangata branch joins it.] At the city council meeting to-ni^ht a proposal was made by a local firm of solicitors on behalf of clients to provide a public market, public library, and public baths provided they were given a lease for 50 years of a reserve m front of tho railway at an annual crontal oi £500 per annum with exemption ■/rotn tales. Tho matter was doferred for a special meeting, | A project U on foot to build an opera bouse for the city m a central position, INVEBCAitGILI,, Hat 15. Tho Southland Building Boeiety pays a I dividend of 8 per cent for the year. Opera- i tions are now restricted as compared with a few ytati back. The society h»« now entered j o« its 21st year, and to-night unanimously j resetod to give a bonus of £100 to Mr 3. W. j Bain, who has been chairman since its formation, on eodpletion of his 21st yoar m olUca, when he will retire. The weather suddenly set m most inclement thi« morning and thete was a tremendous fall of hail, which lay to a depth pt over two inches.