INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4968, 16 October 1890, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

» (By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, Ocr. 15. ) No answer has yet been received from the i direct steam companies as to the continuing of the mail contract. Hie postal authorities anticipated a reply >ast week but it appears . the companies are still m {communication ! with their London offices. [ Kx-Constable Giliespie, who was formerly clerk of the court and bailiff at Manaia, and whose trial for perjury wos sob down at . Wangonui Supreme Court, when the grand i jury threw out the bill, is on his way to Wellington to lay the matter tofore the Government. His object m coming to Wei- . lington is to put all the facts before the Go- ! vernment, to apply for a refund of the coßt9 I (übout £250) which he was obliged to bear m defending himsrlf successfully egainst a Crown prosecution, and to claim damages for the loss he has sustained. 1 A couple of 6res broko out simultaneously : at Masterton late last sight, and m one case a houEe belonging to MrO. H. Daniels, with its contents, was destroyed. The estimated loss m about £250. Incendiarism is bus- . peoted. 1 OHBISXOHUEOH, Ooi. 15. At the Police Oourt to-day Eden George was charged with damaging his photographic apparatus on January 15th, 1889, with intent ■ to injure other persons. The information was 1 laid by Carl Gerst«nkom, who was charged by Qeorga with stealing a certain document. The evidence of Gerstenkorn is that George wished to fasten suspicion on Manning and Meers, rival photographers, nnd wished him to assist. George offered to writo a statement which would protect Gerstenkorn m case of trouble. He wrote as follows: — "Oct. 6. I hereby acknowledge that Imyfelf dentroyed my own property m my studio m January of last year, and wilfully threw suspicion on Mr Gerstenkorn and others — Kden George." Upon the back, written m ink which became visible upon exposure to the light, was : — " Whatever is written upon the other side is written at the dictation of Carl Gerstenkorn, and I cannot vouch for its truth. — Hden George." This is tho document Gerstenkorn U charged witli stealing. He snatched it from George and ran away. George pursued and had him apprehended, but refused t • detain him. The case is adjourned till to-morrow. DTJNRDIN, Oct. 15. His Excellency the Governor was entertained to-night by ihs Dunedin orchestral society at a concert, followed by a dance at the Garrison Hall. A deputation of fishmongers waited on the city council tonight, to ask that a fish market should be established. As no definite information on the subject was produced, the deputation were requested to prepare it, and bbo the council again.