INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6065, 26 September 1894, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

-. •:. ■ » — (BZ I'BtK3BAPH.) AUCKLAND! Sbttembbb 25. ;3S»ere wm a great soene m the Onehunga Borostgh Council over the accounts m connection with the cemetery question and the coats of the petition m its favour to the Govern* ment. Eventually tbe mayor, Mrs Yates, left the chair and the meeting broke up. HAPIBB, Sbftbmsbb 25, Batoll.oharged with poisoning nine men at Bfttokij station, waa to-day committed for trial. Ihe evidence gLUt Bkey showed that arsenic w«a m the stew which the men, other than BeetaU, ata, and m the dust taken from BestaU's trousers pocket. sDhe Government have informed Mr Carnell, M.H.8., that the Napier j lighthouse will be removed to Cape Kidnappers. It ia believed that the recent disasters to vessels bound to Napier would not have happened if there had ibeen a, light there. At » meeting of the Hawke's Bay brawn of tie Educational Institute, the following ceioUition was adopted :— " That tbia branch «uge'«pon all teaohers m the district to reply t* tbe negative to tbe circular iasued by tbe Depertaent Asking if tbey wish to be brought nrader tfc« 43iv3 Service Insurance Aot." : WELLUWHON, BBPTBMBEB 25. Six candidates from Wellington passed the Trinity College muaicel examination with •enior honour*. There were also eight aenioi pMsea and fifteen intermediate honours. A fire broke out shortly before 10 p m. it the detectives' office m the Central Police Station, Lambton Quay. It appßrentlj originated m tho waata paper basket undei one of tbe tables and was extinguished by th< nolice offioi&lfl with their own plant. Th< <lMi£ge is not very great, bnt it ia feared Jbbai oMxwof valne may have been burnt m thi drawers ol one of the tables which wai •deatroy«d. „ , . -;•. . t , A man nanud Dante* Munro, known to ttu qpoHee, was arrested last nighfc on a charge o feeing concerned with two others m robbini the«dok of the Metropolitan Hotel m Te Art reolaitaed grounds. Sore&ms w#re heard, ant on persons raibing m the direction &s#? wbiol .the noise waa heard, the latter complain^ o: being robbed, and three men were im nafctcg oS. Pursuit eu given and Munn arreefcki. The <*w.mHtee of the Volunteer Conference <wb3oh isSetJiug with the queatioa ot anna aaent, will, it tf expeoted, recommend {hi «deption of the Martini-Henry rifle aa tfi< weapon for the vota&teera. The oommitte which has been considering the question o uniform will recommend the general vie o the following :— • Blue Norfolk jacket witl white metftl buttons and scarlet faoings trainers of the e*aie material aa the jas&sl blue helmet with <Hengarry cap for undress At the ancuel meetiag of tbe New Zsalani Institute of Journalist* to-day, there waa large ttteodsuee. The report; jhowed th membership to be US, and the finances jn i ■■•and condition. Mr G Bell (Dunedin ,#&» *M elected president for the ensuing yoai aD*iat»MMTNLeya(Auekl«od $tar), G ' GUloa < Wellington Poit), and 0 Hull {Lyitp\ ton Timtt), vioe«presidenta. On the motio of the Hoa Mr McOullougb, it was 'decide •to'take etapi to bring about affiliation wit 4he British Institute of Journalists. A (unaaimoui rote pf tfomfca wa« paaeed to M

B T Gillon, the retiring president, who explained that he desired the offioe to boa roiling one. OHBISIOHUBOH, Bbpxbmbbb 25. A oarpenter named Alexander Malcolm, who reoently oame from Timaru, took a dose of Bough on Bate this morning. He was taken to the hospital, and remedial measures successfully applied. He had been drinking lately and was not on good terma with hie wife and family. DUNBDIN, Bbptbhbbb 25. At a special meeting of the Otago University Council to consider the Harbour and Bduoation Endowment Bill, it waa pointed out that if the Bill passed the Council would lose £2000 per annum m revenue,whioh meant that the Connoil would have to abolish one of the faculties. Professor Sale said he thought that the Minister of Bduoation oould hardly be aware of the extent that Ihe University was a people's institution. The great majority of those who succeeded at the University w«e children of poor parents. The Begistrar waa instructed to bring the faota of the case bafore the Minister and tho Otago members, and to point out that the Connoil had found it necessary to ask the professors to accepts reduotion of aalaries after 20 yeare of faithful service.