INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1663, 17 January 1895, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

■ » (By Telegraph.) AUCKLAND, January 16. Buchanan was sentenced v to nine months for the abduction of the girl Emily Young. The 100,000 feet of sawn timber which is to be sent Home by the Government, and for which the Kauri Timber Company's tender w;is accepted, is to be shipped by the Mamari which leaves m a day or two for London via the south. The company supply 60,000 feet, and have distributed the balance of the order among the local mills. The shipment is to be of carefully prepared planks, 9 by 3, cutout of thebest heart of seasoned kauri. At the Volunteer tfanquet LieutenantCommander Little took the opportunity to give a flat denial to the statement by Colonel Fox as to a round robin having been signed for the removal of the officer commanding the district. No such document ever existed.

I GISBORNE, January 16. - A sudden death occurred shortly after noon to-day, causing quite a shock m the community. Mr James Finlay, , licensee of the Argyle Hotel, was ailing somewhat this morning, and at noon his malady increased and doctors were summoned, but before they arrived he had passed away. Death was caused by angina pectoris. STRATFORD, January 16. The girl Messer was suffocated m the mud at the bottom of the dam. She dived into the dam m view of those on the bank, but never rose to the surface. WELLINGTON, January 16. The new racing yacht Waitangi, built by Logan of Auckland, for a Wellington syndicate, arrived from Auckland at 2 o'clock this afternoon after a rough passage. She competes m the First Class Championship Race at the Anniversary Regatta next week. Mr Gray, secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, will . accompany the Postmaster-General to the Postal Conference at Hobart. The Women's Social and Political League passed a resolution" protesting against the Government becoming a party to the Anglo-Japanese treaty. The Shipmasters' Association have received a cable, strongly advising them to advocate the use of cotton powder fog signals at all lighthouses, as used at the Eddystone lighthouse and other points m England. Mr Van Staveren, chairman of the Benevolent Institution, urges that the Government should bring m a measure providing places to which drunkards who will not support their families should be sent and compelled to work for them. John Welch, while working on the side of a road near Makara yesterday was struck by a large boulder and killed. George Calloway fell dead while haymaking at Canvastown, near Havelock. A number of estates m various parts of the colony are under offer to the Government, and the offers are being considered by the Government. Mr Gilruth, the Government veterinaiy surgeon, has gone to the Chatham Islands, where the flocks are affected by some spinal malady. The Hon. T. Byrnes, Attorney-General of Queensland, and party, who have arrived overland from Auckland, leave for the south this afternoon. Mr Byrnes is due at Hobart m time for the opening of the Postal Conference. BLENHEIM, January 16. A man named Thomas Gittings committed suicide at Marlboroughtown yesterday. He borrowed a razor from a tent-mate m the morning to shave, and was found m the evening with his throat cut. No reason is given for the act. DUNEDIN, January 16. The half-holiday is generally observed to-day throughout the city. At the annual meeting of the Otago Railway Employees' Benefit Society the receipts for the year were £615 12s 2d and expenses £522 8s 6d. The balance now to credit is £2557 10s lid. The third annual convocation of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of -New Zealand was held to-night. The balance-sheet showed a credit of £74 6s sd, with a substantial increase m the membership. Ten Chapters and one Mark Lodge were within the* jurisdiction and all doing good work. W. B. Scandrett was appointed first Grand Principal for the ensuing year, At the annual tournament of the New Zealand Bowling Association the final of the rink tournament resulted m Kaituna (Dunedin) beating Port Chalmers by 29 points to 7 points. At a meeting of the School Commissioners a return was presented by the secretary showing that the total paid over by the Commissioners from reserves for educational purposes during .the last ten years was £136,630 4s Bd. The income from primary education reserves during the past twelve months was larger than for any other like period.