INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1833, 7 August 1895, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(By Telegraph. )

AUCKLAND, August 6

Inspector Hiekson received a letter from the chief constable at Nottingham, stating that he is making inquiries into Evison's confession of the alleged murder at Nottingham of a young woman many years ago. Evison has withdrawn his confession to the Auckland police, and the authorities say that there was no truth m it.

The health and sanitary inspector raided the Chinese opium dens yesterday. A shocking state of things was revealed. Some houses were condemned, and the occupants will probably be prosecuted. John Grubb and Susan Jane Corbett were committed for trial on charges m connection with the forgery of the name of Fanny Corbett to a letter of credit drawn on the Union j3ank.

At a meeting of milk suppliers at Ohaupo sixty delegates from fourteen factories resolved that Messrs Reynolds and Co.'s offer be not accepted. A resolution was also passed that only a straight-out price of not less than 2±d be accepted from anyone for standard quality milk per gallon, that is, 36 of butter fat.

The charge of impersonation against James Corley, the younger, at the recent City election, was adjourned till Monday.

NAPIER, August 6.

Since the death of Gerald Dowling, a prohibited person, from alcoholic coma, the police have made strenuous efforts to find out how he obtained drink. At last through her own indiscretion an inmate of a disorderly house named Mary Miller Scott was arrested and fined £4 and costs, while under the Vagrant Act she was sent to gaol for three months. Mr Hugh Aplin, for 20 years organist at at. Paul'e Presbyterian Church, died on Sunday night. He was accorded a masonic funeral yesterday.

PATEA, August 6,

Wire Knahu, who murdered his wife at Huketere on Friday, was arrested at Waitotara last night.

WELLINGTON, August 6

The Registrar of Patents delivered his decision yesterday, m a case m which the Cassel Gold Extracting Co. requested him to fix the date for hearing an application to amend the specifications for letters patent granted to Forrest and Mac Arthur. The application was opposed by the Attorney-General. The Registrar held that hia powers as to the proposed amendment were suspended by proceedings for the revocation of the patent ana could only be revived by order of the Supreme Court. The Rev. VV. Booth, of Carterton, has made a contribution of £1000 to the Wellington Cathedral fund. The Council of the Chamber of Commerce has passed the following resolutions :— " That m the opinion of this Council the uncertainty as to the establishment of any trade at all with Canada, beneficial to this colony, is such as to render it inadvisable to plpdge the colony to pay any subsidy to any line of steamers trading with Vancouver, unless m rearrangement of the mail contracts such as would result m a reduction of the amount of subsidy paid by the the colony for the carnage of mails to England"; "That the Council reassert the views on the reciprocal duties as expressed m the last annual report." The report m question stated that the free interchange of productions between the various colonies would m the Council's opinion be a most desirable arrangement. The Council, however, disapproved of the treaty with South Australia.

A Needlework Guild, initiated by Lady Glasgow, has been established for the purpose of collecting and distributing clothes to the poor. Lady Glasgow is president. £140 was collected here m the last twelve months for the Irish Parliamentary fund. The Educational Conference opens at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. About 200 designs have been sent m for competition for prizes for the best two series of designs for New Zealand postage and revenue stamps. Towards the end of the month the Frozen Meat Conference, convened by the Agricultural Department, will meet m Wellington.

The prospects of the pastoral ists m the Wairarapa district are said to be unusually good. The season lias been an excellent one as regards weather, and sheep have thriven splendidly. At a meeting of delegates from the shipping companies and the principal freezing companies m the colony, a resolution was passed, affirming the desirability of regulating the shipments of frozen meat and increasing the storage space m the colony where necessary.

CHRISTCHURCH, August 6. Yesterday afternoon Captain Stan-

nard, of the barque Thuvso, now at, Greymouth loaded with timber for Cape Town, telegraphed to Lyttelton warning shipowners that a bank has formed m the river, whereby he cannot leave the port at the highest spring tide drawing 16 feet 6 inches.

At a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council motions were passed, endorsing the action of the Wellington Council m urging the Minister of Labour to press on the Undesirable Immigrants bill; congratulating Mr Bolt on the comprehensive resolutions introduced into the Legislative Council ; protesting against the interference of the Government m the Auckland election, and expressing regret that the central council at Auckland had given way ; and regretting the action of the Government m amending the tariff m the interests of revenue instead of with a view to fostering local industries. It was resolved to request the Minister of Labour to put the machinery of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act into operation at once.

DUNEDIN, August 6,

An infant named Parks, whose mother is living m Dundas street, and whose father is on the dredge at Lyttelton, died suddenly this morning. As an outcome of the inquest touching the death of Nicholas Been, who was found m a dying condition near the racecourse, proceedings have been instituted by the police against the licensee of the Hotel Metropole, at St. Clair, for permitting drunkenness on his premises.

Owing to the recent severe weather and continued gold, and from otheir circumstances, tl/ere will be much less tree planting to-morrow than has been the ease for the past two years. The High School Board of Governors to-day appointed Mr A. Wilson, M.A., rector of the girls' school to be rector of the Boys' High School.

At a meeting of the Bishop Moran Memorial committee it was reported that upwards of £250 had been received m Dunedin.

IN VERCARGILL, August 6,

The South School building, capable of accommodating 800 pupils, was badly damaged by fire last night. The fire was caused by embers from the fire-place of the infants room. Half the building was wrecked, and furniture, maps, and children's school books were destroyed. The work of the school will be greatly hampered.owing to the difficulty of finding accommodation.

At the temperance convention to-day resolutions were carried affirming the desirableness of having physiological temperance teaching m public schools, also recognising with great satisfaction the forward position of temperance reform m the colony, and expressing deep regret at the laxity shown m the administration of the licensing laws, and calling upon the Government to take active measures without ciplay to have the law enforced. At a largely attended meeting this evening, the mayor presiding, the resolutions protesting against the provisions of the Government Licensing Bill passed at the convention yesterday were endorsed unanimously.