INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2357, 31 March 1897, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

'- ""♦"""" : (By Telegraph.} ; AUCKLAND, March 30. A tender for supplying H.M. ships at Auckland has been accepted for Whangarei coal from the Phoenix Mine. William Malcolmspn was remanded to New Plymouth on a charge of having, at that place, on or about March 27th, stolen £17, the property of Wood Bros., Of Christchurch. Patrick J. Grant was sentenced by the Paeroa Bench to six weeks' imprisonment m default of not paying for the maintenance of his child at Napier. The finals for the local championships, at lawn tennis have been played off. Miss Nicholson wins the ladies' cup for the third time and it becomes her property. J. R. Hooper wins the men's championship for the second time. The steamer Hawke's Bay leaves on Friday evening for Napier, thence to Wanganui and Wellington. She has 702 tons of cargo for the south. The Northern Steamship Company has purchased the steamer Bellinger m Tasmania formerly run here by the Seamen's Union during the maritime strike. Captnin Farquhar brings her over. The Ngucguru Coal Company report a net profit for the year of £911. and that with the balance carried forward, £2046 ifl available. A dividend of 8 per cent, was declared. GISBORNE, March 30. The police have received information that a man named Alfred Wheeler has been missing since Thursday last. Or that day Wheeler, who was employed al the Tarnhern freezing works, came . tc town for the purpose of voting at the licensing election; and had not beer Been since. He was about 40 yqars ol age. A fisherman named Patrick Morris has been committed for trial on a charge of having on Saturday night last as saulted one Sarah Cameron, m tht Gladstone road, and robbed her of £l( 16s. Mrs Cameron deposed that ac cused accosted her m the street about J o'clock at night. She replied that ht had made a mistake, but he followec her and presently swung his arm round Struck her and knocked her down Accused ran away, and she on re covering found that her pocket hac been turned inside out. Her pockel contained 10 £1 notes and about 16s ir silver, the notes being tied together m i roll. The notes, silver, and handker chief had all gone. Morris was arrestec as he was leaving for Nfipier; and 11 £1 notes iv a roll were found inside hii shirt. The rainfall from Saturday at 5 p.m to Sunday at 9 a.m. was 5.78 inches. WELLINGTON, March 30. It is understood that the reason then are no volunteer encampments at Easte 1b the fear of unsettled weather, but tfr

ist Defence Department intend to hold one It close to each of the four centres before a the end of the year. MrAdolphus Bergin, of Auckland, is a ' claiming a bonus for an improved m method of dressing flax and utilising j K tow. He states that he has discovered a process for treating flax cheaply and n " expeditiously, and claims that if the re process is generally adopted there will li. be a revolution m the flax industry of a _ the colony. , It is stated that a Government official 10 will be selected to prepare an exhaustive '7 report m connection with the scheme of d the Minister of Mines for conserving c water on the various goldfields. :r DUNEDIN, March 30. , The return from the Achilles mine a Bullendale, for the last 13 days' crushing »• is ,6130z of gold. The: Hew Hoy Big >f Beach Company's return is 43pz lOdwt > 6grß for the week. Upper Waipori Com- ' pany, 34ozlidwt for two dredges. Jut)f land Flat, 13oz 15dwt. 11 A call of £4 per share is to be made i- on the shareholders of .the Ward Far--0 mers' Associetion, and Tuesday, 13th April, is fived as the date for making y objections. h The correct return from Achilles' ». mine is 5730zs gold, from 401 tons, v making for the month of March 10490zs y of the value of £4048 from 856 tons, t .^ !^ __ ____ . — ,