INTERPROVINCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3558, 3 May 1901, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL

Per Priss Anociatiea. GISBORNE, May 2. Mr W. J. Speight, honarary secretary to the Grey Statue Committee, has received from London, from Mr Williamson, a oureber of desi<rw> <w>d rnt-dbl ut U bt&toe bt i&«i lat<. George Grey for" approval by the committee. Mr Williamson has sent out casts in order to get the opinions of the camof the firo of <<aii Jst*.- > *" porting to the> Borough G.'x-ncil on ah electrical scheme for G is bo roe, estimates that the revenue to be derived from a supply of electricity would be £6733. Teringa Falls, about 30 miles from town, areeminently suited for the generation of electricity. A fall of 100. feet-dlear can be obtained by a very short race, • and so, expensive headworks would be- required. The cost a complete plaat.induding water-race, headworks, generator houses, turbines, dynamos, transformers,- poles, lines and meters would not exceed £33,000. The working expenses would be £3240, showing a net profit of £1348.' : At the time of his visit the river was in flood, and he' Teoommends that unless it waa proved that in the driest weather there was sufficient water to enable the proposed plant to be doubled, the scheme should be abandoned. The census shows the population of Cook and Waiapu Counties, including Gisborne Borough, to be 9866, an increase of 1805 on the figures for 1896. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 2. The trawler Doto left for Nelson this j morning. Yesterday she had a successful cruise off this coast, obtaining a variety of good fish, including lemon sole. ! , . . WELLINGTON, May 2. Trooper Robert Farquhar, of Roberts' Horse, son of Captain A. Farquhar, of ; Auckland, who returned to the colony six weeks ago, died last night from injuries to the chest, - primarily caused by his horse rolling' On -him.' ! A girl named Marion Bradley, who was badly burned through her clothes igniting at a kitchen fire, expired at the hospital last night. • The Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Society having ceased to transact business in the colony, their attorney has applied to the Public Trustee to withdraw £SOOO of the total deposit of £15,000 lodged under the Foreign Insurance Companies' Deposits Act. Before the Coal Commission, Mr Martin Kennedy, formerly owner of the Bruhner mine, emphatically denied that the CoalpitHeath and Wall send mines were deliberately wrecked for the benefit of other properties. It was absolutely no use to reopen either of these mines, as they were worked out. Speaking generally, he believed coal-mining had paid, but doubted if in Grey Valley it had repaid the capital put into it. He was not prepared to express an opinion as to the amount of coal remaining on the West Coast. Colonel Pitt, Messrs Luke, Reid, and Bowen, members of the Federation Commission, returned from Sydney by the Waihora to-day. HOKITIKA, May 2. The Premier arrived here this morning, with Mrs Seddon and secretaries. The party attended the chrysanthemum show and concert, and Mr Seddon) delivered a short address appropriate to the occasion. He delivers a political speech to-morrow. CHRISTCHURCH, May 2. A four-roomed house at the corner of and Horatio streets was completely

destroyed by fire. The insurances are mot ascertainable. The house was occupied by two old age pensioners,, man and wife. The man is blind. Their daughter's child, two or three years of age, was in the front bedroom, and was rescued by an Assyrian hawker named Mary Coura, who went into the smoke-filled room and groped for the child, which was crying. OAMARU, May 2. The census for Waitaki County gives a total of 9086, an increase of 210 on 1E96. The figures for the borough of Hampden are 332, a decrease of 21 oh 1896. DUNEDIN, May 2. The question of a new graving dock of much larger dimensions than the present dock was mentioned by the chairman of the Dock Trust to-day, but consideration was deferred till a fuller meeting. INVERCARGILL, May. 2. A chopping match for £SO aside and the championship of the colony, between H. Mitchell, present holder, and J. O'Rourke, took place yesterday afternoon. The conditions were 2-foot red pine log, any style of cutting. Both chose two slopes, and O'Rourke won by about 20 seconds in the remarkably fast time of 4m in lsec. A large amount changed hands in bets. The gate receipts were handed to the Victoria. Home for friendless girls. The winner, who has won manyhandicap matches during two years residence in Southland, hails from Tasmania. Mitchell has an Australian reputation, having never previously been beaten in. a mofcih.