INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3559, 11 May 1901, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 10. Edith May Dunfoy has been arrested on a charge of attempted suicide. When a constable approached she had her mouth full of matches. She was taken to the hospital and is now out of danger. NAPIEE, May 10. A tablet has just been erected in the Cathedral by the Synod of Waiapu to the memory of the late Rev. W. Colenso. The inscription on the tablet,, after giving the dates of his arival in the colony and his death, states that he was the first printer in the colony, and published the New Testament in Maori in December, 1837. He came to reside in Napier as a missionary in 1844, and as a scientist and philanthropist his name will ever be associated with the worthies of his adopted country.

WELLINGTON, May 10. A "Gazette Extraordinary" will be issued to-day, summoning Parliament to meet for despatch of business on Ist July. At Feilding some days ago a Chinese, charged with indecently assaulting a girl 14 years old, was before the Magistrate, when it was announced that he had been married to the girl. Counsel for prisoner contended that the latter was now an incompetent witness. The police, however, intend to proceed with the prosecution, and the case will be heard next week. The French Consul has been instructed by M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to express regret that it will be impossible to send a French warship to New Zealand during the visit of the Duke of Cornwall.

Mr John Hutcheson, senior member for Wellington City, delivered his post-ses-sional address to-night. His remarks were chiefly devoted to a criticism of the Government. No vote was taken.

NELSON, May 10. Mrs Frost, senior, of Wakapuaka, died on Wednesday night, aged 98. She had resided' here for over 50 years. She leaves many descendants, extending into four generations. HOKITIKA, May 10. The Ross Borough Council and Railway League are taking active steps to promote an extension of the railway from Hokitika promised by the Premier. CHRISTCHURCH, May 10. The Teachers' Salaries Commission, which has arrived overland from the West Coast, opened in Christchurch this morning. Mr J. C. Lane, secretary to the Canterbury Education Board, was under examination all the morning. Tha Commission decided to request 40 days' extension of time in which to report. The Premier has consented, if possible, to open the A. and P. Association's winter show on the 29th. DUNEDIN, May 10. Heavy rain has been falling since last night. At Queenstown, Arrowtown, and Cromwell the rivers are rising rapidly. Lake Wakatipu has risen six inches. George McCombe has been arrested on a charge of forgery. There are several charges of a similar nature pending at Ashburton and Wellington. INVERCARGILL, May 10. The grain traffic on the Southland rail- | ways is unprecedentedly heavy this season. Since the first April 224,189 sacks have been railed for store or shipment, against 156,367 for the corresponding period last year.