INTERPROVINCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12582, 20 January 1905, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL

Per Press - ' A rumour is afloat that it is the intention of the Government to separate the Departments of /Lands and Survey and establish two.-distinct :depj}|sfsni£3| MefjStd, be devoted to ; the disposal and. management of Crown londsv An opportunity is said, to be p.ro'-vided-forj the ,cbapg£.by the prospective retirement*of Marchant, SurveyorGeneral,; js?h» is at jresent head of the combined'/Departmehts 'of Land and Survey. In Auckland at;any. rate the Department . seems t&'jJe getting; tin wielcfy, stiff has beeh growirig of recent yeais, and.there seems now to be great' difficulty 1 iri-fiiidißg elbow "room for them all in the Customs Buildings. In "th'd past two rooms in this building were. kept sacred for visiting \Bniaters' but these .rooms'-itfeoccu-pied by the officials'of the Department, who hav.e got to • bundle up their papers' aid look for a quiet corner while Ministers are in, the neighbourhood. The three^nasted' schooner Lark -wMes beating out of Jtaipara to-day went ashore* on Tory Shoal. ...Possibly, she ;WiII. be got off at next- tide. WELLINGTON, January ISL The executive of the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers' Association hds decided to assist- the appeal of the hotelkeeper against the conviction recently recorded by Major Keddell, S.M., for supply of liquor on Sunday to a person alleged ,to be a bona •.fide. traveller. -v/■ >^ ; ." • HOKITIKApJaBuafy 19. The first statutory meeting of the West Coast Steam Shipping Company, which recently ..acquired the s.s. Torgauten, was field here to-day, representatives from Greyinouth, Westport, Nels.on, and Timaru being' present. Captain Mc Arthur, for-i.merly-i|>n the Mapourika, now ,in charge of / tt.h? -So'rgautin, - "difSctors. The local : ; tertained the visitors. - ' At the Magistrate's t!6fcs,|oliver Spicer, and Edward and Percy Eden were charged on • three informations with etealing wool ! in-December"last at Westerfield and Wini dermere.' The" charge against Percy Eden ! was withdrawn on the. application of the police. Edward - Eden and Oliver Spicer were committed for trial at the Supreme Court, Timaru, on February 7th, bail being allowed each pccijsed "in' £2OO on his aijfl two sureties of £IOO each. \ - v. : • ... .. ; INVERCARGILL, January 19. JL—gtiff——tUo, . .-agapt. ■ nf wil/iinight with ieavy : ram for.an.iom;, cleared away- the easterly weather 'anxT was fine.- The rainj will do ~n was much needed-- to give 'the- 'turflijis' 1 a start, and cereals a^e ; .not- far advanced to be hafmed. ' ' ( ..