INTERPROVINCIAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XI, Issue 494, 18 January 1879, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Associated Press Telegrams.) Invehcargill, January 17th.

Indignation is felt at the reported recommendation of the Government to the Governor to commute the sentence of Walsh, the Waikaia murderer, to imprisonment for life. The "Times," this morning, has a strong leader on the matter, arguing that there were no extenuating circumstances of insanity whatever ; that the plea advanced by the prisoner's Counsel at the trial fell to the ground against the weight of evidence ; that the grounds upon which it was attempted to commute the sentence were not even referred to-at the trial. It says : "If ever a man deserved hanging, that man is Janes Walsh." The article concludes by demanding that the law's award should be carried out.

The result of the poll for Mataura election was declared to-day, when the Returning Officer announced that Mr Shanks was returned by a majority of 59. Both candidates addressed the electors. Mr Kinross bitterly attacked Messrs Joyce andFeldwick, M.H.R's, for what, he considered* a gross breach of confidence displayed by them at the outset of the election.

Oamabtj, January 16th.

A little child named Bissett died suddenly this morning. It had got up early in the morning and drank half a bottle of brandy. This was not discovered till too lato to apply remedies.

Chblstchtjbch, January 16th.

The Mayor intends taking legal opinion regarding the right of the Government to erect telegraph posts in the streets of the city wherever they may choose.

From a report sent to the City Council by the surveyor, it appears that during the last six months the larrikins of the city have ' smashed lamp-glass to the value of £43 11s. January 17th.

Ford and Co. sold Gilligan's horses, Laertes and Javelan, to-day. The former is entered for the Wellington Cup, Napier Handicap, and Dunedin Publican's Handicap. After a spirited competition, Laertes was knocked down to P. Butler for 450 guineas. Javelan was sold to Mr Delarnain, for 300 guineas. Jangaler, the property of M'Williams, was also offered, but was passed in at 450 guineas.

At the reapers' and binders' contest yesterday, M'Cormack was awarded first prize (£25) Osborne's machine wasjhighly commended.

At the Woollen Company's annual meeting yesferday, the Chairman reported a balance in favor of the Company of £778 4s 7d.

Twenty-nine cases of infectious diseases have occurred iduring the three months ending December 31st, in Christchnrch. Fifteen of these were typhoid. Wellington, January 15th

The Land Tax valuers appointed for Te Aro Cook Ward, finding considerable diffi-

culty in obtaining a satisfactory valuation, asked the permission of the City Council to copy the assessment list but were refused, January 16th.

The annual rateable value of property in Wellington is nearly a quarter of a million sterling, only about £25,000 behind Dunedin.

The " Post " states this evening that the increase in the value of property during the past year has been considerably greater in Wellington than in Dunedin.

On information from Chiistchurch the police, at about midday, arrested a young man named Edward Bastings, late stationmaster at Waihola, for uttering a forged cheque for £7 ss, purporting to be signed by the General Manager of Railways, to one Henry Allen, a publican at Christchurch.