INTERPROVINCIAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1030, 5 April 1884, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

INTERPROVINpiAL. , 2nd. \JFhe ,charge against D. Maunsall, ex> •private secretary to the Premier, for embtazling Government moneys, was h,eard at Ifie Police Court torday abd dismissed, }th« Bench holding thht tho. evidence! did ndt-Suataito^he-criiQUial charge. ' ;'<A >u<^£anV April Ist. ' ■; -, JLn in^ce^ting announcement was macUi ■■fcyifir Jtisiice GUlies at%he meeting *>£ the IMTprai^CoUege Cotimfcikthis aftor^ nbon'.^Hiu;Honor stated that, in Jcojo*,. formity with the wishes of the late Mr? Gillies, it was his intention to place^ESOOO at\*hd ifis^oial of IthW.Cwiblalfp (two scholarships of £100 per annuml&fcty" to be called "Ttft Sinclair" and "|The Gillies " Scholarships, .in- jaenaory of DrY tSinclkir- Csoldni»r Sewetary of New Zealand) and of Mrs Gillies. The; scholarships wiITTw tenable for three yeatfy and^uro fois ppor-scholars only.! April_2nd. • ' a?he newspaper'was kold J by aucUon.Wdaiy, and fetched £1,500. Napier, April 2nd. 'l ' The 'hop^picking 'is now concluded. There is a • Veryr-large crop. The yield, from cjittingg.plauted.lesa-than six months 7cT?te to the acre. This is ;be1 •■ lreVed' to be' unprecedented. ' Christchtjrch, April 2nd. - A fatal accident occurred at Balcdirn ■ to-day. A y'onng man named Sundy y?as' driving a< water-cart, i when the hones shied and capsized the cart, crushing him to death. '; ' * A satisfactory-report respecting quartz specimens from Wilberforce district (has been received from the Government Geologist. A boy named William Morland, aged 12, son of a farmer at c Midd!eton,. jwent ' Joqt -mth iwM jmen! .shooting ra%|>| s a* whst as theparty wew pre- * paring -to. return, <a gun was accidentally ' discharged/the contents lodging in the ladV>Tight'- thigh 'and hand. He was brought, to the JHospital, and will prpbably loose the thumb and same fingers, but it » hoped "the injury will not be fatal. Dr Hector's analysis of'some quartz from the Moa Creek Company's reef gives. lOoz. sdwt. pfirtour It resembles in friaReeftoi^:quarfz.,:' "During^ win* y^t^oo»|i^;of the reef wUljproblbly be inaccessibler" *'.',„ „,, Oamaru, Adril 2ndJ 'Jl'man named Joseph Pledger com-> mitted suicide in a most determined manner to-day at Duntroon.. Hot tied his Hands together ami threw.himself into a water-hole. He has relatives' in 1 Dunedin. Cape, Town, March 31st. News is to hand that tribal hostilities have broken out in Baautoland and Zululand, and that heavy fighting is'pfoceeding over a large area in both countries.-: I N T E E C 0 L 0 NFA Llx J -% .;.- Sydnbt, April Ist. •' Tn consequence of the t prevailing drought the water supply of the city and suburbs of Sydney is now merely intermittent. The accounts from the country districts generally state that great distress prevails owing to the want of water. There is no present sign of rain. News is to hand from New Guinea that the inland tribes there are engaged in a fierce war. The Bey. Mr Chalmers has proceeded to the scene of hostilities tn endeavour to restore peace. The New South Wales revenue returns were published to-day. The receipts for the quarter amounted to £1,500,000 being a decrease of £14,500 as compared " with the corresponding period of last year The revenue for the year amounted to £6,460,000, being £794,000 below last year's receipts. The diminution is attributed to a falling off in the land revenue which shows a decrease of £1,180,000 for the year.

I N T E E 0 O L O NFA Llx J - % .;.- Sydney, April lst. •' In consequence of the i prevailing drought the water supply of the city and suburbs of Sydney is now merely intermittent. The accounts from the country disfricts generally state that great distress prevails owing to the want of water. There is no present sign of rain. News is to hand from New Guinea that the inland tribes there are engaged in a 6erce war. The Bey. Mr Chalmers has proceeded to the scene of hostilities tn endeavour to restore peace. The New South Wales revenue returns were published to-day. The receipts for the quarter amounted to £1,500,000 being a decrease of £14,500 as compared " with the corresponding period of last year The revenue for the year amounted to £6,460,000, being £794000 below last year's receipts. The diminution is attributed to a falling off in the land revenue which shows a decrease of £1,180,000 for the year.