INTERPROVINCIAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1121, 21 February 1885, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

£ Auckland, February 16th. A boy named Murray, aged four years, WMvpmsoned^on Saturday through taking carboli<s acid. . s Simon O'Brien, aged;eighteen, son of Mr Q'Brien; .contractor.'of the city tramways, *ras killed in the city baths on Saturday. The watef was shallow, hut he diyed,,strikiog his head on the bottom. !•::*:• February 19th. Some young Aucklanders are said to be resolved on going to Sydney to offer their ■ervices on the force to be sent to the Soudan. * Wellington, February 16th. Last evening, while Mr Nathan, merchant, and his daughter, eleven years old, were .driving ina.buggy,..the horse Jb^ojted, JipietfiS/ -Wig* trap,' fcrhi?h! Jell pn Mr Nathan and the child, the former receiving a slight concussion and a scalg wound. The girl received^a Idoublei fracture of the right thigh, besides severe bruises and a shook to the nervous system. The patients are progressing favorably. Ross, February 16th. Nearly all 'theHefiiplbye'a of the Ross United Goldmining Company struck today on the ten-hours' system, and, in some instances, reduction of wages. Ohbistchttboh, FebruaryJL7th. #LIW. wh'b'isurider,gojppa i^tence of 13 yearacin; Lyttelton Gaol for horse-stealing and larceny, made a most determined attempt to escape this afternoon;--He"was with" a gang of prisoners working on the reclamation works jvatffSacking .Point. An accident occtnredHo fca'iijatfnamed Higgina, whose leg w.as injured by, some stones falling on him. "While -the warders were attending to Higgins, Orabtree took off his boots and ran up the hill. He was fired at by Warder GUchrist, but missed ; and stripping off his clothes as he ran, Crabtree gave his^pursuers a hot chase for about a mite.' {Eventually he was ]captured close to the water's edge at the foot of a 20ft precipice, down which he had- dropped. He was very much exhausted when taken. February 19th. ■;Edward' Garter,* a horse-dealer, was killed in Oranmer square this, afternoon. He was out riding, when his horse bolted and unseated him. The horse jumped a fence, with Carter clinging to his neck, and fell.O ■Carteßwas picked up insensible, and died shortly afterwards. February 18fch. A rather serious stabbing case took place near Southbridge on Monday night. A young man named Frederick William Attwood met T. G. Carr, and mistaking him for another man against whom.he hwtKb'adTfeeling, Btabbed^hlm. On discovering his mistake, Attwood expressed great contrition. He was brought before It. B. Willis, J.P., to-day, and remanded till February 20th. Invrrcakcull, February 18th. The shops of W. Pacey and A. Dagg, butcher and bootmaker, respectively v at Lumsdenj were burnt down this morning. P:acey's stock was insured for £100 in the Fire and Marine Office, aridDaog's for £200 in the Hauseatic Office. The buildings were insured for £300 in the Norwich UnurnQfijce. , ; The b'oafes^of Rowlands and Dunn, the men drowned on Saturday, were recovered to-day close to where the boat capsized. JTust. as ,tht> r search,, party were giyjng^up, operations both we're* raised by the Bame line. The search will be (renewed for the body of the girl to-morrow. BRITISH AND EOEEIGN. ("Argus'" Special.tp, Press Association.) London, February 15th. Bishop Vaughan, of Sdlford, has denounced the recent outrages by dynamiters as of. the most diabolical character. Earl Spencer, 'while out hunting, was thrown from his horse and broke his collar-bone, j , : ■. Hongkong, February 18th, News has been received that two Chinese corvettes have been sunk by French torpedoes. Three other Chinese war-vessels were, however,, uninjured by the mines, and escaped. The following have appeared in the Melbourne " Age" :— C. T. Studd, the well-known cricketer, was present at a valedictory meeting in Exeter Hall on February 4th, previous to his departure for China as a missionary. The Queen and' the Prince of Wales have sent a message of condolence to the Marquis of Normanby on the death of the Marchioness. A Conference of representatives of the English Conservative party now sitting in Exeter, have passed a resolution approving ofithe proposed Federation of the Empire. The Italian Government have offered to co-operate with Britain in suppressing the rebellion in the Soudan and restoring order. The " Times," commenting upon this offer, says that British prestige would bs destroyed if the aid of a foreign Power was now accepted in bringing the Mahdi and his followers to obedience.