INTERPROVINCIAL.

West Coast Times, Issue 7299, 21 January 1889, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

The export of coal last week to Saturn day evening was 5410 tons. The Beefton gold retmrns for the week are: —Globe, 171oi amalgam from 385 tons; Keep*ikJ)ark, 1770z amalgam from 120 tons. A large party visited the north beach dredging machinery at work. One ot\ Priestmaa's which was clearing away the barren surface wash, lifted and swung oa one side 48 tons an hoar, ■ "Wblungtok, Jan. 19. : A 6re broke cut at Courtney place at 2.30 this morning and destroyed the pre« mises of Jackson, pork butcher; Stevens,' greengrocer; Dalton, bootmaker, and a email shop occupied as dairy premises, owned by Spicer, over which he has a policy of £1900 in the Northern office; partly reinsured, and £150 in the Phoenix, Collins grocer shop was also partly damaged, but the stock was not injuredThe fire originated in the batcher's shop, bat there is no clae how it started, The lessee states he visited the shop at 10.30 the previous evening, when everything appeared safe. InvMBCAJtoiLi., Jan. 20. David M'Gillivray, aged 12 years, son of a carpenter living near the jetty, lost' his life yesterday in the estuary some miles from town. Deceased went out in a sailing boat with a party of young boys f and was struck on the head and knocked overboard by the lower halyards having given way as the boat was gsing about*' No clear account of the occurrence can be got but from the fact that the boom, a heavy one, broke on his head, it is probable that the boy was stunned and disabled, and so could not attempt to keep afloat. A son : of Muesen, Grown Lands Banger, was thrown into the river at the same time, but swam till picked up. M'Gllkvray bad j only recently recovered from severe injuries sustained in a fall through a trap door in the upper floor of a flour mill. The body has not yet been recovered. The weather is very warm. A fall of oin would be very accepjable. Donedin, Jan. 20. , The Herald states positively tha Mr J. j E. Denniflton has been appointed to the vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench. A tremendous crowd gathered on the Caledonian grounds on Saturday to witness the balloon ascent and paraohute descent by Professor Baldwin. A stiff breeze was blowing up the bay during the afternoon from the nortb-eaßt, and as 5.30, the hour appointed, approached, the breeze increased in force. At 6.30 it was announced that if the wind went down the Professor would still make the ascent, bat the wind which usually lulls piped up stronger than ever, and the people began to disperse. About eight o'clock the balloon, which had been inflated for about three hours, gave way, being slit from top to bottom. This put an end to all chance of the aaoent on that occasion, greatly to the disappointment of the spectators, many of whom were from the country. AuckeiAnd, Jan. 20. The R.M.S. Talnm, wbicb tailed for Wellington toil morning* has on bond tt

oargo of frozen meat for tbe London market, shipped by the New Zealand Freezing Meat and Storage Company, and comprising 130 head of cattle, 2860 sheep, and 1960 lambs of a total weight of a little over 306.000 pounds, and of thii the Company sends 31,600 pounds of beef, the remainder of -he consignment being Bhipped on behalf of the growers. Tbe meat has been placed on board in splendid condition. The German warship Eber which ar« rived from Samoa last night, reports desnltory fighting continuing between the native?. A man named Joyce wai fined £5 and coßtß with the alternative of 21 days hard labor at ihe Police Court yesterday for bringing ashore from the Tainni 191bs of tobacco on which duty had not been paid.