INTERPROVINCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3494, 15 November 1894, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(BY TELEGRAI'H.-MKSS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Last '" The Government, intend to procure two evaporating machines for drying fruit. They will be used by fruit experts in, explaining to j fruit |?rower'a'"the practical demonstration of utilising the inferior fruit for market. ::^<l rr A;largenumber/,of visitors are in town ■for * tile and Pastoral Show, which opened to-day. • There will be a public holiday to-morrow; when the Governor and Lady Glasgow will attend. There is an excellent show of fat: cattle and horses. Lincoln?, Romney Marsh and Southdown are the, chief classes of sheep, and Ayrshire auJ Hereford in cattle. There is a good; display of produce. -.The attend-ahce'to-day'was limited. ' *'' ''' R.M.S. Gothic arrived at noon from London, Cape and Hubart. The Gothic's dates are: Plymouth,.October (ith.; 'Teneviffe, 11th; Cape,' 24th •'Hobart. November 10th. She had moderate winds until leaving the latter port, when she encountered strong northerly winds with a high bench sea and thick weather, which continued half the journey across." She brings a small English mail. The Gothic made a record passage from London by this route, the total elapsed time being 38 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes, aud the steaming time 37. days, ' 9 hours, '2O minutes. The Gothic's best day's run was 370 knot?. Amon? her passengers were the Earl of Yarmouth and Hon. Victor Hood, who landed at Hobart. and Count Jouffray d'Abbans, French Consul for New Zeaknd, with his wife, who land Jiere. ; A deputation from the Shipmasters' Association waited on the Minister for Marine asking that a tirstclass lighthouse be erected at Cape Pallisor, that a light should be placed on the Kidnappers, that' Cape Campi beli be connected with the telegraph, and that a system of fog signals for the various lighthouses be brought into operation. The Minister promised to give favourable consideration to the questions! Mr Leo Smith, the New Zealand representative to the Canadian Conference returned in the Gothic.

NAPIER, Last Night. The schooner Heroine is ashore near Hokitika. She arrived here in August in a battered condition after a tempestuous voyage from Sydney.- The cost of repairs and re-titting her were about £4OO. She has ouly been eight months afloat.