INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1251, 31 May 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[per press association.]

Auckland, May 20

The Auckland bootmakers estimate that the new tariff will increase the cost of production 7 per cent. The loss of the city through the strike is £I2OO, of which £IOO is wages, which men would have earned.

Roderick McGregor, a settler of Whangarei, suddenly assaulted •onstable McDowell, of the Water Police, to-day with a cudgel, under a delusion that the constable had been chasing him through the woods. MrGregor was medically examined, and sent to the Lunatic Asylum. The constable was severely hit on the head, and his fingers were bitten in arresting the lunatic, aided up another constable.

Among the passengers by the s.s. Alameda are the Auckland Syndicate who went to Samoa in connection with the litigation Cornwall v McArthur. A case for appeal has been lodged

Wanganui, May 29.

Firman’s Hotel, at Aramoho, three miles from Wanganui, was burned down this morning. The proprietor was away shooting, and only two women wore on the premises, who had to get out of the windows. Nothing was saved. The insurances are as follows: Northern, £OOO on building and stock (£225 reinsured in the New Zealand); Colonial, £l5O on furniture

Wellington, May 30. The captain and officers of the Russian war ship were entertained at dinner on Saturday by the members of the Wellington Club. At the licensing meeting next week it is expected that one hotel in each of the Cook and Thorndon wards will be closed. Dunedin, May 21). I The wife of the Rev. Mr Henshelwood, who j arrived recently from home, died suddenly 1 last night. The cause is not known. The husband was in the country at the time. Rain commenced to fall in the morning , and has continued steadily all day. Reports | from the country state that the rivers are i rising rapidly, and floods are feared. j