INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1283, 8 July 1886, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

£•- CCKC \N D, July 7. Mr John Lundon ■ dd r r i 1 a crowded meeting last night »n i e subject of prop< :ed settlement at P<>ki aga under the land Act of 1885 1 ie te:ms were explained and a nnml er of qu tiona were answered. The me jtiag wr i genera I ’y favorable to the : jheme, but adj »ui .ed for a week to con' der the de ails. At the Supreme Court, C'os. Pa'mer for ottering a forged cheque w. i aentenr'd to three years’ penal servitude. Ji. Keenan, for strdiog from * le person, two years’hard abor. Mary Ann Dixon, ■tabbing, six month \ hard labor. Robert Kearns, larceny, f’x months’ imprisonment. Make to teleg; ma s'.te j ■> a result of the volcanic deposit ■ everything is In a bad state. Cattle and horses are dying in all directions. They blame Government for not appointing some person to visit the Bay, cf Plenty and see ihe wants of the Enrop-ms and Natives attended to and that they are not allo wed to starve for the next six months. Wellington, July 7

An application for a mandamus to compel the Cook Licensing Committee to issue a renewal of the license for the Prince of Wales Hotel, Tory street, was argued at the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Justice Richmond held that the Committee was the tribunal appointed by the Legislature, and the Supreme Court could not interfere. His Honor took time to consider whether it was necessary to hear the AttorneyGeneral on behalf of the Comm ltee. 0 is c iet, h, Jnly 7

The criminal fittings of the Supreme Oourt were concluded to day. A charge of inciting to arson was preferr d against Nimrod Mitchell, formerly proprietor of a carpet factory w! c!i was binned down. The case-for the p. o‘ ecution r *ed on the evidence of a v. itness Darnel George Richardson, nn <>mpletely broke down, sa several viin ssea called fo' - the defence by ohnea d ha they would not I o iob d . c■ ■ bis oath. ’* he i Proue it > wi hdrew the case from ju r, wl- > a litt • the prisoner by i Ip- « d o- • John * Charles Jor- w i comi-. C. >r nduJent bankru c and fQi. ir at -hree months’ hard u-. r. William Bar-, a fame -at Am -ley, died last n- ;l-. frtm dr ..V ig ■ irbolic acid In mistake for brandy The Chrie-chuich P< da • Show opener! to-day with 751 entries, a la g - n mher than any yet held here. This morning <he Unior is" si * la’cera placarded the town wila a Iss o men working at Suckling’s in the pac of th< strikers. The e men ero lx a - o 1< 9 “scabs" and other sciriiloi i rpi ' eta. Oamaru, July 7. William Leitch, bker, committed suicide at the Criterion Hotel to day by taking eight ounces of cblovodyne. He leaves a wife and five children _ •no insured in the Government Assfociition for £2OO