INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1348, 22 September 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Sep-emher 21. The body found in the Waitca riy r, near Te Aroha, hat been indent!fied as a jobbing gardener named J. H. Stewart, of Cambridge. Mr Balance and Colonel Whitmore Inspected the harbor fort fioatlons. also the cartridge factory to-dsy, and were much pleased with the progress made 4. wrestling match be!ween Matthews and Bunsen has been arranged for £SO a side and the championship of New Zealand, to take place In six weeks Wellington September 21 For the next meeting of the Ci'y Council the Mayor ha* given notice to move—“ That no rate he (track on account of the hospital and chiritablo aid daring the present financial year.” Tne police have laid an information against the Ge?r Refrigerating Oompv y for having sold Native game ont of season it appears that the game sold is Natl c o pigeons and ducks, and that th*se had been kept In the Company’s refrigeratcr from before the closing rf the (hooting season The police contend that under 'the Animals Protection Act sales after the end of Ju’y are illegal, even though the goods are in a frozen state. The case will be hoard on the 29 b inat Hokitika, September 21. A girl named Houston, e’eveti years of age, was drowned in the Hok tka river, near Woodstock, t- —lay. She was, with two girl companions, playing on a log, when she slipped into the river, teh feet deep The ethers ran for help, and a brother plunged in and recovered the body. Effort sto restore animation proved fruitless.