INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1368, 12 October 1886, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, October 11. The namee of Messrs Button, Seymour George, Reader Wood, Olivier and Maya are mentio ed as probable candidates for Waitema a. The Lumpers’ Union is a thing of the p»sh Work was resumed this morning by nearly the same men who struck w ‘rk latt week In reference to the proposal from Wellington for an inter-island cricket match, the Auckland Cricket Association resolved to-night that it is more desirable to establish Interprovincial matches instead of North Island and South Island matches. At the Supreme Court Wm Mar wood English, charged with setting fire to buildings and offices of the Opotikl Farmers’ Association, was acquitted. Jeremiah McCarthy was found guilty of ■etting fire to the Opotikl goal, and ordered to be confined in a lunatic asylum dudng the Colonial Secretary’s pleasure. The Stark Commission met this mm ning •nd adjourned till Thursday, as several counsel were also engaged st the Supreme Court.

Wellington, October 11

The ateamer Manapouri, which arrived from the North yesierdiy, np>rts shh|ng a floating wreck in Pailiser Bay, which hi believed to be the hul of the ketch Janet, wrecked at Cape Campbell. The ateamer Umft went to-day to a arch for the derelict, but had to return, owing to a strong southerly wind at sea, A man name* Jaa McLaughlin of Queenstown, died on Saturday from an overdose of cholorodyne. His son. eleven years of age, an hour before in the hospital of rheumatic fever, and his wife Is at present In the hoap tal from a broken -