INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1395, 1 November 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, October SO. The Government has leecived frora Auckland a large'- number of applications for village settlements than they are able t' grant. It i* nuthoiitatively announced that the Stark Purchase Commissioners will not take the evidence of sir J. Vogel or any one else in Wellington The inquiry Is definitely c'osod, and the Oommis-. sinners are now preparing their report, which is to be presented by the 39th November. The directors < f the Woollen Factory Company have acc ptad tenders for engines, shaf ing, and flooring, at the total cost of £1855. Aockland firms secured the cont acts for all the work. A large batch c-f applied ions for village settlement land" was opened to-day at the Crown lands office. 9he sections are all situated in the Uokianga district, and corsist. of areas of .50 acres and tinker The whole of Parnell Borough Endownment land is (eased at 9s 3d per acre, there being forty-seven applications for the nineteen lots. At ihe quarterly meeting of the United Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the Executive reported that the contributions unpaid ty local bodies smount to ±1 75 9s 9d. When these are all paid and the Government subsidy upon them received there will be a deficit of about £ll7O It was resolved to withdraw the notice given to close the dispensary, bat a Committee was appointed to report oa its management. Wellington, October 30. The Government has received a triegram from the postmaster at Taupo stating that at eight o’clock on Thursday night two violent earthquake shocks Occam d, following in quick succession, and travelling apparently from S.W. to N. A. They were fetl severely at the south end of the lake at Rotorua night. Volcanic fires were obeerved in the direction of Rotornahana- An immecse glow would suddenly appsar for a few seconds, and then would disappear. This kept on every few minutes from 10.30 to 11 10 pm. The night was calm, clear, and frosty, There are no signs of a-tivity in the volcanoes south of Taupo.