INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1406, 13 November 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, November 12 Otto Faudre has been committed for trial for stabbing. At the meeting of the Board of Education a letter, dated from the State Schco', Otaki, Wellington, signed O. W. Lea, was leceived. It suggested tho advisab’l ty of ero< uraging school children to contribute annually to relieve distress among the children of England. Heniy George Woods waa found dead in Albert Park to-night, with half a bottle of carbolic acid alongside him. He is a remit'aoca msn, who arrived by the Bimutska last month. Two you-'ig men aimed Philips, employed recently on the Epiphany Church contract, it is reported, whi’e engaged at their work, received a letter from England informing them of a death of a wea thy uncle, who had left £243,000 to be divi led amongit forty-three nephews and neicos. Tho two young men referred tr will each receive £ 10,000 as his portion, They were to have commenced work this week on a contract at the reservoir, but it is hardly necessary to avy they will make room for others less fortunate, A fire broke out to-night lo Whitney and Qo’a cartridge factory at Mount Eden. It broke 1 ut over an oven la the anr.eal-ing-foom tho firo, which was left banked an, ignited a number of oases plaovd there to dry. Tho flames were suppressed by three of the emp'oy a tiring near, who discovered a numb r of cap? exploded. The powder In tire magazine, 150 yards distant, was untouched. The da in ago waa not very great, except to the roofing, belting of the machinery, and a tma 1 pottioa material. The insurances are unknowr. Blenheim, November 12. The Blenhiem Corporati n has purchased the gas works for £12,000. Possession >b to be given by the owner, Mr Pritchard, on Ist of March. The corporation will pay tho money out of the Government Insurance loan. Wellington, November 12. The electro-plated ware, which waa reported 11 have beeu stolen on the return journey from the rai way ceremony last week, has turned up all right, having been packed in tho wrong box, and overlooked for a time. Dunedin, November 12. Sargood, iron and Ewon are abmt to commence an action for £7OOO against the Dunedin Corporation for dsmagea to thsir premises through defective drainage.