INTEPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1420, 30 November 1886, Page 3

INTEPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, November 29

A cable message has been received from the Engineer of the K uliu Valley railway, announcing tbit the cmlract for the construction of the line has been ! ei to an Australian cantrac or, and will im mediately be started A handsome new schooner of 60 tens register, built by Sims and Brown, Devonport, has been sold to the King of Tonga, and will be launched about the «i:d of the year. The schooner ha? very fine lines, and should prove a fast sailer. The police authorities made a new departure on Sunday, making surprise visits to hotels lu private clothes >n order to •oppress the Sunday liquor traffic. Arneil, the well known representative cricketer, has been presented with a ba bearing a silver plate for .the romarfeabbbowling feat of securing all ten wickets Auckland in a ma*cb v Go-don 0,0. Gisborne, November 29. A serious stabbing case occurred on Saturday, whereby a man named J. Mu’lane was stabbed in the region of the heart by Tamchack, a Russian. Muillane is now out of danger. PaliMEßston Noeth, November 29 , A close holiday is being observed here Jn "honor of the formal opening of the -Wellington and Manawatu Railway. The first train, with 600 passangerj, arrived from Wellington at 1.20 pm., and the directors of the Company were entertained at a banquet immediately afterwards by the Mayor and Corporation. Speeches of the usual congratulatory character wer ■ made Dunbwn. November 29. The City Council to-night adopted, with slight alternations, the special Retrenchment. Committee’s reuort, which will effec a saving of over £4600. This, with previous retrenchment, makes a total saving of over £SBOO