INTEFROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1427, 8 December 1886, Page 2

INTEFROVINCIAL NEWS.

[Per Press Association]. Auckland, December 7The Auck’and Presbytery ’C-day unan’raons y resolved to ttccept the resignation of the Rev Kilb’n, Whangarei, who had smarted practice as a lawyer. An inquest was held on the woman found drowned in the harhcr Her body was not identified, and an open verdict was returned. Rotorua December 7-

Mr and Mrs George Beethsm returned from R .tomahena and Tarawera yesterday. Mr Hutchinson, the Eogin-'or who accompanied them, considers that the White Terraco is merely buried. The party ascended Mount Tarawera. and had a fall view of the crater. They state that the scene of desolation was indescribable. Fkildino, December 7. ,*t Halcnmbe yesterday Robert Vile committed suicide by cutting his throat. He was suffering from melancholia. Kumara, December 7 At .» public me.-ting last night, the Mayor presiding, a resolution was carried that it fe absolutely necessary that the Grey-H' kilika railway be eo diverted bs to connect with Kumara, apd that the proposed deviations will permit of grades The meeting also urged on jfctae Government the necessity of putting in hand the survey of the branch line from Kumara to Lake Brunner, as shown In the plans attached to Mr Blair’s report on the lands traversed by the East and West Coast railway. Hdnedin, December 7. County Councils are complaining of the heavy tax which the demands of the charitable aid contribu ions impose on them. At a meeting of the Bruce County Connell, the members complained bitterly of it, and it was resolved that the Chairman communicate wi*h the various County j Councils with reference to eaoh body pro- | viding for Its own poor, the charge for hospitals being paid accgrding to the number of patients present,