INTERPOVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1428, 9 December 1886, Page 2

INTERPOVINCIAL NEWS.

Aixukl.ino, December 8 Fjurohtldr n :-auie ; Lett, belongin'/ t he lulus rial Hume, have beeu left £4OOO ■y 'he death of » grand aunt named Aluiiaff, in Bug and. Thev a*e t i take equa ! .iharea on a taini g ih-> age of twenty-on v WkUiINOTON, December 8. Cabinet meeMngrf have beeti held daily this we)k. Ministers have under consideration a "cherne of retrenchment, bn nothing d.fi life is yet se t ad. It is a>» •ntended to make any addition to ihc Justices of the Peace list till January next, when a new Commission will be issued.

The dispute between the Government and the shareholders of the Hotortra Hailway Company as to the amouut of purchase mom-y baa bien settled, and the m <ney paid, except a very trifling balance left to be determined as may be decided The property tax is coming in exceed Ingly well, and though there is near y a week to -un, a large proportion has already been received. The Government have decided to offer a reward of £250 to any person giving information that will lead to the conviction of toe person or parsons who set fire to tke Dunedin railway goods shed on Sunday night. In the event of anyone giving Information, being an accomplice, a free pardon will be granted. Uunedin, December 8.

The Benevolent lost tution Committee have pasted a resolution that when married psop'e apply for relief the attendance of the husband should be insisted on. At a meeting of the Charitable AIJ Hoard, a letter was received from the Premier in reference to the refusal of the Boslyn Council to pay its contr bution, and intimaing that as it w mid be some time before subsidies became payable, it would be as well to sue for the contribution instead of waiting for Government, to atop it. The Board resolved to take proceedings in fourteen days, unless the amount was paid )\verc 'KbILL, December 8.

The Southland Nens 10— night common's on the nuffrrenCr in the aen’enco passed .n Hill at Napier and Dale here for Pqst '• ffiee thefts. !t auggea'a tnat if the ends of justice were mat in Napier by the ap plication of the Pr bation ■, ct in a einidar case, lh«y might well ba sc here. Possibly Mr Juetce Wiliams himse T f, wh-n he com; a to compare the case he h :8 jn-t oecidrd with that dealt with by hia bioteer Judge, will deem it Itc.imbe t upon him to r commend the Government ti take each steps as will eiualise the punishment

Ft the Southland A. and P. Show tomorrow and Friday ihero are 453 entnss being 156 in excess of l -.s year aud 124 above iBB4.