INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1430, 13 December 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, December 12. In the Waitcmata election. Mr Monk has a' present a majority of 359 over Mr Farnall. Other returns are to come in, bat are not expected io a)t*r the result Wbixinoton, December 12. A fatal aociden- occurred in the harbor this morning. Four men employed at the Wei Imjton Woollen Factory, named Walter Ram <den, Edward Tayl r, Henry K>v“ and Henry Evans, lef. Petone at 6 30 in an o.icn sailing with the in eotioti of i roceedmg to Penoarrow L gbihouse. After passing Soamos’ Island the wind increased, and they decided to pat back In bringing the boat about she c>p izid Ramsden, Ev.na and Taylor regained the boat, bat Kaye was washed S 'oe distance away. One man swam to his assisiance, and brought him to tha boat, but he soon becune exhausted, and w»a The other two clang to the bottom of th* boat, which wa« washed ashore at W*rd Is’and. A passing fishing bout esoui-d the survivors, and broogh o W'Uifigtm. Deceased were about f irty ye-.rs of ago. Evans was a manned man, and leaves a wife and three ch idron, who reside at Petoue. Kaye his a wife and two children In "'ngland. Tha bodies have not been recovered

It hi) been ascertained, by means of O'ble mes-age from '□••tralla, that the London correspondent of a So :th Australian pap*r writes that the Bank of England has refused to further inscribe New Z-aland loans. He also stated that the Agent-General had bee* notified accordingly Sir Julias Yog*! was informed of the receipt of his cable message, a"d immediately communicated with Sir F. D. Bell. The latter telegraphs that there is no foundation whatever for the statement.

The Wellington Bge"nU of Sir George G ey recently ■ ffred Kawan Island for sale to the Government, bat the lat'er replied that they had no funis at their disposal for its purchase Mrs Jones, who was found dead in a creek »t Pahautanui, on Thursday, was the fio t whi e woman to land at Welling* ton. Sie was sixty years of age, and subject '0 epilepsy Dunedin, December 11. Proceedings are to be instituted against the Tnapeka' County Council in connection with the recent fatal punt accident at Benmont The owner of the team, who lost two horses and waggon, claims £2OO. and the parents of the girl Thompson £6OO, alleging regligence on the part of tne man in charge. The Council denies its liabiii y. On y from tarty to fifty persons attended the meeting called by the Trades and Lab r League to take steps to confirm a resolution which h d been passed “That Trade Unionists ho recoin manied to ce->se nsina th * Kaitangaa coal until the dispute between toe miners and the * ompany was settled.” The msoluti n was put and carried, after a □umber of speakers bad addressed the meting.