INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1445, 31 December 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

AttCKLyND, D-C"mber 30 At a meet ng of t e Committee of the Auckland Rifle Association,it was decided to make use of Whitney’s ammunition at the forthcoming meeting of tho Association Both it an’ 4 KynockV wid be available for co ■ petitors. The Auckland schooner Lily went ashore at Apia during a heavy gale, but was successfully fl ated off, by the aid of the German war-hp Albatross, a d the assistance of King Malietoa and Native chiefs. While some children were playing hi ’e-and-seek in - Ibcrt street, one of their number found an old boot lying in t 1 e grass t)n examination it was found to contain a glove, inside of which there were a number of watches, gold chains, sc The rnitter was reported to the police, who took possession of the jewel leiy <’n examination it wa-i discovered to be part of the plunder made by a man named Dunn, now serving a long term of imprisonment Dunn was charged at tiie Supremo Court with having stolen one of these identical watches, but the Grand Jury threw out the bill, and no m re was t ought of the n at er ()0-;Ei'i'r, December 3flA communication has been received from Victoria that teams from tho t ire Rrigad b in England and America are expected to attend the demonstration in Melbourne, and stating that if the demonstration at Dunedin were postponed till March an effort would be m ido 'o induce these teams to attend. The Secretary was instructed to reply that if e guarante were eiven that tha-e teams would come over, tho < emonsira ion would be post poned. Tho Bu ns’ static, to be erected in Dunedin arrived by the Bimutaka on effort is to be made to have it erected and ready for unvei ingontho poet’s birthday. A "prisoner named John f-illiaon was sentenced to 1-t days’ sobtary confin tnent, and bread and water, for b each of the prison regulations. While urn’er-going secondary punishment, Gillison had suae, danced, whistled, and made so much noise that ho c uh) be heprd in the street. A peculiar death occurred yesterday on tbe Otago Central line, A man named Michael Cieden was found lying in a help less state on the li eby Maloney Creden was quite sensible then, and stated that he had fal en down' Maloney took him +o the nearest tent, but ho died yesterday morning An inquest will he held.