INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
ArcKLAND, January 10. M- JasHci Ward, m opnninc the criminal (KBiion. congratulate:! Iho Grand Jury on the material diminution In tha number of cades «omp*red wfoh former ues^one, but said rhat' .*uf kland, with thirty-fivj case.", had utiJl the largest criminal calendar m the ookmy He rofened at length to tho Great Barrier Murder caae, stating that the evidence wou'd be particularly cm-tr, ■»nd, if tin tvid«-.pce wat ! oitevod, tho jury would have no difficulty i"» c mi.'ig to a d.cision. Tt was ir<.\maferJ*l 'if ho fired the fatal shot, both rri on*ra being shown 'o have been engaged m tha murder.
Tiio ship Eakai», whi.a being berthed at tho inter we Horn tee of the Queen stmet wharf, was caught by two tides, with the result that her bowsprit sirujk the B good shed, destroying it completely. A gang of water rate h infomUn.2 the harbor, robbing loat-Bhet'i, boitn, Ac, !n [Tobson Bay. The yacht Tsrmni, owned by Mr tv. MUcheieo't, M. Ev R., I w=»3 board'd at night, thhsgs nmvluid AbUt, and an attempt jnaacie to bum the yaoht Wanoanoi, J.-miit.v 10 A little Maori boy age:! seven ynats, son of Hiroki, the murdorer, w : io feus boon lost m the M»irao*>akl ba=.h near Wav«-rley, for twelve days, and was believed by hia tribe to be desdf, ww found by sime Enropoana on Monday Whit the little fellow lived on is * I mystery . Wellington, January 10. Mr R Wilson, Chief Engineer of the Midland Kallwny Compaty, will arrive m the colony this week to Inspect the rou'.e. The Commissioners have m*de arranpemsnti to eond uorati 3000 tons of plant bf direct nteacneis, pirt having »1retdy arrive. They have till July to apwid the £150,000 required by the Act. It J* understood that Mr Pi tc j William* has expressed the opinion that the New Z j aUnd railway* were as economically worked as any m the world.
Government do not think It necessary !o aend anyone .^ome to take p»rt m the OolonUl Conference which is t) V-e held m L rdon to consider the question of colonial defence and other matters. Sir F. D. B«ll will act for New Zealand.
Mr Bailance Iraves for Hukianea and Rotorua to-raorrow, end will be ' smt five wdik« Hit trip to tin firstmontionod plao ia m connection with the special settlement reoently e»UbHshed there. At Rotor u a Mr Bailance will make ecqairiei Into the crievAnces of tho Natives whi», since the eruptit n, are s%id to have been m very distressed condition.
Mr Harry Wrigg, chief draughtsman of the Public Works Department, hat received by today's mail intimation that he has been made draoghtiman by appointment to tho Duko of Edinburgh. The 6rst oonagnment of salmon ova for New Zealand will be sent by the K«vikoura, leaving London on January 15th.
The Supremo Court has been occupied all day m hetring ihe charge against Williams, seaman, of the ship Timuru, for stabbing <ho firet officer A verdict of 11 Not Guilty " wan relnrned. Hokitika, January 10. A. fire occurred at Ko*a at 3.30 this morning. It origins* ed on the premises of Mr Brown, baker, Aylmer street, and the large twc-'itorey building was de troyed Brown, who was the only inmate, escaped with difficulty, but w*s badly injured, and is now m the hospital Tho lire spread to, and destroy td, the shopa of Mss Thompson, nulliuer, and C >ataß', b=»rbnr, on. either side Ita progress wan then ■topped, although Moran's uho{J;-ai»ci Fjee'» dwe Hop on cit h ar Bide were badly damaged. Brown's injurie* Are not likely to prove fa'al He i> insured m the Victoria for £100. and Colonial for £f 0 The ether places are not insured. The total lois is not ascertained. Dunedin. January 10. An extensive bash fire has been raging at the head of Lake Wakatipn since Wednesday last, and hai not yot burned itself oat. The whole of the bus'i from the D rt to Greenstone river, covering about 4000 «c:»s, hat been on fire and it will probably have completely d< stroy< d the bush from which timber for most of the mines hai been drawn, and which gave employment to from 80 to 100 men. Some huts have been destroyed, and at least two families are rendered humeleßß The escape of the few houses at Kit look was very narrow, The fire w«b sweeping down to the fences of the hotel when the wind changed. 8onv). tourists staying «t Kinloek had to be shifted to Glenorohy. The scene ut night is described as aweiu--1 spiring. ]f the fire crosses the Greenstone river it may almost completely denude one side of Lake Wnk*tipn of t! c timber whioh formed one of the characteristics of the beamy of the lake. The half-yearly report of the Directors of the Colonial Btnkf f New Zealand states that the net profits for the half-year, after ded acting interest on deposits, expenses of management, etc , »ny unt t« £17,165 Us lid, making, with balance from last half year, and deducting the tax on notes m circulation, £20,242 7a 2d, which the Direo ors recommend should b*> approprlnt. das follows:— To resetve fund, £ICO ; payment of dividend at the rate of ! aeven per cent per Annum on onplt«\ £U,OCO ; balance carried forward, £5<!42 7* 2d. The Hon R. Oliver is th* only candidate for the vacant seat on the Direotory.
Mrs Lams oh, wife of the Minister of Mines, 5a dangerously ill. „ Only about £180 ha« been so far oolleced for a Bashaw memorial fund.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1453, 11 January 1887, Page 3
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929INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1453, 11 January 1887, Page 3
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