INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1493, 26 February 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, February 25

A resolution was passed at the Chamber of Oommorca, thit steps be taken to preßS upon tbe Government and the Timber Companies the advlsinbility of some combined effort being made to call the attention of thn people of England to the excellent qualities of New Zealand timber for building and other purposes by exhibitions of it, and to tost ita adaptability for purpoßos suggested. Urqoart and p»rly, who fo? some weeks have been sluicing on tho beach outside Whangarai Heads have obtained sufrnient gold to give them an average return of £1 par man per day for their labor. Tho Chamber nf Commeroo passed n resolution docliriug their opinion thai there should be a change m the present working of the railways, aa it Is expansive and vexatious. A recommendation was adopted, without discussion, against allow* ing foreign owned vessels to carry goods from one port to another on the coast. Wellington, February 25 Typhoid fever is beooraing prevalent m Wellington Tho Meat Export Company has resolved to Increase iti oapital to £40,000 ; 2000 shares out of 3000 have already been guaranteed.

Admiral Tryon Inspected the forts and works here He thinks the sites admirably choaen, and will provo formidable defenoei. He made some suggestion 1, whioh will probably be acted on.

The remaining vagrants who were arrestad on suspicion of complicity m some of the numerous burglaries recently, were admonished by the Magistrate, whs remarked that there was nothing to connect them with the crimes. He let one go and gave tho others fourteen days each.

Another burglary has been reported This time the Terraoe School was selected, and the depredators went systematically through the building, smashing open every cupboard and deak, but got no valuables of any sort.

Dunedin, February 25

A shark 22ft long hai just beoa oaughl m the harbor, making three monsters with' In a week.

At the Oity Court Charles David Sherman received three months for stealing a toialisator ticket. He grabbed it from tho owner as the latter W3nt to receive his dividend. Jno. Dunn, charged as an accessory, was discharged.