INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1510, 18 March 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, March 18. The dogs belonging to Fryer's Oircner, whioh were not permitted to land, owing to the quarantine laws, were shipped by the 5.9. Walrarapa to. day for Melbourne. In reference to James Simpson, who disappeared from Cambridge suddenly, the search parties have not found the slightest trace of him. He had the keys of the safe m Lewis and Simpson's store when he left. The safe* has been opened and everything found straight. His life is Insured m the Australian Mutual Provident Soolety for £500 and m the Mutual of Victoria for 1750 guineas. Wellington, iMaroh 18. Jin Information has beeu laid against Frank M. Willmot, manager of the Opera Hause, charging h'm with making a false declaration m a claim for enrolment, to the effect that he had resided within the Te Aro eleotoral district for the previous ten mnnths. Spurious sovereigns are m circulation. A printed dooament has beem circulated among Civil Servants relative to promotion and salaries. The general effect is to out down salaries on promotion so as to gradually lower the gross amounts paid m that way, and to indicate that m future £600 a year will be the maximum salary of heads of departments. John Jackson, an old soldier, whom In mistaken kindnees the Benevolent Committee helped off to Qreymouth last week, has beeu brought baok and sentenced to foor months' imprisonment for robbing his landlord at Master ton. While the steamer Oro wait! was abreast of Cape Lambert at 10. 45 last night a large meteor was seen descending m a northeasterly direotion. It dropped into the sea at a distance of about three or four ships' lengths from the steamer, causing a great hissing noise as it entered the water. Oam 4RU, Maroh 18

The agricultural sututios for the county show that tbe yield of wheat this year U estimated at 743,163 buthelt ; of oats, 698,563 bushels ; of barley, 20,532 bushels ; and of po atoes, 19,604 tous. With the exception of barley, all these | yields are nearly twice as large as last 1 year. Dcwbdin, Maroh 17. , From a return of. tbe rateable value of rateable property under tbe Charitable Aid Board, it appears that there is a decrease iv the capital value m the united Otago distriot m counties of £1427 compared with previous year, and In boroughs there is an increase of £23,460. For two years the Secretary of the Education Board has received at irregular intervals anonymous letters enclosing £1, containing no directions as to what is to be done with it. Another was received to-day, making £9 received m this manner.