INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1511, 19 March 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, March 18, At the Domain sports yesterday, when the competition of throwing the cannon ball was on, the crowd closed m and a boy named Miohael Fiynn was struck on the head and rendered unconscious. He was sent to the Hospital.

The Auckland outterWangarel has become a to.tal wreck on Broken If land. The passengers and crew were pioked op by the steamer lona. The vessel was owned by Jobn Ryan, and waa uninsured, Wellington, March Is. Mr Ballanca intends to introdooe a Bill fa the House of Representatives giving effect to the report of the Old Soldiers' and Volunteers' Claims Commission. ' The Minister of Public Works, and probably tho Colonial Secretary, will; be present at the opening of the Woodv.lteNapier Railway. The Premier Intended to be present, but the Lyfctolton csso, 1 m which be Is engaged, will prevent him. The members of the permanent Artillery, who have been reoeivlng instructions m big gun drill here, are to' be distributed among southern batteries shortly. ; A shipment of rook oysters from Auckland were eeiz3d to-day, as the o'bse season la not ended, and the oonsigneea will be proceeded against. ; The Wellington sheep district U declared clean, and tho Onehuuga diatriot tnd the ooanty of Wairarapa North: to be infected. ■ An .order m Oounoil from Viqtoria appears m the Gazette to-night, prohibiting the importation Into that oolony of cattle Buffering from tuberculosis. Hokitika, Maroh 18. The Borough Ooucoil last night p»sßed » resolution, on the motion of the Mayor — " That the importation of kauri and other timbers for the construction of railway bridged or other public works iv the district is expensive, unnecessary and an injustioa to Went Und, and that it be pointed out to the Minister for Publio Woiks that the district abounds with suitable timbers for the conatruociou of inch works " A youog man named Samuel Johnston left his hi me at Kokatahi on Wednetday morning for a day's shooiing, and has not been seen or heard of. It is feared that he has met with a fatal aooident. Dukedin, Maroh 18. A case m which W. Stuart sought to recover £23 invested on a horse which did not win at the recent race meeting, was to have come on to-day, but was adjourned till April Ist ; Bhhop Neville Is about to try the experiment of utilising a atreatn whioh nine through his property, to supply motive power for electrically lighting his ra*:clenoe, and to drive ohaff-cnttiDg and other machinery. The Protection League recently decided to ask Mr Mills, the candidate for Port Chalmers how far he waa prepared to go to proteot local industries. A reply was received to-night from Mr Mills stating that he waa a freetrader, fie recognised that the industries of a new country required encouragement at their initiation, but this could be best afforded by honuees. He considered the present tariff already afforded a very fair amount of protection. Nearly all the Friendly and othor Societies fcava decided to tike part m the demonstration on laying the foundation stone of Burnß* Btatue. The Good Templars have avoided a direot refusal by stating that as moßt of the members belong to other organisations, probably they would be inadequately represented, and they therefore refrain from taking part