INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1523, 2 April 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Aprill, •> The Bnhooner Buster, from th« Islaudi, .; to-day brought two ehipwrecked aailori . belonging to tbe Swediih brlgantine Danse, wicked on the Mtarbuolc l«land*£ but no lives were lost. .r^fefiijf' Missrs Mone Bros, have reoelvW^r cablegram from Captain Savoy, of the Auck'and schooner Energy, ttntiog that the vessel was totally wrecked near the Clarence river. No live* were loat. The Knergy left Melbourne for the Olarono* Jn bulast. to load piles and brick* for Melbourne. Wkllinoion, April 1. It has b^cn decided to bold an Army andNttvy Pensioners' dinner next Queen's Birthday Hie Agricultural and Pastoral Awociatlon haß resolved to rcqust the leading Associations In the colony to consider the question of removing tha restriction on the importation of atoofc and to addreßß the Government on. fcht subj'3Oh. "" .' : ■■'• ■•* fair J. Yogel to-day received information from the Secretary to the Treasury Department that the Ouatoma revenue for the financial year ended yesterday ii £120,800 under the es'imate, and the beet duty £1500 under tbe estimate. Mr Fraeer, a candldato for Te *ro>. received a vote of confidence from a meeting; of about 400 persons to-night He averred himself a supporter of the Government generally, and a freetrader, bat not, as he put it, "bald-headed." Ghbymouth, April I. In Hungerford and Mack ay 'b quarry on the north bank of the river at oobden, a blast dlßoloaed a large portion of a skeleton, apparently of the Saurian family. There are seven jointa of the vertebra and a number of ribs. Another portion of the name atone wai thrown over the tiphead before being noticed, but this will be recovered. The stone is several hundredweight, about 4ft by 2ft. It has been given to the School of Minan. The specimen underlies a mountain of hydranlio limestone, and appears to be thai of eomo kind of reptile. Ohristchuboh, April 1. The Executive Committee for the Jubilee Celebration has deotded to reoont* mend the erection of a status, any balance remaining after paying for it to be devoted to the Imperial Institute. Thia decision hna to be confirmed by ,the general oommittee.

OIM4ETT, April- L The boy Webatar, who was iojared by the horßo Ootntt bolting and falling, ii still unconaoloua. Ho is suffering from compreß*iim of the brain.

A banquHt was given to-Di/ht, m the Voluuteer Hall, m honor of Gunner M'Oorkiudalo, winner of the Carbine BbU. There waa a larga number preaeot, and the »fliir was a gre«t aucceas. There were Boeecbes, toasts, <^0., both civilians and Yoluntuora doing honor to tha ocoaaion.

Dvamiß April 1. Iv Obatnbers to-d»y a motion wai ofc. talned to at*y proceedings In the oase m whtoh M'Kei zia obtained dauagsi for breach <>f warranty iv regnrd to turnip Bood, acme of wlrch turned out to be rape seed.

mv ,> -, I » v «WA»»ltt > Ap||| t. Th 3 Kasident >j«»gt«tr.»t« today gave judgment for defendants i«- the notion to rooover .daojag s for aelliag a farmer Yorkahire fog for oockafoot seed, on the ground that uo ooneaot or agreement wi* uaaie botween the parties 'o supply o ok«> fnot From the plaintiffs caat>, it mu«t have beaa a sale by dencriptiou without warranty.