INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1527, 7 April 1887, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

' Auckland, April 6. Of the 36 Chinese by the Waihora, only 14 paid poll tax. All, with the exoeptlon of these, hay« exemption certificate, with permits to leave the colony and return within stated perlodi, and oo ritnrniDg to their frieuds, Gisboenb, April 6. A man named Rye, one of Oaptain bead's pensioners, dropped dead on Toesday from heart disease, He was well* known at the Thames. A man named Foster, aged 35, lately la the employ of Mr Adair, a draper, was found dead In the bash at Tearal on Monday, with a gun by his eide and a gunshot wonnd In the abdomen. At the inqaest, a verdict was returned of " Shot himself whilst m a state of temporary Insanity." Wanoandi, April 6. A'yonng Maori man was arrested Hits Afternoon for an attempted criminal •malt on A Maori girl, seven years of age. Nelson, April 6. The oatt bridge, eight hundred feet long, over the rivers Motueka and Hotnplko at their juncti- n, and on the main road to the West Coatt, was formally opened by Mr John Berr, M.H.R., today. A cabdriver named John M'Oormlck fell ffiom his cab last night, and though his Injuries were not considered very serious, he died this evening. DuNßDi£, April 6. At a meeting of the Presbytery to day, permission was granted to the First Ohurch to use instrumental music, and a protest made agalntt it was disallowed. Mr James Mills was the only candidate .nominated to-day for the Port Oh aimers t*e*t m the House of Representatives,' and she was deolared duly elected. Information has been received that J, W. Salmond who went Home bb holder of the Gllohriet Soholarßhlp, passed the ZiL.B. degree at the London University, coming out first with honors, out of 36 candidates.