INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume v, Issue 1533, 15 April 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

i Auckland, April 14. The contents of the atomaob of the Rev Renata Tangata, one of the Maoria who ded from eating of the tinned meat recently, were sent from Mongonui for anal) aia by the District Analyst, The relatives of the other victims refused to permit the contents of. their atomaohs to be taken for analyaia The Auckland Soolety of Arts Exhibition waa opened to-nignt by a converse* zlone, which waa orowded to excess. Mr M'Kechnle, vice-Preßident, m the abaenoe of the President, Mr Jamea M'Ooah Clark at the Thamea, delivered the opening addreaß. Thia Bhovr of pioturea la splendid and nothing equal to it hn yet taken place m Auckland, The Society rejected 1500 pioture for want of wall apace ln the new gallery ; £00 pictures were hung m all. Napibr, April 14. I Major Garner hae announced hia intention of proceeding for libel against the Wellington " PoBt " and the Press Aaaoclatlon for a paragraph pnbllahed by the former, and telegraphed by the latter, to the effeot that the Defence Minister, after enquiry, bad determined to dismleß Major Garner, one of the alleged grounds being aßsault by him on a Volunteer ln uniform . He denies that there was any enquiry into hia charge, and stateß that the firat he haa heard of the affair was the paragraph m question. He was never asked for any explanation or defence, although the regulations provide for enquiries into all auoh chargea. Wellington, April 14. In the Supreme Court the jury m the Waltera' oaae returned a verdict of "Not Guilty," and the prisoner was acquitted. Thia afternoon Constable Walker arreated a woman named Elizabeth Trenner£, wife of a dealer residing m Oourtenay Plaoe, on a charge of reoeiving a quantity of plate aad wearing apparel J which, it ia alleged, waa stolen by the convict Crabtree, during the time he was • at large, from the house of Mr John Knowlea, Sydney street. 1 In the action Leltch and M'Mahon v | "Evening P030," the jury, after retiring | three-quartera of an hour, returned a verdict for plaiDtiSa, damages £150. The ' Judge allowed ooata on the loweat scale. Dunedin. April 14. A fire broke' out thia afternoon m a 1 amall wooden houaa m Hanover atreet, occupied by Alfred Merritt. Merritt waa m bed at the time, and waa burnei about the face and handa m escaping. He oannot account for the fire. The building waa'insured m the New Zealand office for 150. In J the Polica Court to-day, Michael Soulihan waa fined £50 and forfeiture for fraudulently neglecting to enter In hia brewer's book, aa required by the Beer Duty Aot, the removal from hiß brewery of three hogabeads of bear Bold by him iv January.