INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
Auckland, Jane 15. Tho matter of subscriptions towards the Imperial Institute has been completely Ignored by the Auckland Volunteers. The contributions at present amount to nil.
A punt race for £60 a-alde and the championship cf the Northern Wairoa, was rowed on Saturday last on th» Northern Wriroa river, between A. White of Mercury $ay (the champion), and H. Brown. White took the lead soon after the start and maintained it to the finish, winning easily by foar length*. A new Volunteer corps — The Royal Irish Rifles— has been formed here* Wellington, June 15. In tho divoroe Court a deoreo tits* was granted m tho case of Nelson v Nelson i the husband's petition on the grounds of the wife'a . adultery. Iv Norris v Norris, I the 'wife's petition on the ground of desertion and adultery, a decree absolute was granted. Grrymouth, June 15.
Murphy and Arnus, formerly navvies, were arrested at Ahaura, and oharged with several breaches of the Polios Offanoea Act, and sentenced to four days' imprisonment. They had also inveigled ft girl of fifteen away from bomej and had her with them for a few days. She wm sent back fa her parents. On the ooaoh arriving with them the girl's mother assaulted the male delinquents with her natural weapons. The Eduoatlon Board aat till this morn* ing. The principal part of the business was cutting down salaries of teachers, the expenditure being £600 per annum beyond their inoome They oat down the majority of country teaohers 10 per cent, and town school teachers muoh more. • A owe of stone-walling ocourred over the salary of the Greymouth seoond teaoher whioh watf out down from £270 to £200.
DuNEtfift, June 15. Two men, John Atkinson and John Hunter, were committed for trial for rob* bing and assaulting Jamss Hand. Ths men had been drinking, together, and when walking m the street the proseoutof was assaulted and robbed of £5.
The gale whioh prevailed yesterday has subsided somewhat, but he ivy rain continued to fall all day, and to-night shows no blgn of clearing up,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1586, 16 June 1887, Page 2
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348INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1586, 16 June 1887, Page 2
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