INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1654, 5 September 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Sap! ember 4. The Insurance companies hare come to a general understanding to rebuild, In oases of loßsei on buildings destroyed bjr fire, wherever it can be conveniently done, and this case haa been already pursued m some cases. A Lee magazine rifle, Bald to be thefint of the kind ever received In the colony, has come to the order of Mr Whitney, of the Auckland Cartridge Factory. It will bo sent to Wellington for trial. Tauranoa, September 3. Borne Natives took possession of a farm leased by a settler named Corbetfc, and also of the stock and implements. The ground for the aotion taken Is that Oorbett's title is Incomplete. Gisbornb, September 1. The Harbor Board has determined to apply to Parliament for enlarged powers dealing with its endowment. It hag bean found impossible to get anyone to touch it on the conditions the Board can now afford to give. The blook 1b one of 44,000 acres, right m the back country, manf mlleß from a road. The Board la Anxious to get something from the land to lenea | the amount to be raised by rater. Some half-dozen of the exaesslve number of lawyers who have been located hert have left, or are about to leave. In the Makari oaae, whioh has just bten decided by the Appeal Court, litigation of various kinds has been pending for twelve years, and the costs amount to many thousands. The diffioalty arose ont of tho complicated state of tho Native land law; Wellington, September 4, The parcel post system will be oommenoed on October lat. The Colonial Secretary states that the question of the . Government tunning special trains on the day of the eleotions for the purpose of enabling persons who have both oountry and town votes to exercise their full franchise, is now being considered by the Ministry, Mr Baokley haa urged that the proposal should bt> carried into effeot it only for financial reMonit Grbymouth, September 3. There was a very heavy rainfall last night, with much thunder and lightning! Many of the residents waited up very latt, being apprehensive of a flood, bat the river did not rise dangerously high. It was found this morning that a wooden lining between tbe wharf and the Mawhera quuy had given way at the transit shed, and let one Bide of it down considerably. The wood la old and rotten. Had it given way at the same place during tho last heavy flood the result might have been most disastrous to the towa. Tho members of the Harbor Board and Borough Council are taking steps to seoure the break by opening up theweak place and filling it with heavy stone rubble. There appears to be no danger or Bigns of a fl >od at present Grbywouth, September 4| Mr Joseph Kilgour, proprietor of tho Tynside Colliery, and who was the meana of selling tho Blackball Coal lease to a syndicate, recently took up some abandoned ooal leases north of Coal Creok, and sent out prospectors. They hare returned, bringing a splendid sample of coal, and state that they have found several seams of coal, each only a few chain 8 away from the other, and 6ft and Bft thick, though one of them has not been quite cleared from the top of the face to the bottom. The sample of coal is very much tho same as that of Coal Creek, and is thought to be the continuation of the Ooal Creek seam. The two proper ieß are nearly equal distance from Uroymouth. The Railway Department are taking >)tep3 to prevent any damage from tho lining of the wharf giving way. Very heavy rain fell last night and this morning, but the river is not dangerously high.