INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1661, 13 September 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, September 12,

A young man named R. S. Wilson was charged to-dny at the Polico Court with forging a oheque for £7 on the Bank of New South Wales and remanded. Prisoner is respectably connected and Is a B.A. of Cambridge. A son of Mr Aamuss at Alexandra had a narrow esoape from death. He was riding after cattle, when the horse fell baokwards into an old well. The lad lucoeeded m getting but of the well uninjured, outtiog footholes up the eide aa steps. The horse was killed. Mr Evett has accepted the post of hsndicapper for the Auckland Racing Club, on tha amended terms submitted to him, which are practically the Bame ac those exiting last year. A private letter from Taupo Bt&tes tint Tongariro mountain shows unwonted signs of aotivity. For ten days past there have been frequent shocks and unearthly rumblings, and the Natives have been frightened from the settlement near by. A find of rich stone Is reported from Maungatautlri, beyond Cambridge. The stone was discovered by O'Neill and Hall, of Hamilton, and an assay which has been made at Auckland resulted m a yield of 336. z of gold and 1690 z of silver per ton. Messrs Smith and Sander have left Hamilton for the discovery, being determined to prove the value of Btone taken by themselves from the reef Wellington, September 12. At the Compensation Court to-day Mackay Bros claimed £1152 for injury to a farmof 713aorea, near Paikaklrikl, by the conhtruotlon of the Wellington Manawatn railway. An award of £327 103 was made by the Court. Sir J. Yogel addresses a public meeting here on Monday next. Sir Q. Grey also intends to address the Wellington public, but owing to ill health will be unable to do bo for some days. The well known thoroughbred stallion Ugly Buck was killed at Martinborongh on Saturday. It appears he attacked a pr?Z3 boar belonging to the same owner as himself, and the boar turned on the horse, and catching him by the throat tore open his windpipe, and severed bis jugular vein. Hokitiea, September 12. The Supreme Court sessions opened today, before the Chief Justice. W. Ross was convicted of forgery, sentence being deferred ; John Williams, larceny, was sentenced to two years ; Martin Maher, larceny, was aoqujtted. This oonoludea the criminal business. Three divorce oases will be taken tomorrow. A email rush haa taken place at Tucker Flat. The weather is still boisterous, with a succession of gales between nor'-west and south west. The sea is very rough. WE9xroKT, September 12. Tempestuous weather prevails. Six steamers are detained here and one at Mohikinui, consequently the ooal export is greatly hindered. There is hardly a household m town not suffering from the measles epidemic. Dunedin, September 12. An Illicit still has been seized by the police on the Pott Chalmers road, and the m%tter will come up m the Court tomorrow.