INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1691, 20 October 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Ootober 19. At a meeting of the City Schools Com mitteo, held last night, a sub Committe was appointed to consider tho advisability of establishing classes for technioal education m connection with City sohools. Mrs Laohlan M'Qowan, a well knowi member of the dramatic profession, diet last night. Tho deceased lady resided ii Auckland for some years. A petition, similar to that set afoot ir Wellington, protesting against the preeenl Education Act, was largely signed by the Roman Catholics of this City on Sunday last, and will shortly be presented to Par- [ liament; An open boat bas been picked up al Whanapore, andjit is feared that five persons, Mi«s Rebecca Hobbs, Mrs Hobbs, and threo natives, who left Russian Bay m the boat, have been drowned. Wjslungion, October 19, While sinking an artesian woll on Mi J. O. Crawford's property at Miramar, an escape of gaß was discovered, ancTnpdn a light 'being applied the gas Ignited. Two bottleß of gas have been forwarded to Sir James Hector for analysis. At the meeting of the Wellington Philosophical Society this evening, Dr Hutchison was for the third successive year nominated as representative of tbe Society on the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. Hokitika, Ootober 19. The Humphrey's Gully Company Invite tenders for letting their claim on tribote At a meeting of the Land Board, the Westport Coal Company, who are propi ietors of the Wallsend and Ooalpitboath Mines at Brunnerton, applied for a new ! lease of alxty.three years, the same as tho Brunnerton mine. The Board deolded to grant tha Wallsend lease for the time named, provided the Oompany'e output for the first seven years be 60,000 tons per annum, the fourteen j ears following 80,000 tons per annum, the remaining portion of the time 100,000 tons per annum ; royalty to_ the Grown sixpence per ton. Both mines will be worked from the Wallsend shaft, the Ooalplthoath being reached by a tunnel under the Grey river, a large portion of whioh la alrAaifo maAa

Christchuroh, October 19 Mr James Durward, shareholder m lhe company formed here to work the VVaitoa goldJield, who is acting aB mining expert m Auckland, m connection with tne Ohrjetchuroh Syndicate, has sent the foi- I lowing telogram to a friend here : " Don't sell my share, would not be fair, as 1 am now satisfied something is wrong " Dunedin, Ootobor 19 Two young man, Wm. Guy and Andrew L3ckle, who amused themselves by breaking the windows o f tlupß and houses between three and four iv the morning, m one case seriously frightening a dying girl m one of the houses, were fiued £1 on tho four diarges, and ordered to pay the damages or ten days' Imprisonment. The money was not paid. Io ihe patent case,- Stokes v Clarke, Mr Justice Williams gave judgment for i plaintiff, with costs. .