INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1694, 25 October 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Auckland, October 24 The £5 note, recentl> sent »b a bribe to a polioa o unstable, stationed north of Auckland, and which was at one time handed by him to the authorities, has been forwarded by Inspector McGoveri. to the Auckland Benevolent Sooloty. J. B Smith, of a Waltoa farm, who wap In Hamilton on Saturday, then stated that he onurted every investigation re speoting the apparent discovery of gold. He says that he is satisfied with the menalnenesa of the field, and that he ie not disposed to sell any of his shares, and furthar says that none of his party ban anything to do with the ssltit>g. If buo>> has been done. His firm belief was that the discovery ia not only genuine, bat will prove payable. Fraser and Sons 10-day completed the test of the staff from the properties of Qoald and Strange, at *Vaitoa. In the former case it was at the rate of 3* 4J per too, whllit the prodaoe of the bullion from Strange's ground iras at the rate of 13a per ton. A private telegram ecu tee 1 that 5 tons of Wattoa stuff was treated at Brown's redaction works, Thames, for Air Anderson, of Ohristohnrob, and yielded 5 Iwts of gold. It is stated that * telegram has been received at Hamilton from Waitoa, from three experienced miners, who have been prospecting there for the past tea days, and who state that the field ia no good. Wellington, October 24, A proclamation appearß m tho "Qazafcte" authorising the following regulation : — In any oase where a vessel arrrives at any port m New Zealand from any port of Tasmania, having on board a medical officer, who certifies m writing thatamallp»x did not exist on board such vessel at the time of sailing, and that no case of smallpox has developed itself on board soph vessel daring tne voyage, that he has within twenty four hours previous to the vessel's arrival inspected such veaael and all the passengers and crew thereof, and that thore It m his opinion, nothing to prevent the vessel's admission to pratique, and if aft 9« Inspection no symptoms of Bmallpox are discovered on suoh vessel by the he tit h officer, or a mediail practitioner assisting the health "ffioer m such inspection, then such vessel miy bo admitted to pratique. Two gardeners, hailing from theFlowery land, were to day fined m a nominal sum for working m their gardens on Sunday. Their exoase was that the weeds were growing ao fast that they bad to work to olear the ground. Oamaru, October 24. A young man named George Horan was drowned In the Otematala River on Tnnrsday Jaat. He was trying to take his dog out of the water, when he was swept off his feet and oarried away. Dunbdin, October 24 At a meeting of the Walrnea Plains Railway Company, it was deolded to wind up voluntarily, and sell the Company's land. The chairman, Mr Wales, said the loss to individual shareholders, when this was done, would be £1 18s per share, a not very encouraging result to those who had tried to. open up the In the Bankruptcy Oourt to-day, Jaatioe Williams deolded to suspend the order of discharge of H. B. Murray, for three months, as he had iv tha first instance refused to promise to leave the town, and his presence was necessary to wind up the estate, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, who were pasaengera per Coptic, from Capetown, were landed at H»bart. They intend ootning on to New Zealand after visiting Viotoria and Now South Wales.