INTERPROVINCIA. NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1722, 29 November 1887, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIA. NEWS

At. cki. and. November 28 * The Committee of the Auckland Indus- f trial ABBOciatlon have passed a resolution t expressing the opinion that the question of a protection to local industries of iqual im- r Eortance with that of retrenchment, and c aye decided to sak all the Auckland members who favor projection to Bupport t the revision of the tarifl thiß session. Thames, November 28. f Richard Bodeo, miner, was killed to- t day when working m the Ssxon mine, c A mass of stuff fell on him, causing In- c itifltaneous death- He leaves a wife and * a large family. Ta-7BAH<_a, November 28. < At a public meeting to day it was i resolved to form a Prospecting Association J to keep prospectors testing the value of 1 coal deposits and quarlz reefs m the I distriot Proapectors reported having traced > coal fields over a rquare mile on the i ranges between Te Puke and the Hot 1 Lakes, and having found blocks of coal m < the rivers, ' There Is double tbe quantity of land « nnder maf?. this season compared with < laat season, i Wellington, November 28. In consequence of tbe moon being at ' Its fall, It has been decided to delay I farther tests of the electric light until 1 darker eveniDgß have set In. Mr Prince, cf Dunedin, has telegraphed to the Mayor ' tbat he intends to bring the Pelton wheel, i aclses of water motor which has lately been much In vogue on the goldfields, to Wellington, with which to drive the dynamo for lighting the city. Tbe next display will probably be made as soon as the moonlight is over. The case of the Sbaw-S vlll and Albion Company v. Timaru Harbor Board Ib still before the Court of Appeal. Mr Jas. Donald, J. P., of Featherston, had a narrow escape of belDg killed by a bull on his farm. Iv company with several others, he was engaged m dishorning an animal, when after one horn had been removed, the rope broke, and tbe ball got loose ln the yard. Mr Donald tried to Bccure it,butunfortunately nia efforts resulted m bis being savagely attacked by the beast, which gored him | with ita remaining horn, Inflicting serious Injuries In the neighborhood of his ribs, and one of hia legs, Mr Donald ilea m a prepsrlous condition. Chbiptchtjboh, November 28. The Beard of Governors of the Canterbury College to-day passed a resolution regretting that they are unable to make • grant to the widow to Sir J. Von Baast, Mr W. Langdon, one of the candidates for the Sydenham Mayoralty, has Instituted an aotion for slander for £ipOO dapages against his opponent, Mr A. £_. wjio how whbdfaws bis statement- aod offers to apologise. Mr Langfion refasesifhe apology nnlesa Mr powden sends a cheque for £100, to be devoted to pome charity. DpNEpiN, Novembor 23. At the Inquest en Alfred Hay, who died from the result a of • kick 'from a horse, the evidence showed that deceased j was a married man, wi«h a wife and { family at Oamaru. H$ visa walking behind the mail m»n, when the horse the latter was r'ding kicked bim. A verdict of accidental death was returned. A woman named Emily Dunbar was sent to gaol to-day under rather peculiar plrgun-Btances for stealing a jacket and umbrella. She had been charged with a similar offence last Tuesday, and to appear m Coart she had taken artloles from a woman she was staying with. It was stated ahe w&s respectfully conpectsd In Christchnrch, bnt there were some donbts as ip her sanity, and, as ehe bad been m tbe Christchuroh Asylum, the Eenph decided that, as ber friends did not teem Inclined to do anything for her, the kindest thing to de was. to peud he. to