INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1721, 21 December 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

» , — Auckland, December 20. The opening of the Calliope Dock has been postponed till February, when Admiral Fairfax will revisit Auckland, and the warship Calliope will probably be docked. One of the applications made to Judge GUUes In Chambers this morning waa from Mr J. M. Speed, solicitor, who applied that the Registrar of the Supreme Oourt should be anmmoned to show cause . hy, In consequence of certain allegations the Judge should not tax a particular bill of coats made out by Mr Speed. His Honor denounced the proceedings as scandalous, and ordered the affidavit off the file. He hoped the law society would move In the matter. Mr Speed says h's only course is to request the Minister of Justloe to grant him an Inquiry on the subject. A aamplo cf stone from Dent's land at Kaltara near Whangarel, yielded 16dwt Bgr of bullion per ton, the anaay value being L. a <}d. Mast, rtqn, Deoember 20. The " Walrarapa Dally " reports that the rumored mineral discoveries at Eketahuna are stones About the size of a small pin's head, whioh have been pronounced by the Assistant Government Geologist to he rabies. He also reports that tbe formation of the land In the district Is favorable to mineral discoveries. Wellington, Deoembor 20. The offioial report on the oopper deposits found near WQQdvllle showed that portions of the ore hava been found to contain 3L78 per cent of oopper, Mr Henry Stilling, a very old resident at the Hutt, died on Sunday evening. His wife died twenty-four boars after be? husband. It ia reporlei In oommerc'al circles that Messrs Sargood, Ewen and Co have bought out the business of Haroourt and Co of this oity. The prioe Is said to be about £34,QP0. Tha body of Mark Macallum, alleged to have embezz'ed £300 from his employers, Soottand MoLean, and for whose arreat a warrant was issued, has been found ia the ! Msngamaltl Lake, Hawke's Bay, It is '. •opposed to be a oaso of suloide. | la reference to the reported robbery q! | a mall bag from Matata, near Tauranga, , referred to m a telegram to-day, the Post Office authorities reoeived Information 1 that a portion of the contents had beet) ' found at Maketo. < Dunedin, December 20, ' : In bankruptcy to-day Judge WilHaiqi i ] sentenced J, H. Kllgoojr to fourteen r days' Imprisonment; for two offences I under the Act, He said grots negligence was shown by fta. debtor ty pot IjevlDg I