INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 747, 23 January 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Wellington, January 22. By the Walhora from Auokland thia morning, several buaaes and thirty-aix horses arrived, consigned to Messrs Cotteril and Young, who intend to _an m opposition to the city trams, the proprletora of whioh have not made any effort to extend their lines beyond those first laid. Tha busiea are likely to become very popular, aa th«iy will run to portions of the town where the tram doas not touch. To the prlnolpal reoreatlon grounds eaoh bus will ruu to the gate, whoreaa now the tram during the football season stops some hundred yards from the reaecve. The fares are to be the same aa the tram A Chinaman's store m Taranakl street was broken into last nUjht, and a quantity of tobacoo stolen. The police beleve larrikins are concerned m it

TheNew Zealand Alliance and Wealeyan Conference held a united temperance meeting m ahe Theatre Royal last evdnlnj?. The chair waa oooupiei by «ir Wm Pox, President of the Allianoe, The Kova. F. W. laltt and Mr W. J. Watkina represent the Wesleyans, Mr J. A. W. Adams, P.W.G.T, repreasntß the Good Templars, and Mr T. W. Glover the New Zealand Allianoe, The attendance waß poor.

Ddnbdin, Jmuary 22, The annual bowling ma 1 oh between the Dunedin and Caledonian Clubs was won by the former aftor an exciting game by 0;)e point.

It ia stated thai a solitary miner cleared £1000 out of a patch of ground m Old Man Range. There was a bitter oonteßt for the prlza for Gr»ao-Roman wrestling between J. J. Duuu, the champion's brother and Hudaon, and a good deal of ill-feeling ahown, eaoh man trying to get a atrangliug hold with suoh determination that tho referee had to m erfere at the finish of the big match. They rushed at each other and began fighting In real earnest, but the curtain was promptly lowered, and the men separated.

A mongooße or ichneumon has been captured at the North Shore, Auokland, after enjoying a long and suooeßaful course of depredation on the poultry and eggs. Thiais the creature that was to 'be imported to extsr. minate rabbits. Tha Wellington » Post »,» is strongly inclined to believe that if the' present Ministry weather the next session thero will only be one m the running for the appointment _f Agent.general, and that is the premier, Major Atkinson; himself. " ? 0 R9f 9N-RATS."— Clears out rats mioe, roaohes, flies, ants, bed bugs, beetles, insectg skunks, jaok-rabbits sparrows gophe At , ohemiiti and druggists. X