INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1760, 7 February 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

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AvexLAHD, February 6. The question of proportional repreaenta* Moo In tbe Hou«e ie &.t present being mu«h dhouascd, and at a meeting of the Radical Reform Loapnct held to-night a motion waa carried •firming the do«ir« ability of altering the preaent eyatem m the dlreotion known aa the Hare method of representation. Numerous robberlea hare ooourred durlog the p»»t seven or eight daja, the work ot the thieves being performed la a manner that leavea little doubt that it la the reailt of fha fff jrn of an organised gang. The roddeuoa of Mr ISponner, Ourlton, Q)re road ; Wra Whitson, M»nukau road; Mr W. R. Walker, Oresoatt ro»d, ParneU; Mr J. Donnelly, B i^hton rond, and other hon«ea have been entered daring the pait week, and several artiolos stolen. There ia at preaent no olue to the Identity of the thieves. Wblmnoton, Febrairy 6. The ateamer OreM has bean seztd foe wages due to her officer* and arew. 1 Blenheim, February 6 I The Awatere Rabbit Board to-d»y deoided to request Government to obtain a quantity of ralorobea of ohloken cholera from M. Pastour, and ask permission for tbe Board to experiment with sfcme on rabbits and »heep on an uninhabited Island m Qioen Charlotte Sound. j Dunedif, Febra^ry 8. ; The Directors of the Eq>ii able lavestment Soolety are able to deolare a dividend of 7 per cent for the year. A fishing boat, oeoapied by three insn, w«a atraok by • aea while crossing the bar on Sunday, and awamped. The men were reteued, very mnoh exhausted, by another boat following, hat the boat has not been aeen alnoe, McKennle, one of the men, la atill In a prostr«te condition. It la currently whispered here that Gipay Hlng la not well, and la an unlikely starter for the Dunedln Cup. On Saturday night there waa a commission m tbe market to lay off Gipsy King money, and he ia not likely to lons oooapv the uOalliltiu of fl.*V f^..lr ci i *Ud Lady Norah have hardened.