INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1762, 9 February 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Pi?B PjRBSa ASSOCIATION .j Auokla-ND, February 8 At a meeting of shareholders of tho Marltoto mine yesterday, it waa decided to tha mlnft at the sum originally offered, sell viz., £10 000 m ossh and shareß, and thu meeting adjmrned for a fortnight to oommnnioate with H. S. Mnyere*, repre sentative of a Sydney syndicate, as to hi* willingness to take the property on thestconditions. WbUiINOTon, Fnbi-uary 8 MoO >U, owner of the horsa P^b iattion, has commenced an aotlon a.a'oat thb Wnllln^ton Raoing Olub or the recovery >l the stake* m tbe Selling aca for whloh Fabrication oama m first but wa> disqualified at the flott on Saturday lan. '

An aotlna of oonsld^rabie Importance, the prospect of which has alreaoy awakened no little interest In oommercijl circles, is likely to o*>me before th« Supreme Oourt m the course of the n xt few weeks. PUintifls are a well known local hardware firm who seek to reo >ver i damages for slander from a prominent bank manager. Ths persona conoorued are naturally reticent on the aobjaot, but it is known that a writ has bean a«rvod upon the fioanoler claiming £2300 damages or an ample apology. Ihe ' »lloa;ed defamation- was contained m a ootnmuoioation made to m third person m the oouraa of bu3loesa, whloh had tbn ff ot of damaging plaintiff*' oredlt with that person. At the Magistrates Oourt this evening, W, A. Ohong (« Ohinaman) And bis wiu (* European) were on remand, charged with the murder of the infaut ohild of the latter.. After the evidence for the proiaoullon, aoouaed reserved their defence and w«re committed for trial, By direction of theMfniater for Defence, the Commissioner of Police (b making enquiries into thoolrcumstsnceo attending 'he arrest by the Westport police recently of a man named John Gardner, whose description In no way tallied with that of tha pera' n " wanted "

The new Oommlaeinn of the Ponoa Is now being revised and will shortly be published. Bokitiea. February 8 The reef (n the William Tell wnn, Oedar Greek, has now wl tened to 4ft of solid quart z, and is attll ahowlng good Chwstohtjkch, February .7. General Whitmore/inspeotfd the volun teera tonight. Thora ware 1010 man on parade including 3 0 oade a. Before tbe parade the General's horse boltpd and he waa thrown, receiving a a^vere shaking. Tbe Public Wurka Department have dln.iha.rnnd tbe old men who were employed at the domain. One of them had been .etQffefcKpd for 16 yoars. Thoy have been offrfrea passea to no to Kulkoura road, , out are incapable of doing work the: p. Dunkdin, February 8 Lady Norah ia bo muoh ir jured that she had to be left at Ohrlstohoroh.

Messri Williamson, Garner and Mai grove o >iiieaip]«U an early descent on New ZutUnd with their E-iglish Opera Oomptay now m Sydney It ts propoe* d that the tour shall oommenoe In Dunedin about ths end f \pril.