INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1774, 23 February 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

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Wellington. February 22. Afc a nieetirg of the Wollinuton Meat Company' <o-day It woe decided to cloao two of the three shops and concentrate business In the remaining ona. It Is probable that defeotivea stationed m towns like Wunganul, Oaraaru and Tlm>>rn will be romoved to chief centres. At tha present time several oonatablos m the largo cities aro doing defective work, and it is proposed to make them return to street duty, so aa to croato room for the detectives transferred from smaller towns

Government have engaged Mr Slcely, of the firm of Sicoly Bnd Co., surveyors and commission agents, Marton, to instruct the aettlera of R:*n£jltikei m the matter of eradicating the H.'Sjian fly peat. The deep furrow plough ordered to be aont to Rant(lt kel from tho Agricultural College, Lincoln, is now m Marton, and Mr Slcaly haa received it.structicns to lose no time m commo<icin» oporatious, which will consist m burning Btubbla and ploughing it m det ply. The order give to a Chrjatchurch firm to make two more ploughs has been countermanded, aa it hua been aßoertaiued that -two Jmplemj'ita of the kind are on board the ship PI- iides, nosy sixty days out, and can t?e procured on arrival.

The Minister for Lands haa received a telogram from the Ot>lef (Surveyor at Auaklaud, stating that two men have been arre?<ed on sufipiclnn of havlrg Het fire tv the Pahlpuhi for< Bt, with iho objaofc of getting at the kuuri gum more easily. Ranger Gtirrod, m charge ot the forest, recognised the accused as beiog Dear the bußh previous to the fire, and B;jwt of gom had been found In their possession. The imen, It appears, had licenses to dig for gara m the foreßt, but they and othors had be?n warned that on no account would they be allowed to continue operations during the summer months. The following are tha prizj takers m Art and Science under the examinations conducted by the J^'ducation Department : — Drawing — Fimt Pnza John MoLewd, Oanterbury ; second pnz), Wjlliam Burnelde, Otogo ; third prizd, Alfred Taylor, South Canterbury. Experimental Soienca — First prizs, Benjamin S. Bull, North Oanterbnry ; second priz* William O-. Don, Otago ; third prfz>, Taließoa Thomas, Wanganui.