INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1820, 20 April 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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New Plymouth, April 19. Joseph Watson Kennedy, a young man, a prisoner ,(n gaol, serving a sentenoe of two yearn for forgery m Napier, wat brought up before the R.M. foe refusing to work. Kennedy eorne ahort tltno since oharged a warder with giving tobaooo to a priaoner, bat at the hearing failed to substantiate the case. For bringing this groundless charge he was sentenced to ten dayß bread and water. He has been punished twloe by the Justices for refusing t.> work, and now waa brought before the R.M, for this offence. la reply to a question &aked, he^aald he waa not unable to work, but had iTls reasons which he did not wieh to expreaa. He was aware he was breaking the priaon regulations and should be punished for so dolcg. He was sentenood to fourteen daya' broad and water, and to forfeit thirty daya' (180) marks. Wanganui, April 19. At the local option poll there were seventeen votes m favor of an increase of publicans' licenses and thirty-eight ngalnßt ; twenty-two In favor of an increase of New Zealand wine licenses and thirty-six against. Nelson, April 19. Xa the Supreme Ooart to-day J. BuboS, who waa foand guilty of ehetp stealing yestorday, pleaded guilty to the charge of killing a flheep with intent to steal tho carcase. Ho wan sentenced to two years' hard labor on both oaEOa, the sentences to be concurrent. H. McLauchlan, for laroeny of £25 waß acquitted. This oonoladed the criminal cub 63, and the Court adjourned till to-morrow. Dunedin, April 19. ' The Harbor Board sat m Committee this afternoon on the question of retrenohment, and resolved to reduce expenses by £688. They resumed their deliberations on Monday. A meeting was held to-night of those Interested m tho project for an Industrial Exhibition In Dunodin m 1889. Tho Secretary, Mr Hastings, stilted he could get a guarantee for £5000 worth of shares tho amount estimated to bo required to set the scheme on foot. An Influential Committee was appointed to undertake preliminaries and ascertain what support was forth-coming. Mr Lirnach, C.M.G , left for Melbourne to d.*y, and as he may be absent some oonaiderable time he left an open pair for i the session. Ihveroarcull, April 19, At the Supreme Court, to-day, a case In which oonßldorablo interest was taken sraa concluded, Mrs Newall widow of me of the men killed In the collapse of jho Glenhnm tnnnel soma tlmo ago, sued Mr Mouzios, the contractor, for £1000 an k solatium for the death of her husband !V. speoial jury returned a verdict of £150 >n the ground that defendant had not icod Buffiulont dillgonoo In ascertaining vhothor tho man ho appointed to the thargo of the work waa mi export, Tho )uslnoßß of the sitting is oonoludod.