INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1832, 4 May 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Tpßa PKESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, May 3. A shocking accident occurred at Hainil ton yesterday evening on Captain Steele'f estate, at the house of a settler named Redford - The elder members of the family were engaged m the fields some distance away, and one of the children, who were left iv the house, a little gir five years of age, approached too near the fire, with the result that In a moment she was enveloped m flames An alarm wat given, but the ilamea were not extinguished until the clothes nf the poor child had been literally burned from her body. The little giri's injuries were bo severe that she died this morning. A bloik of land iv the Bay of 'lslands district belonging to Mr Win, Earl was Bold today to a Company of gentlemen m Sydney for the purp so oE mining for ciunibar, from which quicksilver is obtained. The are 450 acres m the land fcold, and the prico obtained was £10 pot aore Mr W. A. Hunt visitei the locality several months ago and reported favorably oi the laud, and ia consequence o£ this report a sale was effected. The existence of cinnabar at this place has b en kuown for many years, and Professor Hutton has at different times brought away Bmall quantities of mercury. Systematic mining is Bhortly to bo commonced oa the property. A public meeting was held to-night at Lorm Btreot Hall for the purpose of considering the property tox The Mayor, Mr Dovore, presided, and several Auckland members of the General Assembly were present, Sir Woo. Grey being amongst the speakers. The following resolutions were adopted :— l. That m the opinion of this meeting the property tax, m the preeent state of the colony, is inequitable and oppress vo, and it is advisable that it should be repealed 2. That a tax on land values, exclusive of improvements, be at once imposed. It was resolved to present a petition to the House of Representatives, praying for a repeal of the property tax, and a Committee wai appointed to carry out the resolution. Wellington, May 3. Mr Joseph Giles, Ji. M. is gazetted a Commissioner for the purpose of the New Zealund Extraditiou Act. Mr Wm. Gibbs is gazetted R,M. at Nelson, with jurisdiction at £100. Mr Leonard Stove is gazetted Examiner of Standing Orders on Private Bills. Parrelly wa< sentenced to three months for indecent assault. Amended conditions for a reward of £20,000 for the discovery of new goldfields are published to-night as follows : — 1. The maximum A\\m offered w a reward for any proved discovery of a new goldfield m accordance with there conditions ia — £5000 for the North Island, and £5000 for the Middle Island. 2. The newly discovered goldfiold must be situated not Igsb than forty miles from an existing goldfield, or any oxisting working 3. No reward shall be payable until 50.0000zi of gold have been produced from the newly discovered field witbia three years from the date of its beiug registered. No prospecting ia to be made on Native lands without consent of owner. Dunemn, May 3. The Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company have deoUred a dividend of 5 per cent for the year. Mr Alfred B:unton, the evangelist, against whom damages were recently given by a jury m an actioa brought by Mra D'Albedyhl, haa filled a declaration of lnaolvonoy. At the annual treating of the Standard Property and Investment Society, which has been established for twenty-one years, It was resolved that aft It was unable to oontlnne business profitably the Society be wound up. The meeting was a stormy one, and some grave charges were made against some of those connected with it.