INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1871, 19 June 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(PISR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . Auckland, Jane 18. Me Henry Riding, an old Auokland resident, died to-dny. An Inquiry Into the wreck of the barqae Sophia R. Luhra waa held to-day, The decision was to the efiVot that the wreck vras caused by the parting of . tbe ship's cable. No blame wag to be attached to tbe officers, and their certificates were, therefore, retornbd, ■ D, Parker, teller m the Colonial Bank of New Zailand at Cambridge, left the bank premises on Saturday morning and not having since returned is believed to hava abac; n led. Defalcations m his accounts are reported. la a letter to a friend ho statea h's intention to commit suicide, but this is believed to be a blind. Wellington, Jane 18. Lieutenant Colonels Butts and Hume, and Captains Doug'aa, Ooleman and Falconer, hava been Appointed ft Oomrakalon to revioa the volonteer regulations. . By the Aoraogl the appllancaa to be naed m the endeavor to get the ship PJelone off Walkanae beaoh, have arrived. Operations are to be commenced frithojit delay. A Malay seaman belonging to the oiblo repairing ateamar, Sherrard Oaborne, wss to-day fined for smuggling three pounds of tea ashore. Sir Harry Atkinson, the Premier, is sufficing from irflqeoz* tending to pleurisy. He ia being, attended by Dr Kemp, who has ordered him oomplete reat and will not allow him to carry on any correspondence whatever. As it ia doubtful whether Sir Harry will be able ]to resume his Parliamentary duties tomorrow the Cabinet will maet In the morning to deofda whether the Tariff Bill shell tie proßsmded with. Mr S. J. Martin, of Melbourne, has been appointed Resident Secretary of the National Mutual Life Aaaoclatlon. Chbistohtjrch. June 18. Elfeibeth Harvey Maddern, five and ahalf years old, died In the hoipital tonight from burns. Her mother left her at hom9 while she took two other ohildren to school On returning Bha found the child m the garden with her clothes on fire. The' mother was burned badly on the arms extinguishing the flames. The father Is a rope maker living m Syden-. ham. . Dunedin, Jane 18 At a meeting called by circular to-day it wan rooolved — " That thla meeting} deploring the faofc that gambling prevails to a moat disastrous extent, and believing that the evil Is feßtered by the totallsator, reaolveß to take steps to eeonre the repeal of those Beotlons of the Gambling and Lotteries Aot which makes gambling a legal transaction. " A Commit t3e was appointed to take the necessary steps', and draw up a petition to the Legislature. IuVEROABpiLL June 18. The congregation of St Paul's Presbyterian Church have resolved to $11 the vacancy In the pastorate caused by tbe removal of the Roy M* liordon to Melbourne, by the rocommeadatlon of a special committee appointed, A peculiar decision waa given by two J.P.'s. Ono tradesman charged another wiih spitting on a window. Defendant had said at the time that if he did so it was nnlntentional and thst he would oleau the window. This complainant would not allow him to do. The Justices , found the offence proved and bound defendant over to keep the peace for six mouthy Tbe purlieu awe- not m the Btme line of busi'iesfl aiVd tad had no quarrel. An n[ p al 'to the " Supreme'" Cburt ia talked of.