INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1873, 21 June 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

4 (PBR PRESS A8SO0IATION.) Auckland, Jane 20. The bank to'.ler, Parker, who Is believed to havo abuoonded from Cambridge, wan seen nt LioHield yesterday. His def iloatlonß amount to £150. The representative m Auckland of the timber syndicate, Mr d. Holdship, la now engaged In completing the purchase 'of various timber properties and having , stock taken prep>ratory to handing them iver to the new Company In oonsaqucnoa of this it h»H been found necessary m (some oaies to suspend operations for the tlma the Arrangements for ra«organitlug are bolng made, so that as soon as the Company enter Into poaieosion everything will be m complete working form. Very few ohanges are being made In the list of employees further thin those necessary for economy. Ttie prospectus of the Company la bolng prepared m Molbonrne and will shortly be. leaned, the anxiety for shares being very manifest. The desire of the promoters is to give the fulleit opportunity to the people of New Zealand to obtain such Interest as they may desire m order to allay any fear that might exist of a monopoly of foreign capitalists. Napieh, Jane 20. Porter, the absconding Cambridge Bank clerk, was arrested at Pohai to day A very heavy sea has been on for the last two days, and has done considerable damage to tho marine parade. At the harbor works some blocks were overturned, temporary work damaged, and the comtractors lost ,a good deal of plant. No injury has been done to the permanent work. The sea is the heaviest on record. Wellington, June 20. The Premier is improving m health though still confined to his bed and It la doubtful whether he will attend Parliament this week. The Walrarapa exhibition Is to be opened by Sir G. Grey to-morrow, who proceeds to Master ton by the morning train, when an addreas of welcome will be presented him; The total number of exhibits la 1500. A. Magisterial enquiry into the wreok of the steamer Hawea at New Plymouth commenced to day, before the R.M. and Captains Robertson and Fcaeer nautical assessors. Oaptaln Bansby was examined at length, bat no new fact elioited. He attributed the oauae of the wreck either to the vessel smelling the ground or a strong wind on the starboard beam. It was an impossibility for the vessel to have overridden her anchor, William Waller, chief officer, corroborated the evldenou of Captain Haasby. Osptila Holford, harbor master at New Plymouth, was also examined. Mr Bell, who appeared for the Customs, intimated that it was his Intention to call dlreot evidence that the vessel had struck upon her own anchor, and asked for an adjournment until Monday whioh was granted. Ohristchuroh, June 20. A post mortem and analysis have revealed arsenic m the stomach of Wm, Haste Wilson, who died suddenly yesterday. The lnqueat was aJjoarned for an enquiry ao to where the areenio was procured, An inqaeat was held at the hospital this evening on an old man named Peter Garrlty, who died fiom the effects of an accident which ooaurred on May 18tb, when both bis lego were brokon by his being thrown from a o»rt on the Pap»nul road. His horse was startled by the fall of a tree which was boing out down. The Jury retained a verdict of accidental death, with a rider that persons felling trees near a road should warn [•aaaongers In order to prevent accidents.