INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
» [PER PBESS ASSOCIATION J. Wellington, Jane 24. The Divorce Court was occupied yesterday m hearing the cases Wilkinson V Wilkinson, Moeller v Moeller, and Souflott y Soufloot. In each instance it was the wife's petition for dissolution of marriae;e on the grounds of the husband's cruelty and adultery. The Chief Justice granted a decree nisi m each case. .. Application has been made m Chambers on behalf of the Law Society to strike Mr Willougbby Brassey, solicitor, of Gisborne, ofE the rolls on the grounds of misconduct with regard to the County Ooun - ■oil. After argument, the Chief Juslico did not consider the grounds sufficient for striking off the rolls or suspension. The cable repairing steamer Shererd Oaborne, while grappling foe a portion of the broken cable, by some means severed the single wire oable rrom Wellington across Cook's Strait and broke ic. The whole of the work for the South la therefore thrown on the cable from Waoganoi, and necessarily there must be considerable delay m the work. It is expected, with fine weather, that the Sherard Oaborne will soon repair the recently broken cable. The detective authorities assert that they are aware of the party who committed the burglary at Petone railway station last Sunday morning, bat owing to the difficulty of identifying the; money which comprised the stolen property, they laak evldenoa to sheet the crime home. They, however, expect fresh developments during the week whioh will enable them to offeot three or four arreeits. The suspects are men who have already undergone sentences foe housebreaking, eto. Blenheim, Jane 23. 4- very Jsndden death took place |ast evenipg. One Joseph Walton attended the B.M. Court as a witness for hjs brother Jacob, defendant m a suit for damages to a horse and trap, and gave evidence. Driving home to Onamatntu he became ill, and was taken back to town. A doctor was sent for, but death occurred just as the doctor came m. The cause was heart disease, The sad affair caused quite a eensatioa. Dunbdin, Jane 23. Eight prisoners are on the criminal calender for the sittings, commencing on Monday week) including two charges of horse stealing, and one for murder. The racehorse Bhifnal was sold by auction on Saturday for 123 guineas, to Mr S. J. Mercer. W. Thomson, a well-known ex-publican, fell over a bank 30ft' high on Saturday, and was severely injured, being unconsoious for some time. Hopes of his recoverj are entertained. Blufj, Jane 23. ! On the arrival of the s.s. Mararoa, Edward Landoff, a passenger from Dunedin, was arrosted by Sergeant Nickle, on a Dunedin warrant, charged with obtaining goods under false pretences. He will be brought before the local Justices and remanded to Dunedin. This. is the third runaway who has been stopped here during the past tbrae weeks, and, considering each steamer to Melbourne nowadays ia closely packed, the local polio a deserve credit for their Bmartnosg. * The barque Annie Bow put back to-day, owing to having lost all her' deck cargo and the refusal of the men to work. She was on' her way (o Adelaide with a cargo of timber, and wi}s then a hundred mlle^ away when she met heavy weather. The men gqt soared and refused to go on. Isq damage was done to the vowel.
threatened him with violence unleeß he retraoted an article published m " L'l~trsnslgG»nt," He defended himself with a revolver till the polloe arrived and drova oat the assailants. Henry Villard, formerly connected with the Northern Paotfio Railway, m now 1 m Berlin, and, according to the " Z-iitang," Is planning a German expedition to tha South pole. Tbe socialist war In Germany ia being carried on with great activity by members of the Society, and corresponding severity on fje part of the Government. A plot waa discolored on May 22nd to overturn a train on which King Milan returned to Belgrade. It was ferreted out by thePrefeot of that city. Government and private gnn works !n I' ranee and Germany are running night •nd day. Tbe first railway train from the Caspian Sea arrived at Samarcand on May 27th. There Is a likelihood of a branch to Herat. A report raaobed London on May 28 <h from Egypt that Osman Dlgna'a camp had been burned by incecdiarloe, m order to compel him to retreat. Two thousand of his followers are said to have perished. Lord James Douglas, brother of the Marquis of Qieensberry, was sent to prison on May 31st by Lord Jaatico Ohltty for sending indecent cards and notes to Mabel Scott, a ward m Chancery. The agitation m Wales against tithes is Increasing. Tba military were compelled to disperse the orowd at Denbigh en lat Jane. Mr Spargeon Is about to Initiate a movement for the federation of tbe Baptist congregations who share his views. An official report to Parliament, June Ist, shows that nine of the largest new fronolads are still without ordnance, and ■ome have remained so for three years. A secret investigation will be held into the circumstances. The Sooial Parity Association of London secured the support of several Commoners In tbe plan to coerce tbe Government Into Abandoning tbe present system of tbe regulation of the social evil m India, The Government of Oongo State has received advices that Dr Mongold, of K«il, Is about to lUrt In search of Stanley, the explorer. A despitch from Ottawa, May 31st, says that just before he left Canada Lord Lsmdowne, ex-Qovernor-General, was Mked by the Home Government to Influence the calling of the Canadian Australian Conference with a view to promoting commerce between the colonies. One of the chief features is to be the laying of a cable across the Paoifio. The matter was taken In hand. The dominion Government agreed to co-operate In the •ntvey of the Pacific Oo&atfor the purpose named.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1876, 25 June 1888, Page 2
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977INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1876, 25 June 1888, Page 2
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