INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1878, 27 June 1888, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(pie press association.) Garteeton, Juno 26. John Bay, only eutvivicg son of Mr Thomas Ray, was thrown by a young horse th : a morning. He sustained sovero concuseion of the brain, and is not yet conscious, Wellington, Jane 26. The Public "Works Committee of the City Council recommended the Coancil last night to refuse the uso of tho Baßin Besrrve for football matches with the Native team and the Englishmen. A pamphlet issued by the New Zealand Company m London wa§ received by lafct mail. Attached to it is a meraf . m which the following important paragraph occurs: — "The slowness of production up to thia time is due to tho fact that from the date of the agreement tc purchase (10th August) till the formal taking over of the property by Sir William Fitzherbert m February last, a period of tix mon lib, the mine wsb virtually at a standstill, although by the terms of the contract the vendors were bound to keep the work m full and effectual operation for the benefit of the new Company, charging all expenses to the purchasers The Directors are advised that for this breaoh of contract and consequent loss to the shareholders m diminution of dividend the vendors can be held accountable, and they have accordingly instructed the Company's solicitors m New Zealand to contest an unpaid balance of £4000, and to lodge a claim against the vendor Company now id liquidation for £8000 damages, attaching m the tgeantime the purchase money Which is stall m the hands of the official liquidators. Dctnedin, Jane 26, A man named Gworgo Reid was lost m the enow m the Upper Thieri, aboit a fortnight ago, on the Beaumont range. Search parties have failed to recover tlio body. ' ■ • * ' Vl