INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1886, 6 July 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

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Wbllinoton, July 5. In the JRenata Kawepo will case to-day two Natives oontradicted the testimony of the Von Archdeacon Williams, relative to a conversation m the Joying man's room shortly before death . xhe rev gentleman swore most positively that Ronata had told him a former will m favor of Broughton was to be destroyed, and h's property given to Mrs Donnelly but this evidence was flatly oontradicted by the two witoeßsea examined this morni»», who asserUd that Renata stated to Ihe Archdeacoa that Mrs Donnelly was not to have anything to do with his- will. At Gladstone yesterday Jobn Doraett, an old settler, waa killed by a tree while bußhfalling. A special meeting of the City Council was held this evening, toconsid r the resolutions passed at a meeting on Monday last A resolution that the Council should resign m a body, m consequence of the rote of the ratepayers at the p-üblio meetiag on the Wellington Corporation Leasehold and Financial Bill was withdrawn, and it was held that the Council had no authority to bring forward at tbis meeting a resolution that the Bill ba withdrawn from Parliament. A portion of the proceedings were rather animated. It is stated that an important gold discovery baa been made on the property of the New Zealand Antimony Company at Endeavor Inlet, gome specimens, sent Home for treatment some time ago, yielded 4c ej of free gold, and another ounce by a chemical process . While working at lower level a faw days ago, tboso engaged struck a large maßs cf extraordinarily rich quart* ore. A sample sent to the Business Manager of the Company bere shows gold freely. A large parcel of simples and two tons of general stone are expeoted to reaoh here m a few days for shipment to England. The "Post" to-night states: —"A •sptafn of one of the coastal steawera who has baen to New Plymouth frequently with his vessel, stated m town to day that from soundings taken ainoe the wreck of the Hawea, he foend a rook whioh lies m a danceroua position for vesse's entering New Plymouth. He also sjbited that it is the rook whlob \raa referred to at the Inquiry yesterday as one found by the M&oris, • but that its position as given m Oourfc is a long way out. In his opinion it la probably that it was tha rook on which the Hawea struck. We hear that Captain Allman, cf. ihe Penguin, m consequence of the above, to-day teler graphed to the Harbormaster at New Plymputh Informing him that he cannot take tha risk of bringing the Penguin to the wharf, and that unle?? he goes off to her and tabes her m she vnl havo to remain outside." Bunepin, Jnly &. The delay m receiving the audited accounts waa severely commented on to* day at the City Oounoll meeting. At the thirteenth meeting, called to consider them, they are not yot to hand. The following resolution was passed— "That this Oounoil depreoate the dolay which has otoourred In auditing the Corporation accounts by the Auditor-General's Department, strongly condemn tbo existing system as carried out by that Department, and urge the city members of the House of Representatives to endeavor, when the Municipal Corporations Bill \t under consideration, to obtain a system of audit more economical, more expeditious and satisfactory to the ratepayers of this city." Bluff, Joly 5. Jam as Walker, one of the Bluff Harbor Board's boatmen, got, his right forearm shattered 10-d^y lyhjie dredgiDg at the new slip. Dr Close arrived promptly frpm Itivercargili, and' did all possible, but it is feared that amputation is unavojdable. The arm is 1 1 rribly lacerated and tije bone crashed, being a compound comoHnutpti fracture. The sufferer waß sent to Inverpargill, where a consultation will be hald tq decide it the arm can bo saved. The accident was caused through the winding of a chain sljppjng off the grab barrel, Walker climbed up and freed it, wheu the bucket dropped, and, before be could get clear, oruened his arm.