INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 12 October 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PKB riLKpK ASSOCIATION.) Wkllikoton, October 11. A return p-esonted to the Chamber of CJoramerca shows an excess of emigration from New Zealand ovrr immigration since the beginning of tha year of no lo< s than 8640 persons. Michael O'Driscol', who was nrreeted yesterday on a charge of threatening to kill his invalid son, was bound over to keep tho p^ac^ Is'otico m tho " Guz^lto " d cares the Auckland She p District to be a dean i she^p district ; and the Miranda Bheop [District and the Waikato District to be inf cted nheep districts under "The Sheep Act, 1878" The re'urn of immigration to nnd emigr tion from the colony for September shows the arrival' to be 831 while the departures were 1962 Of the latter 1129 left for Victoria and 594 for Now Bouth Wales.

Turing the voyage of the barque .Chili, which arrived this morning from Newcastle, an able seaman named Strihby was drowned. On Sunday evooing while the vesfjei Vas off Cape Egtnont, during a heavy southerly gale, whea engaged wi«h others m furling the upper maintop?aU, he fell from the topsail y<rd into tho water. The life buoy was thrown overboard to him, and the barque immediately hove-to. but by this time the unfortun ite mm had fallen far astera, and was lost sight of , and it being too rough to lower a boat, nottilDg further could ba done to save him.

Dunbdiw, October 11, Alex. Kionimoant again appeared at the Police Oourt to -day on a charge of embezzlement. Some four or five previous ohargeehad boen diaj»i ised by the Justuses, and ihen m order to ,?"vi the matt, r no evidence was offered )n anotbei caße, and Bi inimont was committed for trial and acquitted. 'Ih* pns3nt was another oharge laid" by hie late employer, A. Dornwell, bntober, but as a material witness refused t> attend without his expanses being paid, the caae wab adjourned, and che witness is to be compelled to attend. Advices have been received from Milforl Sound that Mr ITKonstie, M.H.R., and Mr Pillana succeeded m reaching the foot of the Sutherland Waterfall, reckoned to be between 2000 and 3000 feet m height— the highest m the world. It takes three le»ps, although from a distance there appear to be only two, Mr Adams, Chief Surveyor, was engaged at the ' Sound preparing to make a reoonnaisance survey of the district. He did not go to the Fails, and until he does its exaot altitude will not bs known,