INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1993, 21 November 1888, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, November 20. Addon from Oapt W#lmsley f who •ecoßipanled the shipment of Auckland hems to India In August Isit, state that the animals are uol selling*! well as could be wished, the market being glutted. Only forty of the Auckland shipment had bean quitted, bnt they averaged £40 a head. Qeorga Alien, a youth of seventeen years, has been treated at the Hospital for Ip jtirles sustained while out shooting with lomt companions In the neighborhood of Onehuoga yesterday t One of his comrades accidentally dUoharged m Allen's face a r!fl« loaded with blank osrtrldge, and his face and eyes were Irjured, bat not ■erions'y. Wellington, November 20. A lady resident m the city, and whose Dane li associated with the history of Wellington, T»aa most generously Intimated her intention of subscribing the earn of £200 required to add a large striking bell to the new Post Office clock, so that the record of hoars may be heard all over the olty. Dttmbdiw, November £0. The Taierl Agricultural Show, established 27 years, wssbeld to-day. Bleak weather and showers interfered wUh the attendance, whioh was good notwithstanding. The entries showed a slight increase. The feature, as maal, was » splendid turn out of seventy-three draught horses. Takrl being a noted breeding ground. In the ohampion entires Laird of KHbrlde wm first, and In champion mare Mrs Nimmo's Alice Mand was vlotorous. In other olasaes the quality was fairly good.