INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2132, 23 May 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, May S2. A company la to he formed to protpsttt for coal neat Kawaktw*. Tbe license of the Half-way HoDM Hotel, Taurang», has baen forfeited, the licensee having been Absent from the premises for more than 14 days. Mr B. J. Grelghtoo considers there U a growlug feellog m tho South In favot of the San Franoieoo mall lervioe. The creditors of T, L, White have instructed tbo Offioial Assignee to pr ooeed 1 against bint for oon tempt of Court, a* he h»s absented himself from two meeting! In the estate. Colonel Shepherd has been aiked to hold a fall enquiry Into tbe reoent alleged o»ses of Volunteer mlsoouduot The number of tourists who have viltted Walotapa Valley. Rotorua, ilnoe Deoenv ber last fa 220, as agatnat 30 for the previous season. Thla la exo'mlve of looal vialtora. ■ ■^At a meeting of the Chamber of Commeroe, held to consider whether buyer or seller ahonld pay for bags In which grain Is sold the resolution passed by the Chamber In 1885 w&« oonfirmed. This resolution Is, "That bag* containing prodnoe should not be paid for, bat be weighed la and paid for at the same rate as the oon* tents." The Chairman and Captain Oolbrok stated that tbe Opotlki farmorj were opposed to this, as from 80,000 to 30,000 saoks of prodnoe left Opotlkl every year, find calculating the lost at 6d pet aaok, a sum of £500 to £600 per annum represented a Jojs moat ruinoui to farmeri and moat keenly felt .•■ ' ' WxujKGTOir, May 82. The Adnews were teleased from gaol this morning, after undergoing a term of imprisonment In default of finding sureties for good behavi»n-. They have resumed their accustomed promenade In front of tht Government Offices. Oaring the day they accosted the Resident Maelstrate, who had ordered their Imprlionment, and they had to be tjdct d from th> Courthouse.