IHTERPKOVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2239, 28 September 1889, Page 2

IHTERPKOVINCIAL NEWS.

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Auckland, September 27 It has been deoldod to hold an extensive fruit and flower show la oonneotlon with tbe Jabile'e festivities.

At tbe meeting of the Board of Eduoation to-day, tbe three Inspectors submitted a report, stating tbat It was Impossible for tbem to examine and Inspeot the whole of the schools In the distriot, 280 In number, during the year. The Obairman, Mr Rlpton, moved— "Tbat a a fourth Inspector be appointed." The matter wat, however, referred to a Com mil tee, com* prising all tbe members of the Board

Wellington, September 27. When Sullivan, tbe oonverted athlete, whose identity haa been the aubjeot of so muoh dhjoaeslon Iv Ohristohuroh, went away from Wellington he left behind him seveal boxes. They bear labilf addressed '•MrG. T. Sullivan, Wellington,',' but oloser examination shows an 'old labial whioh re*de " Lieutenant Olampett, Water'ord."

Ia the Blenheim slander oare, Ransome v Fildes, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, the special jury, after half an hour's deliberation, found for plalntff and awarded him £125 damages.

A young man named James Napier, driver cf a baker's cart, while auff ring from toothaohe yesterday, took a quantity of camphorated chloroform for relief and was rendered Insensible. Etnotlos were applied bu y - the patient Is atlll In n dangerous condition.

The flteamer Hula, whioh grounded In ha Manawatq, rlvbr In' the early part of •ho w«ek was jtoken on the slip tpvday. It was found that aotne of the frame fivetß and bolts had atarfod, also that about 15 feet cf the bottom plates bas set up about 2 icobes. It Is estimated that it will ■ w-*«n £300 and £400 to put her OOBt uo.„ . right ngan. ' v. ( Oblvuary— Mrs Shirer, wife of the v. . Mr Shirer, pantor of St John's Presby. turlsn Church. Dunedin, September 27. A Chinaman named Wong Young was to-day fined £1, or a month's Imprisonment, for stealing tobaooo from a bonded warehouse.