INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2242, 2 October 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[Pflß PEKBB ABSOOIATION.J Auckland, Ootober 1 A boy named Prospers Birr, thirteen years of ago, died from pnisonlug thtongh iuving eaten the roots of wild kumara. The B.c. Bichmond han arrived from the Islands, with v large cargo of fjult aoffee, pearls acd shfill. Among tho passengers ■re Messrs Dv Llalo and Goodwin, of Wellington, obarternra ot the Auokland Islaods schooner Oo a, vrhJoli h>a been totally wfKoked at IWa'onfja, Hervey group The veaßfll was loaded with fruit at that inland on the 14th September, and ran ashore on Kalrah reef, and became a total lobb. All hands were saved, Inoludlog Osptaln Abbott. Mr De Ltsle bad a very narrow escape from drowning, bot reached tho shore safely with the help of a Ktnnka. Al tae Polloe Ooart to-day a oharge of Stfnday tradlog luid agaioat Bergren, the licensee of the Olty Hotel, fell through on the sworn testimony that the beec was supplied to the bil'fard-marker, who fa a boardor, for »olf and friend, and no p»yment wa3 made. Mary Ann Brown, a married woman, fifty-throe years of *ge, found by the pol/oe on a vsoant allotment yesterday md taken to the look-op oharged with druukonnefis, di«d this morning. An Inquest will be held Napier, Ootober I: The Bupreme Oourt to-day was oooapled 'n| hearing a libel aoMon og»inst the proprietors of tho •• Walpawa Mall " brought , by Dr von Mlrbncb. Some time ago the doctor was defendant In the R.M. Oonrt m a claim for wages, wbioh he won. A lotter appt ared In tho " flfall " commenting on the oase, calling the doctor "Shylook," and . other abusive terms. The chief assertion oa whloh the aotlou was based, however, was that Mirbaoh was not entlt'ed to nfyle himself " Doctor of Medlolne." He proved that he held det?roes of doctor of medicine, surgery, at d midwifery, and n speolal jury gave him a verdict for £250. The Chief Justloa oert'gedjfor costs on the middle scale Wellington, October 1. An Information for perjury has been laid against Wm. Irvine, seoond engineer |of the steamer Lindne. The offinco is alleged to have been committed m evidenoe given m an assault oaße. This morning the wife of W, Baths, storekeeper at Karori, took a dose of 11 Rough on Bats " while suffering from nervous excitement. An antidote was used with success.