INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2257, 18 October 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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Auckland, October 17 The leprosy amongst ihe Maoris J .t Waiapu is said to b t of the kind known to the faculty as ari^eUhestio or nou-tuber cnlated, &ud people sffeoted with it may live for years, sometimes dying of other disorde s. There is not severe pain, .nd the pat ents go about their usual avocations. The Natives say it is hereditary, bnt not oontagions. A settler at Rotrand, near Cambridge, John Gr O), hae come into popeecsion of a legaoy of from £60,000 to £70,000 and ha? left on a vißit to England, Kelson, October 17 At he meeting of ihe Land Bmrd this moral Dg the Oomoifostouer rend a b »ieraenl commenting npon the assertion m*de by Mr Sod ion m the Honoe In connection wl>h the coal lease la the Gey Valley granted to Smith and Hamilton to the iffeot that the Utter used his position as a member ol the B >ord io obtain the lease against Kllgonr and others w.»o were previous applicants. The subst.sroe of the statement was a contradiction of Mr Seddon's assertion and w»s f ally endorsed by tbe Board, Mr Hursthouse who is a member of the Bo«rd adding that like many other m mbsri of Parliament Mr fcedion oc-astonally spoke first and thought afterward*!. Wbuungtoh , October 17 . The retnrns of immigra'i.n to and imm gration from the colony for Septem ber show the arrivals to have been 952, and ihe departures 101 P. The •rrivals were principally from tha Unit:d Kin?dona 344, Victoiia 267. New South >\ a ies 262. The departues were — To New South Wales 860, Vioto ia 218, United Kingdom 95. Daring the montu two Chinese arrived, while the departures are recorded as eighty-three, It is stated that the Btook Department have receiv-d a requisition from Kio lor a number of live New Zealand rabbits as I test 3 for experiments m tbe Bio Hosp'til. Dtjwbdin, Ootober 17 It appears that a gentleman sent to Mark Twain (S. h. C'emen*) a paper oontainlng tbe observations made last session by Mr Kerr, m connection with tbe Oh mois, ia whioh Mark Twain was quoted as authority. A reply has been received from Mr Clemens, stating that the cutting has afforded him the heartiest laugh he has had this ye»r. The Incident, he says, shows ihe danger of a man acting m » responsible public onpaoity being imperfectly up m the didaotio literature of his time.