INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2264, 26 October 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PER PRESS -SSOOIATION.)

Auckland, Ootober 25

A 89.10.i accident happened to-day near Ohanpo, Walkato, to Mra Hill, wife of Mr John Hill, a settler. Whilst sh» was m the atoofcyard a bnll rushed at her, and knoaklng her down, gored her, breaking a rib. Her son, a little boy, ac z.d an Iron bar and drove away the beast. The woman Is reooverlng.

A resolution was agreed to by tbe Board of Eduoation to-day raising by £10 a year the salaries of teaohers classified D 3 and E, and who h.ve been m the employ of the Board for fire, six, or eight years.

During an examination before the Offioial Assignee, William Adams, totallsaior proprietor, a bankrupt, deposed that for tbe list seven jeara he had been working totallsators lv oonneotlon with raoe meetings ln the Auoklaud distriot, and up to Maroh, 1886, he made an average profit of about £600 a year. His liabilities were £4161, and his assets/, were estimated to yield £1656.

Wellington, Ootober 25 Mr Mitobelson Is . expected baok to* morrow evening. The details of the purohase of B^torua are being satisfactorily settled, che ohief difficulty being to arrange for the due protection of minors' interests.

The workmen on tba Palmerston*Ashurst railway are proteoted under tbe Workman's Wages Aot, and may obtain an In junotlon to prevent tbe Government paying over any moneys due to the contractor. The Government have ln hand about £500 due to the contraocor for last month's work, and it Is understood that several workmen have already taken steps to bave this Impounded. The seven days' notloe required by law bave been served on the contractor to prooeed with the work, and nnless he accedes, probably th» Government will step In and oall for fresh tenders.

Oamautt, Ootober 25, , A man named Edward Plokett was today oharged at tbe Resident Magistrate's 0 net with voting at two different polling s bootha on the occasion of the election of a member for Oamaru to the House of Repreasntatives. Evidenoe was given to show that acoused was the man who had applied for tha voting papers, ahd hli number on tha roll had been marked off at two booths. Aooused was described 9 s a Maori, but it Is said that he la a Peruvian. After hearing evidence the case waa adjourned till to-morrow to hear the defence. Reejton, October 25. The Governor, attended by hiq Private Seoretary, reaohed here to*dt.**« Iv the afternoon Hli Ifeoelbraey visited tho ufP m * mmd and descended the fh"»'t Mia Went through the workings, He was muoh interested In the natura of the operations. This evening he holds an unofficial audienoe between six and seven. To-morrow morning he proceeds to Greyrn^uth. The weather is wet and very oold, making travelling unpleasant. INVERGuaaiLL, Ootober 85. The weather at present In this district is atroolous with fierce squalls, hall storms and a low temperature, Tbe frnit trees In which we*e_Qo_.ing Into blossom have soflfered severely. Some railway employees here having asked Mr J. W. Bain for an Interpretation of the Railway Employees Insurance Bill, he has replied through the Preßs that In hfs opinion the employees who have held meetings are under a misoonoeptlon as to the soope of tha measure' that the Government and the railway servants are to find the funds required to provide retiring allowances eto. Mr Bain thinks the employees should not oppose tbe Bill bnt rather do all tbey oan to pass U. The opposition, he states, should oome from the taxpayers, who w{U be called on to provide lusura doc. fund* 11 reqnlred. A special meeting of the Vlotorla Lodge, I-0., rathe constitution, of a Grand Lodge of New Zealand, as agreed to by the delegates In Welllogton exhaustively dlßouißed the question, aod unanimously resolved not to join In the movement, the members disagreeing with the proposal to form D.S. Lodges, and also to, the appoint* ing Instead of the electing of officers.

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