INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2273, 6 November 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(Pur f brss association.)

Auckland , November 5

Tho «urn of about £400 has been *nbsorlbed on behulf of the evicted tenents, In couneo ion with the mfsaion of the Irish delegai9s, Wellington, November 5. Mr H. Turnbull, M.H.R. for Timnru,', who reaently underwent na operation, and la still >tn Inmate of the hospital, is doing fairly well. Slnoalr Bton, sheep farmers at Parcv mata, near Poriraa, sostnlcod a heavy loss la a ve>:y remarkible way. Oa Saturday they wre mastering for shearing when a mob of about 300 sheep, getting away from the dogs, rushed headlong over a pecoiploa 300 ft high, fringing the bench. An eff icfc w» made to save the skins, bat the sifaoh wag ao overpowering that work I had to bo abandoned, binolalr Bros eiti* mate thele loss At abont £200, Westport, November 6 Aloxunder Browi), a buy aix years old, son of John Brown, of Donnlaton, wan accidentally killed this evening. Ho was etindlng by the nido of a big goods waggon, with hla handß on It, wnea the waggoa being pulled away to get filled, he full . underneath. He was caught by the wheel which went over him. Death wag lnst»nt&neoue. There will be an Inquest to> morrow. Dukedin, November 5. Correspondence has passed between the Exhibition Executive and tho Sailway Ooramloeionera re a rednbtlon of fares. Tbe Oommissionera cannot sea theirway to reduoe the fares at the opening but Intimate that it is intended when ttie exhibition is m full awing, and at intervals which may be thought suitable, to have excursion fares by speoUl trains at very low rates, so as to enable .everyone to visit the exhibition.