INTERPROVINCAIL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2286, 21 November 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCAIL NEWS.

■ * , (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland. November 20. The firm of B. Tonka t»nd Go, auctioneers, established slnoa 1865, filed their petition of insolvanay to-day. The liabilities »ro oatlnutud at £13,000, but tbe itsßeti of tho business and private estate will, If realised, yield moro than this. A oowardly on t rage was nttompted upon Mr S. W.lo, of tho firm of Yafle and Sons, ftuotloners. Ho wna sent a box containing a quantity of filth, so plaoed that it woald be thrown into his face when ho opened the package. As Me Valle hid previously received threatening letters ho eeat tho box uaopaaed to the polioe station. Wklungtom, Novomber 20. Tha Wellingtou branoh of the Tatlora 1 Trade Sooiety, following tbe lead of the loostl Tinsmiths' Association, have itraok an Immediate levy of 2s 6d pee member, and a farther levy of one stilling pec week, Id aid of the Kaiapol strikers. There w»6 splendid wether for the Agricultural Show to-day, U ad It la . eutiraitod thnt fully 7000 were present. A oplondld claaa of haoki was exhibited, «nd • good deal of interest was obown la the leaping and trotting events. A boy ntmed Fred HolUway, eight years of »ge, and the ion. of Me F. O, Holloway, wna killed ct tbe railway ■titlon to-day by bolng ran over by » waggon. , Uhri&tghuboh, November 20. At the quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Oommeroe to-day, tbe committee reported on the proponed Dnnedin Conference, and suggested tho election of four reproaeutatlvea— vli», Messrs G, F. Martin, G. G. Stead, G, Humphreys, and j W. D, Mearea ; alao thai they had boon In communication with tbe Government, j re the appointment of an Offioltl Aoalgoee, oontendlng that tbe appointment was of ouoh a nature *s to warrant it bolng exempt from tbe provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act, They had also urged upon Government to give all possible assistance m oases of nominated i Immigrants, m view of the scarcity of labour m several parts of tho polony. Tho- commit teo'a report was adopted, the Pfeaident stating thnt they had received no official intimation of the appointment of an Aoßlgnae, though Government had expressed themselves anxious to receive eaggestlonq. Font 9aaos pf broaches of the Licensing Act, for selling during prohibited hoars, were heard, One waa dismissed, tad fines of £5, £3, and £2 wore Inflicted la the others and tho lloenaea ondoraed. One charge nroaa one of the recant stubbing case, Dunbdin, November 20, Mr David Roid la reported to have been drowned at WalDfthl. He waa a member of tho firm of Bald and Gray, and w«B «ced about 30.

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