INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2305, 18 December 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(P£B PKBSS ASSOCIATION.) j. Auckland, D cotnber 17 A fish weighing 18ib, w*b foaud m the W&lkato River to-day. It Is supposed to bo a salmonA deputation of ministers waited upon the Charitable Aid Board yesterday, and oaked them to aaatdt tn tbe eatablistiment of a reformatory for young glrli beginning a vicious life, It was stated that £300 would be required, »nd that there was ouch a reformatory for boyi, bat none for girls. The Board neked the deputation to pat thelt proposal m writing, and resolved that when it was received tt wunld be eubmUted to the House Oommlttee of the Board, with a view of communicating wlh the Government. A man n»mod Samuel Vlvlau while working to-day at the United Servlou Hotel, Qaoon street, fell from ths top of that building to the pavement below, a diatanoe of 35ft, and fras dangerously injured, hla right arm »nd lower j»w being fractured, whilst his leg was oruahed ac tbe knee. It v feared he hua alao received Internal injuries Wbsttobt, December 17. Seven B*lvatlon.»ti were oh»rged »t \ha R.M, Court with obstructing thoroughfares by holding meetings In the middle of the streets. The Magistrate expressed surprise how r tepayars In the nelghbsrhood of the Salvation meetings endared the nulaance. Tbe aoouaed were fined eaoh Is acd costs, or 2» 7£d each. (Joe only paid tbe fine. The others weut to gaol for twenty-four h urs, deollulng to allow their fines to be paid. A womno owned Hopkins awallowed the oonteuti of two bottles of ohlorodyne, and will be charged to-morrow with attempting auiolde. Drlok Is supposed to be tho reason for tio attempt on her life.