INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2311, 21 December 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PEB PBBBS ASSOCIATION.; ] Uibborne, December 20. At the Police Ooort » Native woman, T»oko Maltl, asked for sureties of the peace from Kara Rarotonga, complaining that he need Insulting language, whereby a breuch of the peace might have been oooasloncd. Tho language oompialned of i was a statement that the practised witchcraft, and she was frlghter.ed of being shot. The Magistrate, In view of the murder over wltohowft, bound the man over to keep the peace for twelve months m £100 Wellington, December 20 The tcfrng premier has received a cable uH^es ing Hobart as the plaoe of the Federal Conference meeting. Mr Mitcheleon favors the suggestion and thinks it Hkelv Sir H. Atkinaoa will re- j present the colony. The New Bouth Wai b Government have Dot replied to the oable re the duplicate line b tween New South Wales and Zealand, and unless same answer be received beforo Mr Mitcheleon loaves for Auckland it is intended to inform the Eastern Extension Oable Company th»t whila the Mew Zjaland Government will glv« every facility for the landing of the cable they will not grant a monopoly or guatantee the Oompanp against unreasonable competition. Ohbistohuroh, Deoembßr 20 The wool Bales were oonoluded to day and prices maintained fully the level of yesterday, halfbred wool reaching la I£l per ib. Q ilte two*thtrds of the oatalogue mbmltteu changed hands. Several large noes have been withdrawn, but are ixpeoted to be Bold privately, as buyers are auxioos tn neon o tfvm.