INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2316, 28 December 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PBB PBBBB ASSOCIATION.) Wanoaotji, December 27 Cap* SomervlUe wlehes members of ihe New Zealand Blfle Aseoolatlon going to the Duoedia meeting to know that tbls yew the Railway Oommlsiloners will only inane passes to tboße whose names are received from offioerß commanding dlstrlots. In order to prevent any error It will therefore be neoeasary for local secretaries to be appointed In all dlstrlots who 1 will sen! the namoa of competitors on to | oifioers commanding. If this is neglected the ahtnoet are that there will be disappointment. Wellington, Deoembsr 27 The Mayor has reoeived a telegram from bis Eroellenoy stating- that Admiral Scott had cabled that be iooulat so "-alter his plans as to eqßnYe thep/esenoaof fI,M.S. Orlando m Wellington on the oooaelon of the Jubilee celebration on January 21st. Tha Orlando will probably >c aooompaoled by tome other ships of the squadron, and Lord Oarrlngton will ba one of the gaeati present oh the oooaslon. iSeevep, driver of the ooaoa between fifarttnbovoagh and Featherston, raoelved eerlonj Injuries by the overturning of the coach, and It was found necessary to amputate his thigh. The Injured man lies In n critical condition. The E istern Extension Oable Oompanv have given an order for the manufacture of the New Zealand dapltcate cable, and hope to lay it ea/ly next year* Timaru, Dflcember 27 The haavy rain of yesterday af'eriioon spoiled the holiday, bat will do a v»st amount of good to the grain crops and toroips. Caledonian sports were held at Temoka, Pairlie Creek, nod Waimate. DtmiDur, December 27. The Tramway Company oh Tuesday e«rlod 15,000 passengers, on Wednesday 14 000, and yflaterd*y 18,000. Tb'elf best record was 22,000 on tha 2ad Inst. The bookings at the Dqnedta Railway Station yeaterdiy, were for Milton 200. Port Chalmers 1154. M^Bgfel 170, by ordinary tuins for south 400, for north 2li. The lavercargill exoursion train was a failure on Christmas day. The speolal train brought only 150 paisengers on Thursday morolng and tbere being only thirty tblt morning the speolsl did not leave s at all.