INTERPROVINCIAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2326, 11 January 1890, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

[Pbr Press AtsoouTiON] (PKR PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) i Auckland. January 10, I A snffiolent number of shares have now been token in the newly-formed Fishermen's CJo-operatlve Industrial Association, but operations will not oommeuoe antil March. A *eam;n named William MoiSwan til drowned laat nl^ht between Brown's Island and Motalki by falling overboard from the schooner To ana. Deceased was a young man of twentyseven ye »rs of age. , Nkson, January 10 The adjourned ioqneat on Mrs Bl'zi Gosh, who was found Icssadble In her own hease on the morning of December 29 h, »nd who dei the ssme evealg, leimlnated this evening. Th? woman h» < been disgasingly Mused, and a charge of assault has been made agaioat her husband. The jary returned a verdict that driatii was caused by apoplexy, and in their orlnlon was accelerated by the brutal usage and 111-treatment she van subjaoted to. WsixnroTON, January 10. On November 23 rd a man named Arthur Oroaby was sent to gaol for a month, and as he looked queer was put in a padded cell. The floor, however, w*e not paddad, and during the night Crosby tore up his olothea and boat hla heed on the floor. Ha became ve/y violent «nd was removed to the Asylum, where he died yesterday. Che oause of death was foand to ba brain duaase hastened by injury. The jaiy expressed regret that as It was deemed advlsabla to put him in a padded cell the fhor bad not been protected too, Lidy Atkinson has received a telegram to-dsy stating that the Premier left Hobart yesterday for the Bluff. Judge lUwson, of New Plymouth, has been appointed Dls rlo Judge and R.M for the Southland district. Ohbistohuboh, January 10 A southwest gale bas been blowine during the past (ew days and still continues. At Lyttelton this morning it was almost a hurricane. The ship Falk land Hill, In the stream, dragged her anonor and the tug could nol; belp owing to the heavy wind and sea, but by latest accounts the vassal is holding on and no danger Is tnvicipated. In uocce oountry dlatr'ctn heavy oropa have bean damagedAt Oust there was a ehower of hall,

An Early Closing Asaoofatioa has bean formed among the shop employees here for the purpose of endesvorlng to obtain a weekly holiday.

A strong branoh of tba Agdcoltural Laborer* Union has baan formed at Baugiora and affi i*ted with the Traces aad ta^or Ooanoll.

Dr/NEDiHT, January 10 Toe Mornlng^onTram Oomp<ny declarr an interim dividend of 6i per share, or kt tbe rate of 8^ per oant. for the half-year. Mardooh, who fell over the qaarcy at the Dqfenee works at tba Heads, died in the Hospital.