INTERPROVINCIAL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 681, 23 January 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

"(From our own Correspondent*.)-'

CHBisTCßUtw3H,,.January 2&A 'MORE DIAMONDS. ~,. . t .., A settler- named' Archibald I)oug^ alleges he has discovered he^r (; Aiijpklantl. '-He-is in[possession of some 30 stones, possessing, all the' outward characteristics of diamonds' and which withstood the sulphuric acid teat. FIRE AT PAPAKURA. Robert Taylor's dwelling at Papakura was burned down on Friday. The house aud furniture were insured in the New Zealand for £250. "'THE HAMILTON MURDER CASE. ;. The Hamilton murder case was commenced at the Supreme Court to-day at Auckland. The Court was crammed, tosuffocation.'' Many, of the jury were' chal.le.nged. .• WELLINGTON ANNIVERSARY. The Wellington anniversary was celebrated to-day. The provincial regatta is

proceeding. Several races have been started, but none are are yet decided. For the coasters' race five started. T.ie wind seemed to suit the Torea, which went off in fine style, and is now coming up with the lead on the fiist round. The Clematis is a good second and to windward. SUDDEN DEATH. Thomas Trace}, an elderly man, was found dead on the Eaikorai Valley road, nearDunedin. He had ruptured a blood vessel in the chest. DROWNED. Ernest Frame, an ordinary seaman belonging to the ship Westland, was drowned in Port Chalmers whilst bathing. IDALIUM. John Fleming, of Dnnedin, has purchased Idalium for 200 guineas. PENINSULA ELECTION. A At-Mr Donnelly's meeting on Saturdajr, Mr Barron, M.H.R., occupied the chair, and announced himself a supporter ' of the candidate, and Mr Donnelly attacked Mr L.rnach, remarking that he had changed his opinions three times in .his short political career, and had modified all his opinions to suit the electors during the contest. Mr Fish, M.H.R., in proposing a vote of confidence, also attacked Mr Larnach. He said that they had better have the humblest worm amongst them as their representative than Mr Larnach, who could with such facility change his coat. The Times and Herald both strongly support Mr Larnach by leaders this morning. Intense , interest, is taken in the contest. . THE PAPAKOI MURDER. In the Papakoi '• case the prisoner challenged 11; jurors, and the: Crown challenged 1 juror. .. f t.t: > . (Per Steamship Te Anau at Bluff.) The Russians advance into Central Asia is still strenuously resented by the inhabitants, and it is now reported that the' people at Merv have murdered the Russian surveyor and three Cossacks in his employ. It is reported that fhe English Government are about to dispatch reinforcements of troops to Natal in view of the generally unsettled state of South Africa. Socialist agitations of an alarming character have sprung up at Rome, with ratnifiqatiojis throughout Italy.' The Government have determined to »akb stringent measures for the suppression of the organisation, and wholesale arrests are being made in consequence. The Creswick enquiry is still proceeding at Melbourne. Mr Stewart, Inspector of Mines, stated that all precautions demanded by law had been taken by the owners and manager of the New Australasian Mine; butit seems pretty clear from the .evidence that the plans were incorrect. The Melbourne! Police Commission has concluded its labor? and presented its report, containing sweeping charges against the detective force in particular, but the Press expresses the opinion that the report is not very reliable, as the com mission in. aM cases places great confidence in the evidence of criminals, much of which is untrustworthy and exaggerated. One point iri the report, however meets with general approval, viz., the undesirability tofi eihpf6ymg;*eriminalß'ih' the detection, ftf. crime', unites- when really neces.t' ••;;■•/■.■•: AAA ,-.■■>''- 'jAi •;•■* '■'' ''■'■'■ ■ The' heat has been very excessive during the last few,daya.,..-The registered heat in Bourke street was 112 in tbe shade and 165, in the sun. The National Shipwreck Society has granted £327 to the widow of Captain Mann, drowned in the steamer New England. The society also decided that Lemaire, chief engineer of the New England, and the crow of the schooner CI Walker, should be presented with, gold ' medals in recognition of their bravery.