PROVINCIAL AND COLONIAL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 137, 25 June 1872, Page 7

PROVINCIAL AND COLONIAL.

j!ie sad sea waves" continue to make 28., in Westport. [shop Viard'a funeral at Wellington was 608 mimerously attended. jseby, Oamaru, and Lawrence are comdiii ji n <rbitterly of "larrikins." \ k e streets of Blenheim have been flooded times within six weeks lately. >i\ r gercules Robinson, the new Governor -os- f gff South Wales, has arrived at Sydney. are years ago there was not a single fer on the Otago Goldfields ; now there °ns twelve. Die [ r Barbor, Postmaster and Receiver of to e nu3 at Hokitika, is charged with emjlement. 'Bt [essrs Brogden are engaging men at Home on 53, a day, with a guarantee of two years' >ur iioyment. m 54 sterling was collected at Knox Church (unedin on a Sunday recently for the poor to congregation. H ine hundred and twenty cases were set * m for hearing one day lately in the R.M.'s be at the Thames. M oi alligator's egg (one of sixty-seven taken iai n a single nest) and a young alligator, are new at Geelong. in 'he Duffy Ministry in Victoria has reued, and a new one has been formed, with ■ Francis as Premier. fhale-fishing has been re-established on Wellington coast. AMr Hunter has ed out a three-boat whaling crew. [he last session of the Hawke's Bay Procial Council only lasted twelve days. This aid hardly suit some of our Otago M.P.C.'s. [t is stated (says the Tuapeka Times) that James Smith, of Spiritualistic celebrity, ■bout to start a daily newspaper in Dunn. )Ir C. O'Neill, the member for the Thames the General Assembly, is at present in etoria, obtaining information in regard to ning legislation. The success of the Chinese in Tasmania is ring an effect upon those in Victoria, and excursion of Mongolians across the Straits iv be looked for. At a recent meeting of the Paroa County ml Board, in Westland, a regular "mill" round is reported to have caused an adiirnuient of the proceedings. An extraordinary divorce case is now pendjin Melbourne. The petitioner is a solicirin the city, and there are six co-respon-mfcs, —bankers, merchants, squatters, &o. The Rev. Mr Gordon has been murdered KiTomanga. He was fetched to visit the ,j sick children of a native, and both died ; : was therefore suspected of witchery, and lied. It i 3 proposed to form a company to work ie petroleum springs at the Sugar Loaves, arNew Plymouth. The Taranaki Provinil Council has granted a twelve months' onopoly to the projector. Mr Brogden has agreed to construct the lilway from Invercargill to Mataura (thirtysmiles) for £BB,OOO. This is exclusive of ils and rolling-stock, which are to be purlased in England by the Agent-General of ew Zealand. A proof of the quantity of game to be jund in Canterbury was given a few days p by three sportsmen, who in two days lade up the following bag : —SO brace of wild yeons, 30 brace of ducks, 20 brace of dotrel, 10 brace of stilts, and 10 brace of waterens. Iu Taranaki recently, a Maori, whoso wife ad been assaulted by a brother native, beat lie sister of the culprit most unmercifully s payment for her brother's crime. The riends of the girl compromised the affair fith the injured husband—the price being wo horses. At the Thames and at Greymouth, a numIBT of bakers have lately been brought before lie Court by the Inspector of Weights and leasures, under the Bakers and Millers Act / last session. The bakers at Greymouth low advertise their bread at 3d. per lb., intead of Is. per loaf as heretofore. At Wellington lately, Mr Urwin, the landlord of an hotel, was sued by a Mr Steele, »'ho had been residing at the hotel, for £ls, the price of a watch, chain, and trinkets lost by him. The articles were left on the dressing table in a private bedroom ; and, as no negligence on the part of the guest was shown, the Bench held that the landlord was responsible. At Foxton, in Wellington, lately, there 'lied at an advanced age, William Chapman, a miserable miser, worth £50,000, which he has left to an illegitimate son of his. His last wish was that his stick might be put in his coffin, that he might give "Old Stratford" a thrashing with it when he met with him, because he had disappointed him in the matter of buying some land years ago ! Greymouth news lately has been prolific in accidents. On June 15, it was telegraphed that" two men, named John Dempster and Cornelius Warren, have been smothered in a claim." On the 16th, news came that "a man named John Butter has been drowned in the Grey River," and "at Duffer Creek, three men have been seriously—one, it is feared, fatally— injured by a fall of earth." And on the Little Grey saddle, two men are reported to be lost. Mr F. U. Gledhill, of New Plymouth, has allowed the Taranaki Herald to make the following extract from a letter he has received from Halifax, Yorkshire :—" 1 bought a sixpound tin of New Zealand preserved meat, and I never wish to have any better. It was * fresh as if just cooked. Every grocer in Halifax sells it. You have no need to be afraid to breed cattle when you can send it " e re in such good condition. Many tons of 'tare sold in this town every week.''