INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 948, 18 June 1880, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

On the Oth instant, a Maori nan. ;1 Tiky was burned to death at Omaha. Ho was ma 1 with drink, and is believed to have set lire to his wlure and hanged himself. A Wellington telegram of theOtli instant states that the body of a newly-born infant was foun I on K iiwarra beach last night, but as.yet there is no clue to the mother.

A resolution was unanimously passed at a meeting of nil the brewers at Wellington, on the Oth instant, that the new duly be added to the pace of beer, and collected on delivery. Two hundred and seventy persons were relieved at the soup-kitchen, at Christchurch, on the Oth instant.

The Dipton Rabbitskin Exhibition promises to be a gi-eafc success. Many of the exhibits arc dressed almost equal to sealskin, and tire best will be forwarded to the Melbourne Exhibition;

The time for Ibc receipt of wool entries for the Melbourne Exhibition lias been extended to Ist December, an i woo l will bo deliverable up to 23rd December.

At Sydney, on tho llkh instant, the miners' delegates signc-1 a compromise, and it was understood that the strike had ended, but the lodges repudiate it. At Brisbane it is stated by tlio C lonial Secretary that the baianco of the Queensland loan bus been offere! in tho Colony by several wealthy institutions. At Grahamstown, on the nijrht <~.f the 10th instant, an unknown person made a murderous assan-t on Mr Campbell, Solicitor, striking bira on the head with a blunt instrument. Mr Campbell was unpopular through informing' against men working without miner's rights, and this is supposed to bi; the cause, of the assault. Dr Hector states that exhibitors at the Sydney Exhibition fiom this Colony ob-

tabled 119 awards for lirst merit, So for second, 6'l for third, and 59 for fourth, 324 in all, so that more than half of the exhibitors obtained awards.

At Wellington about thirty informations have been laid recently for sly grog-sidling. The charges will he heard in a day or two.

Naihn.iking has been commenced at Timarn, the ’iictn ro U-in,' con lined to lioise nails. A sample of excellent quality is being produced at the came prices to the consumers as imported goods.

On the"l2th iisbaut, at Auckland, two hoys, named Foreman ami Itrr.wn, were charged at the Police Court with misappropriating 5 LI-notes. It appears that they picked them npon the floor of tlio Tlia'iies Jlutul and divided Hl3 amount. A run of 60,00(1 acres, lately thrown up hy the lion. R. Campbell owing to lliu rabbits, is being rented by some rabbiters f>r 30 years, for the purpose of their avocation. Steps are to be take" to improve the breed, to as to increase the value of the skins. Mr Peter Lalur, member of the Yicto. rian Assembly, and formerly Minister of Trade and Ciutoms in th-j Berry Government, has called a meeting uf his eiedito'.s. Nothing further has been heard of the Kelly gang. The Sydney police tire still endeavoring to discover the whereabouts of the Quirindi Bank robbers. They have scoured the vicinity unavaihngly. The Lord Mayor of Dublin recently telegraphed to Melbourne that further help is still required for the alleviation of disuesj which still exists in Ireland. 5731 immigrants arrived in New South Wales during JoTO. The report of the Chinese protector at Melbourne, recently given, shows that the Chinese are decreasing now. One of the Kelly black trackers has hern found in a miserable state in Melbourne, and was ordered to be scut back to his friends. At Auckland, on the loth instant, Ilulme landlord of the Provineial Hotel, was lined L 5 and costs for permitting gambling with dice in his house. At Wellington, on tha I.">.;ii instant, the Magistrate's Court was occupied all day in hearing sly grog selling cafes, and fines were inflicted varying from bote 1.10. Two sticking-up cases ate said to have occurred in the vicinity of Chiistchurch on the 13th instant. It is thointention of the .Melbourne On' vernment to introduce a lU-' to abolish pensions. i It is proposed to hold a ball at the new I Melbourne Inhibition J1 til, which will j hold 10,000 people. i Messrs A. C. Strode and W. L. Simpson, i R.M's, have been appointed Commissi •uers j to inquire into 'he circumstances connected i with the death of the prisoner Wilson at . lnvercargill gaol, and Mr M'Culloch, H.M's 1 conduct of it at the inquest. i At Christchurch the medical officers have ! decided that the cases of sickness on hoaid ; the Norfolk are not small-pox, and recommend the release of the vessel from quir- | raatino.