INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 977, 7 January 1881, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

A Christchurch telegram states that, all works on the interior railway lines were stopped on the Slat ustimo. Tubi, the murderer of Miss D ib : e at Gpunake, was executed in the Wellington gaol on the 29ch ultimo. The Victorian Government, offers a free pardon to accomplices i„ the Tararua go’d robbery who may bring forward evidence leading to a conviction. At, Christchurch, on the 3lst ultimo, the Bar,ut Mu) wo was sentenced to three weeks imprisonment for vagrancy. Tie had amit a begging letter to several well-known gentlemen, from several of whom he obtained various sums. fin ■ing a recent performance at the Theatre Royal, M ■lhonrne, the house was suddenly in darkness. The consternation of the audience was very great, but the stage manager promptly canis forward, aril allayed their fears, by explaining the cause, which was attributable to the low pressure in the gass supplv. A quarter of an hour, however, elapsed before tlie diffi culty was got over. For the riionth of December the total Customs receipts at Oamaru amounted to LI 877 7s 41, being the largest amount collected in any month during the last two years. Messrs Johnson aril Co., engineer, Melbourne, undertake to finish the Sorat.a’s rep sirs within four mouths or pay i certain penalty-