INTERPROVINCIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 989, 1 April 1881, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

At Auckland, recently. Detective Jeffrey prmiice.fi upon a lottery drawing, ami cvrriorl off the lottery boxes, It is now tolerably certain that th ß Vo luntecr Review will bo held at Oam.aru at Easter. The weather at Christchurch is very hot and dry, and rain is much wanted. The arrivals of grain at Oamaru of late, have been so large that the stores are unable to take it in, and it is being stacked in the open air. A lottery being hold at Auckland recently to dispose of a yacht, the police prosecuted the promoter, and he was lined L 3 and costs, or a month's imprison msnt. It is reported that a gold heir in j quartz reef has been discovered in the Wiamato district. Further information is to the effect that it will run five or six ounces to the ton, Tke exact locality solar is kept secret,

At Wellington, recently, the proprietor of an hotel was fined LI for leceiviug a ring in pledge for drink supplied. A Ohristohuroh telegram of the 28th ultimo states that Dan O'Brien, the wellknown jockey, fell (off the express train, and had the whole of his toea of one foot o it off.

Sydney Stock, a young man not long from England, and employed on tho Mountaineer steamer, fell overboard at Queenstown on thn 28th ultimo. Ho was seen to fall. He sank iu six fathoms without making an effort to save himself. The body was recovered.