INTERPROVINCIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1066, 29 September 1882, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

After all the trouble and money spent in the search for the missing lad Winter, it appears that instead of being lost he bad merely bolted. To-dsy a telegram was received from the police ata'ion at Hokitika stating that be was there under an assumed name, and ha t got a billet. .The feelings of those who have been scouring the rugged hills of the Peninsula may be better ima : gined than described. ..A fife broke out at the residence of Mr_ F. A. Whittaker, VLH.R., at Hamilton, but was no sooner suppressed in one place than it broke out in several other places. It is believed to be the work'of an incendiary. The police are investigating the affair. Silvered pennies are being put in oircula-, tion as florins. With regard to the mails destroyed on board the Alaska the Secretary of the Post Office, Welling on, furnishes the following details :—The Home mails are practically made up in five sections. The first is the “London district” mail, which comprises a’l the deli eries of the London letter carriers and also the mails for the Continent, which are se.nt on from London. All these are supposed to be safe. The next division is the “ Liverpool” one, comprising the mails for t.hat city and all the offio-s circulating through that place, which in itself includes a large part of England. This hatch, too, is hnli-ved to he safe, as also are the Irish and Scotch mails, sent to Dublin and Glasgow respectively. This only leaves what is ca'led the ‘‘country" maps, which term includes the comparatively small portion of the United Kingdom not comprised in the other four divisions, and it is this portion which is supposed to have chiefly snfferel. A fire took place in a three roomed house in E len Street, Oamarn, on September 24, shortly before midnight. The house was occupied by a man named Alfred Bray. The neighbours were aroused by screams, and found Mrs Brav, who had on’y been conlined for week, rushing into the garden wi hj her child in her arm", both enveloped in flames They succeeded in extinguishing the flames by means of wet sheets, but the child is not. expected in live. It is understood that arrangements are in progress for the reorganisation of the Volun- ; teor Force, and that the various Naval Brigades thronghout New Zealand are ta be styled the Royal Artillery Obi'S, and are to be numbered in point of seniority Thu maximum number of men j in each company is to he fixed at 63 and the minimum at 43. A'l tho corps are to be. efficiently equipped and will draw capitation at the rate now in vmra >. ' .. . . ' A r’emai kabla robbery baa come to light but where it was committed'is » mystery. On Friday last Messrs Lighthand and Co., of Nelson, received ox steamer UlonJower

nine cases of the best class of English hoots. They paid freight and took delivery, but on opening out found that no less than 67 paii# of the moat expansive kind bad been abstracts 1, and the trunks tilled up with Eug lish coal. A d< s'motive tin broke out in the reai of C:oakery's (late Croskery and Hassell) auction mart, Lambtou quay, Wellington, at 10 o’clock oq Tuesday the 26th inst. The fire appeared to have occurred among some light goods at the back of the store, and spread rapidly. At one time it looked as if a very serious conflagration would be the result Wiggins’ saddlery store, adjoining Crosbery’s on the southern side, was damage I to the extent <>f about £SO, and R. Holliday and Co.’s stationery shop, on the northern side, had a narrow escape. The fire was mainly confined to the mart, which is pretty well gutted, but most of the stock was saved The building occupied by Croskery is owned by Mr John Duff, and is understood to be insured for about £SOO i the stock is also insured,'hut the offices are unknown, Wiggins’ lo»s is covered by insurance in the South BritiSli. Holliday is the greatest sufferer, his stock being damaged to a large extent by water. He is insured for L 2050 in the Transatlantic, Norwich Union, and National Offices. The origin of the tire is unknown, no person having been on the premises since 6 o’clock The Fire Brigade were soon on the the spot, but there was great delay in getting water on, several of the couplings going, one after the other. For unately the wind, which had been blowing hard all day, died away just before the outbreak, otherwise several other buildings would have been destroyed. *