INTERPROVINCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 58, 6 January 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

• [PEE UNITED I'EESS ASSOCIATION.] Wanganui, This Day. A young man named John Wilson committed suicide at Mr Craig's farm, Wairoa, yesterday. He went out to Mr Craig's farm, and, after pointing a revolver at Mrs Craig and some members of the family, and threatening their lives, he took a bottle from his pocket, remarked that it contained arsenic, and retired to the orchard, where he drank a quantity of the contents of the bottle. Assistance was at once obtained, and the unfortunate young man was conveyed to the hospital, where he died about ten minutes after ho was admitted. Wilson was about 30 years of age, and is believed to have been a single man. Wellington, This Day. Mr Bryce has returned from his visit through the North Island The Government have sent home for the necessary materials, machinery, &c, required for the lighting of the Houses of Parliament by electricity, as autl o t -ised by the House of Kepresentatives last session. The Swan incandescent light is j the one adopted. By tha* casting rote of the chairman last night the Mayor's salary was incroiised from £200 to £300. The members of the i ity Council have formed themselves into a committee to offor a suitable reception to Sir William Jorvois, on his arrival here in a fortnight. Auckland, This Day. Another case of divorce comes on at the ensuing civil sittings— C. O. Montrtwo v Montroso and William Baker. Tlu> petitioner seeks a divorce on the gtvuiulsi of adultery of his wife. Thanks, This Day. At the llosulent Magistrate's Court yoKtrrtlny, an old man named Nolton vy«h lmmnht \\\> as boiug the father of a phild by his own ttaughtor. The case w»« uu»st rt»v»Uing in its details, but was <U«miBMH.l for w»nt of sufficient evidence. Tltt» oharge against Gudgeon, for attttimlwl rape upon the wife of MrEhren(ri*-«, V-»e wewer, is to b<? heard to-day. OimsTeuuHCH, This D»»y. Thfc ttppHeAtUHitt from shareholders iv the Fwvaeu M mt Cotnmny for freight in tl^ \W\ii*\\ Ki»K, the tirstof tho Shipping tfwniHUtf'i tUreet sleaniprs, amounted to M,?§U *U<H?|>, ftWufc double as many as here is apace fov in the vosaol. Bunbdin, This Day. A twstoe foemed house iv Manor Place, owned and oeeupiwl by Captain Stewart, wm e@mpbtelv gutted this morning. It w«i unin«uKHi. Tikabu, This Day. Jlftrvestlng operations have now been commenced in this district, and the eropn nro promising a splendid yield. Tliero is gront scarcity of labour, and efforts made to obtain it in Dunedin and Ckristrhuroh have proved quite unsuccessful.