INTERPROVINCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 103, 12 May 1883, Page 2

IN TERPRO VINCI AL.

[FEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.J Bulls, This Day. The result of tho poll for the election for tho Clifton riding is as follows :•— Dalziell, 61; Fagan, 25; Remmington, 33. A horseman returning from the Foresters' Ball, Feilding, had a narrow escape early this morning. While his horse was at a smart gallop, a mile on the Bulls side of Sanson, nis horse suddenlygave a big jump, partially unseating the rider, and before he had time to recover his seat, the horse repeated the operation. On returning to nee the cause, ho found it was several cows lying across tbe road. It was pitch dark at the time. Greymouth, This Day. The town is full of Chinese. The remains of their deceased countrymen will be sent to Dunedin per steamer. All the bodies are now lifted, and the bones prepared for transmission. A good deal of money is being bet on tho Inangahua election, Mr Shaw's supporters being most sanguine and demonstrative. It is level money now, though at one time the Sh^wites gavo odds. CHEisTcrruEcn, This Day. Harry Jackson, charged with shooting at John Dean a year ago, has beencomuiitted for trial. Francis Gerald Bailey, charged with horse-stealing, has been discharged. Tho damages in the libel action, Rev. W. Crce v Society, are laid at £1500. Inveecaegill. This Day. No clue has been discovered as to the origin of the fire at Riverton. Insurances — £4575, distributed as follows : — Union, £1675; South British, £1150; Victoria, £800; New Zealand, £600; Royal, £300; Standard, £150. The total actual loss is estimated at £5,500. With the exception of the Caledonian Hotel, the furniture and stock of the other buildings were saved, although damaged by the removal. Ashburton, This Day. The northern express train ran into a mob of 500 sheep near Chertsey yesterday, and killed nearly forty. An inquest will be held at Ashburton Hospital to-morrow touching the death of j a man named Joseph Mulligan, . found, I dead in bed sit Chertsey Hotel. "