INTERPROVINCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 31, 16 August 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

.» [PBB FHITID PBBSS ASSOCIATION.! Wblmkgton, This Bay. The Golden Crown Company's (Terawhiti) directors hare cabled to Melbourne an order for a complete 10 head crushing plant, with all the latest improvements. The value of the gold taken f om the Golden Crown claim is stated by good authorities to range from £3 15s to £3 18s per ounce. The clock for the netr Post Office here will cost £860. Invebcabgiix. This Day. The parsonage of All Saints t 'Lurch, at Gladstone, was destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning. Nelson This Day. The bodies of the pilotmen have not been recovered, but the boat's oars, stern sheets, and rudder have been picked up. Mr Low, the pilot, has been so affecte.l by the disaster th&t he is now confined to his bed. Captain Whitewell is acting for him. Chbistchitbch, This Day. The Chamber of Commerce • has receved the following cable from Cunningham : — " Stone handed Cunningham by KeWy experts pronounced valueless, not genuine." Several parties are still working on the Ninety-miles Beach, making fair wages for this season. A few men prospecting Bakaia Islands last week were to a certain extent successful. The actual results has not been made known. JN t apieb, This Day. The defendants in the libel action brought by Mr Bees against the proprietor and publisher of Facts have applied to have over 200 natives exam* ined. The object is to prove Jthe truth of the alleged libels, which are practically the same as in the native petition which was presented by Mr Bryce, but which the House recently refused to entertain. Auckland. This Day. Granville James Lewis, clerk in the employ of Mr home, solicitor, has levanted. He had got into the hands of the bill discounters. His liabilities are £600. There is reason to believe he left for Sydney in the Waiuora. He arrived in Auckland by an immigrant vessel 3