INTERPROVINOIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 58, 18 October 1883, Page 2

IN TERPROVINOIAL.

[KB UXITED PEESB ASSOCIATION."! ! r . , .....:.- Dunedin, This l)ay. The pedestrian Edwards, and his agent Mr Seymour,; left for Chrjstchurch yesterday. Edwards purposes giving walking exhibitions at ' Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, before leavings New Zealand for America Mr James Ashcfoft, formerly editor* of the Otago Daily Times received a testimonial of 100 guineas to-day 'for his publice services in that capacity. " The leasing of land under the perpetual system still proceeds. The Land Board to-day accepted tenders for about a dozen sections. ! '. :,;,',.>'.■ . : M ■ <■'■*. . \ Chbistchttbch, This Day. At the inquest on the body of the man BDland, killed on the railway, the rerdict was " Accidental death.." 2sq blame i 8 attached to the railway authorities, as deceased persisted in riding op the edge of the truck after repeated warnings. Edwards challenges Scott to a 48 hours' walking match, for £60 or £100 aside, in Christchurch^ :■■:■/- :' - .<, -'■■;'''•'■" ■ Gbbtmocth, This Pay. "tThe gold shipped per Mahinapau by the Union Bank of Australia was 2671 ounces. By Chinese, 128 ounces. ..'..'.-.'■ ■ ArcKtAKiD, This Day. The manager of the National Bank received a cable from the London office advising him that Miss Neves, of Salisbury, wlib claims to be grand niece of the late Edward Costly, has notified to the Bank, through her solicitors, that she intends te dispute the distribution of the property, a» provided by the will of ieceated. . . ./ \ The weight-throwing between Tim ft'i/onnor, the well-known footballer, and MoNamara, of Sydney, eventuated yesrerday. O'Connor threw the 661b weight 52ft 4in ; 281b weight, 38ft 2in; and the t2lb weight, 28ft 4in; beating MoNamdra yj a. foot in the first, three feet in the lecond, and rather more iit the third-