INTERPROVINCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 14, 5 February 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

"' ♦— — * [PER UNITED PREt-d, ASSOCIATION."! Auckland, This Day. The Doric brings 56 passenger? for Auckland, and 143 for Southern ports, The New Zealand Timber Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent. 1 'lhe Doric brings 900 tons of railway iron, part for the 'Tramway Company], aud ; part for the Rrotorua Railway. She expects to leave for the South on Thursday. - Captain Vine Hall, -of Sydney, isj engaged in making a searching investigation, on behalf _pf London underwriters into ' the circumstances of thei sale of the steamer , Triumph recently stranded at Tir itiri. ;" '''„' : . ( , \ " Te Kooti passed through Cambridge with a large escort to-day on his way to, the King Country.. v ■• * • * Newon This Day. "' John Renorden died at the' hospital; without recovering' consciousness. At the inquest a verdict pf accidental death' was returned.. Welmngt'os, This Day. ] A boy nine years of age, named Ihos. Benge, of Muhgaroa, has been -drowned in the H utt river. He was crossing the ford to fetch cattle, when the current swept him away. The inquiry . into the stranding of the. barque Fusileer will be held on Wedne»*f day. The barque is not injured, but doubt is felt as to whether it would pay ' to get »ier off. j ' 'lhe Hon. Mr Bryce has received a telegram, from Kawhia, stating thatf Tawhaio has decided on' visiting Kawhia, and also that he would probably take a trip -to EniVind'shdrilyV ' '-■!■. '. I ■ r hi Dunedin, This Day; : , , A deputation of the Trades, and Labour! Council waited' on Mr Stoutf oh Saturday night, and he agreed to draft a Bill fbrj next session to enable .seamen \o obtain the franchise, by holding electoral rights similar to min^' rights. He alsp.agreed to draft a petition tb have Dunedin reformed into one electoral district. The pockets of the clothes of the Tasmaaian cricketers were rilled in the pavilion pn Saturday, and about £50 stolen. '" The police to-day arrested La; young man named Marr on suspicion. Chbiutchubch, This Day. An unoccupied cottage at Sydenham. was„destroy-^o by fire, yesterday. .Two other alarms of fire occurred. 1 "