INTERPROVINCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 25, 1 March 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PKB UNITED PBBM ASSOCIATION.! Nelson, This Day. Professor Brown, M.A., of the Univor. sity College, Auckland, baa been elected to the vacant fellowship of the New Zealand University, the other candidate* having withdrawn. The Senate last night appointed several committees, and agreed that students of medicine who were registered in 1883 at Otago University sbould be accepted as hnving been registered in tho New Zealand University. WKLLiNOTeN, This Day. A Gazette issued to-night cont ins a proclamation constituting the County of Waitotara. (ieo Duncan, steward of tho brig Sarah Hunt, was arrested on the arrival of the Wairarapa from Lyttelton as a stowaway. He came to Wellington to try and see tbe American Consul, as he had a serious charge to prefer against the captain of the Sarah Hunt. Me was fined £5. The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamer Fenstanton discharged in six days 2300 tons, and took ia 100:) tons of coal, 6400 bales of wool, and 8450 carcases of frozen mutton. She sailed yesterday for Loudon. The Auriga, barque which arrived from Glasgow to-day reports having success fully used oil bags twice to allay rough seas. TiHABr., This Day. Afr A. J. Parsons, an old resident, who has long been a leading Mason here, and for the last two 3'ears W.M. of St. John's Lodge, was entertained at a banquet last evening in the library of the lodge. He leaves for Wanganui next week, and takes with him the good wishes of the residents of Timaru, while he leaves a blank in Masonic circles which cannot easily be filled. Auckland, This Day. Judge Fenton is lecturing at the Choral Hall on " The Maoris ; who are they P" Napieb, This Day. In all tbreo Licensing districts in town the teetotal candidates were beaten by a large mujority. Mr Ormond heade i the poll in every district. Haweba, This Pay. Of the 259 sections of Crown lands offered to-day at upset prices varying from 20s to 80s per acre, only one section was sold.