INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 37, 29 March 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[PKB PNITED PBEPA ASSOCIATION.! Blenheim, This Day. A stormy meeting of the shareholders of the Ficton Coal mine was held last night. It was adjourned for four weeks to permit of the circulation of a report and a supplementary balance sheet to date. Very serious accusations were were made against the directors and the late secretary. Gisbobnb, This Day. Mr Finn, a lawyer, bronght an action against a servant girl and her young man. who played high jinks in his drawingroom during his absence. He got 5s and costs. The action was brought only as a deterrent to a common pratice. Wellington, This Day. In Chambers this morning, before Judge Richmond, Mr Shaw, on behalf of Mr Alex. Mcßae, renewed his application for a change of venue in the case against a merchant ot Christ church, for fraudu* lent bankruptcy. Mr Stafford opposed the application. His Honor decided to change the venue to ' hristchurch. At the Weslcyan Church the Rev. Mr Bavin, who is leaving, delivered a valedictory address. At its conclusion he wan presented with a purse of sovereigns on behalf of the four Wesleyan Churches in Wellington.

Auckland, This Day.

At two o'clock this morning a women named Garrity, while drunk, fell from the upper story window of a boardinghouse in Al bert- street. She was conveyed to the hospital, and will probably recover The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company have purchased the New Zealand Frozen Meat Company's Queenstreeet premises for £3 1 .000. The latter are about to build new premises. The Herald's correspondent writes that gold has been discovered at Mangapai. The Magistrate te-day gave judgment on the licensed victuallers' petitions on against the ' ity North licensing election, which resulted in the return of temperancej< andidates. The Magistrate held that though there has been irregularities in the conduct of the election, they were not of sufficient importance to justify the upsetting of the election. A respectable looking youag married woman named Rebecca Wood, was arrested for shop • lifting at Hannah's draper's.

Chbistchubch, This Day.

At a meeting of publicans, brewers, trine and spirit merchants, held at the Scotch stores, it was resolved to revise the rules of the licensed Victualler* Association to admit Brewers, merchants, etc., and enlarge the objects of the Association, to enable action to be taken re the Jecisions cf Licensing Committees etc. The lonic sales to-day for London with 160 passengers ; 12,000, sheep ; and 2500 bale:) of wool. By she Hauroto 65 horses have been shipped to Sydney. Ashbubtoh, This Day. The ram fair to-day was a great success. John Grißg was the largest exhibitor. There were 13,001) sheep entered. Palmebston Nobth. This Day. The Native Lands Court is now sitting here to deal with the Otamakapua Block, and'a large sum of money is to be paid away. Napieb, This Da.y After rannp difficulties Mr J. Chambers has had freezing niachinery constructed on his new principle, and. mail advices state that it was to be tested in London this month. Mr Chambers cjaim* that bis system 1 will require only one-sixth of the coal now used, and tmU it will reduce the cost of sending froaea meat Home by one penny per pound. „. , Dunbdik, This Day. A meeting ..of the creditors of Mr William Haydon was held at the C»l---terion Hotel yesterday afternoon, Mr H. 8. Pish in the chair. ; The assets and liabilities were both set down at £12.000.