INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 48, 24 April 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[per united press association.! Wellington, This Day. The Union Steamship Company are building three steamers for the West Coast trade, and one for the intercolonial trade. Another horse-whipping case is reported. A barmaid at the Star Hotel horse-whipped a lodger at the hotel who had been annoying her. Dunedin, This Day. A young man named Prescott, who was in the employ of Messrs Kennie and Dornwell, butchers, committed suicide by hanging himself hi a water closet early this morning. Mr Thomas Bracken, M.H.R. for Dunedin Central, addressed a meeting of his constituents last night. The hall was crowded, and the Mayor was in the chair. Mr Bracken dealt principally with decentralisation, strongly favouring Mr Mac andrew and Mr Montgomery's platform. He was accorded an unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. The Mosgiel Woollen Company have declared au interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. Auckland, This Day. The Wairarapa took an experimental shipment ef frozen beef, mutton, fish, &c, for the Sydney market. The house of Francis Creiuhton, Hume Point, was insured for £800, and the furniture for £200 in the Norwiek Union. The Wairarapa has sailed for Sydney. Among the passengers are the ICenneiy family. A depu tation, representing the Frozen Meat Company, waited on M r Mitchelson yesterday, and obtained from him a promise that a night train will be put on to bring the meat from Waikato to be frozen at the depot on the same term" as in the South. The Hon. Mr Mitchelson left to-day for Te Awamutu by train, whence he will shape his course by the western route (Carkeek's) to New Plymouth ; and thence to Wellington, via Stratford and Ohuru Valley. Napibb, This Day. A man named j. Decamps was found dead in a clearing shed on the railway premises at Makatoko early this morning, No particulars have reaeued town further than that the deceased was taken on by the Department yesterday. He wns a blacksmith by trade, but quite a stranger to this district. A Geelong publican, for having a bottle of tobacco juice in his possession — used tor coloring brandy— was ..sent to gaol for six months. __. . ' It has been decided in the Melbourne Courts that a cheque must.be paH, even if the bodyis hot filled.' iip. ThVh'gures '.' in the left hand corner are sufficient. '