INTERPEOVINCIAL NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 58, 17 May 1884, Page 2

INTERPEOVINCIAL NEWS.

I [PEH UNITED PBEPS ASSOCIATfoIT.I • ' Gisborne, This Day: •. A meeting, at Ormond last* night tf&si about equally divided, in farour.-of Sir Julius Vogel and the local candidate;. 1 Ckeistciiuecii, This Day. ; ProEes.'ior Van Haast, Director of Museums, has received an inliruatioa by cable from London that the Royal Geo-: graphical Society h:m awarded him its gold medal forhis geographical reHearciies and exploration in New Zealand. The Hon. E. Richardson was elected unopposed for Kaiapoi to-day. ■ Ashbuetok, This Day. Mr E. G. Wright, the member for Ashburton, has forwarded his resignation to the Speaker, cvring to ill- health. DtfNEDiN, Ihis Day. Ada Catherine Mason, aged three, months, was found dead in her bed inher mother's house at Kaikorai last' night. An epileptic fit is the supposed caused of death. As inquest has not been deemed necessary. In the Provincial Sale Yards there is a gasometer for working lime lights at the theatre. This morning, Wm. Walker, a. gas fitter, was repairing a leak when an explosion occurred by whioh he. sustained serious injuries. He had been warned by James Peak, a mechanist, not to proceed with the repairs till the latter was present. .WBiusroray, This Pay. The nnm? of Sir Julius Vogel appears. as a freehoMjer on^ the electoral roll for j the Waikouafci district. ' . Aucklakd, This Day. ■ > ThißjGWrerdot ba«,recetv©d the follow- 1 ing telegram from the Secretary of State! fpr'the Gdiim^s :'— " It W Her 5 Mije'sfyj vtisti that the celebration of her birthday should Jt>e deferred for ©ne month. Her; iMfties^r'^as b^ejn pleased to appoint the j 28th Juue for the United Kingdom." The! Governor. notifie« that his lp^ee has been postponed in accordance with "this request. ■ ■■■«■■■■■■■«■. ..< :'b-'A J: