INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 101, 10 February 1885, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

[pee united press association. Kaikouba, This Day. The house of John Harnett, sen., was destroyed by fire last night. The inmates hud little time to escape. The building was insured for £300 in thr New Zealand. On Saturday John * -ill. head shepherd on the Clarence run, fell down a precipice and fractured hi* skull. His recovery is doubtful. Dunedin, This Day. Captain Charles Fraser, who had commanded the steamers Storm bird. Star of the South, Wanganui, Oreti, and others, died yesterday. He had been ailing for .some time past. Another conference ef delegates with regard to the frozen meat trade ia to be held in Christchurch early in March. A report prepared by Mr John Roberts, of Murray. Roberts and Co., for the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, after inquiry and inspection in England, wttl be laid before. the meeting. Chbistchubch, This Day. A cabinetmaker named Flank, residing at Woolston, committed suioide by poisoning yesterday. It is said that hs attempted his life some time ago.- No reason is assigned for the act. A Samoan correspondent writing under ' date January 28 states that the Fleetwing j schooner will leave Samoa in five days; from now with a deputation from the! Parliament and King to New Zealand re! annexation. The Fleetwing ought to be in, Auckland on February 20. The Fleetwing will carry the Samoan' 'flag. • Before leaving a resolution will have* been passed in the Samoan Parliament, and approved of by the King, praying for; annexation to New Zealand. Haweba, This Day. , Another arrest was mado bj the police on Saturday in connection with tbe illicit distillation case, in the person of George Moss, hotckeeper, of WoodviUe, near! where the still was found. Il is said; malt was found on bis premises. AU his property, including horses, cattle, etc., were taken charge pf by the police. Auckland, This Day. , A saddler named North had his foot cut off by a tram car yesterday. ■' ! At Mangare the Van letta arising out of agrarian 1 disputes has assumed a hew phase. McCrae came into town at an early hour this , morning and olaimed police protection, expressing a fear at the' bame time that the neighbour^ intended to lynch him. . -d .;-•■ .....a ;/*.- ,' In a steeplechase match on the Taka** puna racecourse between Juli-' Ann and Whalebone fpr £60 aside, the latter won easily. "" ' ' r; " ••''■'•''•..'•■-••:. j The Native Minister bap left Waikato for Pukekohe, where he if thi guest of Major Harris. -■■•.-, „ j B-iNHßiir; This Day. j The charga of expo-log War Cries for sale on the publio -streets was brought against a member of the Stlv§tjP_i T Ar|ti^ was dismissed,, jas <m?» t aisp.ths etoge against Horace, Baker, of WeumjftoiL for maliciously beating a drum .to the arihoyanceof a fetiden't-in M'arkeV£fquare. ;