INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
LPBB TOITBD PBBBB ASSOCIATION. ArcKLAiro, July 27. The City of Sydney arrived at 1.30 a.m. from San Francisco. The passage was uneventful. This Pay. A hundred and fifty natives have assembled to stop the contractors of the fiotorua fiailway from proceeding to lay the permanent way, alleging that they haAe net been paid compensation for reserve taken. They are building a liar* ricade across the line. WiLLiireTOK. July 27. A private cable notifies the arrival ef the lonic at Bio Janiero. A shoemaker at Masterton, named John Willcot, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor* He is progressing favourably. An analysis ef the soup taken by an old man anrf woman named Searamelli, after which they showed signs of poisoning, shows that the soup contained a large quantity of arsenic. Joseph Moore, and Selana Moore, son-in-law and daughter of Scaramelli's have been served with informations charging them with attempted murder. Family fiends have existsd between the parties for some time past. This Pay. At the E.M- Court to-day Joseph and Tilina Moore, en a charge of attempting to poison Mr and Mrs Searamelli, were remanded until August 6. At the Waste Land* Board held this morning it was decided to offer Hunterrille lands by village and small farm allotments — the former for cash and the latter on deferred payments. The sale will take place in five weeks.. Cs*iBTCK*BCH, July 26. The interprovinoial football match, Wellington v. Canterbury* took place on Lancaster Park to-day;. Canterbury won by six points to nil, Bubnkbix, July 27. Twenty-five Blenheim carpenters are on strike against two employers, who refuse to reduce the weekly hoars from 48 to 46, by giving two kours en Saturday afternoon, which all the other Blenheim matters have granted. The men *o strike will be supported by the Trade Society* This Day. Employers have conceded twe hours at any rate for the present, and the carpenters strike has ended. DvirKDiH, This Day. The fifty mile walking match between Hancock sad Soott was won by the former. Time, 8 honrt 8 minutes.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 20, 28 July 1885, Page 2
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