INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 81, 7 February 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

''■*'' -' ♦ — — ■•■ (PEB OSITBD PRFBB ASSOCIATION.) Weilington* February 4, At the Admiralty Court to-day, the Chief Justice, on the application of some of the crew, granted a warrant for the seizure of the steamier Oreti, for wages due. The amount owing to the captain is L9O, and to some of the crew LBOO odd, ' This Day. MnjortGeneral Schaw inspected the fortifications yesterday, aid expressed himself highly pleased with them, but is of opinion tbat they are unnecessarily elaborate, and could have been made effective at a much less cost, He also inspected the naval brigade and permanent artillery, whom he characterised as an exceptionally smart body* of men. The Minister of Defence has requested the Agent General to make enquiries in reference to obtaining two non«coinmiß> niened officers of the royal artillery as in. structors in gunnery. Wanganot, February 6. The preliminaries for the match between Laing and Slavin were to hare been made to-night, but Laing was not in town, consequently they hare been postponed till Wednesday night. Mr Chavannes of the Victoria Hotel will re* present Mr Biley, who expresses a willingness to the fight for either L6OO or LIOO a-side, bat asks for six weeks from date of signing articles to allow time for training. It seems to be under* stood that the match is to be fought here Wbstpobt, February 3. A slaughtering match here was won by Frederick Eichardson, who dressed six sheep in 21 minutes. Chbistchubch, Februnry 6. Borne m< ntlis ago Mr Stead saw a notice in an English paper of a new pre» paration that had been invented as a . butter, preservative, and he wrote to his jondon correspondents requesting them to send out some of the butter thug treated, as a sample, and also a small lot of the preservative. The butter arrived yesterday by the Aorangi, and has just been opened, the quality proving excel- i lent. If the preparation in question sue- 1 ceeds as well in preserving butter from I here to England as it has during the i v<»y:»g»? out, it. inrisfc prove a valuable ac- ; 'i •jmsiuoa to dairy fwrtnefs. „ : _; "':'. i

Woodvillb, This Day. About one mile of bush through the George is on fire. The debris is continually falling on the road to the peril j of passengers; Coaches cannot get through. A bush fire in Davevirke is reported, and it is said that the railway station will be destroyed. Auckland, February 6. On Saturday aftenoon a little girl named Amy Bichards, about seven years of age, fell over the cliff ut Dr Camp* ; bell's Point at Parnell, and was killed instantly, /her brains being dashed out oh the rocks below. The child had been playing in company with her elder sister and in endeavouring to reach Borne Christmas flowers growing at the edge of cliff, fell. . . ' . : Oamabu, February 6, | The ship Marl borough sailed for London this evening with a cargo consisting of 10.868 sheep, 1209 iambs, 160 quarters of beef, and 1937 bales of. wool, valued at £36,000. The barque Lairo will sail to ; morrow for London with a cargo of wool j yalmed at £37,000. i