INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 122, 15 May 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(PEE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, This Day. The takings at Saturday's football match was £298 ; Monday's, £105 ; total, £403. Lillywhite takes eighty per cent. In Court this morning, an injunction was granted restraining the Perman Company from playing "Pinafore" without license. A writ for £150 damages for past performances has been issued against the Company. Auckland, This Day. The Auckland Ratepayers Associarecon>mend a reduction of the Corporation officials and salaries amounting to over £1500 yearly, to include the abolition of City Department, the Waterworks Engineer, and the City Surveyor. Sir George Grey addresses a public meeting on the Chinese question tonight. Dunkdin, This Day. A claim at Roxburgh has divided £96 per man for three weeks 7 work. Mr Brown, M.H.K., had a rather stormy meeting at Eawrenoe, but received a vote of confidence by a substantial majority. There was a warm exchange of personalities. GrBTMOUTH May 14. - The fat cattle market was overstocked, aad 'a number left unsold. The top price of Wanganui bullocks was L 7 10s ; heifer.«, ' er.«, L 2 10s to L 3 15s ; prime beef, from 15s to 16s per 1001 b. In fat sheep the market was glutted, the top price being lls. 9d for heavy weathers. Some were unsold. Christchurch merinos, a mixed ! ot, were s^ld at 5s 24. There were fenpigs in the market, but all were sold at iverage rates. Invebcabgill, May 14. There isapprceptible movement of energetic companies to part with there lan.e s ates in he district th.it have fallen into their hands at .con i'erable redncti- ns on the rates ruling for years past. Inquiries for 'lv ml are becoming more frequent, some being from Victorian farmers.