INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 33, 28 August 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

1.P38 UNITED PBEBB ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, This Day. At the R.M. Court the charge of robbery from the person, preferred against Arthur Moeller who was remanded for the production of the prosecutor, was dismissed. The police not having found prosecutor, no evidence was forthcoming. W oodviile, This Day. A three-roomed cottage, belonging to Mrs Liddle, of Napier, was destroyed by fire last night. The building was unoccupied, and the origin of the fire is a mystery. Insured for £75 in the Uuion office. Wanganui, August 27. Just before the Glenelg left the wharf to-day a vromnn named Purnell, with a six weeks old baby in her arms, a passenger to Onehunga returning to the ship, slipped on the stage and fell off the wharf. Mr W. Rankm and a seaman named Hunter courageously jumped into the water and rescued both The mother I got rery little more than a ducking, but the life of the, baby is despaired of Ditnedin, August 27. The Waterloo Cup on Saturday was won easily bj Sailor Boy,, with Sylvia runner up. Presoott, a well-known prospector, has discovered two reefs of antimony at Great Barrier Isand. The reefs are 6 feet in thickness, with plenty of water clone at hand for dressing the ore for shipment. Haweba, Außust 27. At the inquest on the body of James Leask, h'»telkeeper, the jury returned a verdict of death through excessive drinking. Auckland, August 27. The Bootmakers Union is attempting to cause a strike here. On Saturday it sailed all union men from Garret t Bros. Factory but the men declined to comply ■ with the order. The dispute is as to the ' aumber of apprentices employed. « Blp.nh.kim, August 27. , • It is reported several nuggets of sotop ' ?onsidern hie weight huve been found at klttktikuiiawa .gold field. '