INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 65, 29 November 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(per united press association.) Nemon, November 28. A young ladj named Louisa Emily Ed wards was drowned yesterday afternoon in the river at Wairoa Gorge while bath ing witii her companion, Miss Best. The latter got out of her depth, and called for assistance. Miss Edwards attempted to to rescue her, and was drowned. Miss B<*st Ijaot out of the hole and went for assistance, but Mi»s Edwards was dead when help arrived. At the inquest to* day at Brightwater a verdict of acoi* dental death was retained. Havelock, November 28. Two men. working next to Gregg's claim at Mahakipawa, had a very narrow escape to-day. They undermined a quantity of earth, which fell upon them. One was mujh injured about the head. Auckland, November 28. Three lads named A. Johnston, H. Wilson and T. Wilson, all under nine years of age, were before the Police Court to-day on a charge of stealing 6s, a clock and other articles from the Wei lesJey«.Btreet public school. The boys are pupils at the school, and they entered the premises on Saturday and Sunday, and stole the goods and spent the money. Johnston and H. Wilson were each fined Ll and sentenced to receive six strokes of the birch. T. Wilson was discharged, being nnderage. A difficulty has arisen between the local butchers and the Frozen Meat Com* pany because of the scales of prices fixed by the butchers' Association in ordor to put an end to unprofitable competition. The Company claim that the scale is too high, and the sale of their prime meat is thorefore interfered with, and they propose to open a retail shop. WELUNGToir, This Day At a meeting of tho Land Board a re* solution was carried that all disputes and questions arising between rifal applicants for land, such as that between Miller, of Hawkes Bay, and Bnyler, should be settled by the Board without the intervention of the Minister. In the course of a discussion. Mr Ma-arthur, M.HR., said the Minister only took upon himself to settle disputes in ord- r to show the Land Board was not necea* sary, being, as was well known, an op* ponent of the continuance of tho Boards Dunedin, Thii Day, At tho inquest on young Black a rer diet of ncciiiental death with no blame attachable to anyone, was returned. Ohbistchvbch, November 28. Henry Wetherell, proprietor of the Kemberiv fl.ii mi 1. while shifting the bedding this morning, had his legs entangled in the machinery. The flesh was torn off the ri:ht leg. which was broken above the ankip ; me left leg; was broken ■shore the knee. The right leg was amputated, but he sack and died at 2 p.m. -; r f '