INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 89, 21 January 1890, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

; ♦ ' ■ — -—r— -:.. ' ■ (per united press association.) Hawkba, January 18. The infant son of G-lent worth a settler at Eltham, was drowned m a tub of sour milk on Friday. GiSBOBNE, January 18. ■A lad named William Edward Ward Grice was accidentally drowned in the river whilst bathing alone. Wbiltngton; This Day. The following proclamation has been issued from the Colonial Secretary's office : — " Wednesday, 29th instant, being the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the colony, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that day shall be observed as a geueral holiday, on whioh ocoasion the public offices throughout the colony will be closed. *' jmaru. Jnmnry 20 Diver Collis, working under about 20ft of water on Saturday At a slipway, was aeiaed by an ootdpus of 6ft 6in spread, which also got hold of the timbers of the ahip, ( ■ollia had the presence of mind, on seeing the e*eatur© couhok, to extend his amia and avoid having them pinned, and he was aUle» though with difficulty, to Bull hxawelf: away b>* the HfeJino, and walk to and climb hia kddor with the oetopns aroantl him, JD\J^BWJf,' Janunrv 3o T\\v < »vl ami Uyimkvssuf Kintore and paftjp aiM'ivt'd about 10.8<> by -gpooial train, Tho Iliglilund Jiifles Formed a mum) of honour, and the Hussars an osport to Govormnont ttouse, where the purly are Uto of Lady Onslow. Ashdubton. January 20. A competitive fluid trial of reaper and binders was held yesterday in a crop of T scan wheat, each machine having 3$ acres to out. The maximum number of points obtainable was ninety, the MoCormiok, was adjudged winner with eighty-four points ; Brand* ford's second, with 72 ; the Buckeye third with 70 The other 'machines competing were—rMassey (69), Hornsby (65), Deering (56), Howard (29).