INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 95, 4 February 1890, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(I»EK UNITED P«B>S ASSOCIATION .) Dunedin, February 3 At Clyde, the propnetoie of the Cromwell Brewery Company were fined £50 for a breach of the Beer "Duty Act. Messrs Meyers aud Beck, of Clyde, were also fined iso for the sums offence. The Equitable Investment Company have declared a divideud of 3J per ceut. for the half year, making 7 per cent, for the year, and carry forward £39; J. Messrs Downie Stewart, M. U.R., and J. Hazlett were elected Directors. Hokitika, February 3. A boy, about 12 3'ear3 of age, son of Robert Park, aud nephew of the wellknown canoeist, was drowned to-night He was in a boat with his father and another man. when tne current ' carried the b >at over the bar. Tho deceisod was drowned fn the surf. The two men were rescued. The body is not yet found. Wklli ngton, Fel>ru»»ry 1. The total Customs revenue collected for the month of January is £132,875, being about £58,000 short of the Treasurer's estimate. This Day. The southerly wind still continues,. and in consequence the sculling match could not be got off this morning. The City- Surveyor has furnished a a report on Government House drainage, in which he says that if the late outbreak of fever was the result of defective drainage the corporation sewers were not in a sufficiently bad state to have been the cause, and it is doubtful if the drains inside the Grounds were in proper order. He bases ih s opinion on an examination of the drains recently taken up. Spe iking generally he remarks, " I ara strongly of opinion that with the existing drainage and the general absence of proper sewer ventilation, the health of the City would suffer greatly were it not for the thorough periodical cleansing the drains received by the admission of storm water. Auckland, Februarys. The Commission appointed te inquire into the matters concerning the Xaihu Valley Railway Company, Messrs McKerrow, D. H. Macarthur, and Monk. M.H.R., will begin taking evidence tomorrow. The warship Orlando was floated into the Calhppe Dock to-day for cleaumg and painting. The vessel will take in some 1200 tons of Westport coal, and will leave for Australian waters in about a week. It is estimated that there will be a surplus of £300 from the Jubilee festivities. A spocial meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealand Stud Company was held to-day at the Company's offices. Shortland street, to consider the financial position of the Company. Alter consider able discussion the following resolution was agreed to :— " That the assets of the Company be disposed of to the best advantage by sale or otherwise, and that the Company would be wound up. v Gbeymouth, February 3. At the cattle market. Wanganni bullocks fetched £6 15a to £9 10s; local, £5 5s to £7 los. Prime beef is quoted at 20s per 100lb ; vealers, 25s to 40s ; fat pigs, £3 10a to £4 ss, 4d per lb.Hokitika, February 3. There is an increasing good gold yield from the back creek, and the population is setting m there to a considerable extent. Tho auriferous country, the miuers assert, would equal Kuinara is a large water Bupply was procurable.