INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 13, 17 July 1890, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

« . I PBB tTKITKD PBBBB ASSOCIATION. J . ' Chßibtchubch, July 15. Burglaries appear frequent here nowLast Friday night the office of J. T. Brown, timber merchant, was broken into and an unsuccessful attempt made to open the safe. Last night Newsey, Light, and Co.'s grocers shop was entered through the window and a small sum in charge was taken from the till. A bout 250 applications for employment as lamplighters were received by the Chris tchurch Gas Company. Under tfre present arrangement ten lamplighters are employed. It is not certain how many will be required tinder the system which is to be introduced. Dunbdin, July'l% <■ At the City Court Charlotte HoopW^widow with five children, was charged with the larceny of a postal order for £6. It appeared that the woman, whowas without ?'ood or firing, finding the order on the street, purchased blankets, wood, and coal, her children at the time almost starving. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called on. Messrs William Hutchison and C. 3. Reeves are mentioned as Parliamentary candidates for Dunedin Suburbs. A strong south -west gale has been blowing all the evening, with some rain and extreme cold. Auckland, July 15. A meeting of master builders was held in relation to the provisions.of the Build* ing L'eri'Bill. A Committee was appointed to farther the progress of theBill, consult the architects, and report to another meeting. ■■':■•■■.• A Conference was held to-day, at which Bishop Cowie, Colonel Shepherd, Mr A. Cairns (the President), and Mr Eobertson (Secretary of the Crimean Veterans' Association) were present. It was decided to hold a church parade and an open-air service to augment the funds for the relief of the survivors, of the Six Hundred. The State school teachers, are moving in the direction of forming a teachers* union. • . Tne Bakers' Union hare fixed a scale of wages — Foreman, £3 ; second hand, 60s ; third hand 45s per week. Napibb, July 15. A peculiar case was heard in Court today, when Mr Cresswell, a solicitor, was sued for £20 paid to him, but which it was alleged he had not earned. A man named Johnson was arrested on twocharges of forgery. Mr Cresswell undertook his defence, -receiving in payment two promissory notes for £20 each. He appeared in the Resident Magistrate's Court in both cases, and in the Supreme Court defended the first case, in which Johnson was convicted. This being the* weakest case. Cresswell advised the prisoner to plead guilty to the second charge, but he refused, and Cresswell withdrew. The Resident Magistrate, after hearing the evidence, gate judgment in favonr of Cresswell. Gisbobnb, July 16. The bailiffs, at the suit of several Gis- | borne tradespeople are in possession of the South Pacific Petroleum Works until claims amounting to £110 are satisfied. Wellington, July 16. ! Sir Robert Stout left for the South thi* afternoon. ; v , i Arthur Clampett alias Sullivan, who | returned from London by the Ruapehu j on Monday night, did not go to Christchurch, but left to-day for Sydney in the steamer Wakatinu.