INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 93, 29 January 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

I PEB TJNITKD PRESS ASSOCIATION.!" Auckland, January 27. James Conway, a well-known footballer, who represented Auckland in her matches with England, Canterbury, and CHago, is dead. His funeral, which took place to-day, was attended by many members of the athletic clubs. The Auckland Liberal Association has passed a resolution congratulating the new Ministry, and hoping that no time will bo lost in passiug a landtax. Dpnedin, January 27. Mr A. J. Burns, himself a descendant of Burns, the poet, mentioned at the Burns' dinner that there were at present \ltneal descendants'of 'Tarn o f Shanter jn r ihe colony. vOuegrandsort was still alive

in Christchtirch and gloried in reciting the poem on every occasion. Bishop Moran has received a cable stating that Ai.chb:shop Carr, of .Melbourne, Bidhop Moore, of Ballarat, and Dr Higgins, Auxilary Bishop" of Sydney, Left for New Zealand to-day. *■ January 28. Mr Justice Williams leaves for Christchurch to-morrow to hear the petition lodged against the return of Mr J Joyce, M.H.E. for Akaroa. Palmerston North, This Day. The St. Patrick's Bay Sports Committee giye £113 in prizes on 17th March. J. E. Henry is the handicapper. Wbllin&ton, This Day. The Tongariro from London, via way ports, arrived in harbor this morning. She was detained in London until December 14 (four days late) owing to the fogs. The passage was a fine weather one and uneventful. She. brings 81 passengers for New Zealand. N api EB, January 28. A meeting of creditors of "Willoughby Brassey, solicitor, unanimously granted his application for discharge. New Plymouth, January 28.. They have sunk to a depth of 200 feet at the petroleum works and . have come on strong indications of oil. The sand taken out is impregnated with oil.