INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 96, 5 February 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

♦■ - - t PER TJMTWD PREBS- ASSOCIATION. f In.vkrcargill, February 4.Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, Bishop Vloore,. of Ballarat, and Dr Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, arrived by the Manapouri to-day. On arrival aiInvercargill they were met by BishopMoran and a large number of Catholics, who cheered as the dignitaries drove off. It appears that the barque Anna Herbertha, which arrived from Adelaide on Surid»y,.hnd two cases ot scarlet fever on board, but, notwithstanding, was allowed to berth alongside the wharf. The Mayor of Bluff telegraphed to the Colonial Sec ■ retary, and he instructed the Invercargill Collector of Customs to enquire and take the action necessary. The feeling prevails that there has been a failure to- , carry out the quarantine regulations.

Christchubch, February 3-. The ballot of the members of the Railway Society on the question of affiliation with the Maritime Council resulted in a majority in favour of withdrawal from any connection with that body. ' Nelson, February 3. A burglary was committed last night at the store of Mr Lewis Chittenden, A window was taken out of the building, where tho thief is supposed to have en- ! tered, and the safe was cut open with » I ; cold chisel and £22 abstracted.

Woodville, February 4. A meeting of Victoria and MnngaotnaValley settlers .was held last night to* protest against the action of the Railway Commissioners in depriving that portion of the district of a daily train service toNapier. It was resolved to ask the Commissioners to continue the present morning arid evening service between , Woodville and Napier instead of stopping' at D.tnevirke, and to stop through trains at Victoria Station, as the only way of i enabling the settlers to get butter and other perishable produce to Napier daily - It was also resolved. to petition the Hon, R. J. Seddon to bring in a bill to repeal the Act by which the Commissionerswere appointed, and a committee was appointed to draw up a petition. - Wellington, February 4. The Minister of Defence is considering the question of a thorough classification of the police. / •The Government are willing to grant licenses to officers- of the Salvation Army to solemnise marriages on' the presentation of a certificate signed by 24 person c that the officer making the' application: for a licence is their Minister. If necessary, the law will be . amended to enable* this to be done. The Hon. Mr Cadman, Native Minister, will accompany his Excellency the* Governor on his" overland trip through, the North Island. At the inquest on the . fire at Anderson's store in Taranaki 'street on thenight of the 19th January, the jury returned an open verdict, and added a rider that the circumstances were suspicious. They were also of opinion that the stock was over- insured, and that insurance companies should exercise more care in accepting risks. ' • This Day. Sir Maurice O'Borke has consented to» act on the Am aboldi . Commission, and will not be appointed on the Native Commission. ' The third mart for the latter isstill unchosen.

The Minister for Public Works j has agreed to place £4000 on the Estimatesfor the completion of the Lunatic Asylum, at Christchurch. Norbury and Trevor (£17,000) are the> successful tenderers for the Porirua Asylum. The t( ta' acreage of Crown Lands dis* posed of last month v.a5'37,892 perpetual lease; 22,852 cash; 13,150 deferred payments,' 1888. Sir William Fitzherbert is not expected to recover. The Government haye asked Sir Harry Atkinson to act as one of New Zealand's representa tiyes to the Federal Convention,, but he has not yet made up his mini Auckland, February 3* A statement has been made that the petition against the return of. Mr Allen for the Te Aroha seat is- to be heard on the--Ist of April at the Te Aroha Courthouse. The Northern Steamship Company have a new steel steamer for the Bay of Plenty maize trade-,, now nearly completed at Glasgow. She is to be named .the Waitati, and will be out here in June. Her registered tonnage will be 170. with light draught for the-, bar harbors of the East Coast. As it was reported that a fight with bare fists between two pugilists was ta take place at. a building in Durham street,, the police went there yesterday,, and having cleared the place of a number of people who had assembled, they locked ' tbe doors. February 8. It is said that Mr Adam Portei will be a candidate for the Te Aroha seat if -an* other election is- held. Sir' George Grey, when he arrived yesterday afternoon at Rotorua, whither h& has gone for the benefit of his health,, was welcomed by Mr' Malfroy on behrlfof the Europeans, and also received hearty greetings from the natives,, who made ,a demonstration in his honor, s nging a soig of wee me A man named Michael O'Connor, em* ployed as navvy at Fallon's railway con» tract, near Ngaruawahia. fell down the face of a cutting seventy feet, dislocating one wrist and injuring his bade and sides. Those who saw the accident consider it marvellous that the man was not dashed! to pieces.