INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 120, 2 April 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

I PER UNITED PRESB ASSOCIATION..! Cheistchttbch, March 31. Fred Hall, one of the spoiling fraternity, ( was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for stealing a totalisator ticket, value £2 3s 6d, from a man at Biccarton Racecourse yesterday. Kumara, March 31. The wedding of the Rev. W. S. Bean, curate of Holy Trinity, Kumara, to Miss Seddonj eldest daughter of the Minister of Minesi was solemnised this morning. Auckland, March 31. A new seam of coal has been struck at Whangae, about to miles from Kawakawa. New Plymouth, March 31. It is stated that Inspector Pardy is not to be removed from New Plymouth. Wellington, April 1. With reference to a statement which has appeared in print that a.commission is to enquire into the. working of the Government Insurance office; the Premier states Government is quite satisfied with the ma'uageinent, and has no intention of appointing a commission. This Day. By the last mail, a small sample of the Koch tuberculine was received by the Colonial Secretary's Department from the Agent-General in London, and will be used for treatment of lupus of the face, there being several of these cases in Dunedin. The Agent-General has advised the Government he will procure a further quantity of lymph, which will be sent to the larger hospitals in the colony. The Ruapehu sailed from the Cape for New Zealand on Tuesday. The Tongariro arrived at Plymouth ' from New Zealand on Tuesday. A new clause has been added to the Government Contracts; in the direction indicated by the Minister of Public Works of making the letting of sub-con-tracts without the consent of the Minister illegal, .-ii Nelson. April 1. , A nugget weighing 32 z 7dwts has been obtained at the Baton.