INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 149, 9 June 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ipbb united press association.! Auckland, June 6. Harry ,W. Farnall, ..who represented Rodney in the House of Representatives for some years,' died suddenly last night at Okoroire, where he had gone for tha benefit of his health. - June 8. John .Mills, one of'the crew of the schooner Maile from the Islands, was fined £50 for smuggling 1001 bof tobacco ashore. The case against Linton, the 'handcart man, who took it up the wharf, was dismissed, on the ground of insufficient evidence of complicity. The tobacco is stated to have been recovered at Samoa from the wreck of the American warships. This Day. Sir George Grey arrived this morning from Sydney per Wairarapa, looking well and in good health. He was met at the wharf by .the members of the Reception Committtee of the Labor Association, including the Mayor, who welcomed Sir George back to Auckland. < Christchurch, June 8. , A man named Sutherland was run over by a dray at Waikari and killed. . , Aman named Sutherland was found dead at Waikari yesterday morning. He left the station on Saturday morning with an empty dray and three horses. "The dray was found capsized across his neck. - >■ - - ' ' -» , . Wellington, June 8. . A number of Ministers are already i n town, and about 20 seats have been marked off. Amongst those here is the Hon. Wigley, who, despite the alleged forfeiture of his seat, will, it is .understood, claim the right to resume jt, on the yround that the January session was not really a session: Dunedin, June 8. .- Sirß. Stout giyes a denial to the report that he goes Home to conduct the Edwards..appeal. He adyised. Government a- fortnight ago on the subject. Considerable alarm was caused on the flat to-day by the extraordinary high tide and heavy sea on at Ocean Beach, and in the afternoon it became evident that a brench would be made in the sand hills at St Hilda road, close* to the Central Bat tery. At 430 p.m the sea had cut a channel through, and there was a strong stream flowing up the St Ktlda road for. about 800 yards, which spread on to the low* lying ground. Napier, June 8. The body of the man Chadwick, .who is' supposed to have murdered Roderick Matheson on January 14th last, has been found in Pohui bush,' close to the scene of the murder. No details are to hand.' Masterton, This Day. Sergeant John Price, who has been for many years in the New Zealand police force, died at Masterton this morning ' from acute bronchitis. -