TERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 200, 25 April 1867, Page 3

TERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

of the despatch from the SecreState, the Governor has decided the 18th Royal Irish in the The soldiers are to be withdrawn outposts, and located in the towns. the 9th instant, a man named Dalaccidentally killed at the Miranda through the bursting of his gun. at Onehunga has been lined costs for having taken a coat in for drink supplied to one of his Wellington Evening Post of the instant, says, as the tetch Falcon, master, was passing through tho on Thursday evening] a seaman Martin Griffin jumped overboard, notwithstanding every exertion instantly - made by Mr Milo his -men, the unfortunate man was Tho body has not yet been rehas been received of anoengagement at Opotiki. A party of Ist Waikato Militia and friendly naengaged a number of Hau-haus at about ten miles from Opoliki. A of note, named Piriahaka, was head-quarter of the 57th Regiembarked at Auckland for England the 10th instant. A man named Edward Gamble, who only just arrived from England, in Coleroon, has been found drowned in harbor at Wellington. We (Daily Southern Cross) understand the castaway who excited some deof sympathy on his arrival, after a residence on the Little Barrier without food or shelter, was H'- wanted " by the police, and was not the Hveritable Andrew Brown he*, represented to be. He has since been rocogHnised as a deserter from H.M. 40th RegiHment, iiamed William Baker, who last ■ rendered himself notorious by digging B through the flooring of the guard-room at B the Albert Barracks and making himself B scarce. ■ The official report of progress at the ■■Lyttelton and Christchurch tunnel up to 31 shows that of the estimated ■length of 2838 yards 2795 yards had been Hdriven. As there remained only fortyHthree yards at the end of last month, we Hin'ay fairly hope that both ends of the Bdriving may meet by the middle of May Hat the latest. H Messrs Holmes and Co., of Christhave lately imported from London first and second-class carriages, ■intended for the traffic on the Great HSouth lines. The carriages were built by Hthe Metropolitan Carriage Company, and ■certainly exhibit some superior ..workmanBship. The first-class carriages aie most H elegantly and comfortably fitted up, and B riding in them wili actually be a luxury. B By the same vessel a large locomotive-en-B gine was also imported.' . This engine is I exactly similar to those brought out four ■ years ago, and was built by Messrs I Slaughter j Grunning and Co., at the I Avonside works. It was erected in the I Jjhjjd, by Mr Beverly, tlw foreman to ■ "Messrs Holmes and Co., and will make I -its first trip to the Heathcote to-day. I The first traction engine imported iuto I this colony was to have made its trial reI cently, near Christchurch. This engine I was constructed at tho Reading Works, Berkshire, and seems to ho an excellent piece of workmanship. It was imported by Messrs Hawkes and Strouts, to the of Messrs Brown and Hamilton, and 'is intended to travel with a threshing machine. The engine started from the railway-station about one o'clock, and proceeded capitally for a short distance, but in endeavoring to turn a corner the steersman looked the wheels of the front carriage, and the engine got off the road on to the grass, and could not be extricated. The feed pump not acting well, the pins were drawn and the engine left for the night. The correspondent of the Daily Southern Cross, writing from Camp Turuturu, ou the West Coast, says: — ;s The surveyers here would be often in great danger in going through the bush on duty \. if it were not for the daily armed escort I that proceeds with them. Some time \ since they were a few miles in the bush I measuring and chaining the sections of I land, and were taking a rest on<; clay, the r escort being coveniently lying down in f the fern, when out jumped six natives from the adjacent bush, fully armed, and k approached the surveyors. In a few % moments the escort showed themselves, ■ and the Maoris then pretended they were llooking for cattle. They immediately Ishrank back into the bush, looking rather llisappointed at meeting the 'hoias.' The surveyors say they had a narrow escape % the occasion."