INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 338, 14 March 1868, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

We learn that the prisoners confined h\ Lyttelton have refused for the last two days to go out to work on the breakwater, in consequence of the late death -of John. Bqrnside. The Hawke's Bay Herald of February 11th says:— The steam boiling down establishment is now completed, and w expected' to be open in a fortnight. Several lots of sheep are known to be. ready for the "pot," so that, in a short time, tallow may be expected to be added, to our local exports. Should the. yield be small for the first lots operated upon, the extraordinary dry season will sufficiently account forthe fact. The results will he. anxiously looked for by sheep breeders, generally. The shareholders^ we under-, stand, contemplate, as soon as possible, adding a, meat preserving branch to their works. The two outlets for the super-, fluous stock of the district will, no dou ; bt, work well together. We only hope the, problem of how best to, preserve meat for export will spefedily be solved. UntU then, it would be hazardoua to. begii\ operations, bnt our go-ahead friends of. Victoria will, we feel convinced, very soon B3ttle the question. It will be. a good thing for this district when the stock, owners can 4 by eithjer process^ turn their siyrplua, stock mto money^ May the time* not be far distant. The. second — or,, rather, the original boUing-down company —received their plant on Sa.tu.rday by the, Stormbird, th§ same having; been transhipped ex Omeo from Melbourne. It is, from the Langlan/is foundry, and is said, ■by those who have seen it to be a very good plant, The works of this, company will be at the Meanee^ The Qtago Daisy Times of the 3rd inst., says : — "An accident happened to one of* Cobb and Co.'s coaches yesterday^ in thei neighborhood of Green Island, Thei coach was being driven to Banedin, and was descending the bill a,, short distance; beyond the Kaikprai Hotel, when one ofthe horses fell. This circumstance causedthe others to swerve, and before they were brought up, the coach wasprecipU tated over a, slight embankment, and completely capsized,. Fortunately, therewere none of the passengeirs • seriously injured, although some su.stain.edi slight bruises. 3 * By advices received from Mr Young, by the Panama maj& we. are giad to learn, that the. ice-house on board the Celestial Queen was quite completed, and 20.00 ft ova of the 100,000. it was proposed to send, to Otago w.ere safely stowed in it. Theremaining ova w.ere-. expected; during t&ei next ten days which vroujid ejapse before the vessel's finaj dejpartufle.. As thej Celestial Queen is a clipper- ship, her arrival may be looked for e_arlv. in ApriK -=*Puily Times, 3rd in&jfc s