Interprovincial News.

Hastings Standard, Issue 121, 15 September 1896, Page 3

Interprovincial News.

Ilis Excellency the Governor and Lady Glasgow will leave Wellington on Thursday night in the Hinemoa for a week's cruise in the Marlborough sounds. Mr John M'Landress, leather merchant, 75 years of age, dropped dead at Dunedin yesterday afternoon while speaking to a shop keeper. Death is supposed to have been due to heartdisease. He was an old colonist. News is to hand of the receipt of the Papal brief confirming the appointment of the Very Rev. G. M. Lenihan to the See of Auckland. Bishop Grimes has arrived in Auckland to make the arrangements for the consecration ceremony, which will take place in five weeks' time. A young man named A. McGruer met with an accident at Mackeytown, Auckland district, on Saturday while playing in a football match between Karangahake juniors and seniors. The injury, which is considered very severe, is in the head, and Drs Buckley and Forbes proceeded to I\arangahake to attend the sufferer. The match, it appears, was exceptionally rough, five players being laid out during its progress. A seven-roomed dwelling, with furniture valued at £250, the property of Carl Jensen, farmer, was destroyed by fire at Pukapuka, near Warkworth, Auckland. The building was insured in the Commercial Union for £2OO, but the furniture was uninsured. Numerous cases of pocket picking are reported in Auckland, in every case the victims being women. A man named Robert M'Leod, a seaman belonging to the barque Himalaya, while getting on board, in Auckland harbor last night, fell into the water and was drowned, He was under the influence of drink. The office of the Welcome Find Company, Coromandel, was broken into and specimens valued at £SOO stolen. There is no clue.

A very fine obelisk has been erected by the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand over the grave of the late MV E. T. Gillon at Wellington, A man known as Hugh Borland or James M'Auley was found drowned in Lyttelton harbor last night. At the inquest an open verdict was returned, There has been numerous burglaries at Christchurch during the last few days. Several warehouses and officers have been entered, but in no case was anything of much value stolen. All the Maoris in Wellington, and there are just now more than usual, reinforced by a contingent who came specially from Wairarapa, visited Government House yesterday to take leave of his Excellency. They were received by the Governor, Lady Glasgow, and family, and among those present were Bishop Wallis, the Hon James Carroll, the Maori M.H.R.'s, and others. Major Kemp bade Ms

Excellency farewell and wished him a safe voyage. Two addresses were also read. Lord Glasgow briefly thanked the Natives and laid stress on the fact that whenever he had met them they had always expressed the greatest loyalty to Her Majesty. Ho invited his visitors to partake of refreshments and to look over Government House and grounds before leaving.