Interprovincial News.

Hastings Standard, Issue 122, 16 September 1896, Page 3

Interprovincial News.

Mr C. Carr, auctioneer, of Feilding, was thrown from his sulky while proceeding to his Birmingham sale yesterday morning, one of his legs being broken in the roll. The horse shied at a passing dray. The Takapuna, when oft the Brothers yesterday, sighted what appeared to be the wreckage of a vessel of about GO tons, and it is thought one of the small vessels trading to Pelorus Sounds with timber may have met with a mishap. It is understood that the Government has agreed to place on the supplementary Estimates a vote in aid of the New Zealand Rifle Association. The death of Frederick Hankins, compositor, at Wellington on Saturday night, was due to paralysis of the heart.

The body of M'Leod, a seaman on the barque Himalaya, drowned at Auckland on Saturday night, -was found yesterday. John Balme, aged 8 years, was thrown from a horse at Auckland yesterday. His foot caught in one of the stirrups and the horse bolted, the boy being killed on the spot.

The Minister of .Justice has decided to take no further steps in the case of Constable Thompson, fined 10s for alleged assault on a drunk and disorderly prisoner, and whose fine was paid by public subscription.

The increase in the number of students attending the Thames School of Mines is surprising. Students from all parts of the colony continue to arrive, and the accommodation is taxed to its utmost. Sir Robert Stout addressed a crowded audience at Westport last night, the Mayor in the chair. Sir Robert spoke for nearly two hours on political subjects, and criticised several Government measures. At the conclusion of his address Sir Robert was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks. He received a splendid hearing and was frequently applauded. At the Supreme Court, Dunedin, yesterday, Michael Hannon was let off on six months' probation for the theft of clothing, Charles Sutton got two years' hard labor for forgery. John Howard, alias Gall, got two years and six months for theft, the two latter concurrent with sentences now being served. The sessions have closed.