PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2482, 3 June 1884, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

[united press ASSOCIATION.] Westport, June 2. At the R.M. Court to-day Hugh Jones, late manager of the Great Republic Gold Mining Company, was committed for trial to the Supreme Court, Nelson, for embezzlement of £& lis 6d, and other sums, the property of the Company. There are eight other charges yet to be beard. The deficiency amounts to a consider- i able sum. Nelson, June 2. A fire broke out in the Btables of M'Gee's Nelson Hotel last night. When discovered it had such a firm hold that it was found impossible to save three horses in the stables—one belonging to M'Gee, another, a thoroughbred, to Bevan, of Cable Bay, and a third to Mr Harley. A quantity of furniture and stores kept in the stables was totally destroyed. The only insurance was on the buildings for £IOO in the South British. The origin of the fire was unknown. AshbtjPvTON, June 2. In response to a numerously-signed requisition, Sir Julius Yogel has replied that he will contest the Ashburton seat, and he will probably address | the electors on his way to Wellington. Wellington, June 2. One of the New Zealand representatives of the football team telegraphs to a friend here:—"We play 17 of the combined suburbs to-morrow. We are all well. Nobody hurt." The Italian Club to-day had their flags flying half-mast, as a mark of respect to the memory of General Garibaldi. Dunedin, May 30. Upwards of 150 unemployed gathered at the Town Hall to-day, clamoring for work. The Mayor telegraphed to the Premier, asking him to set apart work for them, as it was urgently required. Auckland, June 2. A young man named John Thomas Jerrie, travelling in South Wairoa district, on In's way to market, was attacked and devoured by wild pigs. His blood, clothes, and hair were all the traces that were found.