PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2611, 19 January 1885, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

[united press association.] Dunedin, January 19. There are 87 passengers for the Tarawera’s first trip to the West Coast Sounds, and of these 35 are New Zealand people, the rest being from Australia and Great Britain. A resident of Woodhaugh named Archibald Frazer was returning homo a few nights ago with his horse and cart, vs hen he fell and the vehicle smashed over him. lie was under ihe influence of drink at the lime, lie

was assisted into his trap hy some persons passing who witnessed the accident, and apparently was not much injured. He was, however, since confined to his bed and attended by Dr, Caughtrey, and yesterday morning he died. At the Presbyterian Synod ihe question of union of the Presbyterian chinch of Otago and Southland with that of the rest of the colony was discussed. A motion by the Rev. Prof. Salmond in favor of union and appointing a committee to meet in conference at Christchurch in February with a committee of the northern Christchurch was carried hy 46 votes to 237. The Synod decided to present a bibln in Maori, suitably inscribed, to each of the Maoris concerned in the rescue of Mrs Morice. Wellington, January 15. The funeral of Dr. Diver this afternoon was largely attended, both by residents of the city and the Volunteers, and the streets were lined with spectators. Napier, January 18. No clue has been found leading to the discovery of the parentage of the infant found dead on the beach. The inquest was accordingly adjourned. At the inquest on the body Charles Griffiths, who shot himself at Tarawera on Thursday, a verdict was returned that deceased died by his own hands while in a state of temporary insanity. A case of sticking up occurred early on Friday morning. A man named Watts, while returning home by Dickens street, was set upon by two men, who robbed him of eight notes. The robbers were arrested yesterday and remanded. Auckland, January 18. The present direct steam service arrangements have proved so unsatisfactory to the leading Auckland merchants that several leading firms have instructed their London agents to send shipments via Sydney. Yesterday afternoon an old man named Savage deliberately jumped into the Waikato river at Cambridge and was drowned, his body never rising out of the rapid current.