PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2712, 1 June 1885, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

[united i* a ess association.! Christchurch, May 30. Nine lute employees in the railway service at Lyttelton were charged tod,,y before the Resident Magistrate’s Court with conspiracy to defiand the Government. The men were remanded till Wednesday next, as one of the principal conspirators had not been arrested. La I er. llionnis Howe, formerly hotelkeeper on the Lyttelton railway, and others employed on it, are charged with defrauding the Government by means of Howe giving (he others credit for wmk which they never performed. The exact amount of defalcations is not known, but it is believed to be some

hundreds of pounds. Howe was arrested in Wellington, and arrived yesterday. May 31. A man has been arrested at Lyttelton on suspicion of being concerned in the Wellington jewellery robbery. At present it Is deemed inadvisable to publish particulars. The police believe that there are soveral confederates, but until further arrests are made they decline to give further particulars. The discovery was made through the pawning of a watch, the number of which Jenness was able to indentify. Dunedin, May 30. Stanley, who was injured at the City Hotel, died at the hospital this morning. May 31. John Aitken, settler at Woodside, was found drowned on his farm yesterday morning. His death is believed to have been accidental. D. R. Hay has accepted a challenge from the Canterbury Club to play a chess match by telegraph between teams of 8 or 10 aside. Marton, May 30. Mr Wiley, an undertaker of Bulls, died this morning through inhaling the effluvium from the corpse of the wellknown Parawanui chief Kawans Huuia while placing it in the coffin last Tuesday. Gisborne, May 31. John Thomson, of New Plymouth, has been appointed Harbor Engineer at .£BOO a year. Wellington, May 30. By a 6re at Otaki this morning the stores of Mr Cotterill and William Smith were destroyed. The latter is a Chinaman, and for some time back has been carrying on an extensive business at Otaki. The sum available for distribution in Waring Taylor’s bankrupt estate is £14,000, principally derived from the sale of the stock in trade. The creditors will receive about 3s in the £. The Colonial Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of £l4O from someone in New South Wales who states that many years ago he wronged the Government of New Zealand of that amount.