INTERPROVINCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 224, 13 June 1873, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, June 6. The .Court, of Appeal,, to-day,- conrjtaned the,judgment of. the Court belowvrin Kegina v. Ah Touck and'Begina v. Hennessy. A public meeting resolved to give a public reception and ball to, Governor fE'ergusson. ~A large. and; influential .committee was appointed. New Plymouth; June G ; Qaptain Young sailed with "thirty senior Auckland last, night. • ATJCELi.\ND,June 6. ' The Star of tha .South, under cna»tract< with'the Xew Zealand and Fijian o\oyernmbnts, left; for Fiji, to-day, , v to

open up the service. She is expected to return about the 22nd. Theie is no Waikato news to-day. Wellington, June 7. -'■' The Court of Appeal gave judgment to-day!in.the Blue Spur mining cas? : First, that the rule obtained by the plaintiff" on the 29th April, 1873, be; dischargecl with costs. Second,, that' judgment' on the first and second [counts'pf the , declaration be entered for ( the defendants. , Third, that the rule obtained by the defendants on the 29th of April, 1873, be made absolute for a new trial of the fifth issue, being the issue stated upon the third count of the declaration and plea thereto, wjth costs. Fourth, that the injunc-! tion granted by the Court oh the 7th of October, 1872, and modified on the 26th of March, 1573, be dissolved. Fifth, that the costs of the .former trial, so far. as it relates to the fifth issue, abide the event. Napieu, June 6. Mr Locke has, returned from Taupo. Tie reports the relations of the Taupo Natives—the Ngatiraukflwas and= the TTriweras—to theGrovernmentashighly satisfactory, and they will assist'the .Government., in the event of hostilities. lN T VE.RC ( tfiGTr./L, June 7. 700 young salmon have been hatched out, and are thriving. Mo re eggs are yet living. Mr. Grillies addresses the electors ; here this evening. A domestic servant named M'Chesney has.been remanded on a charge of infanticide, committed in November last. The -starlings , and skylarks, . ex Oberon, are thriving. Gt,k.ah\M3town, June 7. Tookey's mine has been drained completely dry by the Pumping Association. "The object'for which the pump was erected has now been accomplished, and preparations, are.now being , made to get rM of the gas, when an extensive operation will be carried on.'

The Gulden Crown got 293' ounces from 105 tons of sfone, and fte Kuranui 155 ounces. Wellington, June 9. Thq.G-6vernment.hkve agreed to advance.'£l.oo,ooo -to the Kanieri Water Kace Company, if an equal sum be subscribed by the pub'ic ; and have also promised to introduce a Bill to grant a loai of £50,000 to'the County of Westland, to .be secured on the waste Urids of the County, and the Colony to pay interest "and sinking fund for a period, of ten years. s Sir DavidMonro has' resigned his seat for; Waikouaiti. Two Australian/witnesses in the Tichborae case weajk. Horna. by. the Suez mail, for the purpose of giving evidence, for, the; Crown. They are Mr. and Mrs. Macalister, of Sale, Gripps' Land,./who, lb-ns'i understood, will be able?to;give testimony regarding the identity of Arthur Orton. They will receive £I,OOO, and £3 per day during their stay, in England. : --"an : --iartiele-"Oh ::: -the :: 'ci*isis- ! iii' : this Province, the- ' Lyttelton Times' admits the question resolves itself into a mere "personal squabble "between Mr Macandrew and Mr Eeid, ! and it is probable that both are to blame. It cannot be denied, however, \that throughout the whole affair /MrKeid has been offensive in his manner,, and that Mr Macandrew has shown great forbearance as-well as complete'devotion to the public interests.

The latest telegram from the Waikato says that Pnruruku is at Kuiti, and declares that any Government mail man carrying despatches will be killed; and also that a white man, resident with the Ngatiamaniopotos will be killed by the Waikatos. ■■ The present state of affairs, from all- appearances, looks very gloomy. ( Mackay telegraphed on Sunday that the story of natives conveying arms up the river is without foundation. Mr Mackay returned from Alexandra on •Sunday night. He had a very satisfactory meeting with Rewi at Kopua. • Rewi assured him. that he w.ould ; remain neutral. . Before they, parted, Mr Mackay, presented Rewi with his own watch, chain, and locket, of the value of £SO, as a memento of his gratitude to him for saving his life. An old-toper recently joined a temperance sociefy, pledging himsolf never to use,stimulants except in case of sickness. ;Me hasn't, .been well since, and says he never .expects, to be again.