INTERPROVINCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 105, 3 May 1875, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

■-''■■ Wellington, Monday. In the description given by Mr Toxward, , the architect of the new hospital, it is stated '.-. that 'he gro ,nr!s will oc- upy about ten acres. The whole of the building- vill be constructed : „ of trick and cement. The hospital will contain 112 bed', which will entitle it to become recogn so I as a hospital, having the number ff beds requ'r- d by the Examining Boards of the United Kingdom, and will thus enable young men to commence their studies for the m« ica profession in New Zealand, instead of having to go to England. The hospital ■will be situated a little beyond the Lunatic Asylum. The Artillery corps have had again to postpone their firing for the colonial prizes iv consequence of wet weather. Lyttblton, Monday. A j rived — Bhip T.'n era Abbey, from London, with mmigrants. A heavy J^.W. gale is blowing and there was no conirxunkaiion with her last night. Sailed — bhip Hudfon, for London. Christchdrch, Monday. The hands employed in the two principal rcachine boot manufactories are on strike for an ad.venco of twenty per cent in the : r wages. The execution of Merctr is fixed ior Friday next. Mr G. Dobsou, of the Empire Hotel, Dunedin, is Batf to have purchased a racing mare and several others from Mr Redwood. : The new Proviacial Executive are at issue ■with theß ard o' Governors of the Cunter- ' JuiJ College and Museum respecting additions . ' 1© the latter The late Executive tanctioneii the acceptance of a tender for £14 000 jut bef re retiring from offic?, but the new Executive w sh to withdraw from the contract, by paving compensation to contractors, on the grounds of insufficient funds in the Treasury as c mpared with the dema: d made , upon it. The Board of Governors are expected to. refuse to agree withdrawing from the contract. Mr B. Parkerson, jun., aged 45 years, house surgeon at Christchurch Hospital, died yesterday morning from typhoid lever. Th 3 hospital hus been crowded with typhoid fever eases for months past, and Parktrson was grenfJy overworked. On Saturday test, Dr Back, sheriff, proce.jdei to 1 ytteUon, and gave Mercer official intimation that the sentence ot the law would ' • he carried out upon him at eight o'clock on Friday Burning next. On being visited by the Key F. Knowles and Wilbj, and asked to attend prayers, Mtrcer declined to do so, and on those gent lemeu leaving gaol, he remarked that, anyone feting ministers leaving him would think that he waa going to heaven quick. Bishop Redwood attended mass at the Catho ie Ciiurch yesterday, and preached to : a crowded congregation. Dcnedin, Monday. ,: ■ M. Langseme, the French Consul, and a wool broker, committed eui< ide on Friday, by t»ki: g s rychaine. The boiy was found on ■I . ■ * Batur<lay in a paddock near his residence. . Deeexsed was involved in pecuniary matters, but only to such a trifling extent tbat many of his numerous friends would have assisted him. He was higb up in the Masonic craft, and a meeting of that body was called last night to tike steps for his funeral. ;.-.: It was raining, saowhig, and thundering all '.';..- r flay j esttrday. and the weather is intensely ?; ., ; cold. Ihe water aqpply j a now all right •