INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 21, 24 January 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PItESS ASSOCIATION. J Wellington, Saturday. The brigantine Progress, owned by G. W. Owen and Co, of Auckland, went ashore at Palluer Bay yesterday' morning during a thick fog When the messenger left she was going to pieces fast. Her ports of departure and destination are unknown. The crew were saved. She is believed to be in ballastThree men found with instruments for gambling in their possession were sentenced to four weeks hard labor. . Dr Lemon has received the following : — ' Col Glover has sent the following message to the Mayor of Sydney and- 1 shall be glad if you will hand the same to the press agency for publication, and also forward to the central committee for the relief of the distress in Ireland : — " Lord Mayor of Dublin to Mayor of Sydney-j-Retum giateful thanks for second munificent subscription. As the distress increases fearfully, the ' committee has telegraphed to Melbourne, and asked that if; should make known its wauts." Since the receipt of the above another telegram has been received through Col. Glover from an M P. in Dublin to an M.P. at Brisbane asking what |is doing in, Brisbane for the distressed Irish. ' ' j Christchurch, Friday! ' Sailed— N. Z. S. Company's ship Hururiui, for London. ! ' i ] \ i Saturday. . Colonel Scratchley has . fi*ed upon position for batteries on the north shore 1 of the harbor. He proceeds South to-day. '- A person who has recently gone through the Cußt, Stoke, =Garleton, ;West Eyreton, and Sawanna districts says there is not a bad crop m the whole of these districts. Harvest there is now in full swing, and during the last few days the machines have been going in all directions, and immense quantities of grain are cut. A case of considerable interest to ' Road Boards waß heard yesterday before Mr Justice Johnston on appeal in banco. Some time ago the Cust Road Eioard cut a ditch over a formed and unformed road in the district. Over the formed part they placed a culvert, neglecting to fill up that portion of the ditch crossing the unformed part. A man driving cattle along the road went off the formed part- and sustained injuries through his horse falling into the ditch. He brought an acion in a lower Court for damages and obtained a verdict. The Board appealed to the Supreme Court, and yesterday the Judge held that as the public had a right to use the whole sixty- six feet of »he road, the Board was guilty of negligence in not filling up the ditch on the unformed part. Appeal dismissed with costs. A meeting of the members of the Metropolitan Orange Lodge was held on Thursday eveniug in the Orange Hall to make arrangements for receiving Pastor Chiniquy. It wbs decided that as the Ministers of the Association had passed a resolution relative to this matter the meeting should take no steps beyond appointing a committee to meet and welcome the Pastor. The committee was then appointed. Mr Chiniquy is expected to arrive at Christchurch on Monday or Tuesday and will probably lecture the evening after his arrival. While the new fire bell presented to the City by the Union Insurance Company was bring tried as publicly notified yesterday aftcrnoou, the large heavy clapper gave way and hung suspended in the framework of the tower immediately over a toddling little > girl who got out from the crowd. After some seconds of suspense, during which the onlookers were afraid Jo see a fatal accident, a man rushed out and snatched up' the child. The clapper after swaying about for some time stuck in the frame work. Ddnedin, Friday. Capt. Penrice of the Commodore died on the voyage. Saturday. Hugh Bell, an old resident at Bannockburn, is miasiug. He is supposed to have been drowned while crossing tho river to his farm. Over £250 were collected for the Irish Famine Fund in one day., and £56, being one- third of the gross proceeds of the circus performance last night. By a fire in a stable in the North-East Valley yesterday, the New Zealand office loses £150. Auckland, Saturday. At the Police Court to-day, William Anderson, a baker, was charged with obtaining money under false pretences from Hardwtck, a grocer. He was remanded, bail being allowed. William Henry Turner, aged 84, formerly of Taranaki and Nelson, died yesterday. The folowing Societies take part in the Friendly Societies demonstration on the 29th inst :— lhe different lodges of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity. Rechabites, Ancient Order of Foresters, Independent Order of Good Templars, Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society, National Order of Odd JFellows, and Loyal United Friends. It is expected that 25 lodges will take part in the fete.