INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 131, 2 June 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Tuesday. A carter named Stephen Stockbridge was killed at 2.30 this afternoon. He was riding in a dray along Willis- street, when he fell off, striking Ms head, and death was almost instantaneous. , Invbrcargill, Wednesday. The Licensing Court yesterday refused two applications from present holders because they had not rebuilt as cautioned last year. The proprietors of the Club Hotel Prince of Wales, and other wooden hotels' were told not to reckon upon a renewal another year unless they rebuilt of brick. Mr W. R. Carruthers, late assistant resident and local Engineer, has been presented with a watch and purse of sovereigns. Chbistohdrch, Wednesday. The .subscriptions towards the lately formed Benevolent Society now amount to J6160. The Customs receipts at Lyttelton for the month of May were £20,348. It is proposed to get over the present difficulty regarding the Boarfl of Health

affairs by relieving the present Board of its functions, and electing a Board composed of representatives of the City Council and Road Boards in the present Board of Health district. The Association for fostering and protecting local industries will shortly celebiate its anniversary, when it is proposed to hold an exhibition illustrating as fully as possible the present position of local industries. The Benevolent Aid Association resolved yesterday to fit up the old Post Office as a soup kitchen. The jockey Hankins, who was injured at the Grand National Steeplechase, is in a precarious condition, and is scarcely expected to recover. Albert Wright, in the employ of Mr Moffat, a miller, fell from a ladder 15 feet high yesterday, and sustained concussion of the brain. The police have raised £30 for the benefit of ex-Sergeant Maguirc, who had an attack of paralysis while assisting to extinguish a bush fire at Oxford some time ago. The extension of the tramway to St. Albans will be opened in a few days.