INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 203, 26 August 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. Wellington, Thursday. The following Southern news waß brought by the steamer Taiaroa this morning:— Dunedin, Augu.t 21. At the District Court at Lawrenc, in the case of Regina v. O'Neill for fraudulent insolvency, Judge Harvey held tbat the District Court could not proceed with a private prosecution. The prisoner is to be tried at the Supreme Court on tbe 23rd. H. J. Guildford, clerk to the Portobello Road Board, was arrested to-day on a charge of embezzling _£200, the funds of tbe Board. An accident happened to Mr Lambeth, of Messrs Lambeth aud Fiudlav, contracting builders in High-street, on Saturday afternoon, which is likely to terminate fatally. He was superintending the demolition of a building in Princes-street, when a nail rau into his foot, and it is said that lock jaw has set in. August 23. At about 230 a.m. on Friday last a fire broke out on J. and J. A., Calender's farm

at East Taieri, and two large stacks of oats estimated to contain from 40 to 50 tons each were destroyed. The stacks were insured in the Na'ional for £100. Messrs, Callender have been very unfortunate of lat", having lost a number of horses and cattle during the last three months. Tapanui, August 23. A fire occurred at Hewitt's Railway Hotel at VVuipihi on Saturday, and though it was confined to one room considerable damage was done. The house was insured in the Victoria office. Invebcargii/L, August 21. A man named J. Hardic waa drowned in th 1 Waiau river on Wednesday last. Hewas intoxicated, and attempted to walk from a gravel spit to get to a boat which was crossing for liim. A meeting was hold to consider the noncomplf.'tion of the Riverton-Orepuki railway, at which the following resolutions were passed: — "That this meeting regrets that the Government has not seen fit to place a sum on the estimates for the completion of the Orepuki railway although the same was recommended by the Railway Commissioners and promised by the Government." "That this meeting strongly urges the Governmeut to place a sum on the supplementary esti mates for the completion of the same," aud it was also resolved to wire the resolutions to the members for the district. In the case of Louis Schmolls receutly sentenced to two years for shooting at his wife, a stroug point in bis favor was thafc the bullet could nofc be found in the fence, proving tbat the pistol had not been loaded. His wife-has now found the bullet embedded in a feather bed. It was a tiny rifle bullet. Schmoll's son is in the Invercargil cadets who are armed with carbines of thafc descrip. tion. Chbistchoboh, August 23. A man named William Henry Izon, a livery stable keeper, was drowned in Broken River while travelling to the West Coaßfc. The Commissioner of Crown Lands held a sale of railway reserves in Ashburton. Tbere was a fair attendance but the biddings were somewhat slow. The allotments consisted of 1 1 reserves situated between the rivers A'hburfcon and Rangitata and fronting tbo great southern railway, containing from 100 to 300 acres each. The prices realised were slightly in advance of the upset price and considering the time of the year this must be considered very satisfactory. The total sum realised was nearly £2792 14s Bd. The men working for Talbot and AlcClatchie, stevedores at Lyttelton, struck this morning. Up to the present they have been paid 12s a day of eight hours, which has been reduced to 10s. The crews of the vessels at present under working contracts are working them. The strikers have hitherto been paid for half a day even if they worked only an hour. The proprietors of the Echo, evening paper, charged with libel on the editor of Star, were remanded till Eriday. The two men who were injured at the Lyttelton Gaol and at Cashmere in the recent gale are recovering from the effects of tbeir injuries. No damage has been done to the railway by the weather, and no damage is yet reported by flood. O'Connor, the pedestrian, walked seven miles in 59£ minutes at the Oddfellows Hall to-night. This was au exhibition previous to his departure for Australia. The City Council to-night passed a resolution affirming the desirability of establishing a Mayor's Court in Christchurch. Oamabu, August 23. The Colonial Bank building had a narrow escape from destruction by Are on Sunday morning. About one o'clock some gentlemen who were passiug tho buildiug observed that there was a fire at the foot of the staircase amongst some survey poles, &c. The door, which is generally left open, was at once closed to check the draught through the building, and a supply of buckets of water was speedily procured from the Star and Garter Hotel, and by tbis means the fire was quickly got under.