INTERPROVICIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 209, 2 September 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVICIAL.

Wellingtons Thursday. j The annual meeting of the 'Racing., Club waa held last night. The report showed th^t the past season had been successful,, the Club having reduced its overdraft .by nearly £200. The principle of appointing, brie handicapper for the colony was approved df but the details were left for future arrangements, The stewards meet on 'Wednesday next to consider the advisability of holding a spring meeting. ' : f The hospital enquiry was resumed yesterday, the chief witness being Dr Gillon the house surgeon, who submitted a lengthy and exhaustive statement of the management showing the difficulties he had to deal with as, on account of no rules being in existenoe, he found that he had no real authority. The change, creating, an honorary staff,- alsb created difficulties which could not be dealt with in the absence of rules and they consequently clashed at times. The hospital had greatly improved w.hile in the hands' of the Council. He praised the steward and matron for the manner in which they carried out their duties and said that he never knew either to be worse for liquor. - "* j CiißisTcmmcH, Thursday. : Df Hacon, the recently appointed rqedica superintendent of the Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, arrived by the Arawata yesterday. Richardson,. the steward of the Loch Awe, has been missing since Sunday and is believed to be drowned. . ... . The prospectus of a company to construct a railway from the Christchurch main line to Sumner will be issued in a few days. j At a meeting of the local Council of the New Zealand Rifle Association last night?, great disatiafactiou was expressed at the management of affairs by the Central Counj cil, and it was stated that no subscriptions were likely to be obtained here towards the expenses of the j proposed prize meeting in March. •• - A meeting will be held at Lyttelton on Monday to take final steps for the establish?ment of a Naval Reserve. . .. . : I Mr Back, the traffic manager, has posted at the railway station the following, tjsje^ram received by him from the Commissioner :-!■ " The Minister has decided that the deducf tion of ten per cent, shall be made L upon all salaries, pay, wages, &c. fromthe Ist August. Will you please give instructions to. have pay-sheets made out from July 25 to 31si without deduction, and from August I to 31 with ten' per cent, off the amount due f rocn' August Ito 31. It would bo as well if you notified to the various employees that the doductiou of ten per cent on the wages from August 1, to 31 is because there has not been sufficient time to properly adjust the rate? for the various classes, but that a scale of pay will be decided on before next'pay dayl Also expliiin to the men' that they; are not singular in this ten per cent 'deduction, 'if;, having been strictly enforced in'the cases of every Government employee. Please take tbis as ■ your instructions^ The Minister has decided that as notice has not been given, the. deduction of ;ten per, cent ,,Bhall be de-« ferred in the case of wages, but the deduci tion must be made from all salaries, and if the salary, has been paid in any case ten per cent must be refunded. (Signed) W. Con-. yera." . -■--^■' i : --' •' ■ ■-' . : v , -„. Ddneuin, Thursday.- , The Star has authority. for.Baying.that'Mt! Conyers* telegram posted. at .Christchurch yesterday re the railway pay was ; cancelled several days'ago, and that a -new scale of wages is to be introduced in the Department which will certainly take ten per cent off .all officers down to Btation masters, but it is scarcely expected to affect clay men, such aa porters and surface hands;' -Mr Oliver tele-: graphs that if it is intended .to^ reduce* the! wages of the hands, due notice' s Hall be given; The Tuapeka Times says that ; ; Mr Morris] Capto'n M.cKenzie, and Mr Horace are the only probable candidates for the Waikaia seat, an 3 that Mr Bastings, will, pro-; bably be universally supported in, tfie Rox-j burgh district. . ,:,••• Robert McQuaid and William ',. Fielding have been committed for trial for robbery from the jerion. : ... ; , v -_ J Mrßonie, the landing waiter' here, ha&, been promoted to the Collectorship of Customs at Invercargill. < : Oamaru, Thursday, i Peter Stewart^ of the firm of Munro and Stewart, was killed to-day by falling from a| crane. He was in the act of loosening apinj at the head of the arm when the crane tipped and threw him about forty feet on to his headj His skull was fractured and a number of his! ribs were broken, and he died about two hours after his fall. •; ' Waiitdi, Thursday. , James Armstrong of Akitio and his nephew, Archie Armstrong, 'were drowned' in the Akitio river yesterday morning whilst 1 crossing with some cattle. Armstrong the elder, after crossing safely, went back into' tne mer to head some cattle and his horse got into quicksands and plunged ,and turned round sharp throwing the rider. His nephew; rode m to rescue him, and, after getting hold! of his shoulders, his horse either took fright' or else got into a quicksand and commenced 1 buck jumping and threw young Armstrong and continued bucking on the top of both 1 men who were not seen to rise afterwards.' me bodies had not been recovered at 2 p.ru Several persons saw the occurrence* but wore not close enough to render assistance. , " i ,:- _•;. - Auci^ANpr^ursday. ■ i At. the Police pourtjthis morning the pro-; prietor of the Provincial Hotel was ' charged^ with allowing ganibling :in his house." In-! spector Purdy said the police were'determinedj to put a stopto.gambliDgjin the hotels, which! had alrcady;caused ttfo fuifr'of a number of! ypung men in Auckland. , r ... f , s " ;' New PiTkoTJTH, Ttiurs'dayX j . Tie latest, ne.w,s, f r;om' the, Canip" ia. , to" tne ' effect that the' Constabulary ( haye ."afaandoned taking prisqners iv fours and now ~wa'{£ until they accuuiulkto ia sufficient numbers "l6 11 b r e at once sent to town, m keeping tfcenj at

the Camp is inconvenient. About 100 of the Constabulary have given notice of leaving bri •account of ihe reduction. Thiß will necessitate raw recruits beiug sent to fill their places. The Native Minister is still in Camp and several fresh stratagems are likely to take place respecting the occupation of the Plains, and the distribution of the forces for the purpose of protecting the persons who will be located on them. It is stated that a public works contingent of the late Wellington unemployed avc to be invited to settle permanently on a portion of the confiscated land.