INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 211, 4 September 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Christchukch, Friday night. ; The boy Wallace, who drank the greater, part of a bottle of brandy, died in the Hos-i pital this morning. The police are enquiring! into the circumstances under which he ob-; tamed the brandy. ' The Middle Park Company's stallion King! of Clubs arrived safely by the Rotomahanaj from Melbourne in splendid condition. . ■ Saturday. '. The revised scale of the wages of the rail-i way employees, so far as has been made! known,.* gives great dissatisfaction, and ihs feeling in favor. of a general strike seems' stronger than ever. | At the iuqueßt on the body of RiehardsoD, : the steward of the Loch "Awe, this morning, a verdict was returned of "found drowned "; with a rider that an Act should be passed: compelling the use of nets under the gangways of vessels when in harbor. : Lyttelton, Friday night. ; Cleared— Barque Loch Awe, 864 tons, for! London. Sailed— Ethelred, 10153 tons, for London, with nine passengers. Saturday. ; Sailed— Samarkand, 1104 tpns, for London. ':'-.; ;, OJ^tAxv, ; Saturday. ; i : The police authorities^, recently collected samples of brandy, sold byjilie _ publicans in "town for the purposes of tfavingthem analyzed, and the result of the analysis is that there is not a purersample in the lot, all being unduly , diluted with water, and summonses will be issued against tho delinquents as soon as possible. •- , [ DpNßpiK, Saturday. j Mr Armstrong, Locomotive ' Superinten- ; dent, was presented with 100 sovereigns andj a complimentary address by Mr Conyers, the . Commissioner for the Middle Island, rail-; ways, on behalf of 600 railway employees,! and another testimonial will probably be; presented to Mr Armstrong by the general 1 public. Mr Armstrong has positively denied! that he had ever been afforded an opportunity of rebutting the charges brought agaiust him, but had been condemned unheard, In conclusion he said ho bad never in the whole : course of his life Been such an exhibition of malice, treachery, and untrutuf illness as had; been displayed in connection with the whole of this miserable business. : The particulars of a scheme for a graduated scale of payment and promotion for tho< Middle Island Railway employees have been ; approved of by Mr Oliver, and made known to the officers of the department. About 150 persons attended the meeting of employees and it was stated that the meeting would have been unanimous in striking against the ten per cent reduction at at first proposed, but they decided to suspend action until the new scale is generally known j and to ask the Christchurch men to dp the same, It is!

understood that the revised scale of .railway wages will be issued to-morrow. ' > : " Pegasus " publishes bis annual register for the past racing season. The number of race meetings during the year was 179; added money £86,456. At Otagb the largest prizes Was given, namely, £8411 ; Auckland : £Bo92; Canterbury £7368 ; Wellington £6063. Of the Clubs, the Canterbury Club gave most money, £3345 ; Dunedin £2745 ; Wanganui £2345 ; Auckland £2250. The largest winning owners were Messrs Mason and Yallance £:>434 ; Mr R. Ray £1821 5 Mr Walters £1752 ; Mr Butler £1756 ; Mr Stead £1749; Mr Goodman £1504; Mr Robinson £1325; Mr Keith £1215 ; Mr Cutts £1107 ; Mr Mclvor £1085. The principal winning horses were Betrayer £165G, Mata £1107, Chancellor £1020, Foul Play £'958, Soukar £887, Traducer's stock won over £10,obo, Day Dawn's coming next with £§000, and Dead Shot's £1307. The shop of Ransgrove, butcher in Stafford street, has been burned down. It was uninsured. At the City Police Court Alex. Weiler, a young man Charged with obtaining money under false pretences, renianded: The police stated that the. accused's career was just beibg unr'&velled. lie bad been swindling people right and left in Diinedin by isauiug cheques and representing that remittances were coming to him from home to a very large ainouut. It appears now that the whole story was a falsehood from beginning to end. . : , The Industrial School inquiry completely exonerated the master.