INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 83, 7 April 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Wednesday. It ib believed that .Edward Garton, Secretary of the Wellington South Pacific Loan Society, baa absconded. It appears that this Society is an association of Working men who club together to invest their savings, each paying small sums weekly, and the money is then invested at the market rate of interest. About a fortnight ago the accounts were duly audited, and discrepancies were found to exist. The matter was then placed in the hands of a professional auditor, who reported that there is a deficiency of from £200 to £300. Garton, who was up country at the time, was communicated with, and he replied that be would put things right, on his return, which was to have been on Monday last. He did not return, and a rumor gained currency that be had decamped by the steamer Norfolk to Sydney on Thursday last. The matter has been placed in the hands of tbe police. Thursday. The Wellington College Governors to-day unanimously appointed Mr Joseph Mackay, M.A., Aberdeen, now, and for twelve years past, resident and mathematical master of the Nelson College, to be Principal of the Wellington College. Hearn, of Wellington, haa accepted the challenge of A. White, of Mercury Bay, Auckland, to row a match in Wellington for £100 a side, the course to be not less than 3 miles and straight. White ia to be allowed £25 for expenses if he is beaten. The inquiry into the recent mishap to the steamer Penguin commenced this morning. The evidence adduced shows that the accident was due to the chief officer mistaking I Boat Cove for Dieffenbach Point. The inquiry ia still proceeding. Dunedin, Thursday. The Homeward Bound Company, at Macetown, crushed 235 ounces from 334 tons. The Dunedin School Committee have declined to countenance the attendance of school children at the "Pinafore" performance, for which free admission was offered to certificated teachers. Major Smith, accompanied by the mem bers of tbo Education Board, visited the High and Traiuing Schools. He expressed astonishment at the high average attendance considering the numbers on the roll, and particularly edmired the conduct of the boys at the High School. In tho afternoon he inspected the harbor works. Chribtchtjhch, Thursday. Gibson was acquitted of the murder of Kerrison on the ground of insanity. Dr Hacon, medical superintendent of the Sunnyßido Asylum, and Dr Symes both gave testimony to tho effect that he wbi not in his right senses, and another witness recapitulated acts of the man which had long led him to believe that he was not in his right mind The Crown Prosecutor said that in the face of the medical evidence he would not go on , with the case, and the jury at once returned a verdict of acquittal. Gibson will beconflncd in Addington goal till the pleasure of the Colonial Secretary is known. Blenheim, Thursday. At the Bftle cf Mr Redwood's stud the following animals were disposed of :—Chestnut stallion Anteros 325 guineas to the Auckland Stud Company ; Frailty, 2 years old, by Daniel O'Rorke from Constance, 150 guineas, Mr Westmacott. Tbe same gentleman purchased the two-year old Wainui filly for 164 guineas. The bay mare Puriki, by Towton from Toi Toi, with foal »t foot, fell to Mr Clifford at 160 guineas. The Kuorai colt was bought by Mr Bate for 105 guineas. Numerous other bida were made for other horses on the catalogue, but none reaching the reserve prices they were passed over. The mares and foals looked grand, and the yearlings perfection. The display of tbeße laet, and of two-yearß olds was as fine sb anything of tbe kind that could be seen in the colony. Gbahamstown, Thursday. By the last English mail the prospectus j

was received of a Mining Company, named the " Haven.*' being' floated on the .London market purporting fo work grouricl on the Thames gold field. No such area is cvailoble, all the ground in tho locality being taken up under lice me. Tho editor of, Ihe Star has sent full information to the Minister of Mines pointing out the desirability of the Government contradicting the statements in England. In the prospectus the richest claims on the gold field are refeired to as lying adjacent to the proposed scene of operations, though bodtg of- the said claims are ciiles distant from each other. The To Aroha battery is expected to-be completed on Saturday, and mutib. anxiety is fc-lt aa ft) the jield from the claim, as the resu fc will make or mar the gol.lfields. Wesitokt, Thursday. A terrible accident occurred at Waimangaroa this morning. Wiliiain Young, a fireman on tho railway^ when putUOg down the bmke on a coal train, slipped, and a .truck went over his body killing him in. slactaneously, Auckland, Thursday. At the Supreme Court Ibis morning, Samuel Brown , au o!d settler and ex-merchant, was arraigned on several charges of larceny and burglary. The only ovidence for the defence consisted of witnesses to character, which included the Hon. Mr Whitaker, the Hon Mr Dignan, and Mr Clark, the Mayor, who had known the prisoner for thirty or forty years. The Judge said it was a very extraordinary case. Sentence is not yet given. — Wai net was sentenced to two years for larceny as a bailee, and Sutherland for breaking aud entering to two years. In the case of Bell, station master at Obaupo, for embezzlement, the counsel for the defence pleaded that the man had been drinking* Sentenced to three years. " Later. In Brown's csse, the Jm'ge said he had known similar c?sas of klej toraanin, and 'it wai a well known fact in physiology that there were such forms of derangement, In the face of such evidence of leading citizem, he did not think it necessary to commit him to gaol. The prisoner would be liberated or. two bonds of £300 each. These were entered into by Mr David Nathan and Mr Boylan. Purcell, for forgery in connection with bankruptcy, was sentenced to Wo years.