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INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

NORTH ISLAND. TARANAKI. Government are wanting to make a show in the way of bridge work before winter sets in. Desirous of carting timber and other material to the site of proposed bridge, carters with carts are found to be scarce, and according to one account, not to be had at any price. “ Otherwise engaged” is said to be the answer. If the statement is true, it is a very healthy sign of prosperity, and may lead to outsiders directing their attention this way. On March 3, a purse was presented, on behalf of friends,.by Mr. F. U Gledhill, Mr. J. Gilmour, and Mr. W. Humphries (of Humphries and Son), to Mr. Provis, late Customhouse officer at New Plymouth, who has been promoted to a more lucrative post in Auckland, and takes his departure by the Northern steamer to-day. The presentation took the form of a purse, being most convenient, and as affording an opportunity to his friends of publicly expressing the high esteem in which Mr. Provis was held, for the uniform courtesy shown, and for the obliging manner in which the duties of his office have been discharged during the many years he has been stationed here. It is intended that Mr. Provis may purchase something either useful or ornamental, as may please his fancy, on which is to be engraved an inscription, which will be handed to him for that purpose. MIDDLE ISLAND. CANTERBURY. A sad accident has happened at the Screw Pile Jetty to a lad named James Weir. It appears that he with his mother and family had taken a passage on the s.s. Beautiful Star for Dunedin. Mrs. Weir finding that a portion of the luggage required an extra rope, she sent the unfortunate lad to purchase one. On returning the steamer was still discharging her cargo, and as he passed between two of the trucks a number of boards fell out of the slings and struck the boy to the ground. On being taken up blood was flowing from his nose, mouth, and ears, and on examination it was found that he had sustained a compound fracture of the right ankle. An accident of a rather extraordinary nature occurred on Saturday afternoon to a cabman named Samuel Thomas. In passing down Colombo-street, and opposite Stewart’s corner, his horse staggered and made for the lamp-post opposite the tank, and fell, throwing the driver on to the horse and the passenger on to the splash board. The horse appears to have died almost immediately, probably from heart disease. Neither driver nor passenger was hurt. On the sth instant, about five o'clock, a fire broke out on the farm of Mr. Hight, near the Racecourse Hill, destroying about 1000 bushels of grain, and a combine and ■ elevator belonging to Mr. J. Franks, of West Melton. The machine was set between the stacks, and there were 150 bushels threshed out, when it was noticed that the top of one of the stacks nearest the engine was on fire, and endeavors were made to extinguish it. The man employed as bond-cutter jumped from the combine to the stack, and tried to check the fast-spreading flames, but it was soon found that his efforts were unavailing. Mr. Franks and his men, as if with one accord, then made for the engine, hitched the only horse in, and with one bold effort, completed the rescue. They then made for the combine. Unfortunately, as they were turning it, the wheels became locked, the delay enabled the fire to take hold, and the combine was destroyed. Mr. Hight saved the 150 bushels that were threshed. Mr. Franks estimates his loss at between £3OO and £4OO. None of the property consumed was insured.

OTAGO. Another serious shipping accident has occurred at Port Chalmers. The sufferer in this case was Frederic Jolly, a lumper employed in helping to discharge the steamer Otago. He was working in the hold yesterday forenoon slinging bags of flour, and a slingfull, when about half way up, slipped, and several of the bags fell upon him, breaking the bones of his right leg. He was at once removed to the Railway Station, where Drs. Van Hermeart and Richards examined the leg, and found that the fracture was compound. They prepared the hurt limb by bandaging for the journey to Dunedin, and the man was sent to the Hospital by the 1.30 train. We understand that he is unmarried. The Provincial Government is taking steps for the erection of a bridge at a dangetous crossing place on the Taieri river, on the road from Naseby to Hamilton. The bridge is to be of stone and timber ; it will be on the laminated arch principle with abutments of stone. The arching of the bridge is above the highest recorded flood marie. In making their award in the Brace Herald libel action (G. Turnbull, Provincial Treasurer, v. J. Mackay and J. L. Gillies), the arbitrators directed that an apology should be published, and in the same type as the offending article, the payment of £3O to the Benevolent Institution, £2O to the Dunedin Refuge, and the costs of the action, reference, and award, by the defendants. If within thirty days these terms are not complied with, judgment is to be entered up in the action for £3OO damages, with costa (including the costs of the reference and award). Messrs. Henry Driver, I. N. Watt, and John Reid, of Corner Bush, were the arbitrators.

A Macetown correspondent writes to the Times of the 13th :—“ A most valuable find has been made here by a party of prospectors, Thos. Hall and mates, of a defined lode, four to five feet in thickness, which it is thought will run about 4 oz. to the ton. The reef is between Twelve-mile Creek and Rogers Gully. The specimens are exceeding rich in gold. The party have applied for a prospectors’ claim. Timber can be got from the Matatapu. Very little can be done until next spring, as the season is too far advanced. The stone resembles that of the Nugget Beef at Skippers, of which Mr. Hall was the discoverer.

MARLBOROUGH. The Provincial Government have'applied to the colonial authorities, requesting them to get Captain Moon to report upon the capabilities of the Picton harbor, which he lately visited with the Carnatic. We were very much pleased yesterday, says the Express of the 6th, to leam for the first time that the manufacture of rope is going on in our midst. Mr. James Robinson, of Spring Creek, is the man whose energy is to make us famous in this line. We have not seen a sample of his manufacture, but a skilled judge, who inspected some coils of various sizes, which were on their way to Wellington the other day, informed us that they were quite equal to any of that imported here from Canterbury. His Lordship Bishop Sutor arrived here overland from Nelson on Thursday evening, and left for the southern portion of the province on Monday. On Sunday morning he preached and held a confirmation at the Church ot the Nativity, Blenheim, and in the afternoon at Spring Creek Church, returning to Blenheim to preach in the evening. It is proposed to enlarge the church of Blenheim.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4366, 18 March 1875, Page 2

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INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4366, 18 March 1875, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4366, 18 March 1875, Page 2

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