INTER PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10064, 4 February 1909, Page 2

INTER PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(I'mi I'llbss Association.! WKI-UNWTOX. February 4, Tlie Miraniar Timber ( ompany'H null was destroy*' by tire last night, an,l sn also wiw a'large it,v of timber eil on the ground, which was tinin.siiu.il The damage to I lie building ami |i|, ai | Is estimated at liefween JjiiOt) :itML ijGOO, There was no insurance.

The annual meeting of the Xcw '/.ealami Institute is being held to-day. '1 he <li;iu. man (Mr Thomson, M.l\), in hi,*, ri'fdim_ stated that the committee set up ai 1 ;US | annual meeting to examii.'s the b<»ik fi „( tlie library with a view to delcrniini, 1K their ownership hud never met, mm,,,, ipiently the position remained un:ilii., n |. lie also stated that lie considered ii advisable thai Ihe practice of granting diplomas of membership to honorary nirm. hers of the Institute should he ivwunl

CIIIUKTCIIUiCII. February .•). A heated and almost, acrimonious dii,cu K . .ook place at tire |} iv jor Hoard yeMerday the nmwtiuu

. whether certain eollei ted hy tin. Hoard concerning the revenue collected l» v tin l railway Christchureh-l,yltelton which -are to he part <>! tlie report prepared willi regard t<> the canal wining .should he made public at once before i\ w report wa.s completinl, in view o| t ln> I hat ;\n erroneous set of tii;ures lui.l U-ru ciwn publicity in tin l newspapers \| r i'riedlander threatened that if the Un,n<] •did not publish the al <<ne<- |i,> would reveal them himwelt at a Uuvliii|; at Ahhhurtoii tonight. It wa»s pnim,,) out thai this would he a breach uj privilege, hut Mi' Kricdlaiidor pcr.-aMnl iti his intention In defy the Uoaid. ,\ motion to reveal the wa* lom, ll is M.a(e,i here thai- Mr KmumnV ennineeriut; expert. referred to in tli«* nuvv not or ion,s memorandum re Addmi'jtm workshops. i.s a prominent metnhei n|' tln> I,i'.j:dati vi* Council. KKIUHXC. Kcbniaiy -1, A troinhone pl.'tv« a r in M'Mahon'.s <ireiis hand, named I'M ward M'Malum, al I empt 1 <-d to commit Mih'ide at the slmu' yesterday afternoon hy cutting hit. tln.i;it with a razor. JI e had been me|ane|ui|y all .day. (letting a razor he ; "Un'l; Mae!" to his brother, .and then nil || )fi throat. To-day he i.s recoveriiii:. NAIMKIi, "February Thii Colonial < '■oiisi i s;ninen( an<l ilihiiihuliiK; Company ealile the i,.. port : -Tlie frozen nie.'if. market, i* sorv ucak and the outlook i.s mueh di'jn Tl:; 1 demand for all elasw« of iikm( k poor; values have deelined and ;iic peeled t«i even lower. To day'?- i|iint,r lions are: Canterbury mutton, - 7 »,]d; \apier, Wellington, and Xortli lf>hm<l, Sji|, Lamhs: Seeoiul ipiality, ''l,id. Iteet': lliml(jUsir(<'r.s, t'orei{ii;jrt<'r.s, Mrs Clay, 78 years of .Milton Terrace, was severely luinil wliilbi waishin.;;' clothes. Her d'retss ismj-hl alight from a e(>pper lire and hetotv tho Manw.s wer<» suppressed n)h' hail burnt, tseverely al>»ml tlie ;ni'ek and rlirst, She was removed to t lie llOHpil.v/ 111 ;i serious condition. IATTKI/I'OX. l''ebi navy 1. A man mimed Fosler mc|. witli a pi.|nliar accident this morning al (Nivni'ii's Bay. lie was sliootiug rabhils with :i ride, (hie went inlo a hole ami l''ostef tried to smoke it out. Tim grai-s imiiiinl caught fire, and as he was beating ~m the fire willi Ihe stock of tin l villi' the charge exploded and shot liini in the thigh. An operation was carried "ill aud the man sent In (he hospilul. The ferry train connecl ing I lie Maori with the first express this inniiiiiiH left the line just before entering (he luniu'l's mouth, owing to having been ht in nil tlie wrong line. A sol of I rap point,s was open and the engine and four 1 waggons were derailed. Very lit lie lialilau'e was done, bill flic passengers iiiiniiil the lirst express.