INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 96, 1 April 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per United Press Association.] Auckland, March 31. At the annual meeting of the Auckland Agricultural and Mercantile Co, no dividend was declared, but the balance from the year’s operations was carried to the profit and loss account. EXPORT OF LIVE STOCK. The New Zealand Pedigree Stud Co. send 30 head of pedigree Hereford cattle to ’Frisco by the mail steamer. TAWHIAO’S MISSION. Tawhiab and party leave by the Tarawera for Sydney to-morrow, and thence per Sorata by the Suex mail route, The party consists of Tawhiao, Topia te Wneoro, Patara te Tuhi (who edited the Hokioi, Kingite newspaper, the opposition journal to Gorst’s Pihoihoi, the Queenite organ), and Skidmore, half-caste, as interpreter. . The party visited the Japanese warship this afternoon. His Excellency the Governor arrived today from Waikato, and was received by the Mayor. The Governor leaves for the Thames by the Hinemoa on Thursday morning, and expects to reach Coromandel on Saturday. In convention with Major Cantlesy he will not deal with the question of the defence of the northern portion of the Colony until after the next session of Parliament. At all Consular offices, as well as from the Albert Park flagstaff, and shipping in harbor, flags were flying to-day at half-mast, out of respect to the memory of the late Prince Leopold. At the Onehunga races 1,000 persons were present. They were conducted on strictly temperance principles ; the licensing committee refusing extension of licenses, in consequence of which the usual number of free fights did not come off. It is rumored that the Takapuna Licensing Committee intend to act similarly at the Takapuna races. Apiil 1. Tawhiao and party leave for Sydney to-day, en route for England. His Excellency the Governor returned from Waikato yesterday. He sent a message of condolence to the Queen, through the Secretary of State, relative to the death of the Prince Leopold. MRS. ROYAL COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Christchurch, March 31.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, Mrs. Royal was brought up charged with the murder of her two children, who were found drowned, a short time ago, in the river Heathcote. After hearing the evidence, the Bench committed Mrs Royal for trial. Oamaru, April 1. A house owned and occupied by a settler named Grant, living at Durow, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Origin unknown. Two stacks of wheat belonging to a farmer named Coulin were destroyed by fire yesterday. They were uninsured, and the loss is estimated at £2OO. Dunedin, March 31. Crabtree’s premises and furniture were insured in the Standard for £560. The ship Oamaru takes Home 9,623 frozen sheep (cross-breds). The Christchurch hotelkeepers intend to assist the trade in Lyttelton to test the legality of closing houses, as threatened. The City of Nankin, the first grain ship of the season, takes 12,800 sacks. SUPREME COURT SITTINGS. The Grand Jury threw out the bill in the case of Hyatt, for alleged fraudulent insolvency.

April 1. At the Supreme Court, George Luckhurst, for false pretenses, was sentenced to three years; W. Carroll was found guilty of stealing from the Gaol, from which institution he was discharged on the morning of the theft; Wm. Yeomans, for an indecent assault on a young girl, was remanded for sentence; the charge against Henrietta Hunter, for larceny, is being heard. The jury in Catherine Hunter’s case were unable to agree. There will be a fresh trial to-morrow. Wm. Yeoman, convicted yesterday for indecent assault, was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

Napier, April 1. Some sheep dipped at Hayward’s Sheep Dip Trial, on Douglas’s Station, in February, were examined yesterday by the Sheep Inspector, in the presence of Messrs. Douglas and Hays, the judges appointed by Hayward, and found to be infected with lice. Greymouth, April 1. Water is wanted on the coast. The rivers are getting low, and many miners are idle in consequence of want of water. Fielding, April 1. J. L. Rees’ coach factory, Kemberton Road, was destroyed by fire this morning. The building was insured in the Colonial Office for £2OO. The stock, valued at £2OO, was uninsured. There is no clue to the origin.