INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 104, 10 April 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per United Press Association.] CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Wellington, April 9. At the Supreme Court this morning, Watty was sentenced to five years imprisonment on each of the two charges of forgery to which he had pleaded guilty, the sentences to run concurrently with those passed on him the previous day. Amelia Kerr (robbery from a dwelling) eighteen months’ hard labor. Dan. Sullivan, convicted of forgery, was remanded for sentence, pending the result of other charges against him. THE PREMIER’S MOVEMENTS. The Premier visits New Plymouth before returning here. It is not known if he will address the electors there. The Hon. Mr. Rolleston leaves for Christchurch on Friday, and will meet his constituents towards the latter end of next week. RAVAGES OF THE KEA. The following is an extract from a letter received by Government from Mr. R. Bouchier, Sheep Inspector, etc., Greenstone Lake district :—“ I was last week on a station on Wanaka Lake, where a mob of hoggets were attacked by keas, and in one night no less 200 sheep were killed. The shepherds killed most of the birds, however. The use of the bonus for the destruction of keas is such that it gives a great impetus to men to destroy the birds, and sometimes it is hard earned money. The ranger of one run in this district gives contractors four shillings a beak, and his shepherds three pence per beak, and the consequence was that this shearing season hardly a sheep was marked, while the death rate on sheep was reduced by nearly one-half. The total number of beaks delivered at my office was 1,574.” At a meeting of the creditors of Peter McGrath, formerly a publiian here, and who absconded, it was decided that the assignee bring the matter before the Minister of Justice with a view of bringing the bankrupt back on a charge of felony. At the Supreme Court here, Daniel Sullivan was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for forgery. Immigration and emigration returns for March : —Auckland, arrivals 619, departures 296; Wellington, 542—164; Napier, three departures; Greymouth, 30 departures; Hokitika, three arrivals; Lyttelton, 1—162; Dunedin, 348—6 ; Invercargill, 421—421; total, arrivals 1,034, departures 1,082. Of the arrivals, 1,064 were from the United Kingdom, 804 from the Australian Colonies, 43 from Fiji, and 23 from Hawaii and South Seas. Departures, 201 for United Kingdom, 801 for Australian Colonics, 14 for Fiji and 66 for Hawaii and South Seas. Chinese, only one arrival, but 30 departures. There were no returns from Russell and Nelson. DEPRESSION IN TRADE. Dunedin, April 9. It is rumored in town that several large firms in the city have stopped payment. FATAL ACCIDENT. John Reid, in the employ of Findlay Bros., timber merchants, while measuring timber which was being landed from the barque Enterprise, at the Port Chalmers wharf, was struck by a piece of black pine, 14ft. long, which fractured his skull. Deceased was fifty years of age, and unmarried. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Christchurch, April 9. Another fire occurred last night by which a four-roomed cottage was destroyed. It was insured for £l4O in the Hamburg-Magdeburg office. DISCOVERY OF A BODY. The body of a lunatic named J. Duffield who escaped from the Burnside Institute on March 26th, was found yesterday in the Upper Heathcote, a mile from the asylum. THE KAIAPOI SEAT. A requisition has been presented to the Hon. E. Richardson, asking him to stand for the Kaiapoi seat, has been largely signed. It is rumored that Mr. Alfred Saunders will oppose Mr. Richardson,

DEATH FROM DELIRIUM TREMENS. Auckland, April 10. At the inquest held yesterday, on the body of John Henty, who died on board the Ringarooma yesterday, Captain Tozer deposed that as far as he could judge, the cause of death was delerium tremens. The second steward gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Giblin, accountant of the Bank of New Zealand, deposed that he had known the deceased since 1876. Mr. Henty suffered from chest and lung disease. He was of temperate habits. Dr. Tennant, who made a potl mortem examination, deposed that there was great congestion of the brain. The cause of death was serious apoplexy, resulting from general debility of the system, caused by sea-sickness and exhaustion. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. The deceased was a nephew of Mr. Edward Henty, one of the pioneers of Victoria, and was a son of Mr. Stephen Henty. He was married, but had no family. Mr. Henty had been in the service of the Bank of New Zealand, at Sydney, for the past nine years, and for some considerable time he has had charge of the George Street Branch. The Government Steamer Hinemoa left yesterday with Mr. Blackett and Captain Johnson of the Marine Department, for Red Mercury and Cuvier Islands, for the purpose of deciding upon a most suitable place for the erection of a lighthouse. RIFLE MATCH. A rifle match took place yesterday between fifteen of the Tsukuba’screw, and fifteen of the City Guards. Tsukuba scored 742 and the City 1072. Captain Ariji, of the Sukuba, presented the highest scorer of the winning team, Color Sergeant Hay, with a very handsome present. Piripe, the Native Chief who fell into a boiling spring at Ohinemutu on Monday last, and got dreadfully scalded, died yesterday. Napier, April 10. No cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the past summer. Immunity from this disease is attributed to sanitary improvements and strict enforcement of the regulations, FATAL ACCIDENT. A man named Thomas Nugate, was found on the Clive Road yesterday at 6 p.m., having been pitched from a horse. He was carried home and died at 8 o’clock. He had been seen at five in the afternoon in a state of intoxication.