INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 146, 2 June 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Pep. United Press Association.] Wellington, June 2. The contractors for the erection of the machinery for the Carswell Sound Marble Company, have completed their work, and the plant has been taken over. The machinery works very smoothly and gives every satisfaction to the Directors. A DEPUTATION. A deputation waited on the Premier to-day from the benevolent institution, to urge the erection of an asylum for the aged and destitute. Nothing definite has resulted. The Te Aro Foundry have made a start with the construction of a large iron si earner, ordered by Captain Williams of Wellington. The vessel will be built on the Te Aro foreshore, and is to be finished in eight months. Her length will be 117 feet, and she will possess a beam of twenty feet. Her lineswill be very similar to those of the Koranui, and her carrying capacity will be large. HOUSEBREAKING. Christchurch, May 31. The Springston Hotel, sixteen miles from Christchurch, was broken into last night, and

a cash box containing £2OO stolen. The cash box was subsequently found empty in a paddock near the hotel. FOUND DEAD, A man named Joe Sinclair was found dead in McDonald’s boarding house at Kaiapoi. He had been choked in trying to swallow a large piece of meat which he took to bed with him. Dunedin, June 2. Hard frosts are occurring here the first curling of the season commenced yesterday. Edgar Bastings, who succeeded in throwing himself overboard from the Rotomahana, was brother to Horace Bastings, late M.H.R., and was visiting Melbourne for the benefit of his health. He had been an hotel keeper for many years. The prospectus of the Otago Co-operative Farmer’s Society is published. Fifty thousand shares of one pound each are issued. In the action Campbell v. Sievwright and Others the defendant Reid filed a defence in which she says she acted to the best of her judgment in order to save what she could of the plaintiff’s means, and that she perfectly understood the transactions and signed deeds after maturity for a consideration, and that £9,000 were paid to her by order on Kennedy. THE UNEMPLOYED. The Government offer the unemployed work on the railway near Mosgiel. Nelson, June 2. A fire broke out in the stables of McGee’s Nelson Hotel last night. When discovered it had a firm hold, and it was found impossible to save the three horses that were in the stable, one belonging to Mr. McGee, another thoroughbred to Mr. Beoan of Cable Bay, and the third to Mr. Marley. A quantity of furniture and stores kept in the stable were totally destroyed. The only insurance was on the building for £lOO in the South British. The origin of the fire is unknown. Blenheim, June 2. The dwelling house of John Brydon at Renwicktown was burned down on Saturday night. The furniture was almost totally destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. Insurance—£loo on the house and £5O on the furniture in the Royal. FIRE. Oamaru, June 2. The stable of Mr. Myers, butcher, was burned down this morning. Insured in the London and Lancashire for £75. A child named Cocudos was found dead in bed beside its mother. It is believed to have been overlaid. INQUEST. Auckland, June 2. An inquest was held on the body of Arnold Garry, who died suddenly at Kohimarama Industrial School. The post mortem examination showed that death resulted from emaciation of the saW custine. There was no reason to suspect poisoning. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. Mr. Bartley was adjudged first prize for the design for a new Jewish Synagogue. Chas. Worth was 2nd, and David Ross 3rd. The cost, without fittings, to be £3,000. The Waikato Cheese Factory discontinued operations for a season to-day. The recent heavy frosts having destroyed all grass feed in Waikato, causing a decrease in the supply of milk.

A young man named John Thomas Jerrie, while travelling in the South Waimea district on his way to market was attacked and devoured by wild pigs. Blood, clothes and hair are all the traces that were found. The City C.C. proposed an amendment to the Corporations Act by which the destruction of ruinous or dangerous buildings may be authoriised by the Council. The Piako count) y C.C. have refused to assist the Waikato Farmers Club in the destructions of ruinous birds, believing they are beneficial.

The Auckland Artillery defeated the City Guards in a rifle match, by 424 to 351.

The City North Lincensing Commissioners have enforced ten o’clock licenses throughout the district. They adjourned a number of applications in order that better buildings might be erected. Strange disclosures were made at a meeting of Moore and Townsend’s creditors. When they filed consignments of liquors were sent to favored creditors. Future proceedings are to be taken.