INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 152, 9 June 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per United Press Association.] CASWELL SOUND MARBLE CO. Wellington, June 9. The directors of the Caswell Sound Marble Co. have received intelligence that chambering machinery had been shipped on board the Persian Monarch, which left New York on the 23rd April, and is expected to reach this port about the end of next month. ST. JOHN’S CHURCH. Mr. Turnbull, architect, has received definite instructions from the Building Committee of St. John’s Presbyterian Church to prepare plans for the new church and schoolrooms on the old site. The new church is to be considerably larger than the former one, and will have galleries round three sides, with an organ loft behind the pulpit. NARROW ESCAPE. A lad employed at the Government Printing Office miraculously escaped from a serious accident on Friday. It appears that through attempting to reduce the speed of a machine by catching hold of the belt, he was carried up io the ceiling by the leather band. His dangerous position was observed by one of the men about and he was released before he i had sustained any considerable injury. I

PERJURY—COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Wanganui, June 9. A carpenter named James Robert Young was committed for trial on a charge of perjury in an assault case in which he was the defendant. Several pieces of stone showing gold freely were brought down the river on Saturday by some Natives. DEADLOCK. Dunedin, June 9. A deadlock occurred between the Otago School Commissioners and the Minister of Lands regarding the disposal of the Education reserves at Waikaia. The Commissioner wasts to sell one-third for cash and twothirds on deferred payments, while the Minister wishes to force them to adopt a system of perpetual leases. They refuse to do so, and have sent a very strong protest against the Minister’s decision. The Benevolent Institution Committee invite medical men to form a honorary staff for the institution, so effecting a saving of £5O a year. A GIRL MISSING. A girl named Rose Nelson, aged 9, has been missing from her home since Friday morning. The case against the mate and captain of the Waimate, for allowing a dog they brought from Home to go about unchained, contrary to the Diseased Animals Act, was dismissed, as no penalty was provided by the Act. INQUEST. At the inquest on the child Sterling, the evidence of the mother was that she gave the child to her six-year-old daughter to nurse. She went out to clean up the shed in the

back yard, and on her return after an absence of 10 minutes, she found the baby’s clothes on fire and nearly all burnt. She dressed the child’s burns, but medical advice was not obtained. The jury returned an open verdict, and, acting on their recommendation, the Coroner cautioned the mother for her inhuman conduct, informing her that had there been much more evidence there would probably have been a verdict of manslaughter against her. Christchurch, June 9. The Kaipara Licensing Committee have granted a license for a house at Weka Pass. COFFEE PALACE. A coffee palace has been opened in connection with the Metropolitan Temperance Hotel. The Mayor and Dean of Christchurch were present at the opening. Flour is being brought to Christchurch from Ohohu, a distance of sixteen miles, by waggon, although there is a railway station at the mill. A branch of the Working Men’s Political Society has been formed at St. Alban’s with twenty-seven members. The meeting finished with cheers for Sir George Grey. The Melbourne Acclimatization Society are forwarding to the Society here a pair of Formosan deer and a pair of monkeys. THE TIMBER INDUSTRY. Auckland, June 9. In a discussion in the Waitemata County Council on alleged damage by floating timber, it was stated that £300,000 a year, now spent in wages in the district, would be lost if the timber industry was interfered with. FATAL ACCIDENT. A sailor named McMaster was killed by falling from the rigging of the barque Himalaya, in harbor. A proposal will be made at the Harbor Board to-morrow, to alter the constitution so as to enable a salary to be paid to the chairman. The Auckland Rugby Union telegraphed to Sydney, inviting representative team to return this way and play a match against Auckland. The young man Terry, supposed to have been devoured at Wairoa South by wild pigs, was found on the road in an apparently dying condition. It is believed that the man was thrown from his horse. It is understood that Mrs. Patterson, landlady of the Fitzroy Hotel, intends to proceed against Mr. Newman, Chairman of City East Licensing Committee, for slander in having said the young girls were harbored in her house.