INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 155, 12 June 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per United Press Association,] Wellington, June 12. At an adjourned meeting of the Lambton Licensing Committee, 12 o’clock licenses were granted to three houses. A. F. Duncan, who was injured a fortnight ago by falling down the hold of the Hinemoa, succumbed to his injuries yesterday. Dunedin, June 12. As the Southern Express was passing Mosgiel, it struck a man on horseback who attempted to cross in front of it. The horse was thrown clear of the line, and the man, after some search, was found on the cowcatcher of the engine. He proved to be Alex. Todd. Dr. McCawell, of Mosgiel, brother-in-law of the injured man, was quickly in attendance, and Todd soon recovered consciousness. It is not known whether he is severely hurt. THE COAL MINE EIRE. The Kaitangata Coal Mine, which was opened yesterday in the presence of some of the directors has caught fire again, probably through the influx of air, and will have to be closed again. TURNBULL’S BANKRUPTCY. At a meeting of the creditors of W. & G. Turnbull, the assignees did not think the securities would realise anything like the amount (£83,000) they were valued at by the bankrupts. Bond warrants held by the Bank of New Zealand were valued by the Bank at £9,000 instead of £17,000 as valued by the firm. The meeting adjourned for a week with a view to allowing the debtors to make an offer. Auckland, June 12. A petition in favor of the maintenance of the present system of Education has been forwarded from Auckland to Wellington, embracing 6,153 signatures. The annual report of the Permanent Building and Investment Society shows the year’s receipts to be £78,000, and the net profit £7,000. Eight per cent, dividend was declared and a bonus of 24 per cent. SUICIDE.—INQUEST.

At the inquest on Lillewall, the jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane. On a slip of paper in his pocketbook Lillewall had written the following :— “ My wife knows all this —gentleman does not. An immense number of petty larceny cases have "been reported recently. The police have arrested the members of a properlyorganized thieving gang. The Waikato Farmer’s Co-operative Association open butchers’ shops for the sale of their meat in Auckland, making extensive arrangements to avoid middlemen’s profits respecting all produce. A BRUTAL FATHER. Last night the police arrested a man named Dewson, in his own house, for brutality. Ho had a son, fifteen years old, bound by ropes to the ceiling and flogged him with another rope. The boy was fearfully illused and taken to the police-station for protection. DEATH OF A LOYAL CHIEF. Wanganui, June 12. A chief, Kawana Parpai, died at Putaki. He was a very staunch and loyal friend to Europeans dining the Maori troubles in the early days. He is supposed to be over ninety years of age.