INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 226, 3 September 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

HEAVY FLOODS. ECCLESIASTICAL CHANGES. OBITUARY. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. [Per Press Association] . Kumara, September 3. Father Devoy was a passenger by coach this morning for Christchurch. He proceeds to Timaru to relieve Father McGuinness. During a four months’ visit to the Coast Father Devoy has collected £1,250 for St.

Patrick's Cathedral, Wellington. He did not have time to collect at Reefton, Lyell, Boatman’s, and a few other places. Auckland, September 8. A 27-foot frontage to Queen-street has been sold at the rate of £437 per foot. Hans Christopher, who arrived in the Colony forty-one years ago, and was present at the burning of Kororareha, died last night. Lady a Whitaker (Sir F. Whitaker’s wife) died last night. Dunedin, September 3. A strong effort was made at the Suburban Licensing Committee of South Dunedin yesterday to get the hours extended from 10 till 11 p.m., but the committee would only grant an adjournment for a fortnight, so that steps might be taken to show, as alleged, that a majority of the ratepayers favored the change. Last week an importer here received a case of merchandise from London, and on opening it discovered that a parcel of sheeting had been abstracted and the void ingeniously filled with a piece of coal, a wooden block, and two empty tins. It is stated that similar abstractions are becoming frequent. In Dunedin East it is proposed by Mr. Stout’s supporters to call a public meeting to strengthen his hands in the present crisis. Christchurch, September 3.

News of the death of Captain Clery, of the brig Emperor, was received at Lyttelton to-day, from Queensland. Flags were flown at half-mast, as deceased had been trading there for a number of years. Wellington, September 3.

The Waingawa railway bridge, on the Wel-lington-Masterton Railway, has been washed away by the heavy floods. It will take a month at least before through traffic can be resumed. All the low-lying land between Woodside and Makawa is under water. A landslip has also occurred at Siberia bend, where the Rimutuka accident took place. At the nomination for seats in the City Council to-day, three out of the four vacant seats were filled without opposition. A very heavy north-west gale has been blowing since Sunday, with heavy rain. The Hutt River was in heavy flood, and flowing over the main road in several places, but is now falling rapidly. One of the breakwaters on the river has been carried away. Fears were entertained in Masterton for the safety of the Mangama railway bridge. A pilot engine preceded the train to-day. Both the Rumanga and Waingara Rivers are higher than any flood on record. The Japanese lines are restored, but traffic is still subject to some delay.