INTERPROVINCIAL.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 53, 10 December 1886, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(l’KK.ss Assoi minx TItKAKAU.I AUCKLAND, Df.c. 7 Bclircii - -uicidc wus premeditated, as scaled letters were found m his room, directing what should be done with his propi rty. He had £'3o in the Bank, hi was between twenty and thirty yrats, and was well connected, was formerly an oftirer in the Royal Navy, and had done good service on the coast of Peru. He came to the colony by the Ruapehu, and lmd worked iu Waikato, he only returned to town u week ago. No reuson is know n for the suicide. Yesterday he was appan nth in good spirits. DUNEDIN, Die. 7. The estimated damage of fire in tho Goodslicd Buildings is £3OOO. Twelve trucks partly saved), Wool £’ tOO, Tarpaulins i'GOO, Merchandise JL'VtOO. The latter only insured. Detectives think the lire may haw ongnatod in quicklime, or from u package of match as found lying on the floor. It is equally probable it may have been caused by a sjiark from a passing engine fulling uu some wool that was lying loose in the trucks before they were pul in the shed. TIMARU, Dec. 7 A man named Uolendge, wus kill by a fall of earth, while excavating a mill site at Milford. Iu thecncket match the Australians made 101 runs MclUwrukh contributed 23. Bruce 13, Jones 18, and Trimble aud Jarvis 13 each. The local team secured 03 ruus lor 8 wickets, l.yn cli 13 not out.