SECOND EDITION LATEST.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2839, 1 May 1882, Page 3

SECOND EDITION LATEST.

NEW ZEALAND.

(Pbb Press Association.) Customs Revenuej, Napier, May 1. _ The Customs revenue for April amounted to £3934. The beer duty was £l5O. ' Fatality- . A man named Fremgar was killed at Woodlands Tacinia. by afrlling tree, oh Saturday. The body was brought into MastertonTor an inquest to-day. Sporting- ; Carterton, May 1. The Wairarapa Jockey Club endorsed the disqualification passed oh Murtagh by the-Hawke’s Bay Racing Club. ;i Insurances on the late Fire. . ; Wellington, May 1. Tho insurances on the fire of Saturday night are Cohen’s Buildings £2700 in the South British Co., who reinsured as follows :—Northern, £350 ; Colonial, £1000; Scottish Imperial, £IOOO ; the latter is reinsured with the United for £250. The Colonial and Union have £3OO each on Dwan’s stock. Shipping--oamaru, May 1. Cleared Golden Russet,” barque, in wheat, for Queenstown.

Statistical. Dunedin, May 1. The month’s revenue is £26,609. Vital statistics :—'Births 110, deaths 31, marriages 39. FootballAt a Rugby Union _ meeting the question of an intercolonial match with New South Wales was mooted and it was resolved to communicate with the secretary of the Rugby Union there, with a view of their sending over a team of footballers to make a tour through New Zealand,... ; 1.f.; Floods in Otago. 11 ; ■■■.; A v Tapanni : telegram states that the Pomahaka overflowed its banks. Kelso was flooded, the people having to leave their dwellings., Lower down the river,, between G-lenkeipch and Pomahaka, the water extended a "mile bh either side. The amount of damage has not yet been ascertained; Vital Statistics. InvekcaegilTj, May 1. ,43 births, 7 deaths and 10 marriages were registered in this district during the month of April.