INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1556, 22 February 1887, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

A society has been formed of influential cit'zens to provine regular and systematic entertainments for tire inmates of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum. Mi Ashcroft, of Wellington, has offered to light. Auckland with the electric light, at a cost of £llsO per annum less than that now paid for gas. The proposal was referred to the Streets Committee. Mr Bishop, 11 ,M., of Mongouui, lost himself in the bush for three days while riding to K'dlm. A' ’’st be reached Hokianga. Search were out, but lost his track, and on returning tq, Mongonui they found him safe. This year the temperance candidates have been defeated in every ward of the city of Wellington. George Park, canoeist, went from Hokitika to Greymouth aud back in a canoe, crossing both bars safely. The annual report of the Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company states that the income for the year, including £2502 13s brought forward, amounted to £78.833 7s, and the : expenditure t.c £67,352, leaving a balance of £11,480 12s, which it is recommenied should b appropriated to the payment of a dividend at the late of 7£ per cent, per annum, £5856 12-i being carried forward. Full provision has been made for all ascertained losses. It is understood that Te Kooti’s intention to visit Poverty Biy was to consult the parly of natives who follow the new religion initiated by hi'm, called Karakaia. At the request of ’the ‘Government, Te Kooti has abandoned his visit. At the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Friday the Magistrate decided a point of some importance. A lodger sued the proprietor for detaining his goods, and the point was raised whether restaurantkeepers had the same powers to hotelkeepers to. detain, goods when payment had not been made.; The Magistrate decided they had. Sir J. Vogel has .been indisposed a fe w days and confined todiis residence. It is doubtful WhetheicGovernment will ask Parliament to grant a sum for the imperial Institute, but it is most probable that wealthy residents; will be asked to contribute. A couple of cases of fruit which arrived by the Rotomahana at .Wellington were condemned, being infected with codlin moth. . T ■ The Waters case at ;Wellington was again adjourned on Friday for a week. At Auckland Arthur Hugh Walker, aged two years, died from injuries caused by his clothes taking fire. St. Benedict's Tournament was held on Saturday at Newmarket, Auckland. The feature of’the tournament was a corps of ladies as the Egyptian Hussars, who went through drill and tilling at the ring. In the report of the New Zealand Timber Co. the directors recommended that £26,604 be carried to account of accrued profits, and be re-invested in the business. A very strong nor’-wester has been blowing at Wellington since Saturday morning. Dr Hector attaches some importance to the discovery of bismuth in Owen river district, Nelson. He says that bismuth is not a valuable metal, but its presence is an indication of the close proximity of very valuable minerals in the district mentioned. There were indications similar to those found in il.e tinstone mines in Tasmania. The wife of a butcher, named Piaster!, woke up at midnight at Napier by the cries of her husband proceeding from the hack yard. On going (o him she found he had cut his throat. He had got up quietly, taken a buicher’s knife, and going into his yard had committed the deed. The wound is not mortal. His action is due to drink and depression fiora money losses. The Awatero (Marlborough) Kabhit Board proposes differential rating, a full penny rate being levied on most of the infected runs ; the rites and subsidy to be expended on ferrets a> d weasels. A fierce nor’-westerly gale commenced at Hokitika before daybreak on Saturday morning, and there was a succession of heavy squalls all day. The river is flooded, and a large quantity of dead timber, uprooted trees, etc., baa been brought down. The sea is very rough, and the bar unworkable. The damage done in the country is only slight, Henry Eccles, a coal miner, was very seriously injured by a fall of coal in the Wallsemi mine, Greymouth. A lad named Henry Scutton died at Christchurch on Saturday from injuries to his spine, which are supposed to have been caused by a fall in the Gymnsium at East Christchurch State School. Sir Robert Stout and Mr Buckley visited the Industrial Association’s rooms at Christchurch on Saturday, Replying to the President’s address the Premier said he did not see his way to promise any aid to the Association. In the afternoon (he Premier laid the foundation stone of the new building at Sunnyside Asylum. Mrs Tacker, a middle aged woman, was drowned at the Auckland freshwater baths on Saturday morning. She had gone in to bathe, nnd by mistake went into deep water. Not being able to swim, was soon in difficulties, and, through want of presence of mind on the part of others, was drowned. The deceased suffered from heart disease. A Wellington cabinetmaker reports having been robbed of £4 from a cash box, and attributes the loss to spielers. A Wellington bootmaker alleges that his premises were broken into on Wednesday morning and £4O in cash stolen. The police have no duo, hut do not attach much importance to the robberies. The Native Land Court has now terminated its proceedings at the B.uffi. It had been principally engager) in the Omani and Tuturau blocks at Tautauku and Ruapuke and the adjacent islands, as well ns in the determinatation of succession to deceased natives in these lands. A number of additional owners have been admitted into the above reserves, and titles to Stewart Island reserves have been determined. Ruapeko hag been devided into four blocks. Full enquiry has also been made into native and half caste claims for land in Canterbury aud Otago. The court will re-open at Waikouaiti on the 23rd, re claims at the Molyneux, Taieri, and Otago Heads. Judge Mackay considers that the settlement of the unfulfilled promists in connexion with the early purchases of land from natives as a question of considerable magnitude, and likely to occupy a long time iu adjusting.