INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1564, 12 March 1887, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

There are nearly 100 names less on the now roll of the Justices than before. It was mentioned at a meeting of the Hospital Sunday Committee that there is every prospect (f a poor rate being levied in Wellington, unless voluntary contributions are subscribed more freely. At the request of several Canterbury ministers, Mr JD. Wright commences a mission in Canterbury, beginning with Ashburton, next Sunday, David Kirk, 50, an express driver, hung himself at Dunedin on Wednesday afternoon. He leaves a wi.e and three daughters and one eon. His brother committed suicide four years ago. it is stated that the Government have given instructions for steps to be taken to ascertain whether or not the Terraces are still in existanen. Mr Percy Smith will le ve for Rotorua before the end of the week for tlie purpose of making the necessary survey. A fresh batch of papers in reference to the cable service has been issued, together with a memo, by Sir J. Vogel on the expediency of the Australasian colonies coming to a joint arrangement regarding the cables. They have been forwarded to all the principal newspapers and Governments in the colonies. Amongst them is a latter from the Chairman of the Eastern Extension Company, offering to reduce the rates as low as 2s 4d per word on a guarantee of the average receipts of the last three years. The Gordon (Southland) Licensing Committee at its meeting made a peculiar mandate in connection with a license. A woman sought to have a hotel license transferred to her, but the police objected on the ground that the husband was not a suitable person. The Committee granted the transfer, the husband to go to work. At the inquest at Auckland on the body of Thos. J. Brady, a Verdict was returned that deceased met his death by strychnine, but how or by whom administered there was no evidence to show. Documents found on the body show that deceased contemplated suicide, also that he was not special correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald,

An accident occurred lately at the Mariawatu Railway station. An engine ran into and smashed up several trucks. The damage is said to amount to £l5O. Lieut.-Colonel Roberts has been appointed commandant of the Permanent Militia.

The University Senate closed its session on Thursday afternoon. The business was formal.

Gunner McCorkindale, the winner of the carbine belt, arrived in Oaraaru on Thursday evening. He was met at the railway station by the headquarters companies, and was addressed by Lieut.-Col. Sumpter, who congratulated him on his achievement. He was then mounted on a gun carriage and drawn by his comrades to his residence, the band playing “ See the Conquering Hero comes.”