INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1570, 19 April 1887, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

: A telegram from Wellington says :-r *'* According to Mr RolloslonV speech at Temhka, as reported' in the Canterbury papers,'he is represented ns saying that the Press Association has been 1 used by Mr Bdlanco to sing his praises and circulate the* latest sensation I 'with which he could divert public blind. Mr Rolleatbn has been led into an error by seeing the summary of the Land Acquisition Bill printed in a Christchurch paper under the Association beading, whereas the telegram really was sent by a correspondent and not by the Association. No such message was ever sent by the Association.” 1 The unveiling of Burns statue at Dunedin, has been .fixed for 24th May (Queen’s Birthday). At Winton (Southland), on Friday, a boy of three years, son of Mr C. D. Moore, - was severely burned about the body by phosphorous which he had somehow got hold : of. The child dihd on Saturday. Hifi mother and Mr Hawkins also received bad burns on the hands while endeavoring to rescue him, A few weeks ago a man died at the Alford Forest Hotel., As it was’shown at the inquest .that' death resulted from excessive drinking, and that the man had been knocking’.about the hotel for a foitnight previously, the police instituted proceedings against the landlord, Samuel Thompson, , for permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises. The case was hlsard at Ashburton on* Friday," and the defendant was finecj £25, or in default of payment t vo months’ imprisonment. In the’Supreme Court, Wellington, on Friday afternoo® the libel action McMahon and Leitoh v. United Press Association, was commehced, before Mr Justice J Richmond and a epeoial'Jury. The claim was for £IOOO damages, alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffil sefadmg the following telegram through the- colony ; “ Wellington, J.apHary I6tb.„ The departure of Messrs McMahon and Leitch, theatrical managers, from Auckland to Fiji has caused many anxious inquiries here.” The case was npt concluded when the Court adjburned., On Saturday, the. case' was plaintiffs,gaining a verdict for the lowest scale. The election of a -member for the Te Aro district (Wellington)' ;took plSbe on Friday, and, resulted, as follows :—F.. H. Fraser, 605; ,W. T. L. Travers, 346; J. Nancarrow, 95. A fire occurred at Opuuake on Saturday morning, when Crawford’s Club Hotel and the Union Bank building were burnt. The Hotel was.insured in the South British for £7OO j and the furniture for £3OO. The occupants escaped in their night-dresses. One-man was severely burnt. Bishop Redwood on. Sunday afternoon laid the foundation stone of the new church of St, Patrick at Qreymouth with all the ceremony ‘usual on such an occasion, and delivered ! an impressive address. A collection followed, which resulted in £l4O and £3O promised. The Bishop, before the collection,. r y ead out the names of those who had subscribed most liberally. The sums ranged from £4OO down to £2O. The Bishop himself gave £25, and Father Carew £IOO. The contractors .presented the Bishop with a very handsome silver trowel. About' 400 pebple wdre present. The church will be.of brick, and have a tower.