INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1589, 2 June 1887, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Mr S. S. Hughes, the well-known

Auckland solicitor, .lied on Monday morning from par dysi?. The body of n itnn named Peter Young, a lab'rer, wo,s diHonvcif i -it Iho mouth of the lliver bt>"ween F°xton and Otaki, Wellington. He is snppot-ed to have been 'ridina; between Foxton and Wakanae, and to liiive beau drowned in crossing tire river. The remains of Miss Allen, who was burned to d<-«th i.i the fire it Onehunga on Friday morning, were transhipped io the Thames for i-.ti-rment. At the inquest on her body it transpired that boMi Miss Alien and Mr Hill had a habit cf reading in b-d, and it is believed the fire was caused in this way. Tiia Mayor of Dunedin has received a telegram from Mr Price, the Midland railway conTictor, who asked for 100 pick and shovel men, stating that hecannot undertake to provide their passage to the West Coast as requested, the risk being too groat. Henry George Shelly wis charged on Tuesday at the Auckland Police Court with the commission of fifteen separate acts of breaking and entering at Devouporr. He was committed for trial. Tt is expected that the trial of smeltirg iron sand will be commenced at New Plymouth in about a fortnight's time. An illicit s'iil discovered near Inglewood by the police was taken to New Plymouth on Thursday. They observe great reticenne in connection with the seizure. Mandel'w tobacconist shop, on Lainbton Quay, Wellington, wag broken into last Monday night and £3O in cash stolen. Jt is etated that the of Raratonga has forwarded a letter to the Governor of New Z-iahuid requesting him to appoint « British Resident at Raratonga. An old identity, faul Kingdom, died at Karon, Wellington, on Monday, aged 60 years.