INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1596, 18 June 1887, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

At a meeting at Wellington on Wednesday night to consider the question of sending Hearn to New South Wales (o compete in the champion sculling sweepstakes, it was decided to raise subscriptions, so that New Zealand might be represented. One speaker intimated, in order to show that Wellington did not wish to force Hearn on the co’ony as their representative, he-would gnarnnee £IOO towards a sweepstake, u to be rowed at Wellington, so that whoever won it would bo sent id represent the colony.

; AWhoyement is on foot in Auckland , ih musical circ'es for the establishment of a Leldertafel. ' .

At a meeting of the St. Eilda Borough Council on Tuesday evening a motion wda declared carried unaniraoisly that the whole of the Councillors should resign on the ground of not being able to work together. V The Very Rev, Mons, Fynes, Rom in Catholic Vicar General'of Auckland; Hied on,Thursday afternoon at his residence at Parnell. The deceased pte'ate had resided in. Auckland slice 1849, wlien he came there from Sydney. In 1851 he was .appointed to the charge of Papmure and How'ck, Where ho remained about twenty years, and in 1871 w«« : 'nmnod - the parish p'rifeat at Parnell; Mona, ; Fvnes suffered for some time past from an internal complaint, which was the cause of his death, A party of five - gentlemen have expressed their intention of giving a bullcck,' 200 loaves of biead, 20 «h*ep, a pig, 2 cwt of smoked fish; and potatoes and; yegetab*es, as a dinner to the poor persons of Auckland on the Monday preceding Jubilee day.

The residence of Mr J, C. Simmonds, of Palmerston North, was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. The occupan ts had a narrow escape. The insurances amounted to £250.

. At a mec'ing of tbe Otago Education Board on Thursday it was stated that the reduction of the capitation allowance meant a loss to the Board of £IOOO. It was decided to counsel teachers to assist Committees in properly expending the money, otherwise a let'uc'i m in-salaries might have to be mad-'. At the Supreme Court, Auck'and, on Wednesday, James Lawrie was charged with attempting to murder his wife, Annie Lawrie, there being also a second count charging him with wounding her, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. He was found guilty on the second count and sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labor. Sentence of four months’ hard labor was imoosed in the case of James Lowndes, who is said to have been another mate of Oaf* f-ey’s and who was fouiid guilty of breaking another man’s jaw. Henry Ernest Perry, for indecdnt assault, was sentenced to two years’ Ijatd l>bor. Thomson McOallurn, charged with a. similar offence, did not appear, and His Honor Mr Juat'co Ward ordered his recognisances of £25 etch to be estreated, remarking that the amount, was scandalously small, and that the matter should be brought under the notice of the Minister of Justice, in order to ascertiiin how far Justices should be allowed to exercise their discretion in this direction. He said there was a disgraceful miscarriage of justice in this case. Hugh Storey, for a violent assault, was sentenced to twelve months’ hard labor.