INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1598, 23 June 1887, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

A man, name unknown, fell from the Queen street wharf, Auckland, on Taeßday night and was drowned. In his pocket, was found a railway return ticket issued at Te Awamutu. ihe residence of Henry Eicbardßon, NorthEast. Yalley, Ofago, was burned down on Tuesday night during tho fAnnly'a absonce in Dunedin. Irsurance, £4OO in the New Zealand office. Edward Marryatt, one of tfie oldest residents of Milton, Otago, died on Tuesday. The will of the late Monsignor Fynes at Auckland, bequeathed £IOO towards the establishment of a Magdalen Asylum, £IOO to the Benedictine Fathers, and £SO to six other priests for the celebration of masses for the eoul of the deceased. The remainder of the estate is to be devoted to the establishment of Roman Catholic schools. Monsignar Fynes' property at Roganville has been conveyed to the Clergy Association founded for the benefit of infirm and superannuated priests, etc John MoDermott, a settler at Taneru, near Masterton, was arrested on Saturday on a charge of having an illicit still in his possesj sion. ! While the brigantine Oceola was being towed out at Westport by the Wareatea on Saturday morning, the tow rope broke, and the yessel stuck on the bar. Lamplough (West Coast) is turning out satisfactorily so far. On Saturday at Teremakau a person from the rush said that one olaim had struck three feet of wash giving three geains to the dish. This is equivalent to half an ounce to ohe load. Thirty claims are pegged off in the vicinity.