INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1601, 30 June 1887, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Mp James Mackay, Native ; Interpreter, is a candidate ‘for Auckland North.:

At a meeting at-Auckland on Monday night, under the auspices of the newlyformed Bible in Schools Association, it was resolved to recommend that the Education Act be amended to permit of the daily reading of a portion of the Scriptures in schools without a time-table or conscience clause. .

Mir Brown, the widow of; A'didoacon Urown, one of the old residents at Taurange, died on Monday night aged 64. .. At Wellington the Courtawarded £llOO in the Rhodes’, compensation case for land taktii . by . thei Government , for defence purposes. Judge Richmond on Monday, morning at Wellington suspended the, discharge of three tankrupts for three months, not for any particular default, but, lie said, to discountenance debtors rushing into the Bankruptcy Court. Major Atkinson will probably address a public meeting at Wellington this week. The Tramway Company’s offices at Wellington were broken into on Sunday night, ami, about £lO stolen. Mr Bracken (Dunedin) has filed his schedule. George Joachim, accountant (L)un,edin) has filed his schedule. Total liabilities £12,495'; assets £1,665. Deficiency £10,830. Mrs Clifton, formerly well-known in theatrical circ’es as Fanny Sara died a* Invercargill on Monday, after a short illness. She was one of the most popular vocalists in town, and was greatly respected. Mr C. 0. Davis, the well-known Maori scholar, died at Auckland on Tuesday. He hap made some valuable gifts to the Library and Museum, At the Auckland Supreme Court, in a case of vitriol-throwing against, Charles Patterson,, a verdict of, not guilty was found. The jury expressed disapproval' of the loose way in which the case had been got |up bv the Crown, and Mr Justice Ward agreed in this view. / Mrs MacPheo was found guilty of arson on two counts.

Sick Natives are coming from great distances to attend the faith healing mission at Tauranga, conducted by an old (native named Hautu. Archbishop Redwood and Father Cassidy visited Panhaka on Monday and received a most enthusiastic reception. Te Wliiti and natives with a large party of mounted Natives met the rev. ; gerjtlemeu and escorted them into the village, A number of congratulatory speeches were made, and the party welcomed cordially. A young man named Arthur C irter, a drapers assistant at piesent out of employment, stabbed himself at Wellington, on Tuesday morning. He hu) a quarrel with a woman with whom he Was cohabiting, and she left him and went to a friend’s house. He followed her, and she refusing to return with him, he drew a popket knife and.inflicted a wound on .bis left breast, just over the heart. The wound is not considered dangerous. Government will probably abandon the idea of insuring the principal buildings, as the Insurance Companies’ demands are considered too high, and. they will only take the best risks. Numerous pettj thefts have been reported lately at Wellington, and on Monday night the Shamrock Hotel, Thistle Hotel, and Town and Country Hotel, were entered, and small amounts of cash and personal property.were stolen, A Financial Reform Association was formed at Dunedin on Tuesday evening to secure a reduction of the salary and allowances of future Governors, a 'reduction of Miniit rial salaries and the curtailment of legisl div- expenditure, a reUuotion of the number of members of the House by at least one-fourth, and the- Council not to excee ( one-hinf ihe number of the House, C vil S rvice ietre ohnnmt and the iqua'ismion of revenue and expenditure, resistance'to . increase I tax oi m and deceuir v iaation.