INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1615, 6 August 1887, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

A fire occurred at the Royal Hotel, HamiltoD, Auck'and, and was only suppressed after some difficulty, little damage, however, being done. A mau named John Philips slated to tie 'andlord that he had set the building on fire so as to provide work. Philips .was arresced on Wednesday afternoon. At the City Hotel, Auckland, on Wednesday night, R.M.Munro beat J. J. Harper for the championship of New Zealand in Highland dancing. Harper won the swsrd dance by two points, but Munro was victorious in the Highland reel and Highland fling. The New Zealand Shipping Company received a telegram, dated London, 30th July, stating that the Aorangi left Plymouth that day with mails and passengers. The Opawa sailed from London for Wellington. A Scandinavian named Vtyers, v.hile out shooting at Greytown on Wednesday, met with an accident owing to his gun exploding. It shattered his wrist and arm, which had to be amputated. A meeting of old soldiers held at Wellington on Wednesday night decided to urge upon the representatives of the city in Parliament to take measures to have their land claims enquired into by a commission, also to ask the co-operation of volunteers and old soldiers in the colony having similar claims. An attempt waa made on Wednesday to burn down Gilbert's Temperance Hotel at Woodville, by setting fire to the outhouses. The fire was fortunately discovered before it got a fair hold of the place and was extinguished. Two men have been arrested on suspicion and have been remanded till Thursday. Th 9 burning of Gilbert's Hotel would have involved the destruction of at leaßt five other shops. The Gear Meat Preserving Company, Wellington, have declared a dividend of 8 per cent. During the year 50,601 sheep and lambs were frozen, being double that in the previous year. The New Zealand Refrigerating Company (Otago) have declared a dividend of 7 per cent. During the year 98,247 sheep were frozen.

Recently a Wellington servant girl gave a circumstantial nccount of how, daring the absence of her master, she was attacked by a burglar, who ransicked the house and made free with a quantity of jewellery (part ef which belonged to herself) ; how she managed to fell the man to the ground with a poker, and took part of his ill-gotten gains from him ; and how, while she was telephoning to her master, the fellow recovered and .made his escape, Inking part of his booty with him. A trail of blood from the house to some distance along the road lent color to the story. HoweTer, after a time the girl's story was doubted, and on Thursday Detective, Cjhryitall arrested the girl on a charge of larceny, and she confessed her guilti and said that no man was concerned in it, The name of this inventive creature is Annie Nolan. At Auckland the dead body of a man named John Andsraon, a German, who was employed as boots at,a local hotel, was found'in tbe, ; haibor nesr Queen street. wharf on Thursday, At Wellington oo Thursday James Jameson was fined £lO and costs for not affixing a stamp to a receipt. At Auckland, on Thursday, whilst a young girl, aged 14, named Emma Smith, was preparing dinner for the family, who were absent, her clothes caught fire. Without a moment's hesitation and with great presence of miod she rushed out and jumped into a well, from which she was afterwards rescued, and was found to be severely buined. It is understood that the Seamen's Union at Auckland have so arranged matters that they will have two or three boat" running in opposition to the Northern Uompii.y within a fortnight or thiee weeks.

At Auckland consilerab'e dissatisfaction has lately existed with respect to the making up of electoral rolls, it being f reoly alleged that the rolls were! being manipulated in the interest of certain candidates. On Thursday morning Mr J. S. Duke, one of tho' Reaislrar'a assistants, was diseharwud. He refused to leave at first, and the tfegistrar had to threaten to sen.l for a policemen before he would do so.