INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1657, 8 November 1887, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

The torpedo lo.it at Wellington during the practice some days'ago has not yet been found, but it has twice been seen near the heads, but the observers, fearing its being charged, left it alone. Government have offered the usual Admiralty reward of £2O for its recovery. The skating rink recently opened at W. llington is becoming very popular notwithstanding that several accidents of a somewhat serious nature have occurred. One lady last week had an arm badly fractured by a fall, and instances of minor accidents are reported. It is claimed on behalf of the Education Board at Greymoutli that there are 200 children in the district under six years of age, which means a loss of £BOO a year. This with a loss of 5s capitation on 1400 children brings the amount the Education Board will be deprived of up to £llsO per annum, and it is contended that the Board cannot meet its requirements as it is. At the Dunedin Police Court on Friday, James Marshall was committed for trial for breaking into a store. He had very ingeniously got hold of the key from the waistcoat of the storeman, and given it to a locksmith to alter a key he had made from a pattern on wood. The storeman was suspicious, as he had missed the key, and Marshall was caught red-handed. The Municipal Conference at Wellington closed on Friday, and the delegates were entertained at a banquet by the Mayor. The members of the Lynch Family of Bellringers narrowly escaped losing their lives on Friday night. They were returning per coach from Caplestown to Reefton, after a performance at the former place, and when crossing the Inaugahua river the coach and horses were washed down the river. Luckily the coach was stopped by some large boulders, and (ho horses were cut adrift, All stayed on the top of the coach from midnight till 4 a.m. on Saturday, when, the river having fallen somewhat, they were rescued. The Ruapehu arrived at Wellington from London via Hobart at 9.30 ou Sunday evening. She left Plymouth on September 15th, and called at Madeira, Capetown, and Hobart. Her actual time on the voyage was 42 days 20 hours 4 minutes. The English mail was landed within half-an-hour of the vessel’s arrival.

Mrs Amelia Martin, wife of Mr J. Martin, landlord of the Ciiy Hotel, Wellington, committed suicide late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning. For some time past Mrs Martin had given way to intemperate habits, and often threatened that she would end her life by taking poison. At midnight on Saturday Mrs Martin informed her daughter, 12 years of age, that she had taken “ Bough on Rats.” The child took no notice, however, and Mr Martin spoke to his wife about 1 o’clock, but she said nothing of the matter. At 7 o’clock on Sunday morning she was found dead in bed. A young man named Heibert Anderson got a month’s hard labor at Invercargill, without the option of a fine, for an unprovoked assault on a country visitor. Defendant is on bail awaiting trial at the Supremo Court for robbery with violence. A man named Thomas Pinckney, charged with embezzlement at We lington, lias been arrested at Auckland,

An inquiry was held by the Newlon (Auckland) School Committee rt the alleged unjust caning of the girl, Kate Sheurd, by order of the master of tho Newton school. Tho Committee, by four votes to two, uphold the master’s action. The boat containing the Natives supposed to be lost between Tauranga and Motiti has turned up safely, having been driven to Major Island. Mr McGuire now states that his solicitor has advised him that those grounds for Ids petition against Major Atkinson which are considered the strongest are barred by time, and the evidence in favor of those which are not barred is insufficient to warrant Irra in proceeding. Major Atkinson has promised to bring the resolutions arrived «t by the Municipal Conference befoie his colleagues, and if they deem them of sufficient importance a Bill will be brought in this session giving effect to them.