INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1670, 8 December 1887, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Siib-Snpsrinteudent Gilbert, of ibe IST *I pior Fire Brigade, kid e'uirn to a clock won by a loam some years ago. He took the clock away, and lie invited the brigade to take legal proceedings to test his claim, but it was agreed to submit the matter to arbitration. The arbitrators have decided that, the clock belongs to Gilbert, as be bought out the shares of the winning team.

The Marquis and Marchioness of D'oghoda, who are expected to spend ilndr Christmas at Wellington, will bo the guests of his Excellency the Governor. The police intend taking no further action in Mrs Powell's case at Dunedin.

By nows received at Dunedin from Martin’s Bay, it appears that Captain JBrebner, lata of Port Chalmers, Waiter Richardson, Carl Wolf, and Edward Perry were drowned thorn. They wore ail in their boat. The boat was afterwards seen smashed to pieces, but no trace of the occupants .could be found. Capt.dn JBrebner lias a family at Port Ohaimeis, and Richardson belongs to Otago, but nothing is known of the others.

The Committee of tbe Canterbury Jockey Club, at a meeting held on Tuesday, confirmed the sentence of disqualification passed by the South Canterbury Jock' j y Club on George Rutherford, Malcolm and Hugh Kerr, and the mare Princess Royal, A telegram received at Napier by Mr Dobson Loin Messrs Tyser and Co., announces that the final decision of the English courts in the action brought against Messrs Hall and Co. by Messrs Has lam and Co. for alleged infringement of patents connected with freezing machinery is in favour of Hah, the action being dismissed. The matter is of import-, nuca to the New Zealand and Colonial Union Ccmpanies’ steamers, through whose running the rales of ft eight on frozen meat have been largely reduced by the use of HMi’s machines. Had the decision been in favour of Haslain, previously existing companies would v.Dually have secured a monopoly. At the inquest on the fire at Dewar’s store at Milton, Otago, the jury returned a verdict that the place had been wilfully set fire to by some person unknown, The evidence showed that when the alarm was given the store was on fire in two places. A cash-bnx containing about £ls had been broken open and the money abstracted.

A heavy landslip occutred on the W<;l- - rail nay about 0 q outer of a mile on the Wellington aide of the summit. Traffic was interrupted, bur■trains ran as far as the ob.-truction and then transferred the passengers. It is stated that 1000 ions of earth eaiuo down. Tim slip was caused by a heavy downpour of rain which fell on Sunday.

At the Invercargill Police , Jour! on Tuesday, L. F. Drew, maan-r of the schooner Awarua, and Denis Fox, mate ot the vessel, were convicted of tilling seals at the Auckland Islands during she «■'•••< season, tutd ware hied, U;>w £4O lor ih--olience, and £lO for ilie s; a s knied, and F..s £5 for tbo ' ff nee am) lio mi’ the ■<r: olkilled. \ inrt'im 1 clmra ■ '-1 ca-mg 170 S; os .-k is in iliOr pusnc- uiuii at tnu Auckland islands was adjourned,