INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1680, 31 December 1887, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Uriah James Williams, a farm laborer at Taitai, was committed for trial at Wellington for a criminal assault on a child of tender years. Mr Adams, who on Tuesday met with an accident by falling: over a cliff, died at eight o'clock this morning. The Alameda, with the English mails, of the 30th November, left 'Frisco for Auckland on the 17th instant., one day late. The 8.8. Mariposa, with the colonial mails of the sth instant, arrived at 'Frisco from Auckland on the 24th instant., one day in advance of the contract time. A man named Murdoch Young, employed on a lighter at Napier was missed on Tuesday night. He was seen last at ten o'clock, leaving the Railway Hotel. He was the worse for liquor. Hia body was recovered on Wednesday in the inner harbor. The house of Mrs Mary O'Connell, Franklin Road, Auckland, was discovered to to be on fire last night. The Annies were surpassed by the neighbors, who found the doors and windows all securely fastened. Two separate fires had been started with rubbish saturated with kerosene, and the furniture had all been removed. Mrs O'Connell was near the house when tha fire wua first observed, but weßt away refusing to give the key. She was arrested lalter in the evening, when she declined to give any information as to the insurances, She said somebody must have stolen her furniture, and set fire to her house. Serious robberies have been reported to the police to have taken place on Wednesday night in the Auckland harbor. The yachts Rita and were looted, and a quantity of Bilver plate stok:". from the latter, whilst the yacht Malua is missiiig, and is believed to have been ta«n by the robbers. A party has gone out to search for the vessel. It is expected that there will be a meeting of the Cabinet early in January, and that the retrenchment scheme will be dealt with. Numerous officials will receive notice that their services are no longer required.