INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1753, 21 June 1888, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

The inquiry into'the wreck of the baiqne Sophia R, Luhrs at Auckland showed that no blame was attachable to tiie officers.

By the Abrangi the appliances to be used in the endeavors to get the ship PJeiune off the Waik-mo beach have arrived, an t operations will be commenced without delay. D. Porter,, teller in the Colonial Bank of NZ. at Cambridge i« missing, it is believed that defalcations in hia accounts are the cause of his ab ence.

A peculiar decision was given by two J.l’.’s at Invercargill. One tradesman charged another with spitting on a window, Defendant had said at the time that if he did so it was 'uninentional; and that uwould clean the window. This corapb.inynt would not silon him to do. The Justices foundtlie offence proved ami bound defendant over to keep the peace for six months. The piimos are not in the Mine line of business and had had no quarrel. An appeal to the Supreme Court is talked of. At the New Plymouth Police Court on Monday Moses Somes Black was charged with malicious injury to the Presbyterian Church by, removing the lock from the door and replacing it with another. The defence was that Black did it under the belief that he .had a reasonable claim for salary upon the building. The amount of salary claimed was £I3OO. , Defendant admitted that he had not. asserted his claim previously, although he bad ceased to be minister for over five years. The office bearers repudiate the claim. A,fine, of Is, with £6 4s costs, was imposed. John Beck, a Wellington sawmi ler, has obtained judgment for £SOO against a convict named Reubei Hind, now undergoing a sentence for arson. Hind burned down a mill belonging to the plaintiff, and it is believed that he has properly in England. The Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company made a profit of £3577 last year, which the directors recommend should be carried forward. , The Dunedin Clumber of Oimmerce have protested against the proposed duty on fresh,fruit, partly preserved fruit, and fruit pu p.

! G. F. Dejoux, late town clerk of North Invercargill, was committed for trial on three charges of embezzlement of borough funds. Other charges were adjjurood. Accused said that be had gut mudd ed in his book-keeping, having too much io do. The total defalcations uie slated at £1314, and are said to h ive been going on for the entire period he Ins held office, about eight years. A man named Emanuel Oliver, trading at Auckland under the name of “ The American Watch Repairing Company,” has been charged with illegally pawning a gold watch, valued at £lO, left with him to rep dr. There are seven other similar charges to be brought against him. The Auckland Hospital aod Charitable Aid Board have decided that none of the charges made in respect to the death of the late Mrs Sharpa at tbe Old People’s Refuge have been substantiated. A branch of the organisation known ns the Little Sisters of the Poor, connected with tho Roman Catholics, and having for its object the care of aged and destitute people, has been established in Auckland. The Natives are obstructing Mr Peebles c'intractor for tha Ngawapurn protective works. They give as a reason thu Government have not yet compensated them for the land already taken for the bridge and railway works. Elizabeth Harvey Muddren, years old, died in tho Christchurch hospital on Monday night from burns. Her mother left her at home in tho morning while she took two other children to school’. On returning she found her in the gar len with her c'othes on fire. The mother was budy burnt on ihe arms in extinguishing’ the flames. The father is a ropemake , living at Sydenham.