INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1837, 5 January 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

6 H.M.S. Calliope has arrived at Auck- ■ land from Sydney. r The Governor lias definitely resolved to e leave Auckland for Wellington on Tuesday next. b Alex. McCullough died at Auckland on 0 Thursday night from injuries sustained on *! -New Year's night from the kicking of a 1 h orse. i On the Ist and 2nd the Dunedin tram- , ways carried 30,000 persons, the greatest ) number ever carried in two successive E days, E A child aged two years, son of W. i Walters, Papakora, Auckland, was kicked * by a horse on the temple on Sunday last t and died on Thursday. I At the Caledonian sports at Dunedin on Wednesday, the collar and elbow wrest- > ling was won by H. Dunn, C. Sonntag 3 taking second prize, t The Government have made a grant of ■ 50,000 rounds of ammunition to the i New Zealand Rifle Association, in lieu of ! the usual money grant. Michael McDermott, who is charged ’ with murder, is progressing favorably at the Auckland Hospital. An operation on one of his eyes is necessary, but has am ; yet been performed. ' The residence of - Mrs McCann, Cambridge, Auckland, was burned down on Thursday afternoon. The bouse and. furniture were insured for £2oo‘ in the* Norwich Llnion. Among the criminal cases set down for Monday next at Christchurch are those of Murray for burglary (five charges), one of forgery, one of forgery and uttering by two women, one of horse stealing, one of larceny as a bailee, and one of malicious injury to property. A man named Launcelot Newton, on Thursday night, attempted suicide at To Aroha (Auckland) by leaping 25 feet from the bridge into the river. He stuck in the water and mud, which was four feet deep, and was rescued in a few minutw. lie had been drinking and was not injured. a -A- six-roomed bouse on Jervois roacL Auckland, owned by Gibbs and occupied by bredk. Jones, was destroyed by fire at 1.30 yesterday morning. The furniture was insured for £lB5 in the Equitable.. Ihe house insurance is not known, houses adjoining, which were considerably damaged, are insured for £250 in the* bouth British and £3OO in the Phoenix.' A hawker, named James Thomas Hollyman, was found dead at seven y OS . terday morning near the Petone (Wellingtoo) railway elation, with a bullet wound in bis head and a revolver clutched in his hand. Deceased left town by the ten o clock tram the previousnight.and was notl again seen alive. Me was aged 33, believed to have come from Auckland. ti kfi I 6 k ° owa whut led *0 the act. ihe buljat entered at the mouth and earner O,Ut at the top, tf the head.