INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 31 October 1882, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(per united press association.) AUCKLAND. : October 30. n A vein of graphite has been struck at Coromandel. . •. The Observer newspaper recently published affidavits filed in the Supreme Court concerning pending cases. Judge Gillies on Saturday stated that this was a very gross attempt to prevent justice, and recommended the matter to the consideration of the Law Society. It is stated that Mr J. E. McDonald, District Judge and Reside- t Magistrate hero, has been offered. < "" •■ accepted, the Chief Judgeship ot • !iv . .»tive Land Court. Mr Long, senr., one 01: the victims of the Pokeno tragedy, has so fat recovered as to be able to walk about the house.

'( Mrdr.=E. Conjpton has '; resigned his chairmanship and-'ihembership of the harbour jb6ard. '■■ His', reasons have not been disclosed." . - ".■ Young Long has been brought down to Auckland by Detective Strathern and removed to the hospital for medical treatment. Mr Pond, the colonial analyst has reported to Supt. Thompson that he failed to find arsenic in the stomach and intestines, of the, late Mrs, Hedges.-— ThaT* daughter's 'statement thus" proves a falsification as to:. the woman . being ftfpisoried by her ht&band. ,i<j V "'The body of William Cook, drowned from the-yacht, Madge .on SuudaysWeeky* "was found greatly decomposed. j GISBOBNE. . j A number of ' "vintors have retnrned from the .oil -springs, ofytbOj Southern Cross Company. ' Two ladies- and seyeraL'-yr "gentlemen, were., sent, down thei^shaif the manager.-.' ,As. some of them stepped into a depth! pf two feet ofyetro-rra leum at fche;b'ottom ! they,wer.e : convince.d ' of thejexistence of oil, |„7 ' j-',-'iL ■■■■. "■'■■'■ <: - : '' '•.;":.';: • .!O°B>tss& Complaints are 'rife /;• regarding 1 'severity of the,, junior". Civil.^Service examination' pap'e'rjthis.tinier l*..].^ fl . .ji • ■ Boss' and 'Wobdyear's, circus .intenjde/i to go. south ,to-day,;;buf l^ere/iui^jile^iqiu. find room, in the Arawata:; ,'■, uoilvJlW-.) ". ' McGrath, „th,e lowest tenderer," fjp-dajrW signed the. .contract: .fornthe-.UiepAro reclamation. ;\The. exact amounts of the ( tenders were \as {.follows :— PyiMtt&ntthi'TC . accepted, £34,955 ■ ;:• Boss<^and Dunbar, ■ „ £41t"125; •Jdhri'McEeariv!£«3 > 460'jlG#' 10 ;, fey and Co., £17,095; , ! J. -Satlnd'ers'; £51,531; John "Whittakeri 0 , i James L'ockie, £d8;707.' '■ ','>" -nv-m^nk ! (..In the Eeßident'-Magistrate^a'dotiii' , I. to-day 'the 'case of !;J: li:;Hall,'the;a^ricat' !i ; ) manager, v.' : libuis4 Cr^for'd.^af.'caUeft • 'on. Plaintiff soughtt^ rec^yex* tor ■■ breach pf engagement,'.' defepdanj; hay-,,n: ;■ ing'left,nis company jrathoutjnbjtic'ejßnav/ : contrary to , agreement,,,;. .Mr. : ,.QPivier.' ' for. ■ plaintiff, . applied, i£o ; hayft JflpmanO I fevidence taken .■ in : , , Qhristohurch.A 1-Mtj iyShaw, for 'defendants -raised a ' pre- - .liminary -.objection'. thabrsince' thefserviw^ ■. of the summons, plaintiff had |filed a ) declaration. of irisolvenoy',' arid was'coH^C'' , sequently out of ' Court. THe-Magis--i- trate, Mr' Hardcastle, to6ktime-i6 dbiiS- I'^1 '^ • aider. •■"'■•'-•<■•'' l-^.-- n-i- ! 'i .is J, .-iwjo.- --; •: Between thirty' and ' : fqrly' : Volunteer V ■ ■ rapresentatives left'fdr.thd Boutn,by, itKe^. • b.s. Arawata. this 'afternbonrals'9'seyen I : register-keepers, «nd .'Mj JR. t J.'Collii^a,.;.; " ■ member 'of.,the.Executiye,,pf lr the!.Aßsp}) a ' ciation.' ' ■.-,'■'' y - '-'•,--',.' '•"-'■ 'n'^.r-!' "' 5 '.Mr J. Knowle's, Under-SecretaryiiTfoTii.-:, . Public Works,, has received lengthened lea,ve of absence on thegrpundof seriduaiV! . illjhpalth. .Mrjßenzoni; thu;:assistant r ; jinder-secretaryj/takesoverJiis dutiesJ'i 1 "" 1 ■ , It. is staged that the.-odundil «f ,the'"' •; Bifle Association will, in Dunedini ! 'he^ asked -to' vote' the -20 per'oent.' reinainfiig'J ' ' : due on prizes won in kelson,-' last year/ Thp total ajibunts to about '^VOi ■'"•' '"' ' Vc \ 'I'; j „.., „ ;i !.;BEEPTpN. i ,vi ! ' j;.'^ .. , ■ -,' ;' , ■ . . • ' .••; ;,;Ootober-28; ."■ . ' 'Eailway agitation is being, carried on 1 ' ■ with great energy throughout the West '.. . Coast. A public meeting isto:beheld l at Greymouth- next week 'to'form ['''k' 1 ' I working committee- The Grey County ~ [ chairman addressed 1 a meeting, of* the -, railway league here last night. , ; Mutual : .• j i' co-operation was decided upon,-- and .' Messrs Weston, M.H.8., and E. Wicks,;. r; • of Christchurch, have been invited to actjas delegates to represent the coast at all the Canterbury railway meetings, especially that to be held there "on the : 9th| November. ; ' ■• , ,'■ : r '■ '■ GBEYMOUTH. . -„- . v „ 1 . • October 30.'. ;.. Eeefton BhareslintheßigßiverOlaim,'- ' sixteen miles Eouth of Reef ton, and virgin country, are coming in to-great demand at 4s 3d paid, 4s asked. Experienced . miners who have visited the ground re- - '. ' port favourably. The County Council' 1 are going to make a road there. ' ,•' 1 The Nil Desperandum •is on the best stone ever found in the mine. Shares ' ' are in demand. .-'. . > The Inglewood stone is improving inquality and quantity. Shares are in demand in that mine also. I CHEISTCHUECH. ! _ . October .30. A€ a meeting of bicyclists and others this 'evening it was resolved to form • ■, a bicyclists' alliance on the basis of the 7 Bicycle Clubs of England. The title of thb association is " the New Zealand ' Cyclists Alliance. ' - To-day the Council voted 100 guineas-' - : ex- Siiperintendant . Harris of the Eire Brigade. : The total amount of oharity Sunday ; .- receipts banked is £450, with still" ' to come. '•• '. • ,'■■.; The number ofj pupils now. ,at .the Schools o£ Art is 176. Of these some, are pupil-teachers who attend on Satur-" ' days.| . '..' .V . ■■ ... ;: '; There nave been an unusual number of frdsts this . month, and on Sunday »'.;• very severe one did a lot of damage to gardeh stuff of all kinds. . , ..,-. The compensation claims by G-. 'IT. '.<:■ Moore, oE Glenmard, for land taken for, the Waikari-Hurunui railway extension 1 was set down for hearing to-day, but' lapse^ through the discovery., that the description of the land taken, a"s given inthe Government Gazette, was. totally; unintelligible. ..',..,- A publican was fined £5 to-day for' supplying liquor on Sunday to a*msii .■'■ who said he was a traveller, but really: lired only two miles away. The keeper'of-./-an oyster saloon, whose discharged ser-' rant gave information to the poßce,"was fined £10 for selling bottled porter. "■ ■ '.-,- Heinrich Thielen, a deserter from the . Gerd Heye, at Timaru, was arrested 1 at: Lyttelton to-day. This is the genius who constructed the novel- craft to-: .enable him to escape. ■ - r > ' - ■' ! TIMARU. ,=■'.•' i Ootober 30. . ; Captain B. White, for some years a - •; ship chandler here, dropped dead in the ■ Resident Magistrate's Court this morn- ', ing. He was for a great many years : - rading as master of the Bosannah, Rose, Nightingale, and other vessels on tie coaßt. He leaves a wife and children fairly provided for at Home. DUNEDIN. : . Ootober 30. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, the action was heard of Robert ; Goodison v. David Edmonds for £80, the ■"■ value of a horse sold to defendant. Goodibbn is one of the now, celebrated ' family of that name whose doings in connection with selling horses and bankrupt proceedings are notorious. The defence was that Edmonds was drunk at the time of the sale, and knew nothing of the transaction, and that the whole affair was a swindle. It was admitted by Goodison in evidence that he had sold Edmonds another horse owned by his brother for £145, and got • £7 odd commission for the sale. Ed- " • monds is a Taieri farmer. The Eesident Magistrate reserved judgment. Sergeant-Major Bevan, of the Otago police, was presented with a silver cup, - and Mb wife -with a negligee and broooh, as a momento of the anniversary of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, in which he took part. The major made the presentation. By the ship Waitaki, from London, the Government received 13 ferrets out of 16 shipped. They are to be sent up country to wage war against the rabbits.