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INTERPROVINCIAL.

(per tjnitbd PBESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND. June 22. Mr Wilson, a South Australian farmer, has arrived to settle at Waikato. He reports that a large influx of South Australian farmers may shortly be expected. At the Supreme Court civil sessions to-day the mortgagee of the Oddfellows' Hall, Hamilton, obtained judgment for £873 against several gentleman who bad become trustees on behalf of the lodge , Judgment for £750 was given against Mr John Sheehan, M.H.8., tinder a olaim arising out of tbe dieposal of his interest in a blook of land near Wanganui. - The Finance Committee of the City Counoil have.reoommended the introduction of a £-250,000 loan bill this session. The discussion of the proposal has been adjourned. A proposition- that the Town Clerk conduct by-law oases in tbe Police Court has been negatived. Mary Brookes has been arrested for stealing the flowers from graves in the cemetery. The police state that she was making a raid] and selling them. Miobal Murphy has been oommitted for an unmtnral offence at Whangamata. The Harbour Board haved eoided to send tbe new dock plans to Mr "Wardell who constructed the Williamstown doc ' at Melbourne, and who is an authority on engineering. At a rueetingjof Anglican clergy and laymen, Bishop Cowie decided to form a Churoh Mission Society. Part of the jewellery stolen froai Henrickson's was found this afternoon planted in a sock, in a hedge in the Government Domain, by the cliff under the garden of tbe acclimatisation society. A detective subsequently found a plant in the same looality. GISBORNE. June 22. The Supreme Court sat till nearly ten o'clook last night hearing the charge against Mafiara te Wbera for tbe murder of a native chief on the East Coast. A verdict of manslaughter was returned after the jury deliberating for half an hour. Sentence was deferrbd till this morning. His Honor passed sentence of penal servitude for life. This concluded the criminal business, OPCJNAKE. June 22. Most of tbe Maoris who went to Parihaka returned to-day. ■ MARTON. June 22Mr Shannon has canvassed the business people of Marton lo ascertain the amount of support which would be offered to an outside insurance company if the associated companies refuse to reinsiuu at old iates. Uo obtained promises oi iußuranco for £25,000 at a reasonable late. This will bo available for the associated i-oirvauies .it old tales. '

WELLINGTON. i June 22. At the . Resident Magistrate's Court to-day a young man named Arthur Boyes, who ran away with another ; man's wife, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing certain wearing apparel belonging to the aggrieved husband. At a meeting of the Licensing Committee for Cook's Ward to-day a legal opinion was given that their decision to close all hotels in that district at 10 p.m. could not be altered until the next quarterly meeting. A deputation of the Ribbon gentlemen waited on the Commissioners protesting against any extension of the hours. The publicans attend to . apply at the next sittingfor an extension until 11 o'clock. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's report, under date Loudon, June 19th. — The wool sales progress firmly. Up to date 273,000 bales have been sold, and 150,000 bales have been taken for export. The next sales will commence on the 21st August. The wheat market is dull. Adelaide is' ' worth 48s "6d, «nd New Zealand 44s per 4961b5. Tallow — Market quiet; best mutton is worth 43s 6d, and best beef; 42s' per owt. > Leather — Market firm; best sides, lld':per lb. New Zealand flax — Market quiet ; fine quality is worth £28 -per ton'. GREYMOUTH. •■••■-:! June 21;:' '- - Two telegrams from the mine manager of the Fiery Cross, Eeefton, received in town this evening by the legal manager of the company, state that a five feet reef has beon cut on the intermediate level, which will average > three ounces ■per| ton. ; -■ - • OHRIBTCHURCH. i ''' June 21. ■ • ; The quarter acres of land at Hilt Morton, a few miles from Christchurch,sold to-day at £35 to £40 each. '■ V 0 Iron columns are .to. bo erected on the - "spot wh.ere,'the bodies of the little ooy.s Lilly and; -Mason were' found oh the Porjt Hills. .' " , A named George Brown while drunk stabbed a.. woman in the arm. ' TChe injuries are not serious. •.-...: •'-'-The Secretary of the Board of Educa-;, tion reported to the Board that the Act; is broken at Rangiora in the matter of religious teaching. ' , ... „ JL .Mr Butler shipped the horses Clarence ,and Quamby to Napier by the Manapouri. 1 w ' '<_ : _.-.. ■ . ;-. ■ . .•- ... i)'.' j " .June: 22..!.: j Ic is stated that" "orders have been given, i commencing- , -to-day, that- all goods arriving by'Melbournes teamers, coaßtal I .yessals, or 'English ships, which are detained either by tbe Customsforexamin ation or for bonds, or for transhipme to other ports', are, iu addition to the usual charge of haulage aiid|Wliarfage, to bavea further Is 6d per ton levied upon tbem. The correspondence published about a fortnight ago stated that , the goods brought by the "Union Shipping Co'b' boats .were, exempted from this extra 'charge' imposed upon imports by other ships. The new orders, therefore, have i thejeffect of removing the' exemption : complained of as favouritisjn. -,-• , Yj; , 'bunedinV ..". June 21. The Harbour Board to-day considered the offer of Messrs Kincaid and Co., to alter the big dredge and dredge the bar to the depth of twenty-four- feet at low water; The Chairman of the Board (Mr Fish) wrote from WeUington expressing 'a strong bpinioh'that the offer should be accepted. After discussion it '.7as resolved to inform Messrs' Kincaid, McQueen and Co., that by Section 67 of the Act the Board could not accept their offer without calling for tenders. , ' The Roard also instructed the Works Committee to draw up specifications with a view to calling for "tenders for the* deepening of the bar. With regard to the dredge, Mr Ross, member of the Board, asserted that the inefficient results attained by the dredge were due to inefficient management. He thought wrong people had charge of her and conjointly with the Engineer he should be allowed to have control of her for a month, and they would get out of har what she waß capable of doing. The foUowing motion was thereupon carried, "That Mr Ross be authorised to make any changes in the working of the dredge during the next two months that he may see fit, and that he be authorise 1 to employ any additional labour on board the dreige."

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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10229, 23 June 1883, Page 2

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INTERPROVINCIAL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10229, 23 June 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10229, 23 June 1883, Page 2

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