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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10234, 26 June 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(per' united' press association.) AUCKLAND. June 25. „ The Bey. Mr Hobbs, the oldest Weslsyvi missionary in Australia, and father of.Mr Hobbs, M.H.R., died Jast night in' h U 84th. year. lie arrived in New Zealand with the Rev. Samuel Marsden in 1823. The Blue Ribbon Army opened a great field day in -theiTheatre Boyal to-day, paper£ j'advpoaSing. temperance being read v by various clergymen. •- , . At. a meeting of the shareholders of the- Mutual-Fire Insurance Oompanythere was a large attendance, and a large number of proxies were put in. Mr Buchanan presided. The statement showed an ' estimated loss of £2761 7s 7d, or 7d per Bhare. This item included £1166 138 6d to be paid to tb.R manager for cancellation of his agreement. The Chairman mo7ed' the adoption of the report. Captain McKenzie seconded'it, and-ttoe^motion was carried.' A-resolu-tion was carried thasT;he company Tae wound up, and Mr R. H. Stevenson, local manager of the Onion Insurance Oouipauy, was appointed liquidator. WELLINGTON. June 25. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, under date London, June 22nd : — The wool sales closed on the level of last sales on the 22nd inst.', and comprised about 308,000 bales. Twenty-two thousand bales have been held over for future disposal, 170,000 bales having been taken for export. Superior greasy has advanced a to Id per lb., and coarse crossbred has declined a £d to Id per lb. An iuquest was held to-day into the circumstances of the recent fire at Newtown. The jury returned a verdict that the premises had been wilfully set on fire, but that there was no evidence to show by whom. At tho jiquest on James Lomas, the verdict was " Committed suicide while suffering from temporary insanity." The following is a list of the cases to bo fried at the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, which commences on Monday next : — Alfred "Wakeford, perjury ; Horace Henry Claud Preston, stealing from the person ; Edward Dore, false pretences ; William Purcell, stealing from the porson ; Edward Hughes, possessing a diamond ring supposed to have been stolen ; Edward Tolly, arson ; George McKay, forging a cheque ; Julia O'Byrue, stealing fcom a dwelling ; Charles A. Watson, stealing a gun ; Hugh Frederick Newlings, stealing from a dwelling ; Arthur Boyes, larceny from Samuel Dickenson's house at Petone. It is worthy of remark that the five persons last mentioned were committed for trial within the past eight days, NELSON. June 25. Heavy rain fell from Saturday night till this morning;, when it cleared up. Tho heaviest flood occurred in the Takaka district yesterday that has been known for tho li3t seven years. The tramway was considerably damaged, the bridge approaches partly carried away, and traffic stopped. KAIKOURA. June 25. A shook of earthquake was felt at ten minutes before nriduight. It only lasted a few seconds, theu a heavy thud, followed by a slight trembling motion. CHRISTCHUBCH. June 25. The publicans license fees for Christohurch this year amount to .£lB5B. Tho earthquake on Sunday night was felt here as a slight shock. A petition io the Government for tho contraction of seven luilos of railway into tho Wairiii Valley, to communicate with tho Bmckloy cofil mine, has been Humorously signed hi Oluistchurch. The morgue at tho Police SfcatiOD, which is contiguous to the men's sleeping room, is to bo closed after July, DUNI3DM. Juno 25. Tho criminal calendar contains sixteen cases, the most impoi'fcunl being tho cliurgos of maur.Uug'utci: ugaiust j?reil. Wain and hin wife. Mi: W. ','.. Ci..ifci':i>., foiuic-r 1 y Uotaajlsbiij.'i'iL <>T O;;.vn i'l.ii.i.:, i.im !.,,;,. ,-^- Ciaily 1u.U.8.. is £uvk>ii3t^ ill.