INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10236, 28 June 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(per united, press association ) AUCKLAND. June 27. A six-roomed house at Mount EdeD, owned by Mr Waite, tinsmith, was burned dowa. It was insured in the New Zealand office for £150. It was unoccupied ; but a party was held there last night, the company separating at 1 o'clock this morning. The fire was.discovered at 2 o'clock. The Star. says that the breeder- of horse etock will regret' to learn that the ; services of the splendid Norfolk trotting stallion " Quicksilver-" 1 are lost- to . thia^ 'distriot, Mr E. Halstead having pur-, ohased him' from the owners (Wilson, and Robertson) for a gentleman in Want ganui, for which plaoe the animal leaves in a few daje. The prioe has not transpired, but we understand it is satisfactory to the vendors. The Harbour Board have resolved to cable Mr Wardeil, consulting engineer, Sydney, to come over to Auckland aDd inspect tho plans and site of dooks. At a meeting of the Auckland College and Grammar . School- Board of Governors an opinion from the AttorneyGeneral was read, to the effect that grant- ■ ing scholarships to scholars of schools under the Education Act, 1877, whether primary or otherwise, was not authorised bv the trust. " ". . CHRISTCHUROH. June 27. A requisition signed ' by 230 electorsof Avon (Mr Rolleston's constituency) has been sent to him, asking him to carry out his former views on the West Coast Railway, and urge that the £180,000 allocated for tbe northern ex-, tension be spent in constructing the line westward from Hurunni. . The annual meeting of the Rakaia and Ashburton Forkes Railway Company was held to-day. In "the report the directors expessed regret that the Ashburton County Council refused to fulfil their obligation to the company without compulsion. The directors are preparing to levy a! rate, and, in the meantime, to pay the halfyear's interest on the debentures, have been oompelled to make a call, and unless the amounts by the Government and the district are promptly paid, further oallß will be necessary. A petition •to the General Assembly for redress has been prepared for signature by the sharbolders. The working profit for the year was £957. A honorarium of £50 was vote'd to the directors, i A special meeting of the Hospital Board was held to-d»y, for inquiry re the letter of Dr Wilkin, and report of Drßakenwell. -Reporters were refused admission, because the inquiry was preliminary, it is said that witnesses were examined on oath. At the inquest on Henry Fleetwood Tonge, a verdict of suicide under temporary insanity was returned. KUMARA. June 27. At the inquest yesterday afternoon on tho body of John Barrett, killed by an explosion of dynamite, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. They added' a rider stating that it was desirable that all vendors of dynamite should also sell suitable vessels for trying, warming, or softening the same. Deceased was buried this morning, and wras followed by a large prooession of mourners. DUNEDIN. June 27. At an adjourned meeting of the Central Licensing Court to-day, the Committee refused to reopen the case of the railway refreshment rooms and Australasian Hotel. They also declined to express an opinion as to whether they could consider the application at the quarterly meeting. / iMr Carew, R.M., to-day decided in 'the case of Maitland v. James Smith, for alleged" Dummyism," that there was no dispute before the Land Board, which therefore was not empowered to summon witnesses. The case was dismissed. [ Mr Haggitt asked Mr Carew to state a caße for the Supreme Court. .- At a meeting of the Educational Institute to-day, the question of the present syllabus was discussed. A motion was carried empowering the committee of management to bring under the notice of the Minister of Education the necessity of the syllabus being modified.

Coomng> hue Aedoub. — A somewhat notorious woman (and ono who tho Manawatu Time3 will bo delighted to know is a visitor from Palmerston) was making herself a great nuisance on Tuesday night in the Provincial Hotel. She waa tbe worse for liquor, and very abusive, and repeatedly refused to clear out of tbe premises. The landlady of the establishment, finding persuasion utterly useless, and not wishing to hand the -wretched character over to the clutches of tlie police, turned the hose on to her, with the satisfactory result that the troublesome visitor mad-i her exit, drenched but sober. So efficacious -was the cold ivatcr treatment thnr, b'fnro li'avinu tlio hoiil, .-.lie fclnn'-jJ. ibu laudluly fur her kindness iu " putting bar right."