INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1059, 1 April 1873, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Mr E. B. Cargill of Dunedin, goes home by the Dacotah. He has resigned his seat in the Provincial Council.

Judge Gray, of Otago, has got twelve months' leave of absence, and Judge Ward takes his place. It is a fact worthy of note that Lieutenant Hoskins, the champion, and Messrs Stone and Thompson, two of the highest aggregates, are natives of New Zealand. Six columns of the New Zealand Gazette are occupied with the names of clergymen licensed under the Marriage Act to celebrate marriages. The proportion of clergymen to those who married in 1872 gives about three marriages to each clergymen, which certainly leaves them very little to do in this department of their clerical responsibilities. The Auckland "Whaling Company recently shipped to England oil of the value of £2242.

The following are the short facts of the so called Orange and Hibernian Societies disturbance at Auckland t —ln arranging the procession on the occasion of the departure of Sir George Bowen from Auckland a position was marked off by the Committee for the Orangemen. Dr Croke, the Soman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, took umbrage at this circumstance, and made known his objection to Sir

George, who declined to proceed Witti the procession if the Oraugemeu were permitted to take part as a distinctive body. The good sense of the Orangemen prevailed* and all unpleasantness being obviated the arrangements of the day passed off in a thoroughly satisfactory manner.

A few weeks ago the Synod of Otago and Southland sent greetings in view of the fact that it had put an end to Sabbath desecration by stopping the running of trains on Sunday. A correspondent points out the practical result :—" When a vessel arrives On Sunday, stage coaches are employed instead of trains, and whereas the desecration, if desecration it be called) Was got over by rail in an hour or so> the postchaise going to and from the Bluff monopolises the entire day. It is also known that a number of grog shanties have been called into existence by the wayside to supply a Want created by the traffic. The position of the Synod in this matter is that of zeal without discretion. It can shake hands with the Scottish publican who gravely informed his customers that he and his family had been recently converted to the fear of the Lord, and if they wanted their accustomed supply of whiskey on Sabbath, they would have to go to the back door for it." A strong memorandum has been forwarded to the Agent-General, protesting against allowing private passengers to come with Government immigrants) several cases having Occurred in which the system has disturbed the discipline amongst the single females. A new evening paper is being started at Wellington. It is expected to live during the next Parliamentary sitting. The Lyttelton Times proposes a coalition Ministry. The Southern Cross denies that Mr Vogel is suffering from ■angin&tpecfatis: