INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS.
- < A remarkable freak of nature, says the Napier Telegram, has occurred at Wainarauia. A tliree-headod Maori child has beer, born, with one nose, one month, and two ears. The mother looked at her darling child with some alarm, uud finally coming to tho conelusion sh<! hail given birth to a "Taipof declined to have anything further to do with the monstrosity. Under these circuuiMances, it is just likely the child will not live, unless indeed <\ practical illustration is jjiven to the proverb " Tnipp helps its own." The programme of the Napier races whioli are to lie held on the 12th and 18th March has been published. The ■events of the first day will be the Maiden Plate, of 50 sovs.; the Flying I-takes of 30 so\s. ; the Hawke's Bay Stakes, juf 80 sovs ; the Scurry Stakes. of 30 sovs ; and a Hack Race. On Friday there will be a Hurdle Bace of SOsivs. ; a Hack Hurdle Bace, of 10 sovs ; the Provincial Produce Stakes, of 50 sovs. 5 the Town Plate Handicap of 50 sovs. ; the Selling Stakes, of 25 sovs.; and a Consolation Handicap of 2Ug sovs. Kutries must be made by Monday, the 2nd March. The Wellington Regatta Committee have agreed to stib'scribe £ls" towards a funds for the widow and family of Mr Corkindale, who was recently drowned, with another man, during the Regatta. Tho hotel-keepers at AVanganui are following the example set by the Licensed Victuallers of Wellington, and a document has heen circulated during the present week wherein those signing it pledge themselves not to open house or sell liquor on the Sabbat h.
The Wanganui Chronicle says:— The result of Wellington merchants taking the Patea trade out of the hands of the Wanganui merchants is likely to tell against themselves, as already it is under contemplation to buy a schooner and trade with Sydney instead of the Empire City. The Patea •trade will no doubt be a profitable one, but will hardly compensate for the loss of the Wanganui business. Dunedin will now stand a good chance of pushing a remunerative trade with this place.
During the year 1573, upwards of £f>o2,ooo have been received by the Waste Lands Board for the Province of Canterbury for the sale of waste lands.
A telegram from Dunedin, states that the mission of the Revs. J. Hill and R. JlcKiimy has been successful. They constituted a deputation from the New Zealand Presbyterian Church to the Otago Presbyterian Church, the Synod of which is now being held in Dunedin, for the purpose of securing the union of the bodies into one Church. These rev. gentlemen having been heard, the vote was taken as follows : -For union .2S ; against it. 11. Great enthusiasm was expressed on the result being made known. By direction of the Auckland Harbour Board, a trial shaft is being sunk in the harbour, at low water mark. The object of this is to examine the bottom, in order to ascertain what foundation there is for building a dock The mode of sinking the shaft consists of a tube fourteen feet long being inserted into the sand This is contantly pumped dry, and a workman is engaged inside in excavating and sending the stuff to the surface. The tube sinks as the workman proceed.
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1147, 3 February 1874, Page 4
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550INTER-PROVINCIAL NEWS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1147, 3 February 1874, Page 4
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