INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1224, 30 October 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

The Thames papers are full of exhaustive, and certainly very exhausting, reports of the sayings and doings of the Hospital Committee. The worst possible feeling appears to prevail between the members of that body, who insult each other after the most approved Billingsgate fashion. Mr Tyler, who is well known ou the Coast, figures prominently in these scenes. At one part of the proce©"?! ings he attacked the chairman (Re-. Mr Hill) and Mr MTlhone, a brother committee-man, declaring that " what he had observed convinced him that those gentlemen would be guilty of the most nefarious practices."—Mr Hill: If you repeat those words again you must take your seat.—Mr Tyler: I will not until I have finished speaking.—Mr Hill: Then I will ask this meeting to protect the chair.—Mr Tyler: I will not withdraw the expressions, and have no desire to repeat them.—Chairman : The question is, is Mr Tyler to upset this meeting ?—Mr MTlhone: That is the object, evidently. Father Lonuergau : I do not see why ho should be permitted to do so. —Mr Tyler said he had come there much against his will, but he had been askfcd to do so by a large portion of the public. A little further on, the following recriminating episode occurred:—" Mr MTlhone: I beg to move thac in the opiuion of this meeting Mr Tyler's conduct is disgusting.—Mr Tyler : For the conduct of Mr MTlhone I would refer the meeting to his notoriety at the North Shore.—Mr MTlhone : I admit having gained some notoriety at the North Shore, but of a different character to that of Mr Tyler. How about tho West Coast ? Mr Tyler : What about the West Coast?—Mr MTlhone: Why, I ngver had to submit to being publicly whipped by a lady in the street, as you had." The following are the weights for the Wellington Cup :—Tambourini, 9st Gib ; Templeton, Sst 41b ; Lochnaver,Bst; Traitor, Sst; Batter, 7st 121b ; Prcuver, 7st 9lb ; Flatcatcher, 7st Gib ; Wainui, 7st; Hercules, Gst 12ib; Koro, 6st 121b ; Eangi, Gst 121b; Toi, G*t 121b ; Voltaire, Gst lOlbs. The death is reported of another old Maori warrior ot celebrity at Waikanae. The correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle says : principal topic has been the death of the late chief of the Otarawas, old Erwini Tetupe, a famous warrior in his day, aud a staunch friend to the Europeans. The tangi, after the funeral, was attended by nearly a hundred of his relations from Otaki, but the weather prevented the arrival of many chiefs and old colonists residing at a distance, who had been invited to be present at the funeral. The tattooing on the body was alone worth seeing, it having been asserted that no living chief can boast of the same artistic aud high caste decorations." An Intelligent Vagrant who now writes funny things for the Bruce Herald has perpetrated the following: They are collecting subscriptions to provide a bell for a church in Milton. 1 asked a friend who had been asked to subscribe what he had given. He made answer, " They wrung a note out of me." The Wanganui Chronicle says:— " Our Palmerstoa correspondent reports a remarkable discovery, which if fully authenticated, will make its mark on the scientific annals of New Z-aland. Within a few miles from. Palmerstfin, a parry of surveyors litely ca-ne across a human figure, sculpture.l out of the solid rock, with a degree of skill far superior to the works of art (if they may be so called) hitherto known to have been executed by the Maoris, who, while acquainted with the art ol carving in wood, which they have always been accustomed to practice freely, have n;:vcc attempted rock carvings, and tho inh rente would therefore be open that this

particular piece of sculpture was 'he work of an aboriginal race. It is said that the sculpture is carried out to minute details, even the finger nails being clearly cut. Our correspondent promises to visit the spot personally, and we shtill wait with interest the result of his investigation, as at present he merely repeats what he has heard from others." The total number of immigrants who have been introduced into the Province of Otago alone since the beginning of the year amounts to no less than 7670 souls, equal to 6172 statute adultsj while many hundreds more are yet at sea, on their way, still further to swell the population of that Province. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star writes:—"The flew Zealand war and the naval heroes who fell in it have just received a tribute of respect and honor in the erection of a monument at Greenwich Hospital to their memory. The monument is a massive stone affair, and is placed just opposite the Ship hotel, fiom the windows of which hostelry I first observed the structure, and thus was led to enquire about it. It is erected, so says the inscription, by the surviving officers and men to the memory of their comrades of her Majesty's ships Curacoa, Miranda, Harrier, Esk, and Eclipse, who iell in the war in New Zealand in the years 1803-4. The names of those who fell are carved and gilded on the four sides of the base of the monument." The costliness of law was shown at Picton the other day. A man was sued for town and education rates levied on sixteen sections, aud amountir.g to £2 3s 9d. Thirty-two complaints were laid against the man, and he had to pay . sixteen pounds sterling as costs! " Our population," says the Taranaki Herald, " during the next twelve months will be so largely increased that, if our farmers do not add considerably to their cultivations it will become necessary to import food for the requirements of the people in the place." The Otago Daily Times says of the "medin City Councillors, "their management of civic affairs proves them to be fully acquainted with only one thing in their official capacity, and that is the way not to do thoroughly anything they undertake." During the course of an eloquent address at the Supreme Court, Dunedin, last week Mr Barton referred to the fact that British law does not allow a prisoner to give sworn testimony. He said : " They won't let me into Parliament to make any of these necessary amendments, and, therefore, we have bad laws." The voters may think of this affecting appeal at the next general election.