INTERPROVINCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2565, 18 December 1888, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(bv telegraph.—PllESS association.) THAMES, Mouday. The only result from the Minister of Mines, visit to tho Thames, will probably be that a subsidy of £500 will be obtained for expenditure on tho Wbangamata road. WOODVILLE, Monday. The manager of the operations at the upper lode has now struck exceedingly rich ore, and states that it is the richest he has seen in the colony. Samples are being sent to Napier to be smelted, but there is no doubt about the ore being exceptionally rich. It is probable a company will be floated immediately to work it. The weather has been very severe of late, and hailstorms have damaged the fruit crops, while the potatoes have been repeatedly cut down with the frost. Today, the weather is very cold and stormy and of a severity unknown at this time of the year. WELLINGTON, Monday. A young man named Frank Ross, aged 27 years, was drowned in tiie harbour at 5 o'clock this morning. CHRIS TCHURCH, Monday. The weather was splendid to-day for the anniversary holiday. A large number of people visited Sumner and New Brighton. The volunteers had a successful fieldday at Horse Shoe Lake. The Caledoniau Sports at Lancaster Park were moderately attended. The popular sports at Hagley Park were largely attended.