INTERPROVINCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2915, 21 March 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

(BY TELEGRAPH—I'KESS ASSOCIATION). WELLINGTON. Lust Night. C.WTAiM Munt, of the ship lnvireargill, tliis we,>k summoned a sudor for insubordination, but when the ease whs cullrd 011, lliito wits 110 appear;nicf; of <hi' plaintiff". The sailor in hi-; turn s'Tvcda writ on Capt. Muirfor £.">0 damages. He alleged (lint ho had been ill-used by the captain. The latter chased the lawyer's clerk, who served the writ overboard with a bottle and a. liiarlin spilce, and then got up sail and went oil' in such a hurry that two of his ollieers had only just time to scramble on board. The lawyers, however, discovered that Captain Muir has some property in Duuedin, which they forthwith attached.

Despite somefiiUingoff'on thelluruuui Bluff lines since January as compared with, last year due to the absence of the Exhibition traffic tbe Commissioners anticipate that their estimate of the net profit, £400,000 will just about be realised, although there was some falling off in the traffic during the strike to bu made up. The alterations promised by the Commissioners to the deputation ftom the employees have been largely brought into effect, and they have involved the engagement of a larger number of new men, and the extra expense of the scliemc is £'6,000 or £7,000 per year. The Minister of Education bus drafted a Bill to facilitate conciliation and provide for arbitration. When revised and approved of by the Cabinet it will be submitted both to the Trades' and Employers' Union. This course will be followed with all Industrial Bills prepared by the Government, The Government propose to make a reduction of £8,000 per annum in thu Marine Department chiefly in contingencies. The Doric arrived at Plymouth, on Wednesday, with her meat in good condition. DUNEDIN, Last Night. Dr. McDonald has been advised by the Minister for Lands, that a supply of Dr. Koch's lymph is coming to hand, and will be in Dunediu about the end of this month. Geo. Ellis Robertson, a 3.1 years old, son of the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, was killed by a dray wheel passing over him. NELSON, Last Night. Newshasbeen rccoived from Takala, that part of Boigett's saw-mill, including the circular saw beneb anc7 planer was destroyed by fire this morning, also 26,000 feet of timber, which was uninsured. The damage is estimated at £7,000. CIIIUSTCHUBCH, Last Night. It is reported that tbe insurances on the life of the late Mr J. B. Grosson amount to £10,000, in -which the Australian Mutual office is deeplyinterested. FIELDING, Last Night. A man named Gundorson was bush felling to-day, when he was struck by a dead branch of a tree. His thigh was fractured in two places, his heal injured and he is also internally in-, jurod. His vecovery is hopeless.