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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 234, 5 September 1883, Page 2

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INTERPROVINCIAL. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) , „ ; New Plymouth, September 3. A.n inquest < was held on the fire on Ppyerty "Plat thiE aftbrriooh, when cerr tain revelations were made which led the Coroner to order Thomas Weir, the owner, to be detained m custody when the ' Court adjourned. ■ •■• ; Auckland^ September 8. At a meeting of the shareholders .of. ' Fisher & Gd;.( Limited) ythe resolution to'wjind np and transfer the business to the Frozen Meat export Company was confirmed. The wreck of the barque Espeoulador was; sold for 775 dollars. Captain Irving- had a narrow escape of losing his life at the wreck. . Tjie inquiry re tbe loss of the schopnar Alma resulted m the captain's ceitificate being suspended for three months, the mate being censured. The Mao is have found a skeleton on the Patea Beach, at Kaipai^.. Itis believed to be that of one of two edm'-' diggers drowned a month ago. i Dunedin, September 3. the Harbor Board ? will ask Mr Wright, M.H.R., to move for a Committee to inquire into their accounts, and call on the Dunedin members, to. support' thisjriio tip n. t ' . . . ' : 'The South Dunedin ; Licensing. Betich refused all applications for new licenses. Superintendent Weldon' stated that since the hours had been; restricted there had been a material decrease id drunkenness m the city. Mr Wright, M.H.R., having stated m the! House on Saturday night that the Otago Harbor Board balance-sheet was crboked.has been telegraphed to by Mr Ross, Chairman of. the Board, as follows : — " Kindly move for examination of Otago Harbor Board accounts. Will request Government and Otago members to support motion." Captain Macfarlune, of Port Chain mers, has been appointed harbormaster. Ross, September 3.' A man named James Palmer, an inmate ot Totaia Hospital,dropped dead yesterday. 5 Oamaru, September 3. The Salvation Army opened a campaign here yesterday m the evening. The Volunteer Hall was crowded, and the audience was rowdy m the extreme. Singing^ whistiingi.and talking was indulged m, and this led: Major Pollard: to remark that y omaru had less regard for religion than any other town m New Zealand he h&d been m. . ; .