INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 32, 3 February 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

-*/ — * ••">' * Gbahamstown, Thursday. 7 Mr'LiW. Paul, the manager of the Bank "of New South • Wides, was marking'at the - ;*.-' rifle buttß yesterday when n bullet rebounded 7. from the target,, and f truck him on the eye--7 7 lid, infliotidg! a severe wound.. It is not yet yfy known whether his Bight is injured perma£7:7i_ehtly_ r:, '■■***•' .'■ Auckland, Wednesday. yY TheXlewellyn has arrived fromTFiji. The :Amerii|a*^ship Tuscsrora is engaged e-urvey- :■- 7i.ngio£y' r c^blefr.omV America to Australia. 77 ? 7shepi|iceeds.on "she 17th to. Kandavau for 7 .coals, and' if she cannot obtain them goes to ;7 Sydney, and returns as early jas possible io -7'» resume tn'e suryCy' . : , 777. Tbe pity of San Francisco proceeds South 77 . io-moifrow; • morning ' unless the Granada 7 '•"■ an ivesiti thfe ! meanwhile. 7*-7 Arrived— Tßeriveniie, from London, 96 days ' : ' : ;>7:6ut.' 7stib-brmgs no Government immigrants. Yjipfyy 7 , YY- y .*=.'-,. Westport, Wednesday. •^^s^e'v^tßtport^Joskey Club have deoided :^4bold^Taod*l-' nsxt month after the Grey M^jnoutti etent. 7Two d»?s; ..* stakes, -#.50.; t0 WiW^kyykyy. ; . .* .... -. .... ;,*.

V.*' WtLtiNQTON, Wednesday. - * ..:- .A Ga^eMfl; to day. further prorogues Par~li&rnen't to iijjril :25th. '■'■'; '7 In view .of the. General Government undertaking the. Administration of the goldfields of. ■it'b e colony,7.ii has sent; C.7E. Haughton, the : r UodertSec , iret'irv' of -Gol." fields, on an official.. "t>ur 'iroutrdVfthe' Middle \lalaud goldfields, iv orddr to acb/uiro information likely to provcj; useful -when the goldfields come under central control. Mr Haughton left for* Dunedin Hn tho Wellington to-d»y. After visiting the Otago goldfields he will proceed to the West Coast. . 7 The Public Works Department intend straightening some of the worst' curves on the - Hutt Railway. Rti.lal is becoming more intelligent every day j though still very weak. Young an 1 Paul - arc-out of all dan ft or. . Henderson and O'Ntil will commence their tramway for the city in a lew days. Dunedin, Wednesday. The^ Guardian this morning contains the following telegram irom its Melbourne correspondent:—"l interviewed Sir Julius Yogel or. his arrival here, snd he said that circumstances must decide perhaps at the last moment 'whether he proceeded to New Zealand direct or to Sydney He thought it would be necessary for him to proceed to Sydney in connection with the Pacific mail contract, and ie was with regret he noticed the mishaps which had taken place, buthe, on behalf of the Government, bad endeavored to do his duty, , and he believed that the service would work through to a success. With reference to the submarine cable between New -Zealand and Australia, he saw no reason why it Bhould . not he laid by April next, according to con-. tract. 1 The steamer Edinburgh had brought patt ofthe plant,. and the remainder was probably ion its .way in a steamer which was reported to hira as one oil! the best in the world (if not;. actually the. best) for the purpose of . telegraphic' cable laying. On the immigration , quost'on his idets were unchanged; he still believed that ;a-;streatn' of immigration -judiciously conducted, was required to develope the resources of New Zo»l»nd. He observed' with gratification a new development iri-tbe trade between: New Zealand and. Sydney, M'Mfckan, Blackwood, ana Co. having started .a monthly steamer: on 'that :line .Captain M'Meckan also informed : . him that - the., firm intended to run steamers from Melbourne to; .Hobart ;Town, and thence to New Zealand, returning by the s une routo. During his (Sir Julius Vogel's) stay in England he had effected an important arrangement with. , the Bank of England in the interests of New Zealand. The Bank of England would -henceforward : inscrioe' New Zealand stock, 'and probably the Australian * Colonies . would bring themselves under the same arrangemeat: ' Ilis health had been far . from good, but he was able to "get about during his stay :in * Mcl bourne , and had conferred hot h with Sir George Bowen and Sir James M'Culloch on matters affecting the common interests: of the colonies. He could not say at the present moment what immediate step*? the New Zealand Government would take, in the matter, of immigration. His colleagues in New Zealand could answer the question just ' now better than he could. A rumor, he was aware, had been circulated that he-intended tp sever his connection with New Zealand. If he were to notice a tenth part of tbe absurd rumors circulated regarding him, his hands would, bo full. It had even h«en said, so he believed,' that He did not intend, to return to New Zealand at all., Thursday. The defendant will move fur* a new.trial in the breach of promise case of Hughes v. Sh»nd. The Admiralty case in which the. owner of the steamer Express claims £SVO salvage for services rendered to the steamer Tairoa on tho occasion of her stranding at* the Bluff is set down for hearing on the 6th of March. This being the first case of the kind here, it attracts considerable attention. The ''reVeaue of the Otago Harbor Board for the past month -is -£1782; expenditure £3030. A man hns been fined _eio in tbe Police Court for allowing his horses to stray on the railway line. ■".. John Keys has been fined £ I for altering the date of a weefcly railway ticket. Chkibtcchurch, Thursday. An enquiry is to be held into the origin of tbe recent fiie. Tho programme of the Grand National Steeplechase Meeting, to be held here on the 24th bt May, is very liberal, and includes a Maiden Fhve of £100, oue race of £250, another of £150, and a Consolation of £80. A liberal programme will be offered for the Heathcote regatta, fixed for the 7th of March. A regatta is also to be held at Kaiapoi. Napirb, Wednesday. Locke, the Returning Officer, told the electors ofthe Eastern M tori district that he had taken legal advice, and could not declare anyone duly elected, but Bhould send or writ 9to the Governor-acquainting him with facts, and be advised therton. The election would most likely be held over again. Chbistohubce*:, Wednesday. . The following are the entries for the Geat £utumn Handicap: —Yeend's Rory O'More ■and King Phillip, Goodman's Blair A thol, -Coimbu's Right Bower, Mallock's Ranolf, Webb's filly by Ravensworth, Barbery, Sliand's The Chief and Wild Rose, Ray's Tadmor and Clo'h ,of Gold, Fauvelle's Premier, Noswortby's Tattle*, Redwood's Koraii; Guy Fawkes, and Amohia, Lunn's Nect-ir, Baker's Irives'meut, Campbell's -Tommy Dodd arid Daniel O'Rorke/Vilianc e'a Defamtr, O'Brien' i Fishhook, Watt's Parawhenua, Buckhn t's ArML Dflamain's l Templeton, .Elfin King, and Puogawerewere, Prince's Co'-ksure. The' : merc*han*i«e carried ou the difFtrent railway lines in the province during December, 1875, was 19.683 tons, compared with 12.366 tons in the saime month of 1874. The number of passengers during the same period was 65~238, and 43,814, and receipts £17,393 2a, and £8,624 9s. Another coirract hns been accepted for the continuation of t*;e Cathedral. •-••-*- i : — ' i * ' t , ■_____