INTERPROVINCIAL.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 984, 3 April 1877, Page 5

INTERPRO VINCI AL.

Auckland, April 2. The passengers for New Zealand by tbe City of Sydney are Messrs Swarbrick (2) and Macfarlane, Mrs Haydon, and ten in the steerage. She also brings forty-eight for Sydney. The Taranaki leaves with the mail for the South to-day. Gbahamstown, April 2. Another retorting took place for the Moanataiari on Saturday night, which gave 61770z9, making a total for the week's yield of 10,4270a5. CHUI3TCHXTFCH, April 2. There are sixteen cases on the Supreme Court criminal calender, including three of embezzlement, three of forgeries, three of arson, and one of housebreakin^. The ' Tirnea ' this morning deprecates the action of the University Senate in not recognising the Christchurch Medical School. A fire last night was caused by the explosion of a paraffin lamp. It destroyed two seven-roomed houses and damaged another, the total loss being £1150. The insurances were— New Zealand, £400; South British, £200 ; National, £400. The fire originated in the house of the Rev. J. Zachariah, Hebrew minister, who loses a lot of valuable Hebrew works almost impossible to replace. The Good Templars and carpenters and joiners held monster picnics to-d"y. QrBENSTOWK, March 31. A prospecting claim was applied for this morning for a quartz reef at the branches of the Shotover. The discoverer knew of the same two years ago, and hearing of the results of the Macetown reefs, returned from Wellington. The stone Bhows a clean wall with gold on the face, and also through the stone. There is every indication of a defined and well-formed reef It is the best stone I have seen yet. The pold is evenly sprea \in the seams Oats are up and in short supply. 2s 6d is refused.