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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 196, 20 October 1866, Page 3

The Rangitoto, from Melbourne and Hokitika, was signalled as we went to press. The Resident Magistrate of Hokitika has liberated the prisoner Carr on bail, himself in £200 and two sureties of £100 each. Chamberlain and Aldridge remain in confine* ment, but the Magistrate will liberate them on bail, should any be offered, as he is tired of remanding them from time to time, when no evideuce is adduced against them. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments, in the No. 1 Company, Nelson Rifle Volunteers : —Peter M'Tavish to be Captain, John Percy to be Lieutenant, and Manson Sinclair to be Ensign. Date of commission, 25th April, 1866. On the loth inst., the Great Southern Railway, Canterbury, was opened by the Superintendent of the Province, accompanied by a great number of the leading citizens. The distance from Christchurch to Rolleston, the present terminus of the line, 15 miles, was accomplished in 32 minutes. The opening of the line was celebrated with great festivities on the part of the contractors, Messrs Holmes & Co. and their workmen. Bishop Patterson and 45 native scholars, for the missionary college of Kohomarama, have returned to Auckland, after a visit to the islands of the Melanesian Mission. The island of Erromanga was not visited, in consequence of a threatened outbreak there. The disagreement arises from the annoyance ot the inhabitants at the removal of the Sandal Wood Company. The markets generally in Victoria are represented as being exceedingly dull —flour in particular being, very depressed. Best Adelaide, town brands, is offered for £15, without making any progress in sales, while for country brands £13 10s. would not be turned away.

A. telegram from Adelaide, published in the Melbourne Argus of ;th'e 3rd ins taut, speaks of the impunity with which a.gangof desperadoes carry on their outrages in that city. ; ' '_ ..!.. I _'__'J^ A bill in favor of triennial Parliaments was lost, in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, by a majority of one, the members being eighteen to seventeen. A bill to reduce the salary of future Governors of the colony from £7000 to £5000 a year, had been read a second time, arid passed through committee. A proposition to /revert to the practice of affording State aid to religion was being warmly debated in the Legislature. The Colonial Treasurer of South Australia, in his financial speech on the 20th of September, said that in the one article of consumption, beef, his belief was that the colony would not be able for many years to supply itself. '