TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 44, 20 February 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

IjVvi '"'; ES OVINCIAL. 7 :>vj:> ;.*.- Wellington, Feb. SO. The- Gazette' contains a notification that a bonus of fcixpence per gallon will be paid v.-*on all- kerosene proiuced within the colony tp an extent uot exceeding 50,000 gallons, in . quantities of not less than 10,000 gallons at a i ' time. ' The kerosene nimt be approved by the Government and sold at a lair market ■y- .price. - Mi* Benjamin Smith has been appointed Auditor ot th** public accounts for ttie pro- ; ;*ryince, in the place of Mr William Dorsett, - removed. The Toll-gate of the Province has been leased for a year to-day, for £4830. yy, ; r H:M.S. Blanche sailei yesterday afternooo for the Aucklani Islands, Antipndes Lands, { rand Campbell's Islands. After visiting these she will proceed to Auckland to meet a provisiou ship, after which she r*. turns to .. Eiji, .... \ J \ ; Dunedin, Eebruary 20. i. n * -^-(jg- Q[ty Council here passed a resolution to borrow £200,000 for city improvements. . . The Agnes Jessie brings later Australian news'. In the Tasmanian riots many private '■'' and public windows were smashed by the rioters. The special constables and police were afraid to act. Every man in the Fire •"Brigade refused to act as a special constable. '-^"-An article in the • Examiner ' aroused the.indignation of the public, and the editor of the ' Mercury '■ was roughly handed by the mob, who got a rope and threatened t • hang bim. >'■ ">■ He*'' received anonymous letters threatening «':?.fbis"'.*life. •. ' A proclamation has been issued, warning the peiceable citizens to keep out of .'the streets at nights. Great excitement v. - .prevails. . The rioters threaten to burn down the railway station, but a warm reception .•.. .awaits them if they attempt it. .... Auckland, February 20; -..*.' Sales of National Insurance shares are quoted at 235 ; Thames Gas, 34s 6d; Golden * : Calf, 2i>s. * Buyers, National Insurance, 235; *•'•'< Caledonians, £10 ISs; Moanatari, 255; South ■"• British, 44?. Sellere a National Baok, 645. Hokitika, Feb. 20. <*i . ••' ..The Bteamer Albion arrived at half-past .* -two. this morning, having left Melbourne at c ..; 5-30 p.m. on the I4th. bhe brings 400 tons -of cargo and 120 passengers for all ports. She was tendered here at 11*30 a.m., and n: Bailed North at noon.