INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 21, 24 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

77." Blenhein*, Wednesday. . E-Z-ery Arrangement was made* yesterday for the execution of Woodgate this morning, and Sam; Chandler was engaged as hangman but wai*" driven out -of Picton. The conr demned man received the sacrament yesterday, the Yen Arhdeacon Butt and the Rev. W. RanaldsouJieing present. He maintained his innocence until the last." The Sheriff and Gaoler have refused to execute the sentence, and, failing to find any one else, the man remains .unhung and it is not known when or how the Ben ience will be carried bufc. The telegraph was employed until midnight in attempting to obtain a hangman from Wellington but without success. Grahamstown, Wednesday. The-;Ohi-aenauri natives are building a pah near Mackay town to carry out the blockade of the conntry to Aroha. There was quite a. warlike display at Paroa yesterday. Wellington, Tuesday. Mr West, of Dunedin,.has just erected the organ ordered from England for Sfc Paul's Church. It is said to be the second largest in New Zealand, and cost £900. Mr West speaks very highly of it. Professor Towsey, also of Dunedin, opens ifc on Thursday next, and plays at the service on the following Sunday. Both he and Mr West have, it is •understood, given their services gratuitously, the vestry only paying their actual outlay. At the inquest held to-day upon one of the four men drowned yesterday, the jury added a rider to the effect, that in all sailing boat races everyone in the boat should be compelled.to wear a life-belt. Dunedin, Tuesday. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received.the following cablegram from Mauritius dated January 6:—- ■*•* Sugar markefc very active. For Europe, 17,000 tons refining sugars were sold at 8 dols* . finest sold at 8 dols 50 cents; white, _9 dols 50 cents; refined white crystals soid afc 9 dols. Nothing shipped for New Zealand." -/ /7 Xi 77aX- . '"""'■' 7""' 'Wednesday. : 7The/cage of i Robertson and Rosi was conJSinaed in the Supreme Court yesterday, and

promises to iaafeifor ..several, days. The J plaintiff was • giving eViden.ce nearly thb ; whole day, and for a man nearly eighty years ;: of age displayed Igreat ppwers of endurance. He a severe cross-examination, lastting abon* four .ho\irsY and answered vigorously 'the questions put. by Ithe counsel for the defendant. j CKBiSTCHqßfiH;Tuesday^ Wet weather has again set in, and the ppdV spects of the farmers are very bad. Ifc is stated on good authority that railway communication between here and- Dunedin will be established in about eight ifionthsi. Three exceedingly valuable shorthorn cows and one bull bred by Mr Fautham left by the "Wellington -yesterday for ■■•Mr .Murray,.. of ., Masterton. The assessed ralue of rateable properties in Christchurch this year is £180,362. being an increase of £32,651 on last year. V Auckland-,- Tuesday.- - Dr Pollen leaves for Wellington with his family next month. * _ A half .caste woman at Kaihu j^ts 1 given birth to five children. Four are living. Afc a final meeting of the cricketers, a team was selected to play 1 thb English Eleven. jMrßucfclahd heli.Ta. sheep fair' to-day. 1600 sheep .were.' penned. . 'At a meeting jof the. Harbor ;B6ard the question of deepening the dock was.postponed. The Union Sash and Door Company declared a dividend of 20 per cent on ihb' paid np capital. '" ; The tojtai licenses for arras ahd ammunition used in Auckland District during* 1876 were 8087:' ! * "•:".;•;.•- I •■ '.The brigantine Flbra, frbmtLytteiton, had a..narrow escape of becomingia -fcofcaXwreck. In entering the Kaipara harbor, shie struck on the Mary Catherine bend, and lost her anchor and 30 fathoms of chain remaining there for. hours. On.-the.tide rising, she bumped over, and was beached': She sustained considerable, damage, and. the captain camp top Auckland,' tb report. to. the, insurance companies. ,*••* ••■.