INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 290, 7 December 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[press agency.] Hokitika, Thursday. IneAlhambra sailed yesterday for Melbourne. The Waipara tendered her, and had great difficulty in returning to port. It has been raining all the week, and there is a heavy flood to-day, the low lying parts of the tovrn being covered with water. The Christchurch coach arrived lagt Gvening, just in time before the floods set in. The Union Bank shipped per Alhambra 1887 ounces of gold. Christ-church. Thursday, At a meeting of shareholders in the Loan and Investment Company of New Zealaud yesterday it was resolved to accept the proposal of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand to purchase the business and securities of the first named Company for £1000, in addition to the amount of the securities and accrued interest. The Italian Opera Company opened to a crowded house last night with II Trovatore. The performance was a great success, and both papers speak highly of the various artistes.

Wellington, Thursday. Mr Thomas reports— flour, colonial, ~£li 10s to £15 15s ; Adelaide, £18; bran, Is; wheat, 4s 3d; hams, B£d; bacon, 8d; cheese, 8d; pollard, £6 10s ; maize, 4s 9d; potatoes, 355; butter, 6d.

Friday. .bor some weeks past a very animated correspondence has been carried on between the Governor and Sir George Grey on the question of a dissolution, which the latter has been urging the Governor to grant at the close of the present session. The Governor declined, whereupon Sir George took up the position that the Governor is bound to take the advice of his constitutional advisers on this as on all other questions, ;and that the Premier of a colony could demand a dissolution whenever he chose. The Governor, on the other hand, maintains that the power of dissolution is the special prerogative of the Crown, and informs Sir George that he, as the Crown's representative, will exercise such prerogative at his discretion. The correspondence will be laid before the two Houses.

The City of New York which left Auckland on Oct24th arrived at San Francisco on Nov Hth. The steamer has arrived at lort Darwin from Banjoewatrjie, but owing to the land line to Port Darwin having been down messages are only coming through today. °

It is currently reported in the lobbies that Mr Rees has resigned his seat in Parliament, but no formal announcement of the fact has yet been made.

Auckland, Thursday, beveuteen deaths occurred in the city last month.

The Government are taking measures to enforce the payment of overdue fees ou Crown grants. There are 255 1 Crown grants lying in the Land Office here, on which over £10,000 are due.

A letter in the Star, signed by 38 steerage passengers from 'Frisco per Australia, coraplaiua strongly of the inadequate accommodation and badness and insufficiency of food. At a waste land sale to-day £4337 was received in scrip, and only £19 10s in cash. There was a great scene in consequence. An outbreak of a volcano on Mokokino island is reported, though many believe it to be only fires made by natives who had gone there to kill mutton birds.

Invercargill, Thursday. At a meeting of the Southland County Council yesterday, it was proposed by Mr M'Caughan, and carried unanimously, " That the Government be requested to vest in the Council power to nominate two members of the Southland Waste Lands Board, provision to be made for this in the new Act.

m . n Tahuaxga, Friday. Lhe Kotorua correspondent of Bay of Plenty Times writes that carp are very plentiful in lake Rotorua- The natives have caught several over two pounds weight, ihe Chat's have forbidden the use of nets until next year.