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h Inter-Provincial. WsLLIVaTOK, August 2. ® Mr. Vogel stated that the tolaleosfc of a cable from 1 1 Singapore to New Zealand would be £1,000,000. c The cable between New Zealand and Australia would fc cost £100,000. The local calculation on tariff shows the increase " will amount to seventy par cent. 1 The Committee on the National Bank Bill will > report on Tuesday, that the Bill must be regarded as 1 an opposed Bill. The question of change of title 8 can therefore be brought before the Legislative 8 Council. > The Bangitoto was insured for £10,000 ia the 9 Southern Insurance Company. Messrs. Plimmer ani Reeves quote flour from 1 £13 10i to £13 15s, in sacks ; 10a to 15a extra in • nssorted bags. Wheat, from 4s 3d to 5s 9d : oats, f 5j 3d to 5a 91. 3 August 4. > The Chairman of the Auckland Chamber of Com- ■ merce telegraphs that the community is opposed to ' the tariff. 1 The Independent severely condemns the Speaker's conduct regarding the Evening Post. • The Nelson deputation waited on the Premier, and urged that the G-reymouth Coal Company be established, with a central agency here. ' The wreck of the Bangitoto sold to-day for £465, ' Mr. Hnrtmanu being the purchaser on behalf of the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company. -It is bettered.thut she will bo raised and employed in the 1 local trade Messrs. M'Meckan and Blackwood offer to establish 1 a mail service to and from Melbourne and New Zealand, landiug and receiving the mails at Hokilika, Nelaon, Wellington, Lyttelron, and Port Chalmers, up and down for a period of three years, for £6500 a year. Time to be occupied as follows :—Wellington, via Hokitika and Nelson, nine days, Lyttelton, ditto, eleven day 3, Port Chalmers, twelve days, from the arrival of the P. and 6. Company's steamer at Hobson's Bay. Gbbitown, August 3. The natives are claiming the ownership of a block of land, and made an armed resistance to a writ of ejectment. , Chbistohuboh, August 2. Messrs. Eoyse, Stead, and Co quote oats, 4s 6d to 4s lOd; barley', 6s 6J ; butter, Is Id ; cheese, BJd ; flour, £12 to £12 10a ; all free ou board. Stocks light. "Dvstsdis, August 4. . The Jookey Club has removed the disqualification from Keaj, acousad of false riding. Auckland, August 2. Mr. Binney reports Oamaru flour, £14; Dunedin ditto, £14 103; Canterbury ditto, £13 10s. Oamaru wheat, 6s 3d; Canterbury ditto, 6s to 6s 3d. . August 4. The Hero has arrived, having left Sydney on the 22th July. The Auckland portion of the English mail has gone by way of the Bluff. Taubanga, August 4. Native affairs are quiet. A Masonic lodge will be started here shortly. Gbahamstown, August 4. A case of specimen stealing is being heard. Four youths were concerned, and two of them gave Queen's evidence. Pressure is being brought with a view of securing railway communication between the Thames and Waikato. Hokitika, August 2. The Chamber of Commerce opposes the new tariff.