LATEST INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 24, 10 June 1868, Page 3

LATEST INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Nelson. ! Puovingial Counoil.-— Tho Coun- '< oil is still sitting, aud engaged in i. passing tho yoarly ostimatcs. No ro- ' ductions of any moment woro offoctod, ! notwithstanding strenuous oilbrts on , tho part of , thp . Opposition to cut down official incomes and expenditure on tho West Const South West gold- ; fields especially. On tho motion of tho | motnher for tho Amuri districs, Mr • Wigloy, a Hum of £1000, equal to that i provided by tho Canterbury Governmont for tho saino purpose, was voted [ towards tho erection of a bridge over | tho Uurunui river. It is a matter of , congratulation that the important work, tho want of which has beon ho long folt, will at laat ho commenced. 1 SiCKNKSs in thk Wa_rau.~Aiiothcr victim to that ningligimnt disease, dipthoria, which has of late beon so prevalent at Blenheim and on the plain, has been carriod to tho grave a fow days ago. The Key., Archibald llussell, Presbyterian Minister for the - Provinco of Marlborough, will be rogretted by tho many friends among and ? out of his congregation, who oro so [ dcoply lamonting his loss. Tho dreaded i disoaso seems not to abato in viruloncy, • and sovoral children and a few 'grown--1 up pooplo have been laid low by its , iniluonco, since tho commencement of \ tho soason. Tho Bey Mr Sutar is ' daily expected from England to rosumo Mr Russell's duties. , ' Auckland. i June 2, Auckland GoLDriBLDS — Nkw Dis- ! COYER-IKS. — During tho past wook up- , wards 1000 ounces of gold havo been i brought up by "the steamers Tauranga ' and Midjjo from tho Thames, — A hand- ' somo building hus beon oroutcd nt Shorthmd for thp Union Bank of t Australia. There is amplo accommoi d.ntion afforded for tho usual depart--4 inonts; also, for gold-buying and smeltI ing.— Tho Bank of Now South Walos , is about to erect banking premises nt ? Shortland, A thirty-roomed house 1 is übout to bo erected at Short- ' land (Thamos), which indicates [' not only the prosperity of tho I place, but tho want of extended nouso accommodation, .,, Mr Christie I has soltl n quartor shnro in Hunt's ' claim for £2200, Mr .Hunt' himsoll ' being tho purchaser. Wo havo boon '■ roliablv informod that On the 21st ult,, • aftor tlio hiilo waa mado, quito 1000 ' ounces of gold woro takon out of this , chum iii the upaoo of aeouplo of hours. [ Tho quantity of gold exported from the . Provinco of Auckland, during tho i quarter oudod March 231; wns 8103 1 o/,5,, value £20)470 ; of which 0050 ozh. ' was oxportbd to Groat- Britain, and > 2355 oxs. to Now South Wales. 1 A now church named St George's ' Church, was , opened at Shortland, on . May 24th, by tlie ! Von. Archdeacon Lloyd, of Auckland. Tho dovolopmont ot tho auriforous wealth of tho Thamos district has beon prosecuted with unabated vigour during tho past month, although tho wintry woathor oxporionced hns somowhat militated against prospecting boing carried on ior many consecutive days with any dogroo of comfort, Tho ] claims provod to bo gold»boaring nro now steadily worked} machinory is boing extensively erected; and shares in some of tho richer claims have ehangod hands afc astonishingly high figures. As an iustanco of this, wo may hero mention that a quarterslooping sharo in tho Shotovor, wliich was bought eight months ago for £100, was sold a few days ago for £2250. Now discoveries are being mado wockly of auriferous ground, not alone confined to tho Haurajn district. A rush ; has talcen. placo _to .. Kpiinody's Bay,i coueeqiWpc ba th© discovery of alluvial gold there; tho district hM

been proclaimed a goldfiold, now town* ships surveyed, aud nt laat dates there were about 600 diggers on the spot. Wo havo alao to report the discovery of tho precious motal at tho Wade; and quartz, supposed to eontaiu gold, haa been met with at Papakura and the Kaipara, We learn that auriferous quartz hns boon discovered in the neighborhood of liangiriri, specimens of which have been brought to town by Mr Moorhouae, brother of the late Superintendent of Canterbury, The discovory is said to bo of a very promising character.