PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Western Star, Issue 5, 13 December 1873, Page 3

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The railway stajjon buildings at Tokomairiro are to cost £1,265, and are to be commenced immediately. Two sugar refining Companies are being floated —one in Wellington, and the other in ' Dunedin! There is not room for more than one in the colony. Which of them, or will both collapse P A Good Templar Lodge is to be formed at Marewhenua.

A movement is on foot among the Maoris 3. to bring about a meeting between King Tawhiao and the Governor.

The Otago Meat Preserving Company has '/ resolved to wind up and sell off its plant. The • low price of meat in England is given as the cause. Another extensive meat-preserving com-' pany in Auckland has come to a stand-st illfrom the same cause.

A temperance meeting is held in the Auckland Domain every Sunday afternoon. The Auckland people are awfully wroth with the directors of the National Insurance Company for the manner in which they the shares. The “Auckland Star” suggests one I means of squaring the account with the directors 1 which, if not new, is certainly ingenious. It is'l to insure all the rickety old buildings in land in ehe National, and tl cu to* let them y spontaneously “ combust.” _ _ The Zealandia, from London, with 233 imrai- , grants, arrived at Port Chalmers on the 29th. ’V ult. The Jessie Headman, from Glasgow, ar-A rived at the same port the following day, bring-/? ing 225 immigrants, Ten deaths occurred dur-;-' ing the voyage of the latter ship. The William Tapscot prisoners have been re-/ leased. - . aj The land .sales of the province of for the month yielded £63,013, * ■ :• 0S The New Zealand Shipping Company con-| template forming a new company with a of £IOO,OOO to meet the growipg trade of ibo colony. • /-i®! The services of the Invercargill Highland Volunteers have been accepted by the Govern-1 ment. The Tokomairiro Agricultural and Pastoral J Society’s show, which took place on the 3rd® instant, was a great success. ... -^^4 Mr. A. C. Strode has resigned his office as ■ Kesident Magistrate of Dunedin. Mr. Strode has been 31 years in the civil service of New Zealand. j

Fifty thousand acres are reported to be under ;• grain at Oamaru this year. .... _ The “Otago Guardian” stales that it is rumoured that the Minister of Justice may;|. succeed Mr. Strode as Kesident Magistrate Dunedin. j

A paper company with a capital of £30,000 has been formed in Auckland. It proposes to. | utilise phomium fibre. >| The four proprietors, the manager, and the J editor of the “Napier Telegraph” hare been committed for trial for an article on Mr. Scalcy’s • administration of the Land Office, >■ S

It is rumoured that Dr. Knight, the Auditor- j General, will retire, and that his place will be •-.• filled by Mr. Seed, Secretary - to the Chzstop| Department. . Arrangements are in progress in Christchjil||pP for an inter-provincial regatta. Great dissatisfaction is existing management of the Canto* omy The. cost of management amounts to cent, of the receipts. V . A Good Templar Lodge has been opened afl| Tokomairiro. : Great indignation has been caused off uqjbv Otago goldfields by the ITanks the, price;*l of gold to £3 15e. per ounce. .' y i