INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 250, 10 December 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

[PER PRESS AGENCY.]

Wellington, Dec. 9.

Complaints are being made as to> short weights in tradesmen's shops, and the bad quality of milk brought into the city from the country districts.

The heavy rain of Sunday morning did considerable damage to roads and bridges in the country places outside the city, but none in town. A number of bridges have been carried away. The schooner Torea was totally wrecked in Tory Channel yesterday near Wellington Heads. She struck oh a rock while beating down channel, and had to be beached. She is now on the beach full of water. Inconsequence of the prevailing fine weather a good deal of cargo of the Southminster is being saved ; 200 cases of kerosene, amongst other, staff, are being brought up to-day. The Chamber of Commerce intend moving in the matter of the railway terminus, with the object of getting Government to re-consider their decision and place the railway station where it lias always been understood it would be placed. The Southminster enquiry concluded without eliciting any fresh evidence. The Court will give judgment tomorrow. ; '.'■•■ Mr Justice Richmond has nearly recovered from his bad attack of inflamation of the lungs, and will shortly gd to the hot springs. , An attempt was made to upset the Hutt train yesterday by laying a log of wood on the line. Tiharu, Dec. 9. No alteration is reported in the grain market, prices remaining nominal. Oats show a tendeucy to harden in consequence of the unpromising state of the growing icropsl - * Arrived, Saturday night—George' Noble, brigantine, from Newcastle.

Jonas Hart and Wilkie report for the week ending Saturday:—Fat Cattle-*- ---. Fair supply, £1110s to £13 ; equal to * Sss per lOOibs. Store Cattle, quite unifleab-* through dry weaiher, siiid consequent scarcity of feed. Staunch-heavy » draught horses, £58 to £65 ; medium, £35 to £54; light, £28 to £35; Ifccks and light barness -horses, £7 to £28. . Palmer and Collins report:—Potatoes in great request, none in tlie market. Flour, £9 per ton ; bacon, 5d to Gd ; hams, 8d to fld; lamb, 3s to 4s per side; fowls, 4. to 5s 6d per pair ; turkeys, 10s to ISs' each; Tasmaiiiau jams, 7s 6d per <loz. An influential movement is afoot f_nongst the ratepayers of the Levels riding of Geraldine County to effect separation, and join Mount Cook riding. The Supreme Court sittings were adjourned by|Judge Johnston from the 16th to the 17th, in consequence of the holiday as anniversary of the Province. The Timaru boating club opened the season at Washdyke lagoon on Saturday afternoon. Mrs E. B. Gri.rso_ christened the boats Waipa and Wailio. They are built by Salter, Oxford, and are beautiful specimens of boat archltec-: fare. The weather was splendid and the course calm. Scratch matches were got up. Only two new outriggers were ~ used, the other boats of the chib being used as pleasure boats. Balclutha, Dee. 9. * The weather is extremely stormy. The river bank behind the township has been washing away at an alarming rate I for the past few days worse than at any, time during the floods. Since last night twenty-seven feet-of the bank 2_as gone. The river is now only a hundred yards | Jjom the houses in Charlotte street. Hislop's house is to lie removed tomorrow. Tire river is -now within twelve feet of tlie house. The protectee works are to be commenced tomorrow. Engineers have been examining the bridge, with a view to reporting the cost of rejection to Government.