INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 910, 26 September 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

The date of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show has been fixed tor the 27th and 2Sth November, being the two days preceding the D.J. C.’s Spring Meeting.

There were about 2-10.000 people present at the opening of the Exhibition yesterday. The weather was tine. The N-w Zealand court at the Exhibition is completed. The displays o: grain, furniture, skins, materials, and wool were special features, and were much admired. The at* tendance to-day was limited. A publican at Deniliquin has hcc-n stuck up by two armed men, who loft him tied to a tree. It was six hours before he was released.

At Melbourne, Lawrence, murderer of Mr Finlaysou, has been condemned to death, but recommended to mercy by the jury.

Secundus has been backed for several thousands to win the Wagg Wagga Cun at G to 1.

Petra is first favorite for the Melbourne Derby, but Falmouth and Nellie are backed heavily. Among the articles just added are numerous exhibits of woollen goods from widely distant places. I availed myself of the opportunity to compare the New Zealand fabrics from Mosgiel and Kaiapoi with those from Europe and from other Colonies From Galashiels, Scotland, Cochrane, Brown, and Sons send a large display of tweeds, which excel in material, being of large paten, soft, and thick. Burchall, of Leeds, sends closer tweeds of harder texture, and broadcloths. Vicars, of Sydney, shows goods very similar to those from New Zealand. The Parramatta Company’s are not so good. I have not yet discovered any Melbourne, Geelong, or Ipswich wools thus far. Althrongh New Zealand shows nothing indcntical with same of Galashiels, its woollens are quite equal to anything of the same kind seen, excepting the exhibit of Saxony woollens, by Ivlemm and Forest, in the German court, which are especially admirable for softness of texture and general finish of surface.

Tasmania shows a lot of willow withes for baskets in a handsome trophy, tastefully designed like a fountain dripning with stalactites ; tin, jams, &0., from many factories ; very tine rugs, &c., of black opoa inn.

A Telegram from Sydney under date September 201h, says—“A force of 200 artillery has been despatched lo Newcastle. An official gazattce, issued this morning, announces that extreme measures would ho adopted to prevent intimidation of the miners. A reward is offered for the apprehension of the offenders. The Surveyors at llangiriri have received instructions to desist surveying at Wa’kari Lake for tlie present, and to goon working in the higher districts. Some of the Natives at llangiriri say it is not their people who are causing trouble, but Natives from the King country, who came down to llangiriri for the express purpose of stopping the surveyors.

Arms are being serve 1 out to the AVaihou settlers and in other outlying districts of the Upper Thames. Steamers are warned not to attempt going np Waihon, as there are grounds fur believing that the Ngatibakn are building a pah. Edward Evans was brought up yesterday mori'ingfrom theClerm.au settlement eh.urged with attempting to murder his wife and children on Saturday night- It appears that ho went home drunk, and fired a pistol at his childten ami his wife, but without effect. lie was brought up to day and remanded.

Mormon missionaries have hern actively canvassing for proselytes in Timarn for the last fortnight, but so far only one convert is heard of,