INTERPROVINCIAL.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 527, 25 February 1876, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

OTAGO. We make the following extracts from our Dunedin exchanges : The police, in the case of George Hyde Campbell, are determined to use every endeavour to obtain a trial. The authorities in Victoria having been communicated with, and the whereabouts of the informant discovered, they are now seeking to have his attendance here. Prisoner answered to his bail on the 21st, and was again remanded. The account of the opening of the February wool sales which is contained in our cable telegrams from London is not, says the Daily Times , very explicit. From private telegrams, however, which have been received by some of our leading mercantile firms, we are in a position to supplement the information which is conveyed by Reuter’s special message. Good fleece and merino wool has advanced in price, and has come up to something very near the quotations for this class of wool for February, 1875, after which time it will be remembered there was a serious decline in price. Faulty descriptions from all the colonies are, however, not readily saleable, and are quoted at even reduced rates. It will be of importance to our local wool growers to mention that the clips both of Victoria and New South Wales will be far short of the usual number of bales. In itself this circumstance will in all probability lead to the disposal of New Zealand wools at full rates.

The new Knox Church will be completed for use in the course of about six months. The spire, which is to be 165 ft high, will, it is expected, be finished in about three months, provided there is not an unusual amount of wind or rain during that time. The walla are up, the roof is on, and is finished inside, stained and varnished. Plastering and plumbing and the erection of the galleries are now being proceeded with. The making of the seating will be commencd in about a fortnight. A very interesting ceremony took place on Sunday night at Holy Trinity Church, Port Chalmers, when the Rev Lorenzo Moore was inducted as incumbent of the church. The evening prayers were read by the Rev W. N. Leeson, and a full choir chanted the anthem and hymns in excellent style. After prayers, the Rev Mr Moore preached an eloquent sermon from the following text: — Cor. chap, xvi., v, 13—“ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit yourselves like men.” It is the intention of the members of the congregation to give a soiree on Thursday next, for the purpose of bidding Mr Leeson farewell.

The Palmerston correspondent of the Daily Times informs that journal that the first sod of the Kartigi section of the Dunedin and Moeraki Bailway was turned on the 21st, at 2.30 p.m., by the Superintendent. A large concourse of persons was present. The Superintendent was met by the Mayor and Councillors, and was lustily cheered by them and others. The Superintendent and Mr Arkle, the Mayor, addressed those present. Shortly after 3 o’clock nearly 100 persons partook of luncheon at Crawford’s Royal Hotel, the Mayor in the chair. Mr M'Kenzie, M.P.C., occupied the vice-chair, The chair man was supported on his right by the Superintendent, Mr J. Culling (of Munro and Culling), contractor for the section (Mr J. Douglas, Mount Royal) On the left, by the Rev Mr Clark, Rev Mr Granger, and Mr W. Murcott (Hampden.) The whole proceeding passed off admirably, and apparently to the satisfaction of all present. At a meeting, of the Jockey Club, held on the evening of the 21st, it was resolved that the letter of Wm M'Kay—asking that his disqualification be removed—should be left to the consideration of the stewards by whom he was disqualified. It was also decided that a scrubbing shed should be erected in the saddling paddock, and that the privileges in connection with the March meeting should be disposed of by public auction on Tuesday, the 16th prox.