PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 205, 28 August 1872, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

■ ; : . Atjcbxandj August 28.. A man named Leonard attempted to commit' suicide this morning at the Shakespeare' Hotel,' by hanging himself from the balusters with his' 'comforter.- .Hei/was nearly dead 'when rescued^ , and taken to the hospital. '. ''■• ', * 4 '; ' $$The schooner Prima Donna has 'returned' from Uioifolkpsland jwith the. Bey. Mr; Dully, 1 who reports the safety, of the Mission schooner SouthernJCross, •, ,- .During,. tho : voyage ampng : .the, Jlslandsi the natives friendly, ey,ery where. At Monda, the chief gave a -warm reception to the Rev. Mr. Brooks, and no suspicious circum"Btian|3eß whatever were.;6bserved.:'S • i .v f Arrived : Keera, from Wellington. ; ; . .The annual yja»eeting r of '.shareholders ■ in , the, Caledonian ;Cbh3"]pany^was;held yesterday,; when' ;the jreport anarbalance-'sheet Mete read. The directors congratulated f the, shareholders on , the Lresult : 6f ? an6the'r yeififf 'operations/ Tjble^ukntity of Quartz crushed dur,ju»g the yearwas: Ifij777 tons, jwhich yielded 73,732 ounces. of goJd,..bQing at the friteiof nearly five ounces to the toni .. „The ampunt in dmden^SfWA^i&^io.foratlthe rafeprf '£a4r. per share^'.tiuß CMapleting^the ' paymeDt 'to ?Bhareh6lders I '6f ;^£l9S ; 10s. per £12 share, making the {total of distrib\ited^diyidendg' auriDg f the last

two years £569,710» The directors recommend the sum of £500 as directors' hoaorariurai>,,,.The^,rtininglm'ana|rer reports that vepy. : 'satisfactory r^oi9y^ anticipated for some ' '•timeftojcofiie^ \' ij W W ' - ' ".'•■ -kf'. W^ : \j "^Bokitika, August 28..; ' •■:• v Arrived from Melbourne. She will'-tiot be tendered here owing to the heavy sea on the bar.