PROVINCIAL.
Wbllington, May 31 . The Independent understands the -£139,000 of the four per cent debentures were taken up "When the Hero left Sydney at £90 lOs. The Independent aleo gdviees Westland to cooperate with the Nelson railway scheme under the modified plan, and suggests that the line, inttead of crossing the Upper Grey saddle, should be continued by Bell Hill and Lake Brunner to the Teremakau saddle, there to join the Canterbury* system, thus placing Hokitika within thirty miles of the main line from the Bluff to Nelson. The quarterly returns of the revenue of the Telegraph Department shew an increase of £229 for the March quarter over the corresponding quarter of last year. Dunedin, May 31. lhe schooner Card sighted the schooner Cleopatra off Guard Bay. . She wished to be reported. Auckland, May 31. Fiji advices state that the Government forces continue to he successful at Upper Rewi. Fourteen rebel villages had heen captured, the Government losses being slight.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 130, 31 May 1873, Page 2
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160PROVINCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 130, 31 May 1873, Page 2
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