PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 166, 11 July 1873, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

Wellington, July 11. The Cynthia briDgs another cargo of Ngakawbao coal. The prize drainage report proposes a Bystem of flushing the drains, the outlet being into the harbor. Also, tbat a reservoir should be constructed to prevent the Bpread of fires, and for domestic purposes, a3 an auxiliary to ibe waterworks. The cost is estimated at £50,000. Dunedin, July 11. The foundation stone of a new Anglican Church is to be laid to-day with Masonic ceremonies. The Cromwell Reef Company's first crushing yielded 460 ounces. {Sixty tons gave at the rate of five ounces to the ton. The markets are much quieter. Wheat firm at 5s 4d; oats, dull at 4s 3d to 4s sd; small sales of barley at 7s; flour brisk a.t £12 10s; oatmeal, 255; pearl barley, 325; bran, £3 10s. AUCKLAND, July 11. Mr Every McLean has been called to the Legislative Council. The Orangemen of Auckland and the Thames contemplate a grund demonstration to-morrow. The number in Auckland is estimated at 600, and at the Thames more. In testing the Snyder and Enfield rifles, one competitor scored 13 points in favor of the Snyder, and tbe other 1 8 in favor of the Enfield. Auckland superfine flour has advanced 20s; southern ia unchanged. Cattle, 24s to 28s per hundred pounds ; half-hred wethers, 14s to 17s; long wbolled, 22s to 295; draught slock in demand; wheat, 5s 6d; oats, 6s 3d. Epwright and Fisher, for the murder of the mate of the whaling ship '* Rainbow," at the Bay of Islands, has been sentenced to death*