TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 237, 2 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. PROVINCIAL.

Wellington, October 2. The Health Officer paid a visit of inspection to the ship Douglas and the Quarantine Slat ion yesterday. The examination was highly [satisfactory, and reresulted in an opinion tbat the ship, and tbs saloon pnesengers who remained on board, can probably be admitted to pratique on Monday nexl. The immigrants not affected with Gearlctina will be released about Monday or Tuesday. The session of the Supreme Court will open on Tuesday next. There ia only one case to be heard. In ihe indecent assault ease, Parker v. MeGillivray, prosecutor did not appear. New Plymouth, October 1_ The Ottawa enquiry terminated yesterday. II;3 certificate was returned to the captain, no blame being attached to birn. The inquest, on the body of Constable Sole resulted in a verdict of accidental , death. Auckland, October 2. Morgan, at whose house Tawhiao slopped, telegraphs to lhe Herald thus: — Tawhiao has broken fhe ice; he was down to tea with me to-night, and has just left for Kaipii'i, where his followers are staying. Marsh, a N»atibuua, accompanied him here. lam not permitted to state what he said to me, except that " all is well. I come in p-.ace, ond shall return now to my people, ai.d it may be in one or perhaps two years I shall settle down quietly in tlie Waikato. To-morrow you can tell the pakehas that I have been ia their midst, and have spent three pleasant hours without their knowing it." Grahams. own, October 1. The Customs revenue for the quarter ended the 30th September, 1873, shows a decrease of over £1100 as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1872. The death-rate has be?n unusually heavy for the last quarter, 93 ueiUhs having been registered, principally of infants, from \vhoopim;~"ough and bronchitis. Wanganui, October 1. Tbe Bingitiki races have been fixed ior the Ist of January. The Aramobo Steed Company have exhibited tbe entire horses Raveusworth, Baronet, Lofty, Quicksilver, and General Nuit, at Wan««nui. Good judges state that Wanganui ranks second to Canterbury in blood stock. The Mayor of Wanganui, as a member of tbo Kducation Board, has addressed a remonstrance to the B.iard against, tbe mo;ie of collecting the rate here. Dunedin, October 2. Tbe City Police Court is to be abolished; the City Council being willing to spend £30,000 on a Town Hall, aud to set aside £10,000 for drainage purposes. The Council bas decided definitely against tramways. The Fire Brigade celebrated their anniversary by a torchlight procession, which was a grand success. The National Insurance Company commenced business yesterday.