TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 252, 20 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

PROVINCIAL. AuckjapAffiOctober 18. SRgIHHMKHBsHBgH^^^^HSHuik, £2 63 OJ; WsSmB^^^^SSSSBBBK^'^ ' Hlnck B^aH^^Bi&|wT l^»nolp" 03; Watchman, Tauranga. October 18. There is considerable excitement here over the Provincial elections. >'ative matters are quiet. A Fish Curiog Company has started operations. j£msk* Alexandra, OctoJ^gf%§||; ufl/woaia be prepared HP^T fire is eeeo outside the Heads. It is P^ supposed to be the E. P. Bouverie, immigrant ship, dow due. The p.s< Patersoo, for Ljttelton, has gone out to render assistance. It is said the flames were seen hoars ago from the hills. ' October 20, Great alarm was occasioned on Saturday evening bjthe^atersigjDalman signalling a vessel on fire^ The Paterson for Lyttelton pat oar, and found the immigrant ship E. P. JBpuverje with 188 souls on board, all well. Tljece, wag no fire at all. The matter will form the subject of an inquiry. She anchored in harbor this morning. '1. ! Wanganbi, October 18. The steamer Manawatii is reported well upon the beach in Manawatu river. She was attempting to follow the Napier in •when she went ashore. The Begatta and Horticultural Show have been fixed for. December 31st. The Baogitiki races will take place on the following day. New Plymouth, October 18. Major Atkinson, and Messrs. Carrington and Brown, are addressing the electors for the Superintendence- The two first-named are the favourites, and votes of confidence in their favor have been passed at all the meetings. * . Napier, October 18. In the Magistrates' Court to-day, Mr K. Jacobi wac fined £25 for attempting

to evade the Customs' duties. The defendant had actually paid more duty than he was entitled to do, but he had put in two sets of invoices, one containing a | valuation at too h'gh a rate, and the other at too low. He was charged on the highest, and was convicted, because neither was correct. Grabamstown, October 18. The Champion belt was presented to the winner, Lieutenant Hoskins, last night. The Advertiser condemns Mr VogePs new Telegraph tariff as moat unjust to the evening papers. Caledonians have declined to £15 53. The share market is generally dull. The gold returns to-day are below the average. Only 600 ozs. have been lodged up to the present time. The Supeiintendency election is receiving great attention. A rumor is current that Mr Lusk will retire in Mr Williamson's favor. ReeftoD, October 18. A meeting was held this afternoon at which Mr O'Conor declared that he was a candidate for the Superintendency. He railed upon the residents on the goldßelils to unite in returning him. He stated that his policy would be the Eame as that of the General Government, io a minor degree. Money must be borrowed for public works. At present Nelson was the most disunited Province in New Zealand. Hi 3 aim would he to secure the welfare of all parts of the Province, and he hoped to see, at a not distant day, only one province from Marlborough to Westland. [FIIOM A COHEKSrONDENT.] October 20. Mr O'Conor addressed his constituents here on Saturday. A vote of confidence was unanimously pasßed, as also a resolution asking him to become a candidate for the Superintendency. He announced bis intention to stand. Greymouth, October 20. In the District Court, in the matter of De Costa v. Stavert and Mortimer, judgment was entered for plaintiff for £60, and cost?, £19 23 Bd. Notice of appeal was given for the defendants.