PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 277, 18 November 1873, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

[l&[ Auckland, November 17. Jh i 1 - The schooner Lunalino, puipbased for £800 by the Auckland tradesmen, has been equipped and leaves with saleable goods for the least known of vthe South Sea Islands to -trade with the natives for pearls and. other valuables., .The newness of ,the venture causes considerable interest regarding ... fhe result. -A t. ... Napier, November 17. Several hundred thousand feet of sawn timber are lying at the Seventy-Mile buah waiting "•^-transit'. The road is excellent, but no haulage is available, The price of timber is' 17a per one hundred feet. . --A contract hr. *i been taken for £500 for sinking - Artesian wells along the railway line. • ~x T«;a thousand five hundred acres of .agricultur al land adjoining the Waipawa railway'station, forty mite from Napier,,are advertised for sale, and are beiog laid off. .. Tenders are called for by the Superintendent 'for tke reclamation of four acres in the lagoon adjoining the proposed wharves and.railway J'J. station at Port Ahuriri Westport, November 18., The Coomerang is in the river from Ngakawbao, with ipp tons coal. §be will, return to „.. , Ngaktwhao to-morrow, weather permitting, and Z sail thence to Nelson. *""' "" " Auckland; November 18. The Alexandra correspondent of the Herald, who was lately visited by Tawbiao, says that drink bas obtained such a hold on tbe Eingites : that they will sacrifice anytoicg to obtain it. It is h»pidl7 killing them. Te Kooti ia, reported to be a victim to rum. He wants to be tried* in England, as be' eayß he would get a fair trial . there, but lhe pakebas here are "so incensed •: "tfgMast him that they would refuse to hear bis defence* fie says be will never engage in war '■ sgiiw, as to plant com, catcb fish, and drink rum woiild be better. • '■".-';.' Wellington, November 17. r 'Arrived, yesterday, Storm Bird from Manakau, r and Paterson from South. ■'■•' The Dftorce Court has opened. There are only two cases, viz., Palmer v. Palmer, Otago; ; and Sioodley v. Stoodley, Wellington. *.- Christchurch, November 18. :.-?; Mr Nosworthy 's ?ale of racing stock took place to-day. The Governor, Captain Fergusson, and the Superintendent were present. Tbe principal / sales were Lurline, the winner of the Canterbury r -, Cup, 1872-73, to Mr Redwood of Nelson for £740} Calumny to Mr Ray of Canterbury, for £550; Detainer to Mr Walker oi Canterbury, for £170$ Hatred to Mr Ray for £300; Malice to Mr B. N. .... Campbell of Canterbury, for £220. The total . sum realised was about £3,000. - Wellington, November 18. -•- Arrived: Schooner Cambria, from Auckland. ...-..- Dunedin, November 18. *.'..-■ Tbe Town Hall is to be erected. Tbe Tmm to-d»y has a leader on the number t of accidents by machinery in New Zealand com-pak-dwlth tbose in England in proportion, and suggests that a bill shonld be brought into Parliament regulating the employment of work ", people at places where machinery Is used. r},: Last week four persons were admitted to the hospital through accidents, and two died. - - Woolha* begun to arrive at the Bluff for ihlpmeat.