TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 24, 28 January 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(' '^ ... — — PROVIN C I A L. n t '. ... .-■••'■* Wellington, January 28. p',Tiie Corporation have authorised the preparation of a reliable map of the_City, giving permanent levels, as a preliminary step towards devisiug a system of drainage. The detail? of. the mail, cpn tract between NeVw^'Zeala^d- and' New South Wales have bee^jeceiYfld.by^the mail. In const <juence of the inability of the contractors to procure speically built twelve-knot vessels in twelve montljSiTajtjfOrfold,' contract has been made, the temporary contract dating from December 20 to N^epher 27. The permanent contract is io\ six rears from the last data, the s me terms to be common to both contracts Thirteen^mhijtf to be carried' each way every year, the contractors being responsible for the tffn&jhifjmetots'at Kandavan. TUe PostmasterGeneral may not delay steamers more than 48 hours $t r San Francisco, nor more than 24 hours at any other port. The through-going - i resgels are nojb -to wait at Kandavan more than 72 hours after the arrival of the branch iapl™,TJtiejCQntractors are, without notice, tor •wait at San Francisco if necessary seven days for the EDgliah.inail. t The contractors to pay £300 for delay of mail, and £100 for every day,, over .time, unless caused by circumstances btfyppd the control of the contractor, when tli'e -£<& toaster may remit the fine. The contractors to be responsible for damage to the mails:' Every mail not delivered within the temknot" '-service to be reduced £2 tor eVeryi hour in excess of the time and the contractor > to 'receive £25 for delivery of the mail 94 hours inside the contract time. AftjK siibsidv, from Great Britain or the Australian Colonies to be retained by New Zealand and New South Wales . la default of commencing the contract, the contractors ty, pay £25,000. . All disputes to be referred to,? arbitration. '- , As regards the temporary contract, mails , to- be conveyed between Sydney and San Francisco and vice veisa within, 708 hours; between San Francisco aSd.Aupkiand £35 hours, and Fort Chalmers 785''b'rfur8. New South Wales to pay as — „ follows:— For the ten knot service, £1153; for- ten 7 and' a half knots, £1298; for eleven Knots, £1442; for twelve knots, £1730. New Zealand to pay at the same rate. It is ex- , presisly stipulated that the twelve knot service is deemed; the very essence of the contract. Payments for the services are made absolutely dependent upon the performance within the specific definite periods. New Zealand pro- ■ viqes, a steam launch ior the delivery of the mails off Hawke's Bay. W/-7.11 " AiipjEHandTJanuary 28. The controversy regarding the running of Sunday' excursion; trains waxeß warm, anf in- ' _ . fluential pressure will be brought to bear on . the Colonial Secretary to stop them. . •*-. IJew-^ 1 Cajedpnian news states that trade there is dull, and the timber market over- ' stopped.. f ...» ■ , :• JsorfolkTslahd intelligence states that all is well. ;; At the, annual meeting of the Island Parlifliment,'the Treasurer's statement showed no-public, debt and a balance in hand. - * „••--; EJpfcitika, January 28. '? ,| Isartti -Levi, who is undergqing six years' ' imprisonment, attempted to cut dowu the .' .Overseer", withun axe whe,n cutting firewood . 3Ehe~,overseer dodged the blow, but the handle flf'tbe&xo struck him on the shoulder.

at .<■:.'■ V: 1 ' Dunedin, January 28. 7. Allen'sJEnglisli Opera Company will visit •Duri'cdin in /March, bsving entered into an engagement with Messrs Begg and Anderson for twenty-four nights. Hhe ' Guardian. ', eajs that the shipmasters are<<wrong in sympathising with the late master of the Surat. <">* X' !'i ' [Fbom'a Correspondent.] „ .., ..! Chriatchurch, January 23, .. The Wealeyan Conference was opened Ihis morfxipfi'j&i 10 /o'clock. The Rev. T. Buddl >. : was elected President; the Eev. Alexander Rejd, yejiretaiy; and the Rev W. Morley, ■;■;■ „*ABBl4t^4¥ secretary. CORRESPONDEHI.] f;.\';:: " ,',; -, .■;.' January 28 K^fi^ Sales pf J3.ank of NeW Zealand shares have '?< ?te^ .effi&Wd at £17 ' ss ; National Bank <■': fieltewSssjiirati'ohallnßurance buyers, 21s 6d; ••:• Caledonian buyers, £iOlsss Thames, £3 2b 6d.