PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 36, 11 February 1874, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

Wellington, February 10. Yesterdaythei'Post' called: attention to the fact :4ibat: by^ a proclamation-issued on October 28, the Parliament was called toge&eriJorrthelOth of "February j' attd 1 to-day a number of members met in the Legislative Council Chamber, whon the Hon. John Johnston to the chair. There were proscn,^' Messrs Waterhodiso, Pharazyn^ Grace/and Hart. Mr WjOteThouse jenokc; at some, length on the impbrtance of proceeding- according to due form, in' order that the subsequent proceeding^ should not be rendered invalid. Sir-Hart quoted some important cases in th#*eirfti of George the Third bearing upon the ipoiat,! ttfid seconded the motion for adjournment for a fortnight, -which was Carried unanimously. t liKjthe^ House of Representatives there wdcopreseht f-^Messrs Fitzherbert, M'Lean, Bunny, Reynolds, and Wakefleld. Mr Fitzherbeirt was called to the chair. " Mr...M'L^ah; proposed and Mr Bunny seconded the adjournment till five to-morrow. . The Custonis;rfiyenu9 to-day was £3338. Great mortality'prevails. The death rate of (^{rjnontb was .double that of the correspott^yig'jlnQ^nth ofl, last year, and for this mo'nth'is already double that of }a?t February. Tho General Government have formally suspended Mr J. Dorset as Provincial Auditor.

' H.M.S Blanche arrived this afternoon.' She' left Levuka on toe 6th January. The Commodore is hck i . '. The Consul bad arrived from England. The BlahcHe arrived'. at Apia, in the.Sa-j mojin'. gr_oup, ; v oh the, 14th., January. Mps< "Mcgbjeet itfgoing there was to settle the claims-, of the British subjects against the Natives, and to enforce the pavnient^of the awardsmade by Captain Douglas, of the Cossaelc, which the Natives had ignored. After five days days palaver, the flftes ws:e ? paid, and the remainder QftheJclaim^ settled. The Blanche left Apia on the 25th and had light winds until the last three days. She left Sydney on the 14th July, and since "then haß been stationed in Fiji. She will remain in New Zealand probably till May She leaves here iv a few days for Auckland and Campbell Island, returning thence to Auckland. Over £700. worth of shares were taken in the Hutt Racecourse, and Grandstand in less than a¥ hour this afternoon. ; r;; February 11. j The Independent says authoritatively that the proclamation adjourning the Parliament to 30th April was prepared weeks ago, and forwarded ,to ,his Excellency at Hokitika, where it n6w lies'. ' It is supposed that tlie Governor is weather-bound in some Sound oh the Milton, -coast v ,. ■ - r , . ' Auckland, February 10. Fiifctli^r' examinatfd'n leaves n6 doubt that the yacht Pearl has been wrecked, and all bands lost. ' ; : • [ Waym.oulh'e body c is identified., I Ah official " enquiry 'i nto the' wreck of the Flqr^ MacdonaM -elicited no new facts A quantity ofttoe wreekjhas.been washei ashore at 'the Whaupua sawmills. .. Buyers National Insurance, 225 ; City of London, 20>; l^ational Bank, 63s ; Caledonian, £10 Jfis- Tokatea, lfs. . Sellers : National Bank/ 65s 5 'Albion, SOs^Caledbniah, £U ise; South British, 455, : , : - : : . .Tau.ra.nga, February 11. ; The XJriwera.cojintry ' is being prospected by the consent of the native pwners, 1 : , . ..BJuff, February 11. The Governor's yacht pasE eel here : yesterday, bound east w : ard. • -. r: ; lipkitika, February 11. Hiiman .has been committed for trial .at the t Sjupreine 1 Court' for an ; assault with intent oji a girl of eight years of age. The evidence was revolting. i The Titan, white towing in the schooner Florence, got ashore on-the South Spifc. The "schooner is also ashore. The former wil probtbly get off next'titYe', but the Florence is iii a, Ayorss position f uiither ; .Bouth. , . : , r The Waipara in attemptiug to cross the . bar; on returning from Greyniouth. weh,t ashore on the South J Beach. The Wallace r also narrowly escaped grounding. The southerly set of current caused the accident. . ' „ Auckland, February. 1 1. .. / Tlie Clerl? of.Works estimates the damage done by thelato gale to wharves and seawall at .£I.OOO. Shipwrights are in deraand. F InvercargtllV February 11. In 'the District" Court " yesterday, Waddy, a cattle dealer, claimed £S'dO damages from t,he > Superintendet as proprietor of the Southland railways, on account of liia servants, the raii T , way officials, haying agreed to convey. a heifer, belonging ta the plaintiff, from, Inyereargjll to.!. the Bluff, .-Through the carelessness, of the.' eervants the heifer was p_ut in* a truck" or Van unfit for the purpose, in consequence of •which the heifer s attempted fojuiirp cut whereby shebroke plaintiffs leg; ;• ,=E2OOi was claimed as damages for the injury, and consepuent incapacjtation fqrjjnsiuess. The jury assessed the r tfamßges at i£i7o. : '- : r ....:•"■-■•