PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 40, 16 February 1874, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

■"- '■'- P6i*t Chalmers, February 14. 9.8e Otago portion of tha Mongol's passengers "were.'.put "on the quarantine isl^iid thiß and the remainder wil j'^/^^tty.'thpre' "half,' to-day and, halfito.moriow.: One child died last night from an. abscess, the result of measl'felp^^ * !i . .... Tte "Gothenburg is fitted up again and.^lftjfor.l-^-elbourne to r day. „ . A-AA I> AA- Apws&Wt February 14. At.the.Rßsident Magistrate's Court yesterday, f James Hurst sued Dr So^lii^'f&^'flial^actice, claitning £1000 damages realleged improper treatmentj v af- ' described by a number of medical witnesses who were examined. The ct^-flra^ adjourned. Mr Hbllbway, who comes in charge of -the immigrants by the MoDgol, proposes to remain some time in New Zealand, to make himself practically acquainted}:, with the wants of the country.! J,^ A-y

February 16. Additional items from the papers by the Mongol state that a large army conscription was taking place in Russia and Poland. In t__\ Kaffir war in Natal an outbreak occurred, through a chief refusing lo registrar some fireamrs. He was followed by a detachment of Carbineers, who were surrounded by Kaffers in the bush,:, when . three were killed, one being the son of the Colonial Secretary, the Honorable Major Erskine. In a subsequent encounter ninety Kaffirs are said to have been bhot. The Scimitar sailed from Plymouth on, the same day as the Mongol crowded with passengers. She had the seeds of sickness oh board when she left. Invercargill, February 16. On Saturday the first section of the Invercargill nnd Mataura railway, 12 miles in length, was formally handed over by Messrs Brogden, the contractors to the Government. To-day, an exoursion train carried 500 persons to. Woodlands, where luncheon was provided by Messrs Brogden . Mr Weld, the Governor of Western Australia, was a passenger by the train, and was present at the luncheon. The weather is magnificent. . Auckland, February 16. Mr Saunders reports : — Sellers, National Insurance, 235; Thames Gas, 355; .Caledonian, £11; City of London, 22.. Buyers, Caledonian, £10 15s; National Insurance, 23s ; South British, 445. In consequence of a protest from the American Consul, and objections raised by the passengers by the Mikado, Captain Moore refused to take the murderer Sullivan to San Francisco, and turned him off tbe ship at Auckland. Great indignation is expressed here at his liberation, and the proposal to ship him to America is condemned by all the papers, The Mikado leaves at four p.m. Wellington, February 16. The New Zealand Steam Shipping Company bave decided to withdraw tbe Phoebe from the Sydney and Manukau trade, and again to place her in the interprovincial trade. It is said that the Government have arranged with the above Company for the conveyance to and from Napier of the volunteers for the Colonial Firing. The Luna left on Saturday night for a trip round the islands to discover eligible sites, for the proposed new lighthouses. She proceeds first to Cape Campbell, 'thence to Godley Heads, Tjmaru, Otago Heads, and : Stewart's Island, then going up the West Coast; she will touch at the South-west Cape, where it is proposed to erect a lighthouse, and will proceed to Greymouth to coal. She visits Westport after that, where she will be detained while the party proceed to Cape Foulwind, where the lighthouse site is now being cleared, and then returns to Wellington. Greymouth, February 16. The Brunner mine men who were on strike have resumed work. [From a Correspondent.] Auckland, Febuary 14. National Insurance, buyers, 23s ; South British, 445; Bank of New Zealand, £17 ls, sellers, £17 sa; Caledonians, £11 Is; Thames Gdldmining Company,: £3 ss.