PROVINCIAL.
"SMM'M Auckland/February 20. -; <]Vfr>tßfcnter ;*NqJs[|4£ reports sheep ritiat cc'«n l d/" of r pdorf J igjii'Ality. Merinos' Feai'iked^lfV^ni <2r tW'2a 6d per .eight popn^^/^^ttle;, 24^ to 26s'par. 100 pounds. - Lambs plentiful at I4s to 2te:;%efM.ftMbjitt^. %'ls:'. ;Acpj^jftit^^ /or miDjg ,to r ,entec^ip,x MrriVogel at a banquet. y .&.'•- --" A depirtstion has -waited upon the Pf^tme^'iß'tii'ge the construction of\tbi' f ts(ij»^B>anij^ Waikatp ;railway, {-They, adduced statistics relative tOj.fjtbei population,"contiguotrrland and"aniotfnt of trji^fc. "Mr V6geTs pereona^ppinion was* unfavorable, but he promised, to lavlth¥ matter before tfae Oabin'et.- He Inou^nt Ihere waß quite siifficieni work I>roq6eding for the amount of labor avai)able, and/ that the Thames had ample, communication with' Waikato. ' -.•» February 21. - South British shares, 455; National Insurance, 235. Buyers, Moanatairi, 375. Sellers, National B*£b r t7^j>*; Sb Q8 °^ Freedom,,£7 15s; gityA London, '22a; Tokatea, 20s. . ' ,".,, ."Wellington. February^2l. mooted to form a com- ■ pany for purchasing land upon which to etect working men's cottages. {?>.MH » ' -punedin, February 21. and Mr Olivor are spoken of as candidates for the seat in tbelllbuset'of Representatives in , the pfake of'Mr'Bathgate, 1 who is .said to be resign. v - ■ - Wellington, Feb. 20. . r phe(-.Governineiifc have received in-' formation by telegraph from home that -$500,000 of the unguaranteed 4h per cent debenture'without' siok^og fu«d, have been .aolß, 1 at' £9s. '•■ Also that 2,000,000 of the debentures guaranteed by'the Imperial Government have been - sold at £3 premium. The following immigrant ships sailed .- from England during the mpj^th of January. The names are in s^ie cases so'^hcorrect in the telegram tfiat they cannot be guessed:—Annette, for Auckland^ with. 300 souig; Navvie, for Bluff; iirithj SpO;'Asia, for Otago, with 500; JPenningion'.and rajdother, for Wellingtoo, with 6.6ojVai ana and another, for Canterbury jwijii 606 souls. The screw teamship Atrato, was to sail on
February 6th for Otogo and Canterbury direct, with 700 sonls. Three more wero to sail during February with 6000 tons. (Query ? of shipping in all.) 'A larger quantity of railway plant wast o be* despatched during February, including 3 locomotives and six carriages.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 45, 21 February 1874, Page 2
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334PROVINCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 45, 21 February 1874, Page 2
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