TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 66, 18 March 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. PROVINCIAL.

Wellington, March 17. Tho W(my-s Castle haa arrivtd from London, bhe brings io p isseneers. It is rep v ted that the difficulty between tho General and Provincial Go»e uments regard mR the balance of the apf r>j riated £50,000 and ttie dnties of the Auditor, is in process of arrangement. Mr. Travers' application to make absolute the rule fur a mandamus to the present Auditor to perform his duty and certify to the warranto, is poetponcd till to-morrow, H M.S. Blanche has arrived, .-he visited all tbe depot-?, and found ihe stores and provisions in good preeervhticn". There was no . sign of any shipwrecked persons. She is expected to sail f r Taranaki to-morrow |r*Bw Plymouth, March 17. The Provincial Council is opeued. It ia decided that the Superintendent shall not sit in the Council. 1 he population of the province bus increas d 21 per cf nt. since the laat census. Ihe M-iiJ of Otago, timber laden, has grounded on the bir. Tauranoa, March 17. A party of- natives just come in from Waikato r< port Te Kooti having given him self up, but it is not con«idered r liable. Bluff, March 18. The Otsgo, Captain M'Le&r-, arrived at 9 a.m. to-day. She lelt Melbourne on the Isth. She brings 500 (ons of cargo, and 38 cabin aud 76 steerage pas=engers lor all ports. Sho sails for Dunedin at G p.m.