TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 68, 20 March 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

P.tfjO VIN CIAL. v . ' : . Gbetmooth, March 20. The races were poorly attended. The coiiifefe'was'nciivy, and the weather showery. ,'i Goi.bX'ißi.'D'a ■ I!a*n*dicai' : Yatterina, 1 ; M'ilice,2} L»cenfted, 3. Hukdle Handicap: ,Nero, ; Septimus, 2; Tommy Dodd, 3. - * Bonorjoit- HAKDicAr : Malice, 1. Yatterina j.aml Nero ran a. dead heat for second place. Steward's Handicap: t'eptiinus, 1; Envy, 2; '_,•£ andy, 8: : * :*" :■ Wellington March 20, Produce of all kinds is ris*Dg. Oats arc ' still exceedingly scarce at 6s 3d to 5s 6d ; wheat, 4a 9d tosg 3d; rn'iizej 6a 6d to 7s; bran, J-? la ti ls'ld; cheeped eJd to 7|d anl scarce; butter, ls and rising. ,-.. Nbw Plymouth, March 1 9. The Maid of Otago is expected to be get off the f-pit. The estimated damage she has sustained is £200. Blenheim, March 19. A valuablo peara of coal has been discovered lb Shakespeare Bay, near Picton, wbile digging the holes for the telegraph poles. *. : v . _./.'-. — -- Dunfdin*, March 19. More than 100 immigrants were nominated last week. A commission hns been appointed to enquire into the conduct of the authorities in --'-shipping -immigrants on board the Scimitar. A veritable. sea trout has been caught at Port Chalmers - ' Hokitika.. March 20. *-* 111 At Ijlie Supreme Court. Spiere, late Post•'master at Itoss, pleaded guilty to larceny, as ' a Government servant, and was sentenced to /two yeaTa."