TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 73, 26 March 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

PROVINCIAL. "Wellington, March 25, , The ship Woodlark, from JLoudon, with immigrants, arrived last night. She has fever on bosrd and is placed in quarantine. Eighteen deaths occurred during the voyage, mostly children of infantile diseases. The adults are all well at present, but a few children are still Buffering from scarlet fever. The detention is expected to be short. Invbrcargilt,, March 26. 1- Sir DiUon Bell addressed his constituents at Mataura and wa9 favorably received, and accorded a unanmous vote of unabated confidence, lie approved of the ad valorem duty, but condemne'l the Provincial borrowing bills. He s.<ud that the system of paying inkreet out of capital must soon stop, as the colony would have to lace an expenditure of .£7oo,of>o for interest alone, when the railways weerefiuißhed. He htvd no dou'jt that the resource* of the "country were quite equal to the straio, as the population watt the greatest producing oae proportionately on the face of the earth, nnd the revenue besides was increasing at an extraordinary rate. He considercd the Government ehould conserve the agricultural laud for settlement. Dunedin, Mar h 25. The weather was miserably wet. On'y two races took place at three o'clock. Town Plate of 100 sovs. Two miles and a quarter. Mr Redwood's Lurline 1, Mr Redwood's Calumny 2, Mr Redwocd declared to win with Lurline. Handicap Meeplkciiask of 100 bovs. Won by Mr i'razer's Medora. March 28. The For»:;ry Handicap, 150 eova: Temp'etori, 6st Blba, 1; Atlns, 7ft slbs, 2; Tambourini, Bst 81bs, 3. Elyiso Handicap, 50 sovb: Templeton, 7st, 1; Parawhoiiua, fst 12lbs, 2; Earl of Lynne, 3. The day was wet, raining all the previous night, and the course wa« very heavy. Very few persons were present. The bookmakers were awfully Bold about the Forbury Handicap aud the Ely ing Handicap, the favorites being Calumny and Tambourini.