PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 85, 10 April 1874, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

Wellington, April 10. It is proposed to invite Mr Vogel to a public dinner in Wellington. The Mongol has beea detained till eleven o'clock tbis morning. The census returns are all in. The population is nearly 30,000, showing an increase on the last census of 25 per cent. The Mongol Commission has not resumed its labors. Tbe doctor of th. ship is the only person now to examine. Dunedin, April .9 At the Supreme Court, John Blair, Government cletk, pleaded guilty to stealing JEIOO, the property of the Government. Sentence was deferred. The trial of Long, for murder, is fixed for the 22ud inst. A dividend of £2 10 per share was received bv the San Francisco mail for the proprietors of tbe Bank of Otago. A passenger brought an action against the agents of the Surat yesterday to recover the value ef lost luggage. lie was nonsuited. April 10. The City Council is about to raise the salaries oi all its officers. At the Supreme Court, Jobn Blair, a Government clerk, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. At Miss May's, of the Opera troupe, benefit, Dr Bakewell presented her on behalf of the citizens with a pair of bracelets, and .a gold watch and chain. Napibb, April 10, r The population of tbe province is 9238, and •of the town of Napier, 36.8. The increase . under all the heads since las. census is about 50 per cent. Forty-three nominations of immigrants were sent home by the last mail. Auckland, April 9. Sales of South Briti h Insurance shares, at 48s 6d; National Insurance, 3ls; City of London, 23s 6dj Old Whau, J67 8s; Cure, 6s 3d. Buyers: National Bank, 765; Standard lis 6 J. Sellers: Fiji Bank, 50s. April 10. H.M.S. Clio from New Caledonia reports trade there brisk; flour scarce at £24 10 s; timber market oversto. ked; mines progressing favorably. - ■ A hurricane occurred at Norfolk Island which damaged the plant. tions, fences, and buildings. The church was blown down, and over 30 pine trees, some of them 25 lest to 80 feet in circumference were torn up by the roots and hurled liise sticks before the storm. There was a tremendous sea, and the road frbm the landing place at C skade was strewed with a wreck supposed to be the Mary Anne. The embankment facing the sea was utterly destroyed. GBAHA-.BTOWN, April 10. Thomas ManniDg, the owner oi Berdine's retoi ting machine, has been fined £20 .^ with - the alternative of three months' imprison- - ment, for a breach of the Quartz Crushing Hegulation Inspection Act. The case was got up by the police,^.,, A detective was employed to carry stone to tbe defendant, of which the latter raglected to make the - requisite entry. I^|j_________ec, jbook. Hence ' the prosecutitn)l; ; _^j^^pHH|n^commented Severely on thetp^|^l^^^^Mica in entrapping a man-Mp^fJ^^^W^iOn-^of a