INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 116, 16 May 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[The following; telegram was accidentally • omitted from the Town Edition yesterday]:— j- , .'*.-. ; • Wel/MNGton, May. 14. ] , v A telegram from the Agent-General, dated • May 4, announces that during the jrfonih of April the following emigrant ships, -ailed for r the colony.: — Miltiades, for Auckland, with ,1 780 souls, (bufcthJß number^ Beems to be'tob large for one^epsel); Winchester, for Napier, . ,with 400? Euterpe and Conflict, for Welling-••-toiij- with^B4'6;i Harford and Monarch, for Lyttelton, .with 990; Caroline, Sussex, and Denny, for Port Chalmers, with 1200; Carlick, for 1 the"Bluff, with 300; Adamant, for Nelson, '•• with 330. There were shipped during the month of April 1500 tons of rails, 35 carriages, ■... trucks,. vans, and boxes, lour engines, three' y> cranes fc j_o switches, 50 cases of rifles, and 560 Vi'tons^orbrijkerwork. , '," i [aMa' that he expected '.torforward 6000 immigrants during the month? pfl^iy.and June. ...X V «"• U ;- ; '■ J -'" l! -AT.OKLA_.D, May 15. •'* ?'T_ie* hearing of the charge against J. S. Macfarlane was continued yesterday. Mr

Rees at the opening asked Mr Buckland, M.H.R , whether it was true that Macfar.an.fi had been a partner witli him in certain land transactions during the p .st fortnight. .Mr Buckland declined to gratify his curiosity. Mr ßees. also objected to l.oth the Justice, on the ground that 'their -xjinimissions of the peace had lap e.i though no.-attendance at two petty sessions during.. the year. It was ruled that the Justices should sit. Mr" Keddell, R.M , deposed that Macfarlane sent him a letter while the hearing of the charge against Craig for presenting a revolver at Harris was pending, telling him to be cautious how he adjudicated on Craig. Mr Het.ke.ii spoke for two hours for the defence, imputing vindictiveness and malice against Craig and contending that the statements of the witnesses for the prosecution were improbable and unreliable. At two o'clock the Court adjourned, and Mr Macfarlane und Mr liucklund dined togt tber at Cummiug's. Oa reasacmbliig the case was dismissed. Two other charges against Macfarlane. will be heard on Monday. May 16. Mr Buckland contradicts the statement thut h. dined with Macfarlane during the adjournment of the Court. He says he was passing through the room alter dining when a person sitting at. the same ti-ble as Macfarlane teekoned to him, when he went and sat down at the table for a few minutes, and then went out alone. Arrived— JubiUo ship from London, 114 cay 8 out. the has no immigrants. Mr Binney reports the market very firm. Oats, 5s 6d to 6s; flour, £14; braD, £7 10s; pollaid, £7 los to £-.;. butter, is o£_; cheese, ad; hams and bacon, 10£d. Mr Buckland reports fat sheep plentiful, aud 2s lower; medium cattle, 24s per lOOlbs; best lat cattle, 355; dairy cows, £7 10s to £9 10s. Sales of Caledonian., £9 ISs; Nonpareil, £6; Old Whau, £6 12s 6d; Union Beach, 20s; Cure, 14s Cd. Buyers: National B_.nk, 665. Sellers: Shipping Company, 17s j Thames, 755; Alburnia, n.w, 503. Ree-fion,*j May 14. The Eiery Cross Company's '"crushing of 236 tons ot stone yielded 202 ozs lOdwts.ot melted gold. : .. . -AnAURA, May 14. A little girl belonging ti Mr Edward Pugh, of Koble'.-, has had the first two fingers of her riaht hand completely chopped off by a neighbor's hand. The sufferer was sent to town by coach. Wellington, May 15. Mr Calcutt and other gentlemen appointed by the Superintendent will shortly proceed through the pro vine* for the purpose ot selecting blocks ot laud to be sold and occupied under the system ef deferred puyments. The imports at Wellington during tho March quarter wre £237.573, as compared with £177,851 during the conesponding quarter of 1873. The exports were £333,731 against £.65,733 of the first quarter of 1873. The A.S.N, Company's steamer ( ity of Adelaide wiU bring down the next English mail from Kandavau, transhipped ex Tartar. The bubiness of the Synod has been merely formal as yet. Napier, May 15. Berjamin Buttle, a road contractor, was drowned yesterday in crossing the Patena river. He haves a wife and family. Ddnbdi*, May 15. _ he debate on .the want of confidence motion egaiust the Pioviucial Executive was trought to a close this morning. The result of the division was a nmjority of seven for the Government. In banco Judge Chapman has set aside bis order for the inspection of telegrams in the case ot Macassey ae-ainst Bell. The motion for attachment of the Guardian Company and others in consequence of an article in the Guardian newspaper commenting on the Judge's order has fallen through. Eiour, £12 to £12 10s; brau, £5; oatmeal, £23; pearl bnrley, £25; pollard, £6; hay, £4; potatoes, £3 ioa; wheat, 4s 6d to 5s ; oats, 4s to 4s 2d; butter, Is 2d to Is 3d; cheese, 6d to fid. The Council his passed a resolution for the establishment of an inebriate asylum. It is also proposed to provide a farm for lunatic patients, who will be moved up country It is proposed to open up the large seaward bush in Southland by a branch rai.way connecting with the Mataura line. Christchurch, May 15. At a meeting ofthe Spinning and Weaving Company yesterday, it was announced that an exi enßive plant for the manufacture of woollen good**, ordered from England, will leave London this month. Wheat is not quite so firm, owing to the flacLened demand in the Australian Colonies. Prices in Christchurch are somewhat easier, being 4s 6d to 4s 8d for farmers' second-hand. Transactions are at an advance for immediate shipments. . Eor flour, prices are the Bame as last week, viz., £_2 for sacks, £12 10s for 10'Jlb bags, and £13 for 50lb bags, with 10s per ton extra, fob. in Lyttelton. Bran, £6 5s per ton; sharps, scarce, at £7; oatmeal, £_6J Oats are still i.i demand in New Zealand, although the Australian demand has slackened. Farmers are getting 4s ; secondhand transactions are at a much higher figure. Seycral good sized lots have changed hands for shipmeut to Australia and Auckland. In barley there is a moderate business ; last week's quotati ns bsing at 6s. The demand is easier, owing to frosts and scarcity of feed. Farmers are getting from lid to Is Ojd for butter, cheese, excellent demand, 7d; potatoes, still, £3; but crops are not timing out equal to expectations, in some instances rot half last year's yield . New hams and bacon are in the market; the. price in Christchurch, in equal proportions, being from 9Jd. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, it was resolved to request the cooperation of the other Chambers in the colony in endeavoring to get a new Insolvency Bill, similar to the one rejected last session of the General Assembly. It was also decided to memorialise the General Government for measures to amend the Licensing Act so as to enable Commissioner.- to grant wholesale lictnt.es any time during the year.