TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 133, 5 June 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

K $*• i " ■ ■ i ■ — INTERPROVINCIAL. . — —t-v.^ .' , . Chbistchubch, June 4. A meeting was held this afternoon of persons favorable ta. the establishment of a Colonial Bank;, and an influential working committee was appointed to promote the undertaking: The prospectus is issued. A Company is established for, a new triweekly paper to be called the Guardian ; capital, £5,000. Auckland, June 4. H.M.S. Clio, from New Caledonia, reports tbat Bateman, formerly of Auckland, has been convicted of shooting a French officer, who was caught embracing his wife, aud was sentenced to ten years' seclusion. Business . at the island is and varions gold discoveries are., reported, but have not proved payable. ..Prospectors are out in every direction. Mr Saunders reports sales of Whau shares at £5 10; Cure; 13s. Buyers : Bank of New Zealand, £17 10s; South British, 455; Caledonian, £9 15s; Cure, 14s 6d. Sellers : South British, 60s; National Insurance, 30s; Albur--1118,428. ,*•-** n*^ Dunedin, June 5. It Is.. rumored that" Judge Johnston into tak§ charge of the Otago Judicial district after the rising of the Appeal Court. In the Council last night, after an explanation from Messrs Reed and Turnbull, Mr J. L. Gllies, the Speaker, withdrew his resignation. A motion .jgm carried reappointing him. Napier, June 5. According to the financial statement, the • year's revenue amounted to £86,000, the balance in the Bank on the Ist May being £53,221. On the 30th June, after paying all. • claims, there will be an available balance remaining of £34,334. The proposed expenditure on roads and bridges is £56.160^' Seventy thousand bushels^^orgrass seed were sown during the year. >r