LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 139, 12 June 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

INTERPRO VINCIAL . Blenheim, June 12. Arthur Fiven wasdrawned yesterday whilst carrying the mail from Picton, at Mudford's Flat io tfie ftwamps, owing to a flood in Vrl E_%.°_niko stream. He was found with tbe mail strapped on his back. A. subscription is started for his family. >|Ie leaves a wife and four young children. Dunedin, June 12. A largajre has occurred in Staffordstreet, the most disastrous for years past. It started in Reid's store, but the origin is unknown. The goods of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory were on the same premises. The amount of insurance on the Mosgiel Faotory was £2000 in the Now Zealand Company, and. £looo in the Standard; Reid's, £500 in the New Zealand,/ Corpmmy, £1000 in the South Brit&£ and £j«k) in the N^ndard. Theflfy was great excitement. Tho brigade well. . Numbers of buildings were threatened with destruction. Twenty thousand shares in .tho new Colonial Bank have been pAced in Otago and SoutlAjjd'alone. /?" - 'j Napier," June 12. A motion for«onding tho Estimates to a Select Committee to revise? was . thrown out jn tfb Council laßfnjgbt by -. 14 to 2. -^ - \ y • „/ 'A'treKLi«Jß, June 12. The Settlers' Hotel at Wau^arei has been burned do«^lt wqs in*red for £500 in th^Wpal, and £3(s in the ' Imperial. Mr Alex. Saunders imports sales of Caledonian at £10 ss;.Citfj|of London, 265; Bird in the Hr.nd, 30s 6d; Queen "of Man, 13a. Buyerl|Bank of New Zealand, £1.7 10s;. Cfledonians, £10 2s 6d; OW Whau, 97s 6d: Thames, 635-. - ._. Ser%rsC: t National Insurance. Sos6d. ' % A diabolical attempt to burn down the fine block of brick, hidings called Hobson's buildings*^ Ttft ShortlandBtreet, was discoverer} last night. A man was observed to strike a match, and light something under the doorway, '—ft^d then run way. Ou,examjaation it was^-iound that a quantity oK.paper, which had been steeped in*^erosine, was in aNjJjfce. The culpritSs unknown. Y It is believed that the other fires lately were the acts of incendiaries. _ Mr Buckland reports fat cattle at *2is 6d to 32s per 100 lbs; fat sheep at 33s 3d,per lOQJL^t; storejjheep offered freely; (Wry cows,' N^6ft.to"xl^-H)s. ChbißTCHUbch7 June 12. Export quotations, f.0.b., at Lyttelton, are as follows: — Wheat, 5s to 5s 3d ; barley, 5s 3d to 5s 6d;<.oats, 4s 9d; grass seed, 4s lid tost; fl^oto*, £12 10s to £13 10s 6d; bran, .'sharps, pollard, £7 to £8; oatmeal, £25; potatoes, £4; butter, ls Id to ls 2d; cheese, 6fd; * *• hams and bacon, B£d. -, Gkahamstown, June 12." The Draufege of Mines agitation is on again. The Pumping Association are sueing in the Warden's Court for contributions from the mines alleged to be benefitted. The first case was tilled to-day against the City of London. The Pumping Association claim that their works drain the whole of the flat as well as Hall's and the Bright Smile. The Company claim contributions from all claims adjoining it, and contend that they only drain the Waiokaraka mines. The consequence is that the Association and the Bright Smile are both claiming contributions from the same mines.

Nearly all the legal talent in Auckland and the Thames is engaged in these cases. Hokitika, Juno 12. The lease of the Brunner coalmine at tho Grey has changed hands, the Greymouth Company having bought Hughes and McCarthy's full interest in the lease, with plant and rolling stock, also their prospecting license in the Mount Rochfort and Buller districts. Wellington, June 12. Mr O'Shea reports: — Flour, Onmnru, £13 to £13 3s 66; Canterbury, £12 to £12 10s; wheat, 3s 9d; oats, 4s 5d to 4a 7d; pollard, 7a Gd; bran, ls 5d per bushel; potatoes, £4 10s to £5; salt butter, lid to ls 2d; cheese, 7d to 7£d; maize 7s to 7s 66, pearl barley, £22 10s.