INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 245, 15 October 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wmtport, Tburiday The Alms from Melbourne for Greymouth ia now in the roadstead, with her foremast gone. r"K ■ Ddkbdin, Thurs^j ■ . The Boperintendcnt has delegated to the ■".- Harbor Board alt the powers Tested iniiuu 1 anier •' Ihe Harbor Bjard Act, 18J0." The Prortactai revenue receipt for the ,' ' latt quarter were £189,033 ; expenditure, 'if; X 29466. *- Thtj vial of Dodd, the second mate of (lie Oaeco commenced in the bapreme Louit ye*terday. An application waa made by Mr ■ ': i tJtoat.oc behalf «t the prisoner, 10 hare the ;. trial poatpooid, in order that proper prooi might be adduced of Dodd'* asjierMoq ;hat he .was a naturalized American subject ilia

Honor declined to accede to the request, beinar of opinion that the fact was not material. The Crown will only bring forward one new witness, namely, Mrs Campbell, the wife of ihe steward. His Honor aaid he would etate a case far the Appeal Court as to the jorisdiciion of the Court to try the case. Personally, he had considerable doubt* on the point. Ltbix Thursday. The river between the Lyell and Westport has been unworkable for about a month The tracks are quite impassable, and fool is getting scarce, the last baar of flour having been turned into bread yesterday. There is only one ton of potatoes in the place, and a bag or two of oatmeal. Should tbe bad weather continue, the population must leave in a oody.