INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 248, 19 October 1874, Page 2

IN TE R PROVINCIAL.

_ "....' ''.. . WEixnTGios, Saturday. v ;His Ex^llency the Governor open id the new Wellington College this »-frernoon, ami distributed the prize* to the scholars in the scholars who were victoriou* in t' e athletic games. The Superintendent and all the chief not biliiies of the place were present, and about 2jO ladies and gentlemen attended at luncheon. ; It is reported that Dr Hector is about felting England, and that tbe Hon Mr Msntsll will perform hia duties while absent. " --' '"■ " : - Monday Governor Fergnsson will, if he can arrange it.: Tbit: Adelaide on bis way to Europe. The Marquis of Normandy is expected to arrive here ft few days after. Governor Fergusson proposes to leave, namely, on tbe 26th or 27cu. ; "-: Auckland, Saturday. " Mr Bockland reports fat cattle, best 40s to 458* ' second rate, 85s per hundred lbs; ewes with iambs at sides, 24s to 265 : fat shtep, shorn, 4d per lt>; calves, 16s to 60s Mr Binney reports the grain market dull. Fl(ur,£t3to£l3 I Os; bran, £9 los; pollard, £8; wheat, 6s to 69 3d; maize, icarce at fftfd; oats, sanue figure; barley, Se; hams and bacon, lid to Is; butter, is 3d to la 4d; chetse r ßd; potatoes, £9 10s. Monday. .South Bii ish, 50s 6d; Caledonian?, £5 10s. Buyers: Bank of N^w Zealand, £18; National Insurance, 28s; Fiji Bank, 70s. Sellers : Sduth British, 5 1b; Caledonians, £6: National JBaokvSOs. . Mr Buckland and Mr May have addressed their con- titueais at Waiuku. The former sail that the Premier's policy was bad, and would ptodoce miseries unparalleled in the history of the colony. Mr Yogel had acknowledged having paid a million and a half of mone> for which he got nothing, but that he bad to p»y it to carry out his policy. The Polynesian Islands scheme must ultimately benefit Auckland greatly. Tb State Forests Bill he cendem ed aa absurd. Mr May in his address .confined his remarks merely to tbr meaßures of the session. He voted against the abolition of the provi ces because he considered it should also ha c be.n applied to th other provinces o the Middle Island. lie •aid th t Mr Vogei h d stated that Mr Gillies Would oppose anything brought down by him. Bath tii ught that Mr Yogel was measuring other peope's corn by his own bushel. He n xt spoke on the Licensing Bill which he thought had been improv d. Votes ot thanks to, both candidates were passe . A barbarou- murder h;is been committed •tjth^pahof Paore Tuhare, who informed the pol.co and broug. t out a detective wr o arreste 1 1 c murderer, and sent him to Auckland in a boat The lacts are as fo low s:— Henrietta T«pni was gong from • ne whare lo&nuthe when a Native, named Newton, cal'Sd her to go with hrn U a whare. bhe at first refused, but eventually went with him to

about 200 yards from where «he young vi man and her friends lived. A little girl followed Hnd found them sitting on the sward tog. ther in ang y altercation. The man was impo tuning the woman t • marry him, butshe w..uld not consent. Soon afterwards the little girl heard the man c«U out in i he native tongue^ "The -wr-man's dead." He was at once seized. The body of the woman was literally covered with bruises, and it is conjectured tha' as there were no cuts about her body her neck must have been broken. The natives held ai inquest, and returned a verdict of murder against the prisoner. The woman was about twenty-five years o£ age, and the prison, r about thirty. He seems very unconcerned about his position. Grahamstowm, Saturday, Mr James Mackay. jun., has been trying to arrange «rith the Natives for a piece of land on which to hold the Colonial prize firing. One old Native land owner is obstructive, feeling sore at having to pay rates. The spot desired is approachable both by water and land, and cfier admirable facilities for a rifle range and camping groun 1.