INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 256, 28 October 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

,v )-.: >> . , ! ; . Aucxlahd, Tnesday. Arrived; Schooner Pearl, from Fiji. She brinj-Jn-pedafdespatch announcing that thcession of the island is effected, and iliat thu BritiUft flag wm to be hoisted on the 10th , -October,- The cetdon took place oa the (jii*''*7--' _ >>- • •'

SOth September at Maroa, situated two miles from Levuka. Maufa, who _t*nds next as king has not yet decided as to what course he wi'l adopt, but it is believed that he will offer little or no opposition. Sir Hercuies Robinson, after tbe ceremony of tbe cession had taken place, requestettrjbat the Government of the Islann might be carried on until bis return from Windward Island where Maufu resides, in the same manner as previously. Great fears are entertained for the safety ol the fore and aft schooner Ivanhoe, which left Auckland on August 26th for Levuka, as no tidings bave been received of her bince. She is owned by Cruickshank & Co, and is insured for 41000, beinj valued at £1500. Wednesday. CHa'r?e3 Dyer, for~ the murder of Eliza Battersea, will be executed on Friday morning. Mr Joseph May is returned as a member of the Provincial Council. Duhbdik, Wednesday. A meeting of the settlers at Outram was held at the drill shed last night for the purpose of considering the best steps for having a branch line of railway made connecting Outram with the Dunedin and Balclutha main line. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Executive on Tuesday next, urging the necessity for making a branch railway out of the jG6O,COO granted by. the Assembly. At a meeting of ministers yesterday the question ot Sunday funerals was considered. The Timea le^na that^a funeral reform/ association wiJl^fJeset wrToot. /