INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 259, 31 October 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

„jil ,;IH'U :/i WEttiKGioN, Friday. : It k statied'that intimations, have been receivtd from the Worthy Giand Templars ofi^JifllfrWltbat; the commission of Mr Mackune as D IXR.W.G.T. has been cancelled Captain Jacquemartand the Freoch officers of the «yire?' were entertained at a dinner lart irigbt ntthe Club by the Fie eh Consul, and afterwards attended Lady Fergusson's "AtHome." Donedin, Saturday. hPapapa i« being hacked heavily for the Mpljteurne Qup^, Ifam* D iver and M'Lean report prime beef at £2 to £2 5s per 100 lbs; medium and iafetlor/305,t0 35a; prime cross-bred mutton, sA*o^sid; ojtto, merino, 4Jd to 3d; milling sample* of wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 6d; medium, 4s 3d to 4s 6>; oats continue very scarce at sfc64p«r bushel, with few offering: .7/ . : Avcklasd, Friday. Dyer made the following confession to Bifbop G>wie an hour before he was executed tibia moroingsr— On July 7, when excited by drfakj.tjutbofeiaastate of intoxication, but of 6xad{)e)»tion by statements made by Eliza Battenes, his victim, he poured keros ne oil oV<s» her with the intention of frightening h^iateiaconfearionof certain matters, but had no thought of causing her death.- He shea set fieri *to her hair, supposing that he ionld'-pufcit out; again before any serious harm was done; that, to screen him, the wtafcbwid before her death that the bad ac&fentalljr npiet the kerosine feeder upon her clothe*. //"•x;i Saturday. •'Sir: George Grey proposes that the Houses o&n&mbiy be abolished, and a new Elective Coancflcrea'ed of twenty or thirty members, whp;e duties should be confined to general im^ leaving ihe internal affairs of the colony to be adminutered by the Provincial Governmenu with larger powers than they at present possess There should a'so be a Adend- Ooundl to el ct a President, who should be the head of the co ony tor ihe time being. It fa expected that fuller details of Sir George's proposal* will be published