INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 269, 13 November 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Napi»r, Friday. !-; At tbe Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, the chief mate and nine of tbe crew of - the Rosalie were charged by Captain Veale ■ with "refusing to proceed in the vessel, on the alleged; pround that she was un seaworthy. Cuitda Fairchild, of the Luna, deposed tbat .< in bis opinion the Rosalie was seaworthy, or, f*t ell event*, sufficiently s-> to proceed to Lunedin. The mate, W. Reid, was sentenced 'to twelve weeks, and the latter to lesser periods, with hard labor. JThe Rosalie will most likely take a fresh **cre#7and proceed to Dunedin immediately. Weclikoton, Friday. . Mr LawsoD, accountant at Messrs Brogden and Sons, has been appointed General Manager of tbe Canterbury railways He has hid considerable experience in railway mansge- . meat in England, Auckcakd, Friday. Mr Alex. Saunters reports rales of Bank ' of Sew Zealand snares at £18 9e. Buyers : Bank of Fiji, 595. Sellers : National Baok, la%- South British, s ls; Colonial Bank, 51s; Fiji Bank, 61s. Oamahu, Friday. , ''Mr Steward met his constituents in the Volunteer Hall last night, about 250 being prcst nt. He spoke for two hours. He reviewed the legislation of the session and the ' proposed political changes, and said that the members of the Assembly, with the exception of a few who were connected wita Provincial institutions, were convinced that the abolition . of Provincialism in the North Island was necessary to the progress of the colony, and he believed that, if satisfactory machinery for local Government was substituted, the time would soon arrive when Canterbury and Otago would ask for ita extension to the Middle Island. Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland were already ripe for the change. A resolution of thanks and entire confidence in him was pai sed unanimously, as also tiie lollowing resolution: —"That this meeting is qi op'nion that the time has arrived for the -abolition of Provincialism in the North Island, and the snbs'.itution thereof of a less •,. costy system of Government, securing the -... expenditure of the lo al Government (after deducting colonial charges) in the district in which ife is rai-ed, and is further of opinion tbat the abolition of tbe provinces and the suhstisution of local government with local expenditure of local revenues should be extended to the Middle Island as soon as practicable." Christchcbch, Friday. £600 were taken in shillings at the gates at the Agricultural Sbow yesterday.

Quotations, f.o.b nt Lyttelto', are as follows:— Wheat, 5a 3d to 5s 6d; oats, 6s; flour, £12 10s to £13 10s; bran, £6 10s; pollard,£6sa; sharps,£7; potatoes, £9 to £10; cheese, Bd. Millers stocks are low, and a rise in flour is exp cted. •-' $ ''■■ '. '•-