INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 276, 21 November 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

W:_x_._jigton, Friday, - * The Kew Zealand Steam Shipping Company having declined-an- offer of '£120 per trip,-as subsidy for the Interprovincial Mail Service, In counectioz* with the San Francisco service, -^Goveipmejit have .determined to accept the company's offer of nnder taking the strvice at £2300 per anrii'ra. ' This arrangement is Jo last during the^continuance of the ' temporary San Francisco Mail service. ~r 1 Amongst the paaJengers going home by the 'Hale-one are Lady FfergUS-on, the Governor's family and suite, Dr and Mis Hictor, and MrHoJfcway. Tbe .Post suggests that the Government should "arrange with Mr Holloway to act as lecturer add sub-agentin' agricultural gounties arguing tbitf otherwise his expenses paid by Government dnring th^past hine months will be unproductive. ' " The Minister .jof Immigration aod the Minister of TPnblfcs Works interviewed the Superintendent, and urged that it was on wise to sell the Tbomdon forbore. The Superintendent said thi land' was the property of the Provincial Government, snd declined to postpone the sale A - Mr 0 Shea reports flour advancing, £13 5s to £13 10s; wheat, miling, none; chick, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; oat', light; Oregon, ss9dt> 6s; beavy co'cniaf, scarce, at fs 3d; potatoes, £9 10a to £10; cheese, lOd to Lid; bacon and --BBBraatreeat-ls ld te la 2d. - ATO L:; -j Saturday. The Morray will be employed on tbe mail •ervicatbetween Nelaon and the Wesfe Cejast in connection with the arrangements ior delivering the San Fnrndsco mails. Tbe privilege- of the racecourse were, thid by anction to day, when the total sam reVHsed was £11015s.: The gated alone fetched £310. ...; -,'"". Auckland, Friday/ Tfce Waitanga has arrived wiih 400 Government Immigrants,. all well, after a protracted voyage of,!11 days from Lond n, and 9i .days, from land to- land. . There w.re elevea deaths of children from various .children's complaints.; ■ -• • The Constabulary were despatched to the quarantine station this morning to check tbe hunbordlnation among tbe Hydtspes' Immigrants. Later accounts from the island state that the reported rea stance to the authorities h was greatly exaggerated. Sir George Grey pablithe-a reply to Sir Jamea Fergusson reiterating hs previous views and slating that he haa hid sound leg .1 advice that to give effect to tho resolutions of the Geoeral Assembly would be illegal. "He is sorry Ministers advised the Governor- to break a rale laid down by tbe Queen in not ; fcrwardiog his petition. Saturday. Mr Alex. Saunders reports sales of Sank ofNew Zealand shares at £18; South British, 49a 6d. Buyers: Fiji Bink, 60s; Cure,, Bs. Selhrs: National Bank, 70s; South British, 60s; C-ledonia-s, £6; Cures, 9s; Golden Oalf, ss. Hokitika, Friday. ITje brigantine Sarah and Mary, from Wellington, with iron pipes, is ashore on the beach. She may possibly be got off next tide. • ='• Dusbdik, Friday. -d-rM'Leahreportaprimebeef^Os; medium 27s 6d to 32s ; prime cross bred mutton, 4d to 41d f • merino, fi£ to 4d. The demand for wheat during the week has been better ;!prime samples, 5s 6d to JrW % mediom, 4s 6_T to 4s 9d; prime malting samples of barley, 5s 3d to fis 6d; medium; 4a 6d to 5s ; oats continue very scarce, and /are quoted at sa6dto6s for milling samples; good feed, 5s 3d to fis_a; " ■'■••' - The Waikari Bangers have fired for the choice of district representatives, with the following result -.—Marshall, 95 j M'Kenzie, 65 i Janet, 81: Fraser, 80. Several stacks of barley, wheat, and bats, tte property of Mr Malsgban, were destroyed by flre at Qaeenstowo yesterdry. Tbey were insured in the 2*ew Zealand Company for £4000. Saturday. The Waikouaiti Volunteers have fired, the r_t_lt being:-Sutherland, 85* Webnies, 91; *krjell,7B. Only three men of the Dunedin . NaT^_lßrigade_tred,Dobbin being first with 74. CaaiSTC-nracH, Friday. A meeting of the unemployed was called for at Cathedral Square tbis afternoon. Only about forty laboring men attended; and nothing at ail was done. The meeting originated from the City Council having recently discharged a large gang of men employed on street improvements subsidised by the Fro-;vipc_-l Government. There is said to be plenty of wotk np oountry. Qabtatfons fo.b/are.—Wheat, 5s 6dj3ats, 6S; flour, £12 10s to £13 10a; bran, £6 fIOs: po_fc-ad,£Alo* f7a__-rps) £7; cheese, B_d; hama only, is 2d; bacon, lOd, wheat and oats, •ceic* ,

Napier, Siturday. Arrive-: Bebington, from London July 26th, via Plymouth; with 317 immigrants, all well. Thefe were four births and three ; deaths of iufants. One teaman, nam. d French, diedoffeeart-i-ijease^ A complaint has beeu lodged ou behalf of a single woman, Lydia Phiilii s, by her brother, gt allege! har*h trtatmeiit A court of inquiry will be held in a day or two. The immigrants seem a promisrg los. Th«sre are sixty siogle women on board. Auckland, Saturday. The Wonpa Wbnga hao arrived irom Sj dney with the Fngli-m und At.ierican m*il<i. The Nubia a'rived at Glenelg on the 13th with the Suez mails, ...