LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 129, 31 May 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Press Agency.] INTERPROVINCIAL. Wellington, Monday.*! Sailed— Otago, for Melbourne, via Nelson and Weet Coast Passengers for Cosst : Mr. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. .Anderson. Napier, Saturday. Mr M. R. Mil'.ar anld 'yesterday 120 head of cattle. Store cows, with calves, £6 to £7; heifers, eighteen months and thirty months old, £4 2s 6d to £5 15s ; steer s, twrlve months and twenty months old, £i to £7 15s; fat cowb, middling clas«, £7 10s to £8 15s. These are the higlest prices for this cla e 8 of Biorcs, but it is expected that higher prices will rule. There is a talk of raising the price of meat a penny per pouDd. Curistchdrch, Saturday. Mr Harper has given notice of motion In the Provincial Council, that it is desirable th it resolutions should be considered during the present session with regard to the tenure of pasturage leaseß which expire in 1880. The L-- Helton Times condemns this, as it is undesirable to' discuss such a grave question at the close of a session in which there has nesn a recent change of Gortri:ment, and because the Government has not yet expressed any opinions on the matter. Encouraged by the premium offered by the Acclimatisation Society, peope arc destroying hawks wholesale, over 600 hav.ng bo.n ehot in three weeks. Adckmnd, Saturday. The Auckland rncee to-day were attended by about 1200 people. The Champagne Stakes of 100 soys., a-j.dtd to a b we; p stake of 10 s>vs, had 3 entries. 3'horace from the first lay between Mr Walters' Fanay Fisher colt, and Mr Buckland's Ariel. The former iron by a quarter of a length.

Fanny Fisher colt, 7et. lol 1 )?? Ist; Dainty Ariel, flat lOlbs., 2a : ; Mr ■ -Bit's Lune, rßt 71bs., 3rd. Steeplechase, of 30 soys, with a sweep 4 take of 3 soys.; 3 mile*, bbamrcck, llfc Blbs., Ist; lalemp.n. UstS.bs, 2nd; Rustic. 123U lib; Prim 1. 12 st Hlbs; Arrow, ]2st Ulbs; Moose, lOit; also ran. Rustic was (lie ouly me that elenred the first jump, and got a long way a-head, but baulked at a f°nco at the bottom of tho hill. Bting put to it rgiin he struck heavily, hurting his leg. I'letnaa fell at the hedge, and Shamrock took the lead, bat Isleman's jockey soon remounted snl overhauled tho leader, and m ids up 300 j ards ia half a mi'e bub lost by a half length. The Autumn Handicap of 5> soys , with a sweepstake of 3 eovs. Mr Walters' Yatte r ma, 9st lOlbs. Ist; Maori Weed, 9st4lbs. 2nd; The Belie, 9st M 3rd. Five started. Parawhenua, 9st 51b3, wa? scratched, on the ground th«t ha was overweighted Haifwiv Yet'.erina took first place, and after a splendid race won by a length. Captain C isey has sent a lawyer's letter to the Star, demanding £50, and an apology, for publishing an account of passaga of steamer Gemini, under the heading " Dangerous voyage. Steamer Gemini nearly lost." In the event of refuEa 1 , an action U threitened. The Star replies, and declines to retract or pay. It says: — "You will therefore be so good as to prcc2ed with the acton alluded to, with as much expedition as may be convenient to your client." Sailed— W. W. Smith, for London. The prorogation Bpeoeh was merely formal. The Superintendent said he had transmitted for the information of the Governor resolutions passed with regard to proposed constitutional changes, which would abrogate tho Act of Parliament passed in 1852, for the purpose of granting representative government to the colony of New Zealand. Vesey Stewart writes to the Cross: "We have at present 47 families for the block. About 32 families will accompany me, and 12 more will follow in Fep'.ember. I had the pleasure of meeting the Hon. Julius Yogel in London and he recc-ired me mosfc cordially, and, I am happy to stat% has fully sn I honorably carried out with me all the previsions of the agreement entered upon bf-tween the Hon Mr O'Rorke and mytelf. We start from Belfast in two sldpc 'I he first will contain my family and sptcinl Bettiers, and fclnut 100 single girls under Mrs i Stewart's charge. The Eecond, which will follow ia threa or four day?, will c; ntain epeclally well selected faim servants and ngriciltu-al families of a mostsuparior class; in fact, some of them will be almost rqual to special settlers. Dr Featherston ami tho JTon Mr Yogel both have ocsentel to come and see us off."