INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 161, 3 July 1875, Page 2

INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Chbistchurch, Saturday. The following entries for the Christchurch gteeplechue have been received:—--CHEISTCHDKCa HANDICAP StEBFI^CHASE ot 100 soys ; 3J miles : Mr Hsdaes Ivanhoe ; Mr Marks' Mousetrap; Mr Jame* Campbell's Speculation; Mr Craddock'a Aluscatel; Mr Brittain'B Royalty ; Mr Ray's tttdora; Mr P. Campbell's Tommy Dodd; Mr O'Brien's Kapai. Linwood Stakes Hakibcap of 60 govs; distance ab^ut two miles : Mr Marks' Mousetrap; Mr Lunn'i Alice Grey; Mr Betcher'g Brown Stout; Mr James Campbell's Speculation; Mr Craddock'i Musntel; Mrßrittaio'a Royalty; Mr Ray's Medora; Mr P. Campbell's Tommy Dodd; Mr O'Brien's Pakeha. AucKtAM) Friday. Siva, l»te mate of the Albion, whaler, fell off the cutter "Rob lioy and was drowned. Auckland reports state that heef is 28s to 32« per 100 Ib«, inferior, 22s t-> 25 \; fat sheip, best wethers, 21s to 24s 9d; second do, 15s Jol7s 6d; ewes, 14s. Nelson butter was sold at lod, Is 2d, In 4d, and Js sd. G. W. Binney reports— Oats, 3«9d; wb^-it, Ss; maize, ss 6d; bran, Is; p-arl biriey, 23?; butter, Is sd: cheese.lld; Uamaru flonr, £l3 per ton. A telagram from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, London, June 20, B^tes stock of tallow, all sort*, 17,000 caglfS; mutton worth £43 per ton : beef, £41 ; Adelaide wheat, 4s I<\; New Zealand hemp, &2S per ton ; public aa'ea comprhed 500 b&les. Wellikgtok, Friday. The following cablegram received by lhe Sydney Government, has been transmitted per Hero, to the Sew Zealand Government: — London, June 25, — The mail contract has bean sigaed by the contractors — the American Pacific Company, by John Eider of Glue • gow, and Al*egreg O r of Leich, wi)o jointly and sever-illy tendered for thy 8., under printed conditions seityou, each colony paring h*lfA s[>eed of eleven knot*, subsidy £79,95), semce to begi Q j'i November next, irooi hydney and Port Chihucrp, and boats from San FranMaeo thioogh to Sydney, conjDe :ting at Fiji. The boat from Sydney to Fiji meeti the boat from San i'ranciaco and carries tne mail to New Zeiland ports, this £a« being ths next through boat lrom Port -Chalmers io San Francisco, returning ihence to Sydney, »ad go on. Elder Buppiie* two new ships and the AaHrican Coajpany tbree neir iron f?re?r

Bfeamshipj,8 f eamshipj, all upwards of 2.800 tons and # great power Th?re is no doubt of the ability of the contractor*. The contract is forwarded by the outgoing mail »nd requires confirmation during the prtssnt ses'ion of ParlUtnent. We send the New Zealand Government a copy of th' prln r id cooditions. the b;md and C'iniract, and this telegram cable agreement gigue 1 by £ir J. Yogel and Mr Cowper, awaits the seal ct the Colony to complete the Cowper and Kusfell ngreement. O'SW upotti— Flour, £\\ 16s to £12 IDs psr tin; whe* , 4< to 4s 8d; oats, 3s fid to 4s »d; maize, 6s; bran, !i>3d to la 4d; polhrd, £8 per ton; patateß, 90s to 10 »s per ton; cfiefss, lid; haras, Is2d; bacoa, Is. Saturday. The following candidates have pussed the fivil service examination in the order of merit in which th-Ic names appear . — Frank Whitwe'\ C. E. Bunny, and C. J. Frank, all of Nel«on. The Eveniry Post has bet n increased in size, b^ioc the iourth enlargement since its establishment » n years ago. Patka., Saturday. A nrst disgraceful scene occurred in the Court yes? nrday. At the conclusion of a case the plaintiff accused Major Turner, R.M , of prejudging the cape. The Magistrate did not commit the offender for contempt of Court, but haetily left the bench amidst tue gr-^.test uproar and confusion. [The following appears in yeet:r Jay's town elitiou ]