INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 192, 3 August 1875, Page 2

INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Wbstpoht, Tuesday. The Halcyon's first crushing of 150 tons yielded 9Ooz* Bdwt fgrs, bfins».an average of 2dwts Igr par ton. ihe result is disappointing, bus confidence in the mine ;s unabated. Duxedin. Tuesday. Hutchcson, alias German Char lie, the notoious criminal, has been committed for trial. Thi Princess' Theatre was burnt to the ground at hilf-pist one tills morning. Mr Steel is a heavy loser, all his wardrobe being destroyed. Tlt» blaze w-a terrific, and a n'ron? South-We<t breeze was blowing. The City Council Chamber, next to the Theatre, had a narrow escape, but a brick wall which intervened saved it. The insurance is £600 In the Tran«Rtlsntic. Mr SibbolJ, the owner of the Theatre, esimites his loss at £3900. . Oamaru, Tuesday. A fire in Thomas-street hat night destroyed five ama'l shops. The insurances ware New Zealand, £75; South British, £300. Wellington, Manday. Mr Reader Wood has formally left the Government pirty, His assigned reason is understood to be opposition to the localisation of land revenue. . : Iho majority of Government supporters are in favor of pushing the abolition measures through this session. At a meeting of the Opposition held this afternooD, Sir George Grey wm unanimously elected leade*, and authorise 1 lo bo the exponent af their views. The opposition are determined to usa all parliamentary forms to stop the pitsage of the Abolition Bills this session, anl will speak against time if necessary, nbout which Mr Fitzherbert g*ve young members some useful lessons. They will also ask the House not to consider the Abolition and Local Government Bills until the Representation Bill and Estimates are before the House. It in be'ievad by the Opposition that the greatest struggle will be en the Estimates. Both the Government anl Opposition api pear confident of aVwcejs*. Mr Richardson will probably imke the Public Works Statement to-morrow, Tuesday. A-caucus of the Opposition members "met I in the Provincial. Buildings to-dsy. Sir George Grey was elected, leader of the parJy. LUt:e else was decided upon. About thirty members were present. \ Sailed, at 10-30 a.m., steamer Tararuafor Nelson. Passengers for the Coast—Messrs Miller, Connor, and two native?. Sailed—Ladybird for North. Passengeta— Messrs Frank, Taylor, Harrington, Boyd. Lytteltok, Monday. Arrived—Ship Star of China, 104 days out frona London, with 260 immigrants, all well. They will land to morrow. A woman named Young, the wile of a laborer, threw a child, two years old, into a water butt, and ie was drowned. An inquest was hel 1 anJ a verdict r< turned to the effect thtt ifc w«s done whilst kl oring under temporary insanity. The rook of the ship Countess of Kintore has been fund deid in his bunk. At the inquest the verdict returned was " death from natural ctus^s 'j A heavy gufe'fa blowing from the eouthweat, with snow, hail, and rain. HcKiTiKi, Monday. The West Coast Times comments approvingly on the general principles of the Abolition and i«c4l Government Bills, though, as regards Westland it conaiJera the measures impose greater burdens on the land fund than it will bear at present The article di«aprr yes of alheriag to present provincial boundaries for new provincial district", but says the system proposed will be a gnat improvement on prrsent arrangements, and, with a lew modifications by a committee, should commend itreit favo'ably lo ttie whole ol t c residents in Westland. The Evening Star likewise welcomes the introduction of both Bills At WVstport the abolition proposals are most favorably received, and meeting* have been convened to express hearty concurrence At Greymmth,Mr S. Fox,an oil rerilent of the dif trfa t. wai drowned whilst attempting to ford the New Kiver, fire milts south of Greym^uth, oq Saturday evening. Deciasel was formerly a member of the County Counc I, »nd weli known in various part* of the colony. He was the g)ld buyer in 18G6, for whom Bu'gtssand Kelly's gang lay in ambush ne*r the Arnold Grey Val.ey, when they mistook and murdered Dobstn, the District Engineer. \. 's [FROM A. COBHBSPONDKNT.] * Wblunotoit, Tu:sdiy. A meeting of the Opposition members was held je terdiy, and from what has transpired, it a pears that they are not srtssfled with the Financial State ■ ent. on the ground that it does not fhow the actual financial condition of the colony up to date on sevir,.l points, and trYey nre determined "ti get the full infor- - matton ihcy require It is also their inten tioT to dppoie the Abolition of Provinces and the Local Self-'Jovrrnment Bills clnme by clause with a view to we»ryini? the majority, and so to fores the Govcrmneot to app al to thepe)plo.