INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 262, 4 October 1875, Page 2

I N T ER PROVINCIAL.

'"GEBA# EXCITEMENT AT DUNEDIN.

.• *:^iMirifQTOßi6us Eire baiser, •^m ;% ;: HALEY, SHOT.

: '-.-• '■■„'■":-''" DtfSKDiH, Monday. r,, : Sopn after the hard labor ganir timed out . " this morning to work on Belt Hill, one of the V,prtoriei > 9>Cy''US Haley, attempted to escape. > He roaij^hfa way into Mjoray Place and then . -' fotd Ghant-street, followed by Wsrder Miiler. ' Miller challenged him in the usual manner and asked him in the Queen's name to stir-' reader, bat Haley continued ruaning, when the.war.ler brought his Hfle to the present and fired, and Haley dropped dead, shot '"through the back, the ball coming out at the . cheat>. near the lungs. Haley was the f .notorious fire rai«er ia Auckland, and was in * gaol here for two life sentences. He had given a great deal of trouble during his in- : carcer^tion. : The erent has caused great esciteuient in town. ■ '- ; .? /slfclfsrdacided to give Mr Macendrew a grand bapfluet on his return from Wel>ington.' Ciriulara of inviration hare been issued, ; .and SirG^rge Gf y, : Mr Rolleatoa, and Mr Fit zUerbsrt have accepted. J; : .'* T'u4iSlrna9tibn stone of St Paul's P«cochial '■'. School was laid oa Saturday by Mra Neyille, ' ?^the Bfsh*^*i wife; = ' : > .Jha/ weather ca Sunday was bitterly cold, wiiU-iiMaavy'fail of snow.' which is lying thickly on the hills.

Post Chai-kers, r atucday. A destructive fire occurred in George-street this morning, when Robertam'i and Sootfca drapers shops were burne.l to the ground. The police and town-pe>ple renlerei every assistance in saving the goals, but owing to the .scarcity of water the amount saved was hot large. Scott is inured in the New Zealand office, but Robert-ion, who had juat commenced business, wai unfortunately net insured. Acckxand, Saturday. Mr Saundwj reports sale* of Loan and Mercantile Agency, 14s; Caledonian, £5 fig; b<i; era—National Bank, 70s; Bank of New Z/alaad, £18 6s. Monday. . William Kirby, a coal merchant, bus ten arres ed on a change of as ault with intent on Mrs Bain, the wife of one of his cus'omers. The Star of the South hua arrmd from Levuka. Her ne*a U generally unimportant. The schooner Dauntless has not yet been got «;ff the retf. The Governor has ha 1 a satisfactory interview with Ihe indtpjndeafc chiefs at B*u. An Act has been promulgated empowering the Governor to prohibit anyone from residing in any district of the colony for two years. Hamilton, Monday. Danyers has complete 1 his* 112 miles in ftnty-cigbt hour?, carrying S6lb« weight, vriih If minutes to spare, the last mile occupying only i 6mina 1 Osecs. ITokitika, Saturday. The Ringarooma after lying here 24 hours waiting for the bat to be workable, was tendered this raorn'ng and sailed for Melbourne.