INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 294, 5 November 1875, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wclltngton, Thursday. Sir Dillon Bell having withdrawn from the Matau'a contest, a requisition is being signed asking Mr W. H. Calder to stand for that district. A Commission ha ■? been ty the Governor to enqu re into the nature of certain cl ims on the Colliery Kes rve, at Westport. Tiie claims consist of certain buildings erected, and improvements made in the faid reserve. Th<se are valued by ihe claimants at £50,000. The Government '-.Itege * that no authority was ever given io these parties to squat; on tho reserve, and the District Judge (We.ifon), and Warden Beetham, of ■ Queen'town, Otaeo, have bsen appointed Commissioners to investigate the caae. They ait on the 25th instant, at Westport. 'V-' M*ij r Atkinson has gono to Taranaki, and Mr Reynolds leaves on Siturday for Dunedin. The Immigration authorities are takiog ■ active steps to recover the amounts due qn promissory notea givei^by immigrants. Thirteen were summoned 'this morning for sums ranging from £6 to £50. and in most cases jnlgraentwaa given (or the Crown. The remainder were adjourned. ™ , Priday. Tucad»ynext, th3 9th November, is declared a public holi lay to all officers and employes of the General Gvcrnrnent, with . the exception of C stoms, Post Office-., Telegraph, and Railwayf iffic a. Palmerston. Thurs lay. A man named W. C. Donough, of a surveying party, reported in town last nk-ht that gold had b.en discovere 1 about five milea out ou the south side of the Manawatu River. Tha metal is in quartz. Auckland, Thursday. Dnriog a heavy storm last night, the lightning atrnc-c a house st Onehuoga, in ■which the uprights, four panes of glass, and a water Jbutfc were shattered. No oas was injured.

Mir H. H, Hall, tho Sydney agent of the iJrieco line, is a passenger per Vasco tii Gama. Dunedin, Thurs lay. Hia Honor delivered ju'gmen. to-day in lhe case of Proudfoot v Minister of Works. He ace *rded p'aintiff £5800: his claim was shown in the affidavit as £98,134 Sir George Grpy, and Messrs S^eshan and Bunny returned North by the Hawea this afternoon. Friday. A mos 1 ; destructive fire occurred at Tokomorro, in Legues' mills at Helensbro k, which were totally destroyed No'- hing was saved but t_ little flour and priin. Th<re were 3*) tons of flour, and several tonsoatme.l and wheat in the mill at the time. A large wa'erwheal and all the machinery were destroyed. The insurances ate £1500 in the Standard on the stock, a-d £.300 in the .Norwich Un'on on the building and pl«nt Mr r egijes estimates his bss at £5000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Standard had insured £750 with the South British. Hokitika, Friday. A- specimen of silv r ore his been discovered near Mount Rangitot»ra, eouth of Hokitika. by a pa«tv of prospectors. Several hundrel weight of the ore has been b onght into town, and will be forwarded to Melbourne for analysis by the next steamer. Bluff, Friday. The Alhambra arrived at 7 a.m., having left Melbourne at 230 p.m. on the 30th October. , She experienced rough weather. She brings 38 saloon, and 87 steerage passengers, and 258 tons of cargo far all porta. Passengers for Nelson : Mrs Forrest, Mr Kylor, Mr Anderson, and ten in the steerage.