INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 327, 8 December 1875, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wfllinoton, Wednesday. There was a tremendous gale with heavy rain all night, an 1 as it is still unabated the Rutt races are postponed until the weather dean up. A couple of boats »ud several persons are reported to be missing. The Evening Argus ,iu place of the Tribune made a crei'tablo iirst appearance on Monday. Thfi first number of a Bniall paper called the Daily Teegraph was issue] gratia this morning. O amaru, WednesdayC* The North Otago 'limes announces that from the lit of Jauuary next it wi'l be pub- s lished as a da)h'. The p-oprietors have also announced tbeir intention of publishing a weekly at an early date, under the title of the North Otago Standard. New Pr/fMOUTH, Tuesday. The New Ply mouth Sail way Compensuiiori Court sat yesterday, to hear the claim of Charles Brown for £1000, for depreciation of property caused by tha street being diverted, and loss of rirer and sea frontage A large number of witnesses were examined, whose opinions »s to the value of the property were very wide apirt. The Court decided that Brown was. entitled to £600 damages against the Go) irnment. Ax :klai»d, Tuesday, v The Harbor Board dec led, at a sittiri|t«& the Works Committee, t< ask Mr Errington to prepare pans and spec fhatirifa fota dock 300 feet long and 12 feet leegjP Mr Bull, formerly a n softer of the House of Representatives, annp ncea his candidature • forMarsden. - ' uxedin, Tae day. A fire broke out at t« > o'c!oak this afternoon, on the premises c John Hyde Harris, in Leith-street The hi ise, which is a large one, eont-iined a larval c -Uectioa of piintinsrs. and old curiositus, relies. &c, the spctnering of whtch had been the labor of .•many year*. The hose on the premises ■' saved the hou;e from tota' destruction.. The fire originated in the drawing room* through a faulty chimney. The insurance is £12 0 in the Norwich Union, on house and furniture, and .£1250 in the Victoria, These amounts will nothing like cover the damage done; the immense quantity of water uted did rrore harm than the fire. The highest tender received for the University Building was that of the Colonial Bank of £37,500. It being thought that the community may be able to obtain privately the amount they require for the building, the arrangement of the matter has been referred tote committee, consists g of the Chancellor (Sir J. L. Kichardson), and Messrs Cargiil and L. Harris. Sir Francis Dilioa Bell will address the electors of Waikouaiti, in tho Temperance Hall there this evening. MrT. L. Shepherd tWAesses theDunstan elector* in a few diys. He wilt contast his old s at. The ship Adamant had an extraordinary passage to the Bluff. Captain Biich was ■ much given to drink, and under the influence of liqior he kept the ship sailing about tho coast of Brazil for three weeks. The vessel got en a sand bank within hail of the shore, an 1 the natives walked up to the ship and /conversed with th>ee on board. The first / mate at last took coma aid, end the csptain shortly after died. The provisions were nearly exhausted when the Bluff was readied. Gkajhamstoww, Tuesday. At a special meeting of the Resident Magistrate's Court, held tod*y, Kapaua Manuganoa was charged with assaulting Judge Munro. '1 he Judge had just delivered judgment in the Native Compensation Court < jq a cass in wlmh liapaua was concerned, and after the adjournment of the Court, on attempting to leave, Judge Munro was met by lUpau> who pushed him back repeatedly. The «hrflge said he bad only two alternatives, '• To knock lispiua down, or send for a pjliceruan " He chose tiio latttr. Bapaua, In reply to the charge, a&id he was " cark" about his land being taken away, and that ' they could not take him. The Magistrate > ttiaifß9paaahad.beeu a blajterfag native <

he would have sent him to prison without the option of a fine; but as Karmua was generuly preity quiet and peaceable, he would fine him £lo or a month's imprisonment. The fine was paid, although Kapaua said he would not p»y. Mr liowell Williams, a well-known tradesman, formerly captain of the voluutee's. and a promine it Orangeman, died to-day, after a few hours ilinss He nude a proposal for insuring bis life to the Government some time ba-k, but neglecte t or declined to pay the premium charged.