INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 62, 4 March 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Grahams. own, Sitnrday. Telegrams, -were received by the District Engineer from Reader Wood yesterday ordering the stoppage of works, and to delay in accepting tenders, as the Superintendent was unable to find money . The order includes grants promised tp local bodies. Auckland, Friday. Mrßnckland reports -Fat cattle, 25s to 30s pßr I00*bs; sheep, limited in number and iudiffe.eot condition; fat sheep, 2Jd to 3d per lb. The New Zraland Loan Agency has received |h . .following telegram: —London, Feb. 29. - In wool up to date, _0,p"0 baits are sold. The competition is decreasing, and the market ih easier. A'decine is looked for in eros .-breds at.next sales. Up to date 183,0^0 baleS have arrived. The prospects for next sales are hot' so good. Tallow is quiet; there is stbek' of all sorts, 17,000 casks. Mutton, £46';. 'beef, -E44; leather, flat; best sides showed ls'4d decline, others in proportion. Mr Binney reports— Dunedin Am., £11 2s ; Chrjstchurch, £10, Ips; Oamaru, £12; oats, 2s 81; maize, 3s 3d; wheat, 4s 6d; butter, Is; hams and bacon, Is; cheese, 9d. Mr Saunders reports— lnsurance, 23s 6d; Colonial Bank, 30s; Bank of New Ze.'and, 3458; Old National Bank, ,735. Sellers: South British, 565; Fiji, 40s; Southern Cross, 120s;. Caledonian, 455. '■' ' " Wellington, Friday. Weitgarth's circular of the 24th Dec ha*» tbe following :— South Australian as well as Quee^a'and 4 per cents are a little below the average, owing to the lately ißsued new loans, while those of New South Wales and Victoria are arrested, in any further advance by tbe prospect 'of early eonsidrr.'ble additions to stock On the other hand ttu.* newer New Zealand i.sueshave gained st.en.th, especially the 4 j per cents atter th.ir heavy fall upon four, million issue io the fir-t quarter of the yet..- they are now at 96. and 97, or 1 J to 2 per cent ab. ye i-'S; month's issue. Arrived-- Al.haml ra. *' * ' Duni-'DIn, Friday. Sh.re market. —Buyers B«n_ of New Zealand, new issue, £17; National Bank, 745; Cotyuia.lj Rank, 38.; Natl nal insurance 245; f-outll' tiriii"*h, 54 s; Standard. 10s. Sellers: Brink of Nov Zealand, £\ l 7 Ms; Colonial B mk, 35b; National Insurance, 2 _b; Standard,, lis 6d Sales are reported of National Inai/fHoee ''uhares at 24s sd; New Zealand Shipping Company, r>ss. The grain market h is^not been very busy, hut a 'little new j_rai_ has come iorward. Prime New wheat, to arrive, 4s 6d to 4s 8d; go d sample oats, is iod. At a meeting of volunteer o_kerß this afternoon it was determined to give the c iiampion and the volunteers on their return f ro jq> vVangauui a reception. There will be jj et " t l -vg : Duaedin Cup : 7ti 1 against Amdhi' 5- toi aigstßory u'More, 7 to I agst Koran Bto 1 eatf o - a S Bt Ki "8 PbiHip, Tattler, aa* -VfahhooVlO *° J, »&\ Daaiel O'Knrke, 12 to 1 each agst Jempleton and Right Bower, 14 to 1 afe'Bt Gam«? Cock. ■ '■ : * V . - • WAN_:>*ni, Friday. The whole of the official programme was completed yesterday evening. This morning a match between five of the highest anJ «ye lowest' a jigregate; scorers in the rifle chan:pionshio against ten of the Wanganui Rifles came off, the former armed with long sniders, aud the latter with ehort .aiders, changing

weapons after ea"h round; six shots at_Oo, 500. and 600 \~,«i«. The representatives gained the ma eh by 18 points. Soturday The winner of the Rifla Thampion Bet is Corporal Wilcocks No. I Clu,tha hide*; winner of Carbine Champion Belt, Gunner Hell, Auckland Artillery; winner of Challenge Cup, Se_ge_nt-M<*j.r M'Credie, Wellington Artillery. Napit-R, Friday. The schooner Opoliki bound from Gisborne to Napier, missed stays and went ashore this morning near Tarenas bridge, Rangitira. Th_ . tried to get her off, but did not succeed. The vessel ia reported to be insured for £500. Sir Donald M'Le-in leaves for Wellington to night per Grenada. Lyttelton. Friday. Sailed — Orari, for London, with a cargo valutd at £112,000, also St Hilda, ior Balan, with sheep. CHmsTCHOKCH, Friday. Export prices f.o.b. at Lyttelton . — Wheit, 4s 3d; oats 2s 2d; barley, 3s 9d to 4b; flour, £10 to £11; cheese and butter, Is; bran, £3 10s; rye grass, 5s 6d to Bs 9d.