INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 68, 9 March 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Napieb, Wednesday. There was a Court f-nquirv to day iato ths citcuraslauces whi'.h ca»re<l the wreck of the Opotiki- The Court heard the evidence of Captain Mortis, and Mese*s Colt and Freeman, at d gave its decision as ,'oliows .—lt is .not proved to this Court that either loss. abardf>»ment, or Burtons damage to ship, or loss of life, occurred in this cast- from wrongful action of any certified officer, and under clause 15 of this Act these are the cases on which we aro cnlled upon to adjudicate. We desire, bowevsr. to express our opinion that the vesßel was not in a seaworthy condition, and ought not to have gone, to sea with the centre-board working a > imperfectly. A rcKL and, We 1 1 esday . Mr Bennett, the agint for the iiiglieh eleven who contemplate viitlng the colonies, hnß written t > Auckland asking what inducement the cricketers here can i-ff.ir for a New Zealand vis:t. A meeting will be held to consider the matter. The managmg director of the New Zealand Loin and Mercantile Agency has issued a circular announcing that a cablet/ram hai been received stating ihat a meeting in London confirmed the proposal for aa increase of capital. It is proposed to issue 40,000 new shares of £25 each. Wellington, Wednesday. Oil Thursday, February 17, two younjr men weut out fishing at the Heads in a lite-bout with two loaves and two bottles ot water. A gale enme on and blew them out to sea. and nothing being heard of them since, they were given up fur lost, but they turned up this morning. It app are that the boat swamped three times during the gale, and their bread . »pd water were spoiled, and they were knocking about without food or water until picked up near Napier on the following morning by . the schooner Augusta. Hoxitika, Thursday. An essay hos been received Torn the Unii of Melbourne of fire boxes of silver anu lwd ore f° na( i oa Mount Rangitoto, SO miles i lr ° m uere< he eß9av fl as follows;— No 1 »aye l P er ccn ' of * cad » witn 735 °iZB troy of siWer to tbe t 6n i No - 2 g ftVe 3l P« cent Slead%nd 3 o? 0Z » o£ Bil /^P e ' ton ' No. S gaye ID ounces per to.7 ,' and 10 P er cenfc ot lead. There is great exciteuK at OTe J the . . -discovery, as the prospectors have T 10 " through the rien, and the Land Office *. *" been rushed with applications for leases adjoining tbe prospectors' claim. Sis thousand acres are applied for in separate blocks ■of 200 and 3UO acres each.