INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 97, 11 April 1876, Page 2

INTER PROVINCIAL.

( .. ', , gGiivraouTii, Moinlny. Yesterday 'the excetsivo ran caused theheaviest flood eeex experienced in Greymouth. At ten l*st night three-fourths of the town w.is under water, and the people were res u-jd by boa.tr). No. lives, lost. The damage to goods in stqrf!3 i 3 heavy. The JJruune-r railway ia". 'slightly danuue I. W-STPoht, Monday^ We -hftve expariencert a twenty-four hours' gale here from the N.W. with continuous rain; ihe result is a heavy li;oi, but litt'c dannge has been done, 'iir; Ho id In the Orawaiti river carri.d away tho Powder Magazine and contents. The Magazine wai crscted.on tha south bmk o£ the river. Eoaii communication with ilce'toii has been stopped. A hcivy flood at Rtelton is reports ! ; the residents have been driven from tho house.*., „, , IXViiRCAKGILL Monday. At the District Co-irt to-flay, William Forrester Wrfs sentenced to six month-,'im-priionment for stating at t!ie Postoffiue havings Bank, Invercargill, that at the Dunedin Office he hud £10 5b to his credit,

and pre»eiting a p<*ss hook with alteration of £7. lrom i,l c delit to credit. The defence w.ib, that the a'teration had leenmadeby Mrs Forrester, she believing that the clerk had ma !e an error. Bluf?, Monday. TheVßlpgarooma arrived ut 6 p.m. She I ft Melb nirne at 2SO p.m. on the 6th, and preaed Swan Island at 1 p m the following day. Experience 1 lbht winds and fine wea her. She brings 171 tons of cargo and 21 silom pissengers for all ports. She sails at 4 p m. on the llth (to-day) for Dunedin. LTTrBLTON, Monday. Arrived: — Jureedene, barque, Woolton from London, 95 days out. AH well. Ciihistchobch, Monday. neavy raia last night; the streets of Chris'church anl low lying parts of the suburbs havo been partially floodel. The Southern approach to the Ralraia Railway Badge on the Gnat South Line has been washed away. A large body ol men has been sent down to repair it. The weather is still vory wet and cold. Tuesday. The following are tho entries for the Autumn Meeting -—Trial Plate : CJoth of God, Ariel, Hercules, Fishhook, Rob Roy, Terapleton, and Guy Fawkes. Tradfsmbn's Plate Handicap • Cloth of Gold, Tadmor, Tattler, Guy fawkes, Parawhenut, Hercules, Wild Rose, The Chief, Yankee Grab, Fishhook, Pungawerewere, Follefarine. Flting Stakes:, Mr Webh'« eh c, by Truducer--dam Ada, 2 yrs; Mr Webb's bk c, by Traducer— dam Tantrum, 2 yrs; b f Sylph, by Sledmere —dam Butterfly, 2 yrs; Mr Reswooafs be, by Towt.n— dam Skyblrd, 2 yrs; Mr Mallock's b c Mantle, 2 yrs; Guy Fawkes. Parawhenua, Fishhook, Pungawerewere, Dead Heat. Selling Stat.o.B : Tadmor, Parawho'iua, Hercu'ea, Man«le, Pakeha, Hfin King, Flying Beauty ,The following acceptances are announced : — St.. Leger : Daniel O'Ko ke, Pungawerewere, and Follefarine. Champion Stakes: Mr Webb's eh c, by Tiaducr — I'am Ada; bk o, by Traducer — dam Tantrum; Mr Kelwood'a b c, by Towton — Jam S.*ybir 1, and eh c, by Towton — dam Fyir Agnes; Mr Richird'on's Dead Heat Great Autumn Handicap: Cloth of Gold, Right Bower, Ta'tler, Daniel O'h'orke, Guy Fawkes, Tadmor, Parawhetm i, Ariel, Fishhook, Templeton, Pungawerewere, and Elfin King. Napibr, M >nd ty. Sir Donall McLean's Aketeo station has been sold to James Armstiong lor £ 15,000. The property compriee* 25,000 acres of freehold. 14,000 sheep, and a tew cattle. Colon! Russell's Mimgakore property, comprising 21,(00 acres freehold, and 18 000 sheep, hai been sold to J. W. Wiliams, of Keremu, for £50,750. Auckland, Monday. The rep.rrt and balance sheet of ihe South British agrets to a dividend, payable tomorrow, with a ba'ance of £16,7P3, which includes £7 259 brought forward after making the last dividend. The iovestsd capital of tho Comply ie now £91,3C4. The total assets are £113 403. 'Ihe largtst portion of Marine leases have been on fiist-claßß ships, euch as tho Sfathmore, Strathnavar, Cora Ly in, and Brca iman. The Manager gave an account of his visits to the Agencies, and reported that the Agents are well qualified for their duties, and the books are well kept. The verdict of the jury in the case of Singleton, the diver, was that he died from inflammation of tho heart, nud not from aDy fault of the apparatus or tho as-nstants. Arrive 1 : Pheo' e, lrom South; alsi H.M. Sappho, from Sydney. Robert Egan received two sentences of three months each, for indecency in the Domain. The Union Beach Mine have dec'ared a dividend of 5s per share; the second in a fortnight Tho gold ia still showing freely. Tho schooner Marion, bound for Lyttelton, hos put back with two of her crew disabled by accid.-nt. Tuesday. The chairman of the Harbor Bisrl has received a telegram stating that the Governor wiil be advised to approve of (he new dock plans. A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by hail and rain, broke over Auckland this mornii g, startling every sle p3r.