INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 98, 12 April 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Weixihgton, Tuesday. •"The ; Bdrder Chief average case is being g'eftlcd to-day. The claims amount to £3,532, or ab \ii 5 percent The ilcnn and Mercantile Agency's telegram reports:— London: Firso wool s^Us openei ilati v, comprising 223 000 balas; cornpetion pending; quotations receded |<1 to Id jier r 4b;'. principal decline in mediums 'and $fQSj-brudfls present quotations not expected to" -be maintained; next sales 20fch June. Tallow (mution\ £43; beef, £41; wheat, mar kfct quiet, Adelaido worth 63a per 4961bg.

It is understend the Government have re* coiißi'JerAd the quest'on of the payment of subsidies to and Roal Boards The .decision first arrived at was to p*y only .on actual collection's tor the financial yev made within the financial year; but such a., courßO i- flicted great, hardship, inasmuch as ' it is not the practice, ar>d in some cases not practicable to coMect within the financial year on account of general rates, not exceeding one shilling (whether or not they belong to the year), provided the total eolb ctions do not exceei the total amount a shilling rate is calculated to yield. Wednesday. Sailed— Wellington, b.s., for Picton and Norh. Piisseugtra — Mr H. Bishop, Mr and Mrs Bißhop and child, Mrs J. Davis and fix children, Miss Meirs, Uev B. C Stewart, Archdeacon Clarke, Mrs Bacheldcr, Mirs Curtis, aud 15 in the steerage ... Oamakt-, Tu^sd y. The heaviest shock of eirtnquake ever experienced here was felt at about 11.40 this morning-. ; : . Timaru, Tuepday. A> sharp shock of earthquake was felt here . this morning, at 11.30, but no damage was ; .done. The highest ranges of hills are already completely covered with snow, said to indicate an early and severe winter. . „ „. Pout Ohat,mkiis, Tueiday. A smart shock of earthquake was experienced at 2 1 .45 this morning, lasting about eight seconds, in a north-easterly direction. Shocks were also, felt at the same lime at Naßeby, Queenstown, and Dunedin. DtfNEDiw, Tuesday. ; The telegraphists of OtißO intend erecting a handsome memorial stone ia.the Dunedin Cemetf ry, «s a mark of respect to the l«te F. J. Bunny. The amount already collected is about £50. Wednesday. '. Mr. Simpson, engineer to the Harbor Board, has reported respecting the soundings takea at ■Tairoa Heads aa follows :—" Under somewhat adverse circumstances I took four lines of soundings across the outer bar, in and about the present Bailing direction, and find the depth, corrected to low wattr average spring tiles, to vary from 1.7 ft. to 18 ft 6 in. This is tq livalcnt to a depth of from 24 ft. to " 26 ft. 6 in. at high water ; tpring tides (high water), according to information supplied to PiLt Kelly, from 21 ft. to 22 ft 6 in. haat week 1 sounded the inner bar, and the least depth there asceit<ined was 21 ft. at low water spring tides, being 5 feet more than the minimum depth Bhown on the map." The engineers w;ll make further eurvejs to ascertain whether a deeper channel exists on the outer bar Mr Gordon's report on harbor improvements, with C3ir.mentß by Mr Simpson, the iinglne r, were submitted to the Board. The Engineers differ very largely as to.ths cost of the works, and the extent to which they should be carried but. It was determined rios" to take any action until Mr Simpson's report lias been printed, and both will then be considered. ' ' . • Gor lon's tstimates of co:t3 are far higher than fcimpson's. AbtUt twenty minutes to 12 o'clock severe' shocks of earthquake were experienced at Palmerston, matting windows rattle; the vibrations were from South to North. Two heavy shocks were felt at Oamaru; one at 11.50 shook chimneys badly, and cracked the walla of several buildings, including those of the. Telegraph Office. The Municipal Cou icil of South Dunedin, one of the new Municinalit'eß, has accepted tenders for a loan of £2,000, at 7 per cent. Debentures were sol i »t the extraordinary rite of £38 ter debenture of £100. Auckland, Wednesday. .The,; Z alandia has arrived from Sydney, after a i a suge of four days and sixteen hours. Heavy we it her was experienced. She brings five suloon passengers for Auckland, ten for Kanduvaii, i72 for 'Frisco, and about 50 in the steer ge. <■ ; •, # . .. Lyttelton, Wednesday. The ship Euterpe h:is arrived Jroiu London, 101 <}»ys out, all well. Ihe Himalaya lvis cleared for London with a cargo of wool, grain, and tillow, valued at £56,000. , Gkeymoutii, Wednesday. Thw Grey mouth Coal Company have etruclc the grit overlving the coal in their shaft at the dopth of 225 feet. The.tlii mage. done, by the fiool in town is. much heavier than was anticipitei. A sixroomei hoise Bt CobletiAvas washel away, and teveral bri ges i'i the neighborh 01. Chkistciiuucu, Wednesday. Owing to. the heavy r.ins several portions of the railway lines in the Northern and Southern pirts. o£ ihe povince have been daimged. In two instanc s traffic has been Btopped The salmon ;ova look well at present T.ie Hon John lltll has decline i a vacant, portfolio in the Ministry recently offered to hinu : • .'>'!••"•■ •' '.'-.'.'■ The following are the wiights for the ■Tradt smarts' Purse:— Guy Fawkes. Dit lib; iPa-awhenua, Bst 6lbs; Taimor, 7*t 13lb?; He cules r 7ss 9lbs; Ariel 7st 7lbs; Fishhook, !7st slbs ; Pungd'werewe-e, 7st slbs ; Elfia iKtngV 7st 3lbs- : Cloth of Gold; 7st 2lbs; (Tattler. 7st; Yukee Grab, 6st 71bs; The i Chief, Git; Vfild' Hose, Sat 7.bs.