INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 115, 6 May 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Friday. . Seven firemen left by tbe Arawati this afternoon, to take part in the firemen's contests, at Ballarat. Mr O'Shea reports— Flour, best brands OarnaruXl I 15s to £I' 2; wheat, no sale; chick, 3s6dto3s9d; oats 2s 4d to 2s 8d; mi ling m-ize, 4s Gd to 4s 9i; pollard, £* io £$ 10s; hams; Is Id to ls 21; b-con, Is; -cheese, lOd to luj^l; potatoes, 80s to 90*. Dunedin, Friday. Mr.Mackay, of the Bruce lleiuld, has commenced an; action ngii:ist the National Batik for £ 15,000 damages fbr dishonoring a bill. He announces he has rtta'ned Mr Macasßey. ';'' ; Auckland, Friday. A ! serious collision occured betwern the barque Caberfeidth and the schooner Mhggie The hirque lost her jib* oom head, carrying away the schooner's mainmast and stove her in on the port. side. The mas? and boom came down with a crash, tho captaiu and m*ite having a nairow escape. The former jumped into a boat and the latter on board the bat que thiuking this schooner was cut iv two. Thu cip'taia rowed round and round looking for thf schooner, wbich was ultimately found right under the barque's nose Sho was at length towed to Auckland by tbe schooner fclltn. The water was a foot and a half ou the schooner's floor. Chbistciiurcu, Friday. Quotations. f.ob. at Lytttlton: — Wheat, 4s; chi ken's feed, 3s 6d to 3-i 9J; milling oats, 2s' barley, 43; flour, £lo Ids to £1\ 2s 6I; bran' 4s; sharus, £5 10s; cheese, !).} '■; butler, Is 4:1 Wheat: Freights to London have betn reduced to 40p, causing a firmer tone iv the market. A slight shsck of earthquake was felt at 6 a.m. to-day. Simonsen's Opera Company performed jjucretia Borgia to a crowded houße last night with great auceess. Bluff, Friday. The Ringarooma has arrived, bringing the Suel mail.