INTER PEOYINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 117, 9 May 1876, Page 2

INTER PEOYINCIAL.

Hokitika, Tuesday. Specimens of quartz from Jackson's Bay. which were submit! ed by the Superintendent to Mr. Lewis, analyst, and by him teited, ihow a yie'd of l_\ ozs to the ton. The prospectors state that th.4 reef is 4 feet thick. Christchurch, ' Monday. The following are tbe declared weights for the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase :— Tommy Dold. I2st 71bs; Butcher Boy, J2st; Auckland Kate, list 7lba; Don Juan, list 71bi 5 Whalebone, list Slbs ; Mousetrap, list; Coquette, list; Gaaelle lOst lOlba; Septimus, 10t lOlbs; Phantom, lOst 7ibs; Royalty, lOst; Rifleman, lOst ; Fiftshire, lp»t. Donedin - , Tuesday, The handicippr-rs of tho Dunediu Jockey -Club have d "dared the following han iicapfor the .Tradesmen*-, R«ces on tlie Que<au'» Birthday : —-Birthday Handio-ip : Merry Bird, sst; Steamer sst 7!b*>; Nabochlish Sot 121 b ?; Haphazard. 7st 11 lbs; ir William, 7st ISlbs ;_ Gltngary, Bst ; Right Bower, Bst ; Tidmor, Bst 7lbs ; hob Roy, Bst 71ba ; King Phillip, Bst 81bs.— Tb4DJE?mbn's Handicap : Miss Elswick, sst. Steamer, sst 7Jbs; May Queen, sst 7 lbs ; Beibird, 6st ; Nabouchli<h, Hat Glengary. Bs t; Haphazard, Bst albs; H ight Bower, 8b t, Slbs; Right Bower, Bst 2Jbs; Sir William, 6st 4tbs ; King Phillip, Bst 7lbsj Rob Roy, Bstßlbsj Tadmor, Bst lOlbs. , „ . 1 ; ': ' AuCKLAND,Tuesday. . Tha Llewellyn has arrived from Levuka. She brings news that renewed disturbances

|||h , *ye occurred among the mountaineers of? p^Viti Levu. In consequence of the reported! §||rest!e<-.' ness of the hill tribe* Captains Olive l H and Cnrew with a force of about 200 armed J |H native troops were desp itched to the moun | region of Viti Levu About two months! |§| back they were forbidden by the mountains to continue thfir march in'o the countr*?,! m and ai the object of the expedition was nooreg |||t ) keep the Insurgents quiet th*»n to provokes jg| hostilities tbe Constitutional force encamped! Hat a respectable distance. On the 18th April| M two officers in charge were startled at lieiringS &$ that the rebels bad descended on the opposite® m side of the ranges, and laid waste several E M coast villages near .the River Sarigitoto. com-i m mittlng in their raid most frightful atrocities.! H There are no precise p irticulars of the amount! m of destruction, but it was reported tbat thirty | <m villages had been ravaged, in many cases the g jig inhabitant, men, women, and children, being | m massacre! in the most brutU maoner, 1-eing s '|| thrown into burniHg houses and roasted alive. I Jm On the receipt of tbis intelligence, Captain jj 1 1 Oliver started for Levuka at*. soon as possible, | a and conveyed a statement of the condition oil gj affairs to the. Governor. Meanwhile the coast gchiefs did' not remain idle, but they collected Htheir forces and marched against the mounItaineers. Reinforcements havo been des ■patched from Levu Ira to subdue the rebels. I The other news from Fiji is unimportant- < I Wellington, Monday. , ! I Sir Julius Yogel writes under date ot the j I 3rd inst., io reply to Mr Macandrew's letter! lat great length. He considers portions of itß I tv qitoque, and not requiring answer, but hei , I would answer a few points meriting reply! | As the Provinces cease to exist after nextfi i 1 session, it was only the duty of the <3overnl M ment to obtain the information. - necessary fori nthe oharge which will devolve upon tbem.l i ffl No Province com tributed more to make abo-| , gjlition necessary than did Otago, as it refused! ( |j'o accept any limit to, its desire to expendn I ffl money, and embarking in a variety of railway ' without money at its command, and Iflthat in order to meet tbe expenses of the. next . || six months, lanl sales of an objectionabl 111 nature were attempted. These were in de* ||||fhnce ofthe law, and, tbe Government, would I >/j|h-ive taken means to prevent them,but for Ijjtlie eenviction that the Waste Lands Board i H would do bo. Frcm information at the com||mand of the Government they considered rathst the Provincial railways had been very | imperfectly constructed. They thought i I Otago had already »ufFi*red enough from want . I of conapeent engineering skill to make ii , I cautious in assailing the work of men of exI perience, as his Honor did in reference to the | • I Clutha railway. Ue says it was not right to • I interpret his meaning with regard to the > 1 expenditure of borrowed money so as tol ■ a make it appeir that our insiitutions were to Ibe influenced by money lenders The idea ol m making Otngo an independent Colony is | | simply impossible, nor would tbe people of the \ I Province' profit by such an arrangement | wbich would mean central power at Dunedi I and grave financial difficulties. The subsidy I to be given to D.inedin would not injure tht i 1 country districts— tbe savings effected by then |E abolition of Provincial insiitutions would! I more than cover ik. Respecting what in ill E i S'jperpeie Provinoial institutions, the Pre nieig i 'ay s they do not mean to perpetuate Provin S Sj <:ivil Councils nor Superintendents in anyl gs hapa Gao's, hospitals, and harbours wiil|j I be carried on as the postal and telegraphs | lepirtments are. A Bill to regulate thi-H I -lection of local bodies will be introduced.! I which will be applicable to municipalities,! I road boards, county, education boards, &c.;H I a Bill to provide for a uniform system ol § valuing property and preparing ratepayers' tS-rnlls ; and also a Bill to consolidate existing laws, and to enable corporations to gSborrow. Parliament will not be asked to fSlegislate about road districts this session. The a present education boards will be continued | till February — elected boards, with a small i a nominee element, be'ng elected after that date I I The new board will hare the entire control of i M primary education, and its reserves. Thei fi inspection of schools shall, however, be under ß >gj the management of the General Government | M It is contemplated doing away with education || rateß and fees, and making education com- | pulsory. He refers at; length to the county | system, the leading features of which have gabeen already explained A qualified Inspector 1 of Lunacy has been selected at Home, as the H Lunatic Asylums would be kept under tbe j| control of the General Government. They 1 intended to introduce a Bill providing for thf | j| disposal qf the land revenue,, the disposal tog II be of a local character, except that theyi Eg would submit for tbe Assembly the a'terna- || Live of a gradually diminishing contribution H from the land revenue to meet the interest on m railways, rather than to provide for this pay- ,|| ment by nn income and property tax. The re H venue must supply money to pay interest on g| the construction of railways. From the first g| the land revenue, which benefitted so largely '[ll by railways, should have provided the inM terest. Counties should bs guaranteed from the consolidated revenue the receipt of their r H appointed subsidies: irrespective of whether : W the land revenue ot the district supplied, for ■ra the time, b tins', the necessary amount. To . I the majority of the people of Otago, what the I Government nowproppse will mean the realig sation of the aspirations of many years He g says In conclusion, that if his Honor were a 1 iwember of the Colonial Government for three a months, he would cease to doubt the neces- \ M sity of the decree of the abolition of the Propi vinces. |w The Court of Appeal opened this morning, ' | the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Gillies, and Mr a Justice Wiliaras being on the Bench. The | Court has been occupied all day -in hearing I rhe case rf Brogden v. Regina, an action , I brought to recover a large sum of money for 1 breach of contract. The question at i«sue is | whether the General Government bas a right | t) deduct certain sums of money from Brog | den and Sons' railway contracts for passages ! 1 of immigrants br ught out to the colony for g Brogden's convenience. Mr Travers appeared | for plfiintitf •>, Meßsrs Gordon Allan and Bell .So. defendants. 1 Timaru, TuesJay. jf The Southern railway is finished as fir as H 'Haiao, but cannot be opened owing to the 111 want of room at the Timarn Btation. Tbis a loss upon farmers