INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 153, 20 June 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

1 . TiMuta, Tuesday. . Joli.i M'Grigor, aci!> mi-'.nt, and formerly clerk of (he ouprerue Courc at Ohriot.iiuch, p >id)u« 1 hitu eU aud .dt wite ttua morning Am mqiudt will bti ueiJ tt-inorrow. WiiLiiiNoroN, Moaday.j | A meeting of the Op.jCMitiou . ..embers was held l his attuaooi t> mscma ilie the pre-euc Btsir-e ot uffv-ru vha p»rdy was uot funy repr^»eut a, ouiiy coinpitia dvely tew having bcun requ^sied to attend, It was decided that noiie i of the laod tranaactiona or similar onei would b made party questions. Toe steimer M*tau rvyono Uom Poxtoa yvvyk off he Bohooaer Kaiuraa at Xiaj?iti.

: , Tuesday. .-Fifty Chinamen arrived to-day from. Otago to be emp'oyed by Oakes, the railway contractor. Another hatch are to arrive shortly. -These are the first Chinamen employed in the province. r J he schooner Julius Vogel has arrived from Wairara under jury masts. She will be offered at auction this i week. \ Hamiltok, Tuesday. Large meeting are being held fn every township in Waikato in favor of the Government retaining offica for the settlement of the abolition que-.tion.. T At- Hamilton, a most infl'ientinl meeting carried a resolution to the effect that the Opposition had broken its pledge in bringing forward a side win.l mo; ion jn place of a motion for the repeal of the Abolition Bill; alpo, that the occupation of Die Piako swamp by a company was an unmixed benefit to tha district, as it could not be occus'i«d bv smnll settlers. Meetings at Cambridge, Te Awamatu, and Alexandra passed similar rcsolulious Ddnedtn, Tuesday. The Fire Brigade gives a hall next week in honor of its Representatives at the late Ballairat demonstration. The Otairo Slate Company are turning out large quantities of excellent slates. A letter has been received from the Melbourne agent of the All England Eleven, wanting £450 for each m*tch. t Blenheim, Tuesday. Frank Nicholas, formerly manager of TJpcot Station, w»s found drowned at the wharf this morning. He only arrvied in town last night. An inquest will be hell to-d*y. ' Auckland, Tuesday. The Hero has arrived from Sydney.