INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 191, 3 August 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Weli ington, Thursday. It is slated th^t grtat reductions will be made in the Estirmte"-, that some four hundred General and Provincial Government officers will lose their a;:pointmtnts, and that probably the volunteer vote for tha fcouih islat-d will be slrtick off. Gbahamstown, Thursday. At a conference of the Borough Council and Highway Boards held list night to consider the Counties Bill an i other mafers now before Parliament, the following resolution was carried uuaninrusty: — '■ That in the opinion of this meetl g all the goldfislds revenue? Bhould be hand d over to the looal governing bodies of the localities in which it is raided " The Counties BiU did not feem to find much fivor Opinions were diviltd regarding Reparation, and no resol tion or definite expression of opinion was arrived at for or againtt. .Auckxand, Wednesday, It is placed beyond doubt that Cass about whose supposed loss from the steamer Taranaki an inqu ry was held by the Collector of Customs, has turned up sate Chblstohurch, Wednesday The annual msetinti of the New Zsaland Shipping Company was held today, when th?re was a large at'endance of shareholders. The report as already telegraphed was unanimously adapted. The chairman said the dividend of 8p -r cent, provided for in the report, would be payable at all offices in the colony on We inesday next, Tt e chairman replyins to questions said the profits ut the •past year had been equal to 2^ per cant, on the paid-up capital, and tint tcere was ■£68,-*i&3 due on five ships, but eight were unencumbered that thu directors are almo't positive that it will not be nectßsary to call up the capita'. If more capital were rtquired, the directors would use the power given them to issue debentures, and shareholders w mid be consulted before more calls were made. It, was expected fat the three ship3 now building would enable them to carry on till next annual meeting without chartering any vessels. ThefoHowinsgentlemen were elected directors:—J. L. Campbell, Auckland; J. Johnston, Wellington W. Reeves, S. Revans, J fita-iholme, and C. W. Turner, Cauceroury. The me,ting was vt-ry unanimous, and evidently well plea'ed with the style of the company and its affairs. HoiUTiKi. Thursday. Luke Moore, a schoolmaster, has been convicted at the District Court on two charges of criminal assiult oi two chi dren under twelve. He pleadel guilty to a third charge, and was s ntenced to two period of imprisonment >% six yeara each, and two Hoggings within the first six months.