INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 193, 5 August 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Friday. Arrived— Fitz Renter, from Himburg, with imoii/rams. All well. No communication with her yet. Mr O'Shei reports proluce ptices as follows;— Sour, £11 15-5 io £12 lOd be<s brandoats. 2s f>d to is 9Jj maize, 4s to 4s 6d; bran Is 21 to is 3d; pollard scarce at JB7 10s; milling wheat, no sale; chicken, 4s 6J to 4s 9d; hams, lOd to ltd; bicon, 9d to 10d: cheese, 9d to 10 J; potatoes, 74s to BUs. Saturday. Ihe Taupo for tlie South, and Wellington for Pict >n have returned to port this morning owing to the heavy weather. . Westpoht, Saturday. The first train for passengers and goods traffic ran to-day on tho Mount Kochfort line. For the preaent month four trains per week will run. Dunedin, Friday. Mr Bradshaw reports— sales : National Bank, £3 12s; Colonial Bank, £l 12sNational Insurance, £i it; Standard Inror-

ao.ce, 12a 3d. Buyers : Colonial Bank, £1 " B 5 Standard, las; Fiji Bank, £2 10- •, Standard Insurance, £13; New Zea'.and Insurance, £3 17; Shipping, £4 4a. A heavy south-west {rale occurred doing considerable damage among houses aud fences. A verdict was given against Wonp yesterday, for £8,, for wrongful , dismisial of* a seaman at TarankL Robert Roberts, a well-known horse dealer, committed suicide this morning with strychnine. A brandy shanty near Read and Gra>'swas destroyed by fire. There was a narrow escape ftom a serious conflagration.