INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 249, 11 October 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Gkeymouth, Wednesday. Arrived— Albion, with 50 miners for the Kumara. Sailed— Albion, for Sydney via Hokitika. At a meeting of the Golden Fleece Extended Company, the month's crushing was reported as returning 1370 amices of melted go.d, A dividend of 2s per scrip was declared, equal to £4800. Taukaxga, Wednesday. lhe natives have picked up on the beach between Pauranga aud Maketu the head of a moa measuring 3ft Gin from the back of the skull to the end of the upper mandible. It was washed out of the sand hills durin«- the recent gale.- ° Port Chalmers, Wednesday Arrived— schooner Ilira, from Auckland Island. She was compelled to give up the search for the wreck of the General Grant the weather being dead .against her. She found the cave, but could not approach it from the landward side, the cliffs being from 1000 to 1500 feet high. The wreck is broken in pieces on the beach. At Ross Pay she supplied Nelson and his wife, who were placed there by Dr Monckton, ivith provisions. They were nearly starving, subsisting only on seal's flesh and shell-fish. Ciiristchuuch, Wednesday. At a meeting of cricketers held last Highlit was resolved to accept the terms of the English Cricketers to give them a bonus of .£6O, aud allow them the gate and booth privileges^ TL is intended, if possible, to play a match with Otago the same week as with the English eleven, aud also to get up a combined team of Otago aud Canterbury men tn play them. The Christchurch team will number eighteen. Taukaxga, Wednesday. The Bay of Plenty 'limes publishes a* remarkable proclamation from tho Maori Kin"* to the tribes resident in the J3ay of Penty, Rotorua, and Taupo districts, it is a most unique specimen of tlie veritable ancient Maori language. The document has been translated by Mr Young, assisted by Marsh an Araw.a chief. The King urges the maintenance of peace, and deplores the want of uraminity among the tribes. He invites wanderers to return to his fold consequent upon which a new era will dawn upon both races. . . Wei iiNGTOx .Tuesday. It is said that Messrs stout, Header Wood aud Seaton have obtained leave of absence for the remainder of Lhe session. . . . -Dunedin-, Tuesday. At a meeting held at Roslyn last night between 60 and 70 present, a resolution of

confidence in Mr Burns, and supporting hia action in the House, was carried, although an amendment informing him that the meeting ' thought the best thing he could do would be to assist the perfecting of Government measures was only lost by 33 to 28. Another resolution viewing with alarm the action Of the General Government, and promising to support the Superintendent, was carried. Arrangements are completed for the lease of Forbury Park by the Jockey Club. The date for the Spring Meeting is fixed for the Ist December. No reply has yet been received by the Superintendent from his Excellency, and the correspondence is looked upon as completed. Auckland, Tuesday. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency received the following produce telegram, dated London, Sept. 30:—" Wool : Up to to-day 145,000 bales arrived. Trade in the manufacturing districts is unchanged. There has been little private enquiry in tallow; fair trade demands at public sales. The Australian tallow sales comprised 5000 casks mutton at 44s per cwt; beef, 435. The leather trade remains good; 4065 sides of Australian have been sold since last report. The wheat market is quiet. The probable deficiency of the present harvest is estimated at 20 per cent; Adelaide worth 49s per quarter: New Zealand, 495."