INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 241, 8 November 1876, Page 2

INTER PROVINCIAL.

CinusTcnuitcii, Tuesday. The City Council have accepted tenders ' for the erection of public baths. At the enquiry iuto the late fire in Tuara.street, the jury returned a verdict that the place was wilf ally set on fire, but the evidence does not show bv whom. Mods. Carme, the. French champion billiard player, played a game of 800 up on a French table with Weston last nighfc, giving the latter 400. Carme won easily. He made 93 successive cannonsi n one break. Auckland, Wednesday. Captain Levisconte, of the Glenlora, on bis return home was sentenced to three months for embezzlement! ' •-' ■ . ! Debeny, a clerk in the Lands Office, is committed for. trial on two charges of embezzlement. Wellington, Tuesday. The Nelson Education Board ia appointedto meet at 1 1 a.m. on Thursday, 7th December, at the office of the Central Board, Nelson. Wednesdav. The cable steamer Agnes has returned, after performing the best portion of her task, having laid thirty seven miles of cable. She will now have J;o. await the arrival of seven and a half more miles necessary ' to complete the work. No advices have been received that the seven aud a half miles have been sent out, but it is expected to be here by the end of December. •i>tFNEDik, Tuesday, The School Committee passed a resolution against their chairman, Mr Robin, attending the convention, but lie attended ia spite of them. Messrs M'Lean and Macandrew have just' ; concluded ashorfc interview, and arrauged to defer everything till after the convention., . At a meeting of the Anglican Diocesan Synod yesterday, the Rev. Mr Stanford said that a large number of persons" were being driven away from the diiferent Churches of England iu Dunedin in consequence of the enormous marriage fees levied upom them. GuEYiMOUTii, Wednesday. A public meeting has been- held here, at which, it was decided to start a Company to ' lay «i tramway from Gre3'tnouth to Kumara. A flying survey has been made, and the distance found to be fourteen miles, as against twenty-two inilcs by the present road, which is very hilly. . The capital of the Company is to be £5,000, and an offer has been already made to construct the' tram for £'550 per mile. An offer has also been .made to lease the tram for five years at £100 per annum.