INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 260, 30 November 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

; ; Christchorcii, Thursday. A complete illicit distilling apparatus has been , found on the premises of a farmer, named James Hamilton, at Waitohi Flat. Hamilton is under arrest. .The Christchurch bakers announce that after .December Ist bread will be ninepencc per ±4b loaf. The weather is excessively hot. j JFrom a legal opinion given by Mr Garrick, Sate Provincial Solicitor, it appears that the bitterly opposed school building rate in East Christchurch district cannoc be collactedg The Government first strupk a shilling rate «,ud then altered it to elevenpence. Mr Oarrick hold's that the Government had no

power to alter the first rate, and as no part of cthat rate, had been collected before abolition came into; force it cannot, according to Act, be now : collected. Some who paid the. elevenpence are \ to have their money returned, as it was; illegally collected. ■'• mu' a -•' Wellington, Wednesday. Ihe Agent-General under date November 22, telegraphs that he has despatched' 'the Leicester with 340 immigrants for Wellington; the Marlborough, with' 239 for Otagd;and the Waipa and Wiltshire with 560 for Canterbury; also that the Hurunui, which put into Weymouth on account of an outbreak of scarlet fever* "has finally sailed for Wellington. The following telegram has been received b Z.4 h ? president of the New Zealand Wesleyan Conference here :~ kr Paramatta;" N.S.W., 28th November, 1876. All the Presidents concur in admitting laymen to the next annual conference. — B. Waterhouse, Secretary to General Australian Conference.." - This mil come into operation at once. Thursday. In the Gazette last night was published an Order in Council fixing the boundaries of the Counties and Hidings, also the number of Councillors for each Hiding. The following affect the Nelson district: — Waimea Count? — Riwaka riding, 1 Councillor; Moutere, 1; Stoke, 1; Wangamoa, 1; Motueka, l; Wai-iti, 1; Wangapeka, 1. Coi.lingwood Count Y--Rangiora (?\ 3Takaka, 4. Bulleb County— Charleston, 3; Lyell, 1; Wareatea, 2; Karamea, 1. Inangahua Countt— Hampden, I; Boatman's, 1; Reef ton, 2; Murray, 1; Crushingtou, 2; Antonios, 1. Auckland, Wednesday. A son of Dr. Emsley has been drowned, A man named Kinghau was arrested on a charge of of indecent assault on two girls aged 5 and 10 years. Several Provincial Government officers will be discharged to-morrow. The officers of the Treasury remain for the present. The officers of Public Works, and the Sheep Inspectors received notice of discontinuance of services when the County system is established. The Harbor Department will be taken over by the General Government at the end of the year. Arrived— Southern Cross from Norfolk Island. The Hawea sailed South at 4 p.m. Passengers for Nelson— Captain Marshall, Messrs Scott, Moss, Harley, Wilcocks, Ralph. Ddnedin, Wednesday. Eleven fresh cases of scarlet fever were reported to-day. All the single girls by the Dunedin were engaged to-day in about one hour. ■ To-morrow will be observed as a general holiday. There are to be races, sports, picnics, &c. The Mercantile Agency's cablegram from London- confirms th« report of a fall of a halfpenny to a penny in the price of wool. The Hod. Mr Bowen has been visiting the public institutions in the city. The -Government have expressed themselvesgenerally satisfied with the management of the Industrial School, and promise to provide necessary punishment cells. , Thursday. The holiday to-day is generally observed, and large numbers are gone out of town by train. The attendance at the races was four thousand. Maiden Plate : Dead Heat, 1; Elswick, 2; Wild Deer, 3. The race was a gift to Dead Heat. .