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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 267, 8 December 1876, Page 2

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[Pbess Agenct.] INTEEP B~OV INCIAL. * r Wellington, Thursday. To-day Mr Ormond was sworn in as a member ofthe Eiecutive to the office of Postmaster-General and Telegraph Commissioner. Mr Wbitaker having resignen the said offices, becomes Attorney-Geueral. Dr Pollen will probably take charge of the Native Office. Writs, have been served on Mr Didsbury, Government Printer, and Mr Grindell, Editor ofthe Waka Maori at the instance of the Hon. Henry Russell, against these officers for libellous articles published in the said paper; damages, £10,000. Counsel for the defendants, Dr. Bullen, and with him Mr Gordon Allen; for the plaintiff, Messrs Izard and Bell, and Mr Sheehau. The trial will probably come off here The Education Board declined to vote £35 for prizes, etc., this year. The Gas Works profits for the last eight months are close on £6000. , r ~ )c ,_ Friday Mr O Shea reports produce prices as follows:—Flour, Adelaide, £19 to £20, New Zealand, £17 to £18; oats, 3s to 3s 3d; bran Is 2d; wheat, chick, 4s 3d; pollard, £7 10s* maize, 4s to 4s 6d; hams and bacon, 9d to 10d; cheese, 9d; potatoes, new, £8 to £9. Arrived, this morning, ship Avalanche, from London, 81 days out. She has 61 passengers all well. Mrs Wordsworth, the Strathmore survivor, is one of the passengers. _ _._ „_ Don-ems*, Thursday. In Mr Macandrew's letter to his Excellency the Governor, complaining about his letters being forwarded to his Excellency by the Postal authorities, he expresses himself as follows:— "I wrote to you believing that what I complained of had been done without your Excellency's sanction, so that I may take further steps to vindicate the right I conceived that I, possessed to persue my own letters before they have been read by any of your Excellency's Ministers, or any of the Civil Servants of fche Crown. There are 3,968,000 sheep in Otago, as against 3,852,000 last year, and they are divided as follows.-— Merinos, 2,941,806-Long-wool, 107,66 >; Crossbred, 850,882. It has been determined by the Waste Lands Board to declare several new Hundreds. Sir George Grey expresses his entire willingness to proceed on the mission to England, stating that he " will sacrifice all to a sense of duty," and adding that it " will be proper for all such as desire to serve New Zealand to follow this course. Ballarat, Hokitika, aud Timaru have entered for all the Fire Brigade demonstrations. Friday. Mr Bradshaw reports buyers of Bank of New Zealand shares, £18 ss; Colonial Bank, £1 13s; National Insurance Company, £1 3s 6d; Standard Insurance, 12a 6d ; South British Insurance, £3 7s 6d; New Zealand Insurance, £4 10s ; National Bank, £3 ss ; Mosgiel Woollen Factor}', £1 17s 6d; Otago and Southland Investment, £1 ss ; Mercantile Loan, £4 10s. Kumara, Thursday. Thomas Haworth, a sawmill owner, was charged uuder the Machinery Act with working- a boiler which was not registered. He was fined £50. The Inspector of Machinery prosecuted. Tho Kumara Gas and Coal Company, with a capital of £6000 was registered to-day. Hokitika, Thursday. The Land Board considered the Hudson's lease of the Rangitoto Mine forfeited on account of its not having been surveyed in time. Other applications for the same lease were refused, the Board deciding to put the land up to auction in 100-acre blocks under the 19th Clause of the Waste Lands Board t Act on 1 9th December. CiiKiSTCHtmcii, Friday. The Press this morning replies in warm terms to the article iu the New Zeu/and Times respecting the transfer of the Provincial Council Library to the Canterbury College, and points out that the article in question displays au unwarrantable amount of ignorance, which becomes highly offensive when, based upon such ignorance, au attempt is made to act the mentor. If tbe writer of the article had possessed the knowledge that he ought to possess, or bad not written in such indecent haste, but made enquiries, he would have known that Canterbury College is not a private institution, but essentially of a public character, open to every class, and that the Board of Governors are, among other things, the guardians of the public library and school of agriculture. A trial of carbolic a .-id gas aud sulphate of god.-**- as a fire extinguishing agent was made

ona large scale last night with a Mghly satisfactory result. It is proposed to have a carnage fitted with a cylinder to hold 160 gallons of the liquid and gas for use at all nres. _. • • -Nrw Pltmooth, Friday. Ihe Agricultural Society's Show yesterday was a great success. Bedouin, an Auckland blood entire, won the silver medal. Mr Shields of Wanganui took the silver medal for draught entires; Mr Purdie took the silver medal for bulls; Mr Elliott took the medal for shorthorn cows with an animal from Mr Morrin's Auckland Stud Farm; for Leicester rams Mr Standish took the first prize; for Lincoln rams Mr Dingle took the u st c prize * There was a large attendance at the Show and dinner. It was the best show of blood stock ever exhibited here. The nominations for the County Council are fixed for the 15th instant, and the polling for the 22nd. Auckland, Thursday. Mr Whitaker wrote to tbe Board of Education desiring that the Board should endeavor < if possible to provide situations as teachers for the disharged provincial officeri. A committee was appointed to ascertain his views. The Loan and Mercentile Agency have received the following cablegram: London, December 4.— The .wool saes closed at an average improvement of 2d to Bd. The principal advance has been in greasy medium and inferior washed and scoured, Sales comprise 206,000 bales; 60,000 bales have bean taken for export. A good many second hand parcels have been offered during the past sales. Trade in the manufacturing districts has improved; tallow ther* is in fair trade demand—mutton, 44s fid; beef, 42«. Wheat market firm; Adelaide is worth 54s per 496 lbs; New Zealand, 52s per 4961b. Afc the meeting of the Presbyterian I General Assembly, the Rev James Patterson of Wellington was elected Moderator, and delivered an excellent address. He expressed his thanks for the honor done him by his election, and said that the pleasure experienced at these fraternal meetings was to many of them, a real holiday, and they I might hope that, as the difficulties of travel j lessened, a greater number of persons would ! attend the General Assembly of the Church. He pointed out the advantages to the Church of these provincial conferences, and the necessity for miniiters of the gospel being fully equipped for the struggle between materialism and religious truth. It was needful that they should keep their own minds free from prejudice and their hearts free from bigotry, and that they should cultivate a liberal spirit; that their convictions should be deep, earnest, and true. He then referred to the question of union with the Presbyterian Church of Otage, which, he said now appeared further off than ever. He thought its accomplishment would be a great moral gain to both. At the same time, the terms submitted by Otago were unsatisfactory, especially the proposal to break up into Synod. The speaker went on to point out the weakness of the Otago proposal. He was gratified to report that the Church was making steady progress in extension and corsolidation. He then went on to refer to the difficulties to be encountered in new districts. There was want of organisation for Church extension, and unity of feeling, and unselfish efforts were required. Young men should come forward as workers in the Church. He then mentioned the establish- j ment of a theological hall or faculty, to as to bring up a ministry within the Church. The rev gentleman concluded with an earnest appeal in favor of extended evangelical spirit in the Church. v Invercargill, Thursday. The Wanganui arrived at the Bluff to-day, from Dunedin. She called at Chaslaud's Mistake on her way down, and found the Otago holding together well. The gold and a portion of the cargo will probably be saved if expedition be used. Invercargill, Friday. A serious case of deliberate attempt to murder occurred yesterday. Two men named Hugh Duddy and Charles Calderwood arrived here by the Express last Sunday. They had been staying at the Australasian Hotel, Dunedin, where they became acquainted. Duddy is a miner, and Calderwood an ironmonger. The latter having informed Duddy that he had leased the Pier Hotel near Invercargill (a place which has no existence) from Mr Baiter of the Pier Hotel, Dunedin, irduced him to go into partnership, when he paid Calderwell £4 7s 6d, being one half of the rent which the latter alleged he had paid. Calderwood then stated that he expected ;

£100, the proceeds of his business in Chr.-_tchurch, which was payable at Invercargill, and he borrowed ten pounds from Duddy, with which he paid for the two passages per Express. Since their arrival they have been staying at the Royal Hotel here. Yesterday morniug Cald-arwood m.ited Duddy to go and see the Pier Hotel, saying that it was only ten minutes walk They travelled down the Bluff road for two hours, and Duddy stooped down to raise a drink of water out of a small creek with his hat, when he was struck a violent blow on the head with a large iron bolt. On looking up he saw Calderwood standing behind him who said-" You wretch, I'll murder you," and struck him again. Duddy then ran away, but was overtaken and received another blow with the same weapon. After a severe struggle Duddy wrenched the bolt from Calderwood and ran away, being pursued by his assailant. He reached a roadside house, where he obtained protection, when Calderwood came up to the house and asked the woman if she had seen a man wounded and covered with blood, stating that if he found him he would murder him. She said that such a man had passed on. Calderwood shortly after met one of the sawmillers employed m the neighborhood with whom he went to the police station and laid an information for assault against Duddy. The suspicions of tbe police were aroused, who arrested Calderwood, and then went to Woodend and found Duddy lying in the house very seriously wounded. He gave the facts of the case as above. Duddy had in his possession a deposit receipt for £200, and upwards of MO in cash, a valuable gold guard composed of nuggets, and a silver watch. He was removed to the Hospital. Calderwood will be brought before the magistrate to-day.