INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 5, 5 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Thursday. <Owing to the serious indisposition of Lady Gormen by, his Excellency's intended visit! *o the .-South has been indefinitely postponed, i The Hen, Mr Richardson, this afternoon, resigned hia seat in the Executive and portfolio as Minister of Public Works. Mr D. IReid has been sworn jn as a member of the The distribution of portfolios ns not finally arranged. The first meeting of the County Councils was held at noon to-day. In the majority of I instaeces the business was purely formal such asthe election of chairman and secretary' The consideration of adopting the whole Act,' •or only a portion, has been adjourned in aiearly^every -case. . . » the. Supreme Court this morning , McCana, anMderly maa, convicted of rane :<oaa young pi, was sentenced to twelve fl^JflX la -°n ? D ? '^ w^PPings of thirty iwhes each. . Coleman -was convicted of an

Mr O'Shea; reports produce prices as follows:—■Flouri.. receding; Adelaide, £16 10s '*° £ } 6 16s. At auction yesterday for Messrs Collins, flour was withdrawn at £14 10a. Oats, Tartarian, 2s 7d to 2s 10d; milling, 3s ; bran, lOd to Is; pollard, 8d; bacon and hams, Bdto 9d; cheese, 9d; potatoes, £4; maize, 4s 3d. ChristchTurch, Friday. The Ashley and Geraldine County Councils have resolved not to bring the permissive portions of the Counties Act into force. The remainder of the Councils deferred the consideration of the matter until their next meeting. The volunteers here are complaining loudly of their inability to get ammunition from Wellington. Rifle shooting is almost at a standstill. Dunedin, Friday. In the share market Colonial Bank shares fetch 34s to 255; National Insurance, 25s to 25s 6d; Standard, 13s 6d to 14s ; South British, £3 8s; Bank of New Zealand, £19; National Bank, 68s. The grain market has been exceedingly quiet during the holidays. Wheat is out of the market, and quotations are nominal. Oats meet with moderate demand, at 2s 2d to 2s 3d for good to fine, up to 2s4dfor milling; barley for feeding and milling purposes is in improved request at 2s 9d to 3s 2d; malting, nominal, 4s, but almost unsaleable. Timaru, Friday. : The Geraldine County Council have elected Mr Postlethwaite, J.P., Chairman, and ha^e decided not to bring the Act [into force. The South Canterbury Acclimatisation Societyhave resolved to liberate 5000 American salmon in the River Opiehi. ' - Auckland, Thursday. Thomas Capper, for uttering a forged order for £5, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. Francis Lynch, charged with appearing at Coromandel as a voter and falsely answering to the name of W. Wright, of Wangapoua, pleaded ignorance and having done so at the suggestion of another, bnt was sentenced to nine" months' imprisonment. "Dr. J. G: Smith has been sent to. the Quarantine Station. The value of imports for the quarter ending December is £234,251; exports for the same period, £206,140. A fire "on the New North Road to-day, destroyed the house of a settler named Clarke. The house was insured in the Norwich Union for £100. The New Zealand Shipping Company have presented a Cup, of the value of £20, to the Auckland Regatta. At the Supreme Court, Mary Ann Cane, pleaded guilty to the concealment of birth. Judge Gillies commiserated her unhappy condition, and regretted he could not punish her seducer. She was sentenced to twelve | months' imprisonment. Mr Wareham, of the Waste Lands Department, appeared to answer to a charge of contempt of Court, in writing a letter to Judge Gillies concerning the case of a prisoner named Draper. Wareham pleaded ignorance. The Judge severely admon/shed Mm and he was discharged.