INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 31, 5 February 1877, Page 2

INTERPRO VINCIAL.

Wellington, Sunday. About 11.3p last night the rain again came on very heavily, and poured in torrents all night; it has been raining all day without intermission. Unless the weather holds up soon and a strong wind sets in, the cricket match with the All England Eleven to-mor-row will be almost impossible. Monday. Contrary to expectation there was a heavy and continuous rain all last night, and this morning the cricket ground was very sloppy. It has been raining more or less all the morning, but it is intended to commence play at two o'clock, if it does not rain then, but now (noon) the weather is dark and lowering. Auckland, Saturday. Curtain sent for his sister on Thursday, and expressed a desire that after execution his body should be handed over to his friends for burial, instead of being interred in the gaol yard. A representation has been forwarded to the Governor by Mr Rees. About twenty-five bags of newspapers for New Zealand were destroyed in the railway accident on the Ohio line. The van containing them was burnt. No letters are missing. Gkahamstown, Saturday. A man named Rogers, alias Armstrong, was charged in the R.M. Court this morning with having about the 20th of March, 1868, murdered one William Matthers, alias Red Bill. The accused had been remanded from Wangarei,- where he had. given himself up to a constable as the murderer of Red Bill but subsequently he deuied the truth of the statement. Red Bill was found dead in a deserted shaft in Karakara about the time mentioned above, Prisoner (who appears to be eccentric, if not insane) was recognised by several persons in Court as having been a nongst the pioneers of the Thames goldfields. He is remanded. Dunedin, Saturday. The Fire Brigade Demonstration Committee reports— receipts,;£s4s; disbursements £501. The balance has been handed over to the Dunedin Brigade. ; Mr Murray, M.H.R., addressed his constituents at Milton last evening. About 100 were present, and a vote of thanks was passed. Mrs Scott-Siddons has been so successful here that she will stay another week. Monday. Messrs Cargills, Gibbs, and Co. have received the following telegram from Helmuth Schwartze, and Co., dated London, Jan. 31 — " Next series of wool sales will commence on 20th February. 250,000 bales are expected. Since close of last series market has been quiet, arid trade has continued flat. Transactions are very small. The Antweep market for River Plate wool is lower." The salary of the chairman of Vincent County Council has been fixed at £400. Mr Vincent Pyke has been hung in effigy opposite the Town Council Chamber at Clyde because he gave a deliberate vote for Cromwell and a casting vote for Clyde being the County town. The Dunedin Co-operative Tailors 1 Society have withdrawn several members from the establishment in consequence of wages being reduced 25 percent. The Schoolmasters' Association has been reorganised under the title of " The Educational Institute of Otago." It will admit no membership other than teachers. Blenheim, Monday. It. has been raining hard since Saturday morning, and is still doing so." Last night the Opawa rose higher than has ever been known and it is at least a foot over the plank- ; ing of the bridge. The northern embankment burst and the eastern end has since gone, the water carrying away Dodson's stables. The Taylor River is not up. The water is eight inches deep on the floor of i Penny's Hotel.