INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 40, 15 February 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Wednesday. Mr E. Pearee M.H.R., resigns hia seat for the city and leaves for England by the March mail. The following are the principal amounts won and paid over in connection with the recent race meeting: -Mr Redwood, £375; Mr .Ray, £237; Mr Gilligau, £140; Mr Durie, £101; Mr Walker, £100; Mr Brown, £80; Mr Eraser, £70. Total £1147. Ifc was agreed that the amount of next years's Cup money should be £500. There were twentyfive and twenty-two nominations received resn-csvelj£ for the Wellington Derbies of 1878-79. Thursday. The Hinemoa has lef t for Nelson with the prize firers and others, about eighty in all. About twenty^ more, will . be picked up at JNelson. :-- '- S.^_*__Ui_ *-'..''<'• ]. ■ ,_,.-',■. ..".:*.>. . : >. • y.ii-yy&kjk'.. ;.--7-T. .. - -

Dunedin, Wednesday The following is the present state of the betting for tbe Dnnedin Cup:— 9 toi against Punga (tk); 9 to 1 against King Phillip(off); 10 to 1 against Fishhook (tk); 10 to 1 against Templeton (off); II to I agaiust Dead Heat (tk); 100 to 0 against Cloth of Gold (off); 100 to 8 against Elfin King (tk); 100 to8 v against Fallacy (off) ; 100 to 8 against Middleton (tk); 100 to 8 against Hippocampus (off); .100 to 6 against Dan. bury (off); 100 to 6 against Amanda (off); 100 to 5 against Stormbird (off); 100 to against Rob Roy (off); 100 to 3 against Guy Fawkes (tk). Westport, Wednesday. At the public meeting last night re the troublesome colliery reserve question, the Go*, ernment by. their agent, Mr Thomas Mackay, offered a seven years' lease from the lst January 1876. The occupants indignantly refused the acceptance of less than fourteen years, and serious trouble is likely to arise unless concessons are made. . . AuoKLAND/jWednesday. In the case of Shera v. M< Arthur and Co., tbe plaintiff accepted £600. Since the Suwarrow embrdglio, Sterndale has been preparing to fit out a vessel for the Island, where treasures are reported to have • been concealed by the Spaniards. A few days ago, W. J. Hunt, formerly a sharebroker, and latterly of Napier, entered into negotiations for the schooner Canterbury on behalf of himself, Sterndale, Hill, Wilson, Mair, and others, with the object of fitting out an expedition to seize Suwarrow. The vessel has taken in stores and is ready to clear at the Customs. Hunt allows a portion of the purchase money to remain on mortgage: A disagreement arose about the insurance. To-day Hunt went to the lawyer's office to see the deeds of the vessel, and pocketed them; the clerk pursued him, when a fight ensued, and Hunt was given into custody. . Information will probably belaid against him. All the purchase money had been paid, but the lawyer held the deeds till tbe insurance was obtained, as a guarantee for, the mortgagee, lt is understood that Messrs Henderson and Macfarane are preparing another expedition to hold Suwarrow. A fight is imminent. Last evening the St. Matthew's parishioners decided against erecting a stained glass window in the church, because the window represented a crucifix. : - Two. Mormon prophets unsuccessf ul here, left per Rotorua for Sydney A resolution passed at the Harbor Board meeting to-day, had the effect of rescinding a former decision re deepening dock. Notice of motion given for next meeting: To deepen the dock sill 3ft. At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board to-day, it was decided to accede to the request of Mr Mr Broomhail for any surplus available land at Te Aroha. The report re Vesey Stewart's Kali Kati Settlement, showed that seventeen out of the forty-two families failed to fulfi 1 the contract. Stewart requested 10,000 acres more at 15s. The Board decided not sell under £1 per acre. Be petition from the Thames for 10,000 acres for special settlement, the Board urges the Chief Commissioner to bring the matter under the notice of the Government. . Later: The case of Hunt for seizing the deeds of ,the schooner Canterbury, has been settled by Hunt apologizing. There is nothing now to impede the cruise. , A paragraph in the Sydney H.rald says: On the outside of an envelope received by the City of New York, were the words, •■* Mr and Mrs H. H. Hall killed at Wratten, just before steamer left." The paragraph says probably they were killed at the Ashtabaula railway accident. ... » Riverton, Thnrsday. The steamer Halcyon was 'wrecked at Mousey Island, near Orepuke, at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The passengers and crew were saved. The steamer had been to Orepuke, and was about to start for Centre Island with Boyd, contractor for a lighthouse to be erected there, when in endeavoring to put her off the* engines refused to work. The vessel is expected to become a total wreck.