INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 43, 19 February 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Sunday. Arived— Hurunui, Captain Adams, from London; all well. She had a fine passage of 89 days, and brings 170 immigrants and 9 saloon passengers. Two deaths and four births occurred on the voyage. Monday. The negotiations between tbis Government, that of Sydney, and the Pacific Mail Company have been concluded on the following basis:— The Company agrees to take a subsidy of £72,500, of which Sydney pays £40,000 contingent on the ratification of the agreement by Parliament, and the New Zealand Government £32,500. The steamer is to call at Auckland and, optionally with tha Company, at Honolulu, not at Fiji. By this route the New Zealand mails will be delivered about two days earlier than under the former contract. They are to be distributed from and taken to Auckland at the expense of our Government. The service is to commence immediately. No more of the Company's steamers will go down the Coast. Christchurch, Monday. Maurice Jardine offered to bet the Davenport Brothers £50 that he could do the cabinet trick, or could tie the brothers so that they could not get loose, but the. challenge was not accepted. Ltttelton, Saturday. Arrived— Ship Wiltshire, from London. She left Gravesend on November 12, and cleared the Lizard on the 15th; crossed the Equator on December 18, had moderate westerly winds , and made the Snares on Bth February, being 85 days from land to land. She brings 282 immigrants, all well. One death took place during the voyage — that of a married woman named Elzabeth Beck, aged 30, from blood poisoning. She is -under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, and brings a large quantity of cargo. She spoke the barque Hopeful last night, from London to Lyttelton, Auckland; Saturday. At the . theatre last night Miss Kenna entering with her friends was refused admittance, not having obtained an order. She considered herself insulted, and went on the stage aud insisted on her husband, Malder, ceasing playing. He left, but Emmett finished the play. To-night, in consequence of the imbroglio, the performance had to be changed. The Railway Commission is holding a preliminary meeting. The Press will be admitted only during the examination of witnesses. The Canterbury has sailed without Sterndale. Among the passengers is Captain Sherwood, wh) commanded a Confederate steamer during the Americau war. Mr Passraore was examined by the Railway Commissiou to-day, relative to time table and fares. Sailed — Belle Brandon, for Suwai-row. HoiUTiKA, Monday. The Colonial Prize Firing commenced at 6 am. The first was the Carbine Match, at 400 and 500 yards. The highest scores were: Littlewood (Tauranga), 28 and 25,' total 53; Sykes (Thames), 24 and 24, total 48; McLean (Waiuku), 25 and 21, total 46; Cummings (Wanganui), 26 and 17 total 43; Hill, 22 and 20, 42; Letters 21 and 20, 41; Fox (Canterbury) 20 and 20, 40; Muir (Dunedin Artillery) 25 and 15, 40; Rutheriord (Waikato) 18 and 21, 39; Peake (Dunedin) 21 and 18, 39. First Matcii for Volunteers armed with Snider rifles.— This commenced at 10 a.m., aud the first two ranges are just finished, the highest scores being— Paynter (Nelson), 53; Partington (Auckland), 51;- Keefe (Tauranga), 50; Campbell (A. C), 48; Harding (Oamaru) 48; Perring (Christchurch), 48.