INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 62, 13 March 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Christchurch, Monday. : At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day Pooley, one of the All-England Eleven, was fined £5 and costs for an. 'assault on Mr Donkin. The case against Pooley and Brah> : hall, for maliciously destroying Mr Donkin's property then came on, (he result being that Pooley and Bramhall were committed for trial at the rext sittings of the Supreme Court at Christchurch for wilfully destroying tbe personal property of Ralph Donkin. Bail was allowed, each in his own recognizance of £200 aud to find two sureties in £100 each. Port Chalmers, Monday. Sailed— Taupo, for Lyttleton, at 1-35 p\m,, with Suez mail. Passengers for Nelson—. Mrs Thompson, Miss Powell, Messrs Foxon and Watson. New Plymouth, Tuesday. Mr Richard Chilman, late Collector of Customs, died last night. Wellington, Tuesday. A. round robin has been signed by all the merchants, shippers, and carters, urging upon the Mayor the necessity for dismissing Reeves, the present wharfinger, for ; incompetence and gross mismanagement. ' Dunedin, Tuesday. The half-yearly meeting of the Standard Insurance Company was held yesterday. The report submitted showed that although the amount paid for losses during the halfyear had been considerable, the business of the Company had largely increased. I. '.was resolved in order to increase the' capital to a l , low the dividend available to be carried to capital accouut. Some discontent was expressed at the system of distributing bonuses to insurers, and limiting the dividend to shareholders to ten' per cent, but it was not considered desirable to alter the arrangement for the present.