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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 72, 24 March 1877, Page 2

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. Wellington, Saturday. At the nomination to-day, Mr Travers "and Mr Hutchison were the only candidates proposed. The Returning Officer declared the show of hands in favor of Mr Hutchison.The number of electors present was larger than usual. m_ -r. _. Christchurch, Friday. . The Rifle Association prize firing is fixed for Easter Monday and Tuesday. Liberal prizes are offered. Produce quotations:— Milling wheat, 4s to ss; oats, 2s to 2s 3d; barley, 3s to 4s 6d; cheese, Gd; butter, lid; flour (iv sacks), £15; bran, £4; sharps, £5. Trade dull. Grahamstown, Friday. Some natives of Ohinem'uri, who went up the river a short distance from the pah, had shots fired at them by the Aroba natives. The Moanatiri mine was visited by 150 persons to-day, this being visiting clay for the public. Shares, have receded' slightly, being quoted to-day. at from £15.^15s to £21 10s, and the closing-price at £19 :10s. Auckland, Friday. Mr Buckland reports.-— Beef, 24s to 25s 1 per-lOOlbs; mutton, 2d to" 2£d; Adelaide flour, £18; Southern, £16 10s to £17; sharps, £8 10s; bran, • £6; maize, 4s Gd to 4s 9d; jams (lib tins),-8d; bacon (in cloth), ll^d; potatoes, £4 10s; oats,3s to 3s 6d. . The late departure of the. mail steamer from 'Frisco irdue to the changef rom fast to slow; Atlantic boats, and ithe mail is not expected here till Tuesday next. i " ' The Charybdis returned from Samoa yesterday, with a 1 "cargo of oranges. "X Captain Dunlop is.a passenger by her. He went: to Samoa in the cutter Vincent; ' and as he had no certificate he signed articles here in January last as boatswains-mate. A master mariner named Hays went .as commander,' but left the ves:el in Rangitoto channel, Dunlop then took command :<jf heir, and at Apia he was Arrested by the Consul, and fined £50 for not having a certificate; also £5 : for not keeping a log. Not paying the', fine he was serit'here as a prisoner, and the schooner Vincent sent back in command of Labaltza. The -authorities here think the Consul exceeded his duty,' aud decline to' proceed further. M' Arthur and Co, have got their cargo returned on hand through this action of the Consul. Shares:— Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £17 153; National, 655 ; Colonial, 37s 6d; New Zealand Insurance, 19s 6d. Sellers: South British, 80s; Moanatiri, £19 10s. ..-■'• . Oamaru, Friday. About a fortnight ago some men saw a man walking about ou one of the islands in Waitaka, and.gave information to the police. Constables were sent both from here and Waimata, but they could not find the man. Nothing more was heard of the matter till Tuesday last, when two men discovered the dead body of a man lying on ah island just below where the man had been seen previously. Yesterday morning the constable sent out'found the body lying near the water. It was the corpse of a man of middle size, with davk tweed trowsers, and elastic-side boots; he wore a singlet, which was drawn up from the body" and enveloped the ' head. Tbe. body was much decomposed, and the face so decayed as to be unrecognisable. It would appear deceased tried to swim from the island and was drowned, and the body washed up where it was fouud. As to how he came on the island first it is not known, but it is conjectured he tried to cross the river in a moki, and being unable to cross managed to reach the island. After careful enquiry it cannot be found" that anyone is missing from any of tbe stations or any place in the neighborhood. • ■