INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 76, 29 March 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

' ' . Christchurch, Wednesday. A. lunacy c4se; the first Of its kind here, came before his Honor Mr Justice Johnston -A land a jury to-day. It was an, enquiry into :the..sauity or otherwise of William Arthur j Gray, an .inmate, of the Sunnyside Asylum, , who contends, despite medical testimony, that j heissane.y.The jury decided that he was j not fit to be at large, and it was agreed that he shouldrbe confined in a private asylum. . ' - New- Plymouth, Wednesday: \ The general- entries for the races closed ; last night as follows:-^ I Maiden Plate :-, Lamouri, Bertie; Mamma, Sir Walter, Opawa, Mountain King, Speculation, and Rangatira. - ""--i Taranaki Cup V Bide-a-wee, Opawa, Resolution, ;Bedouin, Elsa, Perfume, and Flora M'Donald. •' ■ ■ ; VLadies' purse : Sir Walter, Opawa, Flora M'Donald, Resolution, Bedouin, Elsa, Flora Queen of the Vale, and May Moon. . Railway Stakes : Bedouin, 13ide-a-wee, Mamma, Opawa, Elsa, Flora M'Donald, May Moon, Speculation, and Queen of the Vale. . A match for £200 between Bedouin (6 yrs) and Sir Walter (5 yrs) takes place on Saturday morning. .. r ' ' Dunedin, Wednesday. The Education Board has decided to appoint three teachers of music for the Dunedin Girls' Night School, one at £200 and two at £150 a year, the object being to reduce the cost 6f pupils. Thursday. Messrs Cargills' have received the following telegrani, dated London, 26th instant:— " Wool sales closed dull, without further change in price. The November advance is lost. Prices are as low as closiug sales of third series last year in August; superior classes only well maintained. General state of trade unsatisfactory. No confidence in future. Quantity withdrawn, 38,000 bales." Wellington, Thursday. Mr O'Shea reports produce prices as follows:—Adelaide flour, £18 to £18 10s; oats, 3s to 3s 6d; wheat, 3s to 3s 6d; hams, 8»d to to9d; bacon, 4d to 8»-d; maize, 5s to 5s 6d; pollard, £7 10s to £8; potatoes, £8; cheese. 6£dto7id. , . ' Grahamstown, Thursday. Half-a-ton of rich specimens were taken this morning from the Moanatiri mine. The single stamper has been going eight hours a day on specimens, and the result for three days was lodged in the Bank this morning. The amount was 5250 ounces. Auckland, Thursday. A man named Peter M'Grath has been committed for trial on a charge of having committed a brutal assault on his wife. The evidence disclosed the most inhuman treatment of a sober aud industrious woman by a drunken husband. At the City Council meeting the Mayor stated that advices had been received by the Bank of New Zealand that balance of city debentures had been sold in London at par. The amount of the Government subsidy payable to the city is £21 85.