INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 77, 3 April 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

'■A Auokland, Monday. Arrived: City of Sydney, ixorh Kandavau, at 7-40 a.m., with the San Francisco mail. She arrived at HonoluluW'the 1 2th, and while iv harbor the low-pressure engine was ; disabled, which caused her detention until the 14th to euable it to be repaired; she then came on under one engine at high pressure, and averaged nine knots. The steamer is not the same vessel as was sighted at the Bay ..of Islands yesterday. Passengers per City of Sydney: Mrs Hobsden, Messrs Swarbuck (2) and Macfarlane, io in steerage, and 58 for Sydney. The steamer leaves at 9 o'clock to-mght for Sydney, where she will be repaired. ■-,:.. ...... .... ...., The Taranaki left for South with the San Francisco mail to-day. Tuesday. Passengers for Nelson per Taranaki — Messrs M'Bride, Johnson,. .Young, Bycroft, ana Larkins. ~ -';■.. "•- A' Wellington, Monday. cFtie New Zealand Loan 'and Mercantile: Agpncy report,, under dateliondon, March 27:—" Wool market unchanged. Sales closed;: at^an averagb decline of 2d to 3d. 215,000. bales were solg^OOO held over, and 125,000* tagen for export.' The next sales^commence. on the Bth of May.- The' tallow market is r quiet; atthe public sales 2200 casks Austra-" lasian realised 39s to 41s. Wheat: Adelaide" 565; ifew Zealand 54s for ! .'496lbsT Leather, matket flat; 50Q, 'side's Australasian were SOldsince lhst" report; best sides, lid. ; | ':■'_. -The ! following ( is the official report bf the' voyage Of the City Sydney to and from San Francisco:— "Left Auckland; on the 17th January, and . arrived at Kandavau on:. the 2?nd, andat Honolulu on Ist February at midnight;' sailed. on the 2nd, 'and arrived"' ai: San Francisco on the 10th February, landed" mails at 10-30, pm-.;. and despatched them East by the Sunday: train on the i ith. The hreafongof the connecting "link iof the a.r- : pump between Auckland, and Kandavau:: 'caused a delay of about ten : hburs, and strong' head winds with cross sweli characterised the whole of the' passage. .Regarding small--pox at San Francisco, hopes are entertained that it is abottir to die out: total cases since" the outbreak, 1500; average mortality, 25 per cent; 16 cases for the last week were reported, and 18 the previous week. The mails arrived from the East on March 3rd, and were received on board the City of Syd-hey:"iit-TO-30 p.m., sailed at 1 1 -p.m., and arrivediat Honolulu, on the 12th, after a de-tentio-rof nine hours on the 10th, caused by a hot journal. While at Honolulu wharf, the bolt holding the low-pressure piston-rod. upiwhiie,, it w^s disconnected for. e__ap_ina_idn, ' broke,' and let it go with-a run/ .cracking! the ; piston. As soon as the extent of, the damage : could be ascertained, a survey was held by three scientific, engineers, and a decision given that the ship should proceed to Sydney . the one small high-pressure engine. Chief Engineer 6'Hara completed the whole of, the very complicated alterations necessary, without assistance from shore, in 20 hours; and the vessel sailed on the 14th arrived at Kandavau on the 28th and reached Auckland this morning. Notwithstanding the accident to the machinery, the vessel has cope 4000 miles under a single high-pressure , engine at an average speed of 9| knots. The City of New York arrived at and sailed from Kandalvau on the 19th March. J - : •' : •-•'-' ! • Tuesday. The Post Office authorities are endeavoring to make arrangements for a supplementary miil by the Hawea, leaving Port Chalmers on Sunday, meeting the Hinemoa. at Wellington on Tuesday, and arriving at 'Manukau onj Thursday, to which date the out-going steamer will be detained. This will admit, of replies being sent frohi Dunedin northwards. Bluff, Monday. The Arawata left Melbourne on March 28, i/experienced light south-west winds and fine -weather, and arrived at the. Bluff to-day after a smart run of four days and six hours. She brings 400 tons cargo and 17 saloon and 20 steerage passengers for all ports. Passengers for Nelson: Mr Tain and two in steerage. _ Christchurch, Monday. f There, are sixteen cases down oh the' Supreme Court criminal calendar, including three for embezzlement, three for forgery, three for arson, and one for housebreaking." A fire last night, caused by the explosion of a paraffine lamp, destroyed two seven-roomed Rouses and damaged another. The total loss -is estimated at £1550, and the fallowing .. are the insurances:— New Zealand, £400; Sonth British, £200; National £400. - : iThe^fire originated in the house of Rabbi ,Zachariah, Hebrevr Minister, who loses a lot of valuable Hebrew works, "which it is almost' impossible to replace. " - - '- - Dunedin, Monday. ( The Dunedin Jockey Club on Saturday, disqualified a bookmaker named Coleman f ronv appearingon the Dunedin course, or being interested in any horse run at the Club's meeting, the reason assigned being for unfair practices. :•:•__•_: vv. v.' ; Grahamstown, Monday. Another retorting for the Moanatiri on Saturday night gave 5177 ounces, making a total for the week's yield of 10,427 ounces.