INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 84, 11 April 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

'*, ■> " ':.:, Wellixgton, Tuesdays Tenders for the extension of the Queen's w'larf aye advertised. -for. The plans have been submitted to several engineers and ap-p-oved of. The tenders are for widening the mam wharf and extension of the T. The work is estimated to cost fully £20,000.- ■ .■-.-• »- V"; Wednesday. ; The ship Northampton is at the Heads. ' The Wakatipu arrived late last night from Sydney, which she left on the sth instant. She brings Ceylon telegrams which did hot appear in the Australian paoers till the sth. (These will be found below).' The Hawea sailed for Neison and North at I p.m. Passengers : Messrs Hooper, Suiter, . Surman, and Anson. . < Onehunga, Wednesday. Sailed— Wellington, Passengers for Nelson: Miss Mills, Messrs Willson, Barnes, Hall, and Thompson. *-, . Auckland, Wednesday. John Pyke was charged by the husbaftd of Mrs M'Donald wit jr Stealing certain .goods, his ptoperfcy. The^case was peculiar. M'Dotf&ld married iiqSydney and his wife*, left Ijinr. She subsequently obtains iis, fQrgit^ness^rfnd they lived togethe^afc ;ti_e> Thames^; She again left him, taking -^ith her some goods, an<£ married a maa_;na_hed Pyke,<3*ho assisted hec to/remove the. .goods 1 , with tfiti;|e which hc.sitppfij_d himself;'; 'the' question-; ffopr p the jhry -.v^s whether, all jth&i wife's .property being the pfaferfcy.. pf her hUsbauiJ, Pyke was guilty of. larcenyi-in^-. moving. the same; V .; : - ! :•• C . }'■■ ,-; -Christchurch, jTue^day.:" : A boy, about fourteen yejirsYoldr. wjril& ccossipg. the.r iver Ashley 'pn Sjatiipday mstis \ eßher;-gofc off or fell from hte horser.oh f o ii sardspit, and the horse got away K Next, mornirg the~-boy was.found dead. Kis surmised-., he was afraid tojford the river, and died from exposure to the storm which pre*vailed; that night. ' . • ... ' The. following are the weights for the Haudicap Steeplechase:— Tommy Dodd, list 71bs; Mousetrap, list;! Don Juan, lOst'lOlbs; Eclipge,^lOst 71bs; Faugh-a-ballagh, lOsfc. ■ rr X Wanganui, WednCfa^ay. Fo_*tl_e Grand National Handicap," of 150 soys, second horse _!sTlovs out of stake, two guinea nomination, and five for acceptors. The nominations close on May Ist, acceptances May 14th. Grahajistown, Wednesday, 'irdanatairis" closed otf 'Chlttige tasf Bright" ■ -at (sellers). £1,2^05. The stone pq-jv .breaking 'down/is riot-SO'Tich. Thefirid in 'the Piako' mine is improving; — ' i ■ n; r■* -• j Dunedin^ -Wednesday.! j- ? The; directors of the Union Company have 'reduced Ciptain' Andrew to the' rjthk of chief officer iv their employ, and Captain Griffiths of the Beautiful Star has assumed:: epmenand of 'the'Tai-an-tki. ,-: _•*., . ' . :