INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 88, 16 April 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Tatjranga, Monday. Sergeant Mathias of the Armed Constabulary force, shot himself through the head with a revolver at 10 o'clock this morning. He was heavily in debt to storekeepers in the t«wn, and had received Wo or three summonses. He#as in charge- of the Government stores. leaves a widow and family; |i;; ; Wellington, Saturday. r - ""Considerable•■•dissatisfaction has been ex;_ pressed by thfejresidents of f jjj)per Hutt an 4; neighborhood"- at certain alterations in the railway fime talile.S They f -say that the raiU ;; Avay woulii pay if properly 'managed, but it ii. not, and sawmill proprietors-and-suppliers of' firewood.'; senji "wood and tiniber.?to town on"-' drays! asJbeijig; cheaper than bjr rail. > A deputation was appointed! to wait upon the Miuisjter : pf jPublic: Works and represent tp,. him the riews of the jneeti&gi '-..■ j V ' . : '", „ ' '.. Rivßutpx, Saturday. -;:' ,"-The .valuajipn -rolls far.. the;' County of' Wallace;;are. nearly completed, arid tit is" expeqtecT that, the total annual virtue 'of 'pro- • perty within the County; will ..be £2^000.. The Chairman's salary is to be .£250, and not JO astele^raphed by mistake/ ' CHRisTCHURCH,"Saturday. At a meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Cl'i'j to-day, a resolution was passed approving of the action of the- stewards of the Nori h Otago races in disqualifying Fishhook, and it was decided to write to the stewards asking why the rider of . Fishhook was not also disqualified. Sir Cracroft Wilson gave notice of motion to the effect' that Fishhook, his owner, and rider be disqualified from, racing on any course where the C. J.C. rules were in force. The meeting also confirmed the action of the Dunedin Jockey Club in reference" to JrColeman. • - -•- -—.-.-, - . L I t •i vn Ponep;n, Saturday. „^ The "following- nominations' fob ttie'sDuhedin ' ,races on the Queen's Birthday were made at the Empire Hotel .last. t night: — \ . jHuslje ftace^Banjo, Ec'ipse,] Kilflare,'K Bucephalusj.r J36taweU, : Camelia, I r Totafny :! Dpdd. . . . , ; c Birthday Handicp Rob Roy, ; - S '.Cljoth of -001(1, Dead Heat," Eqlipse, Fishhook, .Tidmor; Rose of Denmark, King" Phillip, •Ef,fin Kin& Tommy Doda. frwia^smen's Hamdifiap— M^fng. 'Beauty, [ Haphazard, Miss. Mill?, Rob., Roy, .Comet, ; :Clotb of "Gold, Dead Heat, Fishhook, Dolly Vardeo,,. Sir, William, Tadraor, Rose of : Den\mark, El fin King, Tommy Dpd^. ' .Trotting Race —Nineteen entries. r •?• i •*' ■ ' .■.■--. ; y[\ Monday. I ■ A Skating Company,- with a capital of ,£2OOO, is. about, to be floated. iu.Dunedin. .. .'', jThe i probable income of the City Corporation t: for' the ensuing year' is '£7240> ! £3000 ' being the unexpended portion of a loa,n.- • :. • jTwo cottages were burned down at.Cavers- . ham yesterday the property or John Teger, and occupied by W. R.,. James, and Mrs Lucas. James' loss is £150; lie, was insured in the Victoria Insurance office for £70. Mrs Lucas' loss is £500, insured in the New Zealand office for £300." Tege,r loses £450, .insured in the New Zealand office -for £200. Oh' Saturday the Supreme Court granted a rule calling upon Joseph Mackay to show cause why. he should not be committed for contempt of Court for ignoring the proceedings .being taken in connection with his - bankiruptby in the Supreme Court. ' j „';. . . . Auckland, Saturday. ' 'Mqanatiris sold for £9 to £10; but closed (buj'ets'J at. £9. There has been no large ainquftt of,' specimens knocked out of the ; Mb^pAtin for the last few days. : ' .„',{'*,', .:'■'". >' ' iiYTTELTox,, Monday, J- ; .PoKley and .Bramhall, who left liere byfthe' <R|ii!rarooma for Melbourne, "were presented' with a purse containing fifty guiueas, subscribed by a few friends. Pooley was also presented with a gold ring. ■' - • '■ • » j^rr^yod:^the ,N.Z;. Company/s new - Opawa, (Japtain^Milnnes, from London, with a ilargeyomplement of passengera. She left the Start on January 22nd.