INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 92, 20 April 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

.' V ;•* V . Christchukch, Friday. 7 MrVW. Rollesfrou,' *M.H:R ? for the* Avdff ' district, addressed his constituents last pight.X After briefly reviewing the -past sessitfn, he proceeded to refer to the Ministry, and said tbat one of the greatest evils of late years had been that the Ministers wandered about the colony, and had thus been made responsible for the acts of any ode of its members*: ' which led to serious troubles and difficulties. The Ministry was unhappily constituted, as members of the House elected -to oppose the Ministry had joined it, and now it represented every kind of principle. The colony had been badly treated by its public men changing their opinions after their election. The run question had been unfairly made a politicalmatter, whereas it was purely local. His opinion was that the tenure of pastoral tenants was merely one for grazing, and the State was bound to get the utmost value for lhe laud, but not to do rtmtat the expense of shutting the country up in-any way. If they .Vent in for] ;an extreme rental they were -bound to g^eJthe extremeprice of tenure o). With regard*. -go the Govejninent proposalsjbf .deferred payments for land, he thoughtjfe would not b:e_»dvisable tb' adopt it generally, * but bolierdd the Government would do wisely " in conhection with the;immigration system • .to set apart . blocks of Jand for the purpose of settlement on the system of. deferred paynients*. Ifcwouldbe weijlto adopt a -village system, sniiilar to what ..was "formerly pro- •" po-jedtby Mr Stafford. !.As tdlthe jland f und . he ! did: not-beli&ve the agreement jregarding ' the compact of r 1856 was anything -likiiao strong.-: as that pf the old Wakefield-gyst'em. ; Ther_.'ghoflld' be an appropriation of af l__st ■ • part of the land to'the locality where- it • '■'. was raised/ "** - . -• ;-; ..-* ' r ■•■ . - Lyttelton, Thursday*. „ The: schooner -^Reward} Captain DitnSer, ' : trading* between here aud Lfe-'Bou's Bay;, is l missing. SKe left here £oj: thafc**bay on April i 4th, was list-seen on the 7th driving off the j. land, and -is supposed to [have been lost in the „ .gale that night. -•-•* ;- PS Auckland, Thursday. | Nominations for the; Birthday Handica, j and Auckland Handicap close to-morrow and for the Handicap Steeplechase at the Autumn Meeting on the 20th. The jury on the Parnell poisoning case returned an open verdict. There is great dissatisfaction at the result, as witnesses exposedthe husband and provtd he had.treated bis wif e' ; cruelly, calling her opprobrious names. The City Council, carried a motion to-~g_ve the Bank of New Zealand twelve months notice of their intention to terminate the agreement, so as to'en'able the Couuctf to remove the account if desirable, i -. 1 •-••■*- Friday', l j The Australia .with the San Francisco mail I : arrived this ; morning, having. made the quickiest passage on record,' namely; -22 days 9 j hours. She left San Francisco one day late, i and made the voyage in three days under the ■contract time. She left Auckland on February 15th, arriving at i San Frkhcisco on March Bth at midnight, the actual steaming I having been 21 days_ : hour£ : - She 'left* San Francisco on March 28th at midnight, the actual steaming to Auckland;.being ; 21 days 4 hours. She called at JKonqlulu and Kaudavau. Passengers for New Zealand : —Messrs j James, Lorrington, Thomas*, Eastbb; Dodd, 1 and the : original iGeorgia.Ministrels; ; : Wellincton,. Friday. Mr O'Shea .reports produce prices as foi-' ; low:— Flour, £15 for best* Oamaru brands; * oats, 3s 3d-, Bran, 10*dJ*.o Is; hams;, scarce, '9d to 10£ d; haccin, inferior, 4d; cheese, 7§d to 8d; potatoes, £3 15s to „4; maize, ss; , pollard, £7 10s. : Timaru, Friday. -The barque Isabella "Ridley came ashore ' yesterdsiy. She . crushed her lower timbers , on the rocks, and threatened* *- to capsize at first but is now- standing stiflly; the sea i 3 nofc . doingmuch harm. The cretv aTe all landed safely.* It was a beautifully calm.'day, bufc there-was a tremenduous sea, which-was increasing during the night. • The schooner Rose Anna has drifted into Caroline Bay, and is now in great danger. The French barque Yvoune is laboring heavily, the Schooners Annie Bow, Young Dick, and Onward;.atfd the brig Mary King art riding well ' fco their anchors though much strained... ■ ■■ '. x. , : i* a t er . : Last night the mate, and sailors of the Isabella Ridley tried to get .off .to Xhe wreck to save- their audi ..one -• man was drowued,' and, several others yrere only sxived ' by the police arresting them. The mate and I one t of the seamen jvere brpught before jMr i Wakefield, J.P.,. this morning, and discharged ' with a severe caution. The barque broke up ' during the night. '- The sea has abated*.'