INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 141, 16 June 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Christchurch, Friday. The grain market is very active. /Owing to the scarcity of good milling wheat and oats, millers have advanced flour and oaS. n--al £1 and £2 respectively. Best' milling wheat, 6s 6d to 7s ; flour, £17 to £18pbran, £4| 10s; sharps, £5 10s; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; oatmeal, £18 in 251b bags;, potatoes, £3; cheese, 7d; bacon, 8d in cloth. .'Barley dull. _„ . . '.Dunedin, Friday. Wheat is in good demand; milling, good, 7s; chick, good, 6s 6d to 6s 9d; inferior, 5s to 6s. Barley, 2s 6d to 4s; oats, 3s 6d to 3s 7_d. ' Mr Bradshaw reports o£ the share market as follows:— Bank of New Zealand, £20 17a 6d ; Colonial Bank, £2 3s to £2 4s; New Zealand Insurance, £5; National, £1 12s; Standard, 17s; New Zealand Shipping Company, £3 17s. Wanganui, Saturday. The natives have turned back a partv of Government surveyors on :a block'of native land at Murimotu,and taken'away their chains and instruments, and struck the tents. The. surveyors are now on. their way. back to Wanganui. , Auckland, Friday. '. The schooner Coronet brought machinery ' for the new copra oil mill. Some of the principal merchants have formed an association to work the venture. A case of typhoid fever occurred to Mrs Crow, in Hobsori-street. Precautionary measures have been adopted. Onehunga residents .have abandoned the proposal to form aa Artillery Corps, Dr Pollen stating that there are no guns avail- i able. The residents proposed a Volunteer Engineer Corps. The Auckland Fire Brigade and the City'. Council have held a consultation .with the Insurance Agents re reduction of insurance, rates in view of the -increased water supply. Mr Pierce, Manager of the New Zealand' Company, said that before reducing the rates the Borough must increase facilities, for suppressing fires in the shape of hose and hydrants at convenient points, and also reels and 1000 feet hose. The Mayor 'said the> Council desired to co-operate on condition that the original understanding be carried out, ard that all expenses and outlay up to £700 be jointly paid by the Council and the Insurance Companies. The Mayor promised, if necessary, to telegraph for 1000 feet of hose. ■ Saturday. . The Zealandia arrived this morning with the English and American mails. She left San Francisco on the 23rd of May. Passengers for New Zealand : Messrs 11. A. Duffe, Graham, C. H. Lenaner, O'Neill, and Allen, Mrs Murdoch, and 9 iu the steerage. Mr Buckland quotes beef at 23s to 28s per lOOlbs; mutton, 3d per lb;. Bank of New Zealand shares, buyers, £21 15s ; Colonial, 43s 6d; Thames Gas, 31s; South British; 95s 6d to 97s 6d; National Insurance, 30s 6d; New Zealand Insurance, buyers- 102s 6d, sellers 105s; Alburnia, sellers, 695; Waitekauri,l6s 6d; Moanatiri, sellers, £9; Union Beach, 255; Kurunui Hill, buyers 265, sellers 26s 6d. i ■ . i : Wellington, . Saturday. The certificate of ,Captain Bonner,^ of the steamer Tui, has been suspended for six months, and he is ordered to pay all costs. The charge of drunkenness was not .proved, but he was found guilty of gross misconduct in taking the Manawatu bar when signalled not to do so, and for steaming round the Napier, and thereby causing the collision with her. Bluff, Saturday. ... Tho Tararua arrived at 8. o'clock this morning. She left Melbourne on the Bth, and Hobarton on the 11th inst., and experienced fine weather throughout. She brings 16 saloon and 40 steerage passengers, and 370 tons of cargo for all ports/ Passenger for Nelson, Mr Lockley.