INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 159, 7 July 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Friday. Sailed— .Hinemoa, with the Hon. Dr. Pollen anii.Mr Whitaker!; The New Zealand Herald proprietary are about building additional extensive premises in Wyndham-street, adjoining the. present building. The price "of the ground, '_S3OOO, is considered unusually high for the quantity The Improvement Committee propose to run a new street, through Chancery-lane, and demolish the hovels now standing in a portion of the thoroughfare. There were 13 deaths in June against 17 zii June last year. Mr Buckland quotes fat cattle at 27s to 30s; fat sheep, 2|d to 3d. Mr Binney quotes best flour at £22, and Southern, £20; sharps, £8 10 3 ; bran, £6; maize, ss; oats, 3s 9d to 4s; potatoes, £4; butter, lOd; cheese, Sd; bacon and hams, 8d to.lGd. - ■ ■••-'- Share Market.- Bank of New Zealand, buyers £22, sellers, £22 10s; National, 71s ; Colonial, 46s 6d; National Insurance,"32s sellers 33s 6d; New Zealand, buyers 102s 6d, sellers 105s; Caledonian, double shares, ' £5 • Moanatiri, £8 ss; Waitekuri, buyers 12s 6d, sellers 15s ; Alburnia, 60s; Union Beach, 22s 6d; Tokatea, sillers 13s. • : New Plymouth, Friday. At Mr Courtney's sales the bidding was dull. Eighteen months steers, £4; store cowa, £5 to €6 10s; three year old steers, £5 to £6 is 6d; dairy cows, just calved; £8 15s to £9 12s 6d; calves, £1 17s 8d to £2 los; Hawera fat sheep, 13s 9d. • 7 Napier, Friday. At a meeting of the creditors of R. &.. Maney, sheep farmer, eta, an arrangement was assented to by. the great majority of the creditors to take 5s in ~the~ pound, in three six, nine-snd twelve months, The iota! liabilities are" stated at £115,000, of which the Bank of Australasia has £98,000 secured. There are also private creditors secured to the extent of_£9ooo._ _. _, 7.- Wellington, Fridav; \Xhe Gazette notifies that James Richard Barltrop has. pas_s.ed. his junior examination before the Civil Service Examination Board. He was the only Nelson ..candidate who •passed out oft webiy-severi. " vV " ' ' ! Saturday. . Ihe N. Z. Times this morning says that a nurabfr of . gentlemen have been named in the OtagoDaity, Times as about tb be called to seats in the Legislative Council, but we I have very good reasons for stating and be- [■ lieving that no further additions to the roll of Legislative Councillors beyond that of , Sir F. Dillon Bell will be made during the I present year. [ The Government has received a telegram , from the Agent-General, dated July sth, i which reports that the Waimate, the first I immigrant ship of this season, has left L'on- | don with 405 immigrants for Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim, and West Coast." mu . 1-35 p.m. The football match between the Nelson and Wellington Colleges is proceeding, the weather being pretty favorable though dull, and the ground damp. The Football match is postponed till! after three, and is not expected to be finished till after five, as the ground was found to be rather so soft. The jgame will' consist of four heats, 20 minutes each, with a rest in the intervals. / j The Murray leaves at 11 p.m. Passengers: Mrs Hare and two children, Messrs JRichaqisoh, Nicholls, Monro, Anderson! Clou3ton, and 15 football team. Christchurch, Friday. The butchers of Christchurch have established a midwinter show of meat in place of the Christina, display, when the leather is too hot. The first show took place to-day, and some magnificent lots were exhibited. The first prize was taken by Hopkins; Lane, second ; Maine, third. The Chairmaii of the Civil Service Compensation Committee has written to the pppers, stating that the claims of the retired civil servants in this province to compensation have now been nearly all satisfied by the Government so far as the Abolition Act allows. Shares in the new Insurance Company will be largely applied for here. , Wheat marked firm ; best milling, 7a to 7s 3d, f.0.b.; flour, £17 to £18; stocks lower, and the principal millers having only about six weeks grinding in stock ; oats advanced to 2s 9d for feed and 4s for milling, supplies limited, and inferior barley being largely substituted for feed ; potatoes, £3 ; cheese, 7d; bran, £4 10s ; sharps, £5 10s. Dunedin, Friday. Mr Bradshaw reports Bank of New Zealand shares, £22 ss; Colonial, £2 55 ; National, £2 10s; National Insurance, 33s 6d. Produce Market:— Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s 9d; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; barley dull, and transactions unimportant. {Lawrence, Saturday. The Royal Hotel afc Waitahuua was burned down yesterday morning, supposed to be the work of an incendiary. It was unoccupied at the time. It was one of the first houses built on the Waitahuna diggings. Khma.ua, Satarday. A serious mining accident occurred on the lead yesterday, and four men have been buried through the ground coming in. The claim was being worked by Cooney, Kelly, Kiley, and Quinlivan, near the prospector's' claim on Dillman's track. Whilst; working in the tunnel fche set of timber gave way causing an immense fall of earth, which completely enveloped the men. The occurrence was not known till the evening when the men should have left work. An examination of the tunnel was made and immediate steps were taken for their rescue. Relays of miners have been working most energetically. Quinlivan was got out at three this morning, not seriously hurt. Kelly can be heard speaking, and it is expected he wili be released this afternoon. It i3 feased that Cooney and Kiley are dead and it will take a long time to recover the bodies. The air in the tunnel is very foul and it is with great difficulty the rescuers can work. One of the men, Cooney, has a wife and family.