INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 165, 14 July 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

S/' • Auckland, Friday Afc a meeting of the creditors of S.'Myeri and Co., the liabilities were shown to be X •£IB,OOO and the assets*-£9OOO. It was resolved that the estate should be liquidWd m the Bankruptcy Court, There is much sympathy for the bankrupt in consequence of the heavy business losses shown by the statement. ■ ...•<•„ Share Market.—Bank of New Zealand, buyers, £22 ss; National Insurance, 29s 6d sellers South British, 90s; National Bank, 7'2s; sales of mining stock—Moanatiri, £7 15s; Waitekun, 15s 6d; Alburnia, 50s: Cure, Bs. ' ' r« i .- ■« Napier, Friday. Captain Russell, member for Napier, addressed a large meeting of his constituents, •tie-reviewed the measures of-last session,- and explajnqd hia reasons for going Home before tfxe end pf the session.^ He said he would support ihe Ministry; was in favor" of cour--pulsory education, but approved of Government subsidising denominational schools - bub wished religious teaching to be excluded m certain hours; objected to the double representation of the natives, who at present had theirmvn representatives as wallas being, on the rollof voters for Europeans, the hon gentleman going at some length into the ques^ tion to show its unfairness. A vote of confidence was passed. r ~,i ij "'"■■ WEttiiiGfTON, Fciday. The/We^ington Gas Company haye 1 agreed upon aninierah dividend of 5 per cent for the .halfc-y-ear on the paidtug capital. r&}6lutioa.wasulso passed 6hat th'eyshould reduce the^ricp-.of. gas Is per lOoOfeet. I s ikgbod deal of misapprehension hasexisted not onl^ameflgsfcjthe public, ffut amongst the lawyers.vtfs to'the" appSrttbnmen't of costs in the late ÜbeLcase—Anderson v. GillonvKent and Waters;-but, according to the decision of theJEtegistrar of the Supreme Court, the principal portion of~(;he costs will fall upon ,tho defendants. The amount which will /havsejabe paid; by plaifetiffi is 'only trifiing as compared with defendant's costs. vJt is reported that the JJnfen. Company /inten'dUolaj\^ the steamer Wellington. '*'* n - l. . ....... Saturday. Owing to the number of houses now in coi£aej>f consteuc.tion4fiereisacoaside'rabfe demaadjfot-car^atera'^ v^i -•- ■■ '» v •A. There is an unusual glut of butter in the market just now, the very best being unsaleable at anything like a satisfactory-figure. _. • Ddnedin, Saturday. Wheat is quoted'at from 5s to 7s 9d; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; no transactions in barley and demand slight. tir Bradshaw ftpprts Bank of New Zealatjd shares £22 tOs/; Colonial Batik, £2 5s 6dNational Bank, £3,10s ; South British Insurance,, £4 10s?; New Zealand Insurance, £5;; National Insurance, £1 12s ; Standard Insurance, 17s. : ; : -• - .; The jury, after being locked up"-aH night returned a verdict of "NotGuiltjr* in the caste of Mrs Reid^charged .with the manslaughter of her sbjcyant. " ' ! i i I °. ; '•■' ■■ !(/hrißtchuboh, Friday, A meeting of farmers at Courtehay passed a resolution strongly Scondemriingr the new railway tariff . " i V..- 1 The coursing season is^esfcended to the 3lsMostant. - :.; • ," s- ; (jrrain and produce.! quotation^Wheat, best milling 7s to 7s 3d> second quality ssto 5a 6d; flour, £17 to ;iiß ; bran( £5 10s ; sharps, £5 10s ; potatbes, £3 ;" cheesej 7d ; oats, 3s 9d. Millers h4ve advanced oatmeal •£2,, and 251 b bags are now quoted at .£2O per ton. At auction oats realised 4s to 4s 3d. Stocks are lower at country stations., : • ' ,L , . m ' .OAMARu/Eriday.: Markets.—There is little cbiinge in wheat, samples readily finding purchaser*' at 7s to 7s 3d, and in some instaacea 7a 6d. -^Dats are quoted at 3s 3d to 3s €d j: little; oe"no business. Barley, feed, up to 3s 3d; maltipg quality, none in the market:. • Breadstuff?, fco.b.—flour, £19 to JE2O • oatmeal, £20---pea^l barley, £20; pollatfd, £6; bran, £i. rotatoes are wor^h £3. > 1 . Bltipb 1, Friday. : The Tararua arrived at the Bluff at 2-30 p.m. yesterday. She left Melbourne on the sthi and Hobarton on the^h,; and had fine weather throughout the.pass_age. She brings 18 saloon and 30 steerage, passengers, and 327. tons of cargo for all ports. Passenger forjNelson—Mr Goodman'.' :J ;r. .. ° _ ' ' ' Saturday. Sailed—Gazelle, Captain Giles, for the Auckland Islands ia search of the gold lost in the General Grant. i ■- --