INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 191, 14 August 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PKKSS AGENCY.] ',: m," „ Wellington, : Monday. Ihe mail agent per Australia; reports as follows.-— Arrived ac Honolulu frooi'Auckland on Juue 12; left nexo day, and arrived at Sau .Francisco on . the due date, 28th of June. Lauded mails, which were, forwarded by the iirst train on the following morniu* tor iMew York. On July 18 received mails ou board, uud steamed to sea immediately tor Auckland direct. JSext night the engines were stopped tor eight hours, owing to a slight accident to the machinery The steamer stopped several times afterwards to oil, pack, aud tighten up the machinery' On the Bth aud 9th or August strong head winds set m with heavy sea. , The vessel labored cousiuerably; aud the engines stopped' again at 4 a.iv, ou the <Jth till -2 p.m. on the 11th something being wroug with, the boiler. The Australia entered Auckland Heads at seven p clock on Sunday, morning. The Australia did not°call at Honolulu because the Government of the Sandwich Islands tailed to make good- their, promise , to pay a subsidy for the advantages of a steamer calling there twice a mouth The omission on the voyage was in accordance , with permission granted tojhe contractors : provisionally in iNovember by Sydney and i New Zealand. Advantage will be taken of the "supreme Court Judges sitting in Banco to-morrow, when all the members of the legal profession will assemble and formerly "disclaim any i participation or sympathy with the action now being taken by Air Burton against thenHonors the Chief Jusiice and Mr Justice luchuioud. Suuior Constable Green has returned per liasby from Sydney, whither he had beea sent to identify a wan apprehended by the police on tue suspicion that he was Cuuuiugliaui, accused of the Ohau murder, Greeu says the man is notCuuuiughatn. A CiiiusTcuiracu, Monday. Ihe licensed victuallers of ' Christchurch and Tunaru have combined iv opposition to Mr box a Local Option Bill, aud decided to send a deputation to VVelliugtou. The Heatueote Koad Board bus joined the Uty Council iv offering work to the unemployed. Hokitiica, Monday.' Mrs Andrews, the mother of the'- two children who died fioui burning at the late nre, died to-day in the hospital' from burning aud the shock to the system. mm a,,- Tuesday." Ibe Albion has arrived from Melbourne •llie sea being too rough to tender her to-day she will wait until to-morrow. , New Plymouth, Monday r J he Fiery Cross, from Auckland, arrived at Waitara ou Saturday. She had a stormy passage aud when oif the Sugar Loaves ou the 7th, two bauds went to fasten the jib when, the vessel giving a heavy plunge, one ot the men named James baker was thrown into the water. A boat was lowered, but at the time a heavy sea struck the vessel, staving in one of the boat's planks and rendering her useless. Captain Mason did all he could bat failed in rescuing the mau. T . Auckland Monday. It is reported that the Pacific Mail Company propose to take another steamer off the service, and run with three boats only The railway was opened to %aruawahia today. Iherewasalarge number of passengers by the first train. 1V , , _ , Dunedin, Monday, nn f P • M L oran lecturc <l on the Education Bill last night, and said that, so far as it relates to the Catholics, it is the most tyrannical measure that exists anywhere except m Russia and Germany. The opening of the Museum on Sundays is likely to cad to a great deal of opposition from the Sabbatarian party. The master ironworkers and inrnufacturers have resolved to prepare a petition supporting the action of the tradesmen to prevent the importation of work which can be manutactured iv the colony. c, . Tuesday. Several men who were provided with free passes for the works at Balclutha have tramped back to town, aud others are going about the township idle refusiug to accept the wages offered them. Mr Blair, District Engineer, concludes his report on the railway routes as follows — ' lr it is the intention of the Government to take steps towards constructing a railway iuto the interior of Otago I have no hesitation hi recommending the Strath Tairei line as emphatically the shortest and easiest route, and the one that will in its course open up the most good country for settlement I may also add that I believe there is every chance of a railway in this direction beiug remunerative in a very short time." A uieetiug of Licensed Victuallers and others will be held to-night to consider the Local Option Bill.