INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 244, 15 October 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[press agency.] Wellington, Saturday. Mr Hislop, M.H.R., ,was horse-whipped by Mr James Mackay, junior, this afternoon, arising from certain accusations made by the former that the latter had some connection with au attempt to make a certain member drunk on the occasion of the late division. . Sunday. The subscriptions in aid of Mr S. W. Alcorn and family, lately burned out, have now closed, and amount to over .31200. Wellington contributed nearly £1000 ; Hokitika, £81 ; Auckland, £80 ; Greymouth, £50 • Dunedin, £20 ; Ashburton, £20. A circular was sent to -all the undersecretaries and heads of departments to wait upon the Premier at 330 yesterday. Mr Bai lance was uot sworn in on Saturday afternoon. A Gazette was issued announcing the names of the four already mentioned as members of the new Ministry, but the particular offices were not stated. _ Monday. Communication by the Tasmanian cable is interrupted, but messages can be posted from Melbourne. Sailed: Taranaki, for kelson and North, at 2.15 p-m. Passengers: Misses Allen, Schultz, ' and Thompson, Mr. Fabain, Mr. and Mrs. Sken, Mrs. Moor, Mr. Capper and child. C-liustciiubci-, Sunday. During yesterday the Indian Famine Relief Fund Committee established another collecting stand on a public footpath in the centre of the city. The Band played at intervals during the evening in Cathedral Square, and members of the Committee presided at tables with subscription list 3. About £200 was collected during the day and evening. The boating season opened yesterday wifch a procession of boat 3. There were 100 members, with 28 boats, and a large attendance of the public. _„ Hokitika, Monday. The Board of Health report that scarlet fever has entirely died out, there being oniy oue case of a simple type in ap adult female, who has nearly recovered.. No other form of infectious or contagious diseases prevail. Donedin, Monday. A new penny paper, to be called the Morning Herald, is to be published here early in November. The capital is to be £10,000 in 2000 shares of £5 each, which are going off rapidly. A fire occurred at Port Chalmers on Saturday, when two houses were burned. One was Mr Kerr's, and was insured in the National for £100, and the other, Mr Spence's, was insured for £25 in the New Zealand, and £25 in the Standard. Mr Kerr aud his wife had a narrow escape from being burned. Timaru, Monday. The grain market is quiet. Wheat, 5s to 5s sd; oats, 3s; barley, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; potatoes, 355. Isaacs and Hart report draught horses £58 to £70; heavy draught farmers' horses £48 to £54; cows, £f} 10 to £14; potatoes', £3; Farmers' flour, £16; bapon, 8d; hams. lOd. • ' The Hon Henry Russell has written a letter to the editor of the South Canterbury Times, re certain remancs on the land transactions in Hawke's Bay, and the evidence given in Court iv the Waka Maori case on September 12, and asks for an apology. Patea, Monday. The Jane Elkin, from Pelorus, ou entering the Patea river, at two o'clock yesterday, with a fair wind, struck on a snag on the bar I and filled with water in three minutes. The', \ vessel was too much damaged to float, and Ihas been abandoned. She is partly insured for £300. The cargo of sawn timber has been saved.