INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 259, 1 November 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[press agekcv.] Auckland, Wednesday. Her Majesty's schooner Beagle has inflicted punishment on the Tanna islanders, who have been guilty of frequent murders of Europeans living on the island. Preliminary enquiries first being made, the Beagle was ordered to the locality by the British Government to execute justice upon the murderers. The vessel went down and managed to procure the presence of a number of natives on board, who, at a preconcerted signal, were piuioned and hud on the deck. A brother of one known murderer acknowledged that if his brother had missed he would have fired himself. Tb_3 criminal was hung from the yard-arm, and after he had been hanging some time the others were released, and they took the body ashore and buried it. Bluef, Wednesday. Arrived— Alhambra, at 315 p.m. She left Melbourne on the .24th, and had a fine weather passage dowu. She brings 46 saloon and *23 steerage passengers, and 233 tons of cargo for all ports. The Alhambra sails tonight for Dunedin. Passengers for Nelson: Messrs Hall, Turner, Thorns, M'Rae, and 5 tons of cargo. Wellington, Wednesday. The following vessels have arrived at London:— Fernglen, from Port Chalmers; Lurline, from Lytteiton. Thursday. Sailed — Taranaki for Nelson and Manakau at l p.m. Passengers; Captain Jubb and W. Biuney. A telegram from Singapore dated Oct. 3lst advises that the cable between Singapore and Penaug has been restored. A report which appeared a few days ago in a local paper stating that H.M.S. Sappho had been aground for some hours at the entrance to Wellington harbor is positively contradicted by her commander Caj)_jun Digby. The mistake is supposed to have arisen from the fact of the Sappho having been at anchor at the Heads at the time referred to for about a couple of hours. Port Chalmers, Thursday. Arrived— Albion Company's ship Dunedfh from London with 30 passengers, 2300 tous of cargo, and 10 tons of powder. She left London on July 30, and passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hqpe on October 2. She experienced comparatively good winds and settled weather, and made Otago Heads at six this morning. Waxganci, Thursday. A fire was discovered in the upper floor of the store occupied by Mr Levy as an auction mart. The fire was first seen in the partition between the New Zealand Insurance offices and Mr Levy's store. A splendid force of water was set on, and the brigade working well, all danger was averted in a short time. Ha I there not been a good Jsupply of water nothing could have saved the whole block, a most important business one. Mr Levy and his storeman, Tuffell. were afterwards arrested ou suspicion, and brought up before tbe Resident Magistrate this morning and remanded to next Monday, heavy bail ' being imposed. The insurapces on the building were: £200 in the Standard, £200 in the Norwich, £150 in the Victoria, £20) in the Imperial,— on the stock, £250 in the London and Lancaster, and £200 in the Imperial..