INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 271, 15 November 1877, Page 2

INTER PROVINCIAL.

[PBESS AaENOT.] Wanganui, Thursday. The prospectus of the Wanganui Steam Navigation Company was issued to-day, capital £30,(100 in £10 shares. It is proposed to purchase the steamers St. Kilda and Wallabi to continue in the cattle trade, and to purchase the Clyde for the RangitikeiPatea trade, and to obtain a new steamer capable of carrying 150 tons for the Welling-ton-Wanganui trade. .There is a large provisional directory. ; Auckland, Wednesday. In compliance with a requisition bearing forty influential signatures, the Mayor has convened a meeting to consider the political situation. The meeting mil be held on Friday ia the Choral Hall. . CrßETiiouxH, Tuesday. • K. W. Twinning, chemist, has been charged with obtaining money by means of valueless cheque. He was remanded for eight days to bring a charge of forgery against him. The salmon ova are progressing splendidly, and the per centage of loss, if any, is very small. . Wellington, Wednesday. An active canvass is being organised to bring forward Mr Joe Dransfield, former mayor, to oppose M Hutchinson, the present mayor, at the election shortly to come off. The total subscriptions now collected for the Indian Famine Belief Fund amount to £4400. Thursday. The wreck of the Waihopai, as she lies on the rocks, was sold by auction for £9, and the cargo of timber for £19 10s. Duneijin, Wednesday. The Star says.— "Mr G. Elliott, late Secretary to the P. 0., has given authoritative denial to insinuations which found publication in yesterday's Times, to the effect that Mr Batkin, Secretary to the Treasury, waa brother-in-law to Major Atkinson, and this accounted for his throwing difficulties in the way of the present Ministry. Thursday. The Waste Lands Board is determined to enforce the conditions with regard to personal occupation in connection with settlement under the deferred payment system. Further experiments have been made in Dunedin with dynamite, the result showing that it ia cheaper than ordinary blasting powder. The Anglican Synod of this diocese has expressed a wish that Bishop Neville should atten the Pan-Anglican Synod. Ltttblton, Wednesday. I Sailed — Taupo, for North, at 1.30 p.m. Passengers for Nelson— Miss Sheet, Messra Sheet, Sleek, Tobias, and Todd. Kumaba, Thursday. A fatal accident occurred in a claim behind the prospectors' through a fall of earth in a drive. Two men, Macmahon and Lawrence, were killed. The bodies are not yet recovered, but the miners are working in relays getting them out. ' Chbistchurch, Wednesday. ;Baylis, proprietor of the Criterion Hotel, which was destroyed by fire on Sunday last, had unfortunately allowed his policy for £250 in the New Zealand office to lapse, thus his loss is greater than was at first estimated. ; Mr Delamain's stud racing stock were sold by auction. The following were the principal lots sold:— Mares, Belle of the Isle, with filly foal by Albany, was sold to Mr. NO3--worthy for 300 guineas; Miss Flat, with,£llly foal by Anteros, to Mr. C. F. Baker, 325 guineas; Folle Farine, Mr. Digby, 150 guineas. Horses in training: Templeton, Mr. R. Ray, 650 guineas; Punga, Mr R. Ray, 300 guineas; Elfin King, Mr R, Mason, 70 guineas; Titania, Mr R. Ray, 150 guineas; Oberon, Mr R. Mason, 300 guineas; Parthenopeus, Mr J. Lunn, 350 guineas. Young stock : Becky Sharp, yearling filly by Traducer— Miss Flat, Middle Park Company, 135 guineas. Two-year-otd3 : Haidee, by Traducer—Belle of the Isle, Mr F. Walker, 250 guineas; Flattery, filly by Traducer— Miss Flat, Mr R. Ray, 200 guineas; Atlantic, colt by Traducer -Atlanta Mr S. Garforth, 250 guineas. Yearlings: Filly by Traducer —Belle of the Isle, Mr W. C. Webb, 150 guineas; colt by Blue Boy— Miss Flat, Mr F. Digby, 150 guineas. Mr Delamain purposes visiting England with a view of importing new blood of a superior stamp to that now in Canterbury.