INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 158, 2 July 1878, Page 2

INTER PR OVINCIAL.

[press agency.] Wellington, Monday. The Evening Chronicle comes out this evening enlarged to double royal size. The remains of the late Mr Henry Blundell arrived this afternoon by the Easby, and will be buried to-morrow. An Industrial and Fine Arts Exhibition at the Working Men's Club was opened by his Excellency the Governor to-day. T , . Tuesday. In the bupreme Court to-day in the case of Adolphus Frederick Hardy, who was committed at Gisborne to take his trial at Wellington for striking, and knocking some teeth out of a man who cursed Her Majesty the Queen, the Grand Jury made a presentment stating that the charge was without a tithe of evidence to support it, and that the country should nerer have been put to so unnecessary an expense in sending such a case for trial. Seven or eight witnesses had been subpoenaed to attend. Blenheim, Tuesday. A house was burned down at daybreak yesterday morning at Mahakipawa. It was in the occupation of Mrs Hope who barely escaped in her nightdress. One child was burned to death, and another is not expected to live. .. Waitaba, Sunday. After a xortnight's almost incessant rain, the weather at last shows signs of improving. A special train went from here to New Plymouth and Inglewood and back yesterday to convey the natives attending the meeting on a pleasure trip. They were highly delighted, and, on their return to Waitara, there was great excitement. Telephoning was the order of the day with those left behind. There was a meeting between the chiefs duriDg the afternoon, at which the Hon. Mr Sheehan was a listener, but nothing of any importance was said. The talk was mostly " chaff " at Rewi about his seat in Parliament. ,_. „ Tuesday. The dinner yesterday was a grand success, bir George Grey presided, and sbout 1000 sat down. The whole concluded with a war dance in which a Pakeha Maori took a prominent part much to the disgust of all the Europeans present. The band paraded the streets last night. The Southern Natives had all their drays packed early this morning aud left en route for Parihaka. The Waikatos remain a few days longer. Sir G Grey left Waitara yesterday, The Hon. Mr Sheehan and Major Browa go overland to-day to meet Titoko Waru at Parihaka. Rewi despatched a special messenger to the King per Hauraki yesterday stating his very great satisfaction at the cordial welcome he had received and the mutual agreement he had made which he hoped would lead to the union of the two races for ever. Alexandra, Tuesday. J be two Waipa candidates are canvassing vigorously. Mr McMynn, one of them, says he has the Premier's authority for atatine that no lands on the West Bank of the Waipa are to be returned to the natives, south of Kankarikij below Whatawhata. Aucklaxd, Tuesday, Hotel property is rapidly rising in value. Thomas Richards, for horse stealing breaking and entering a dwelling house and 3teahng sundry articles was sentenced to 3 years for each offence to run concurrently Walter J. Norfolk for horse stealing was sentenced to two years bard labor; Henry Nemara for stealing from a store to one I year; Henry Devoy for horse stealing against whom then were seven previous convictions to seven years. The Grand Jury threw out the bill against John Brodie charged with embezzlement while a clerk in the Railway Department. ' ! The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court were opened to-day. In his charge to the Grand Jury Judge Gillie 3 congratulated them on the diminution of crime, there being only eleven prisoners, charged with thirteen offences, none of them serious, and at the same time the number of prisoners in gaol being less than on any former occasion. He .hoped this indicated a permanent decrease of crime. In one case a Maori woman charged a Maori with an offence on the person, and the Judge hoped this showed a disposition on the part of the natives to appeal to the law instead of resortiug to violence. Dunedin, Tuesday. The election resulted in a majority for Mr Ollivier of 111. The voting being •— Ollivier 769; Reeves 658. Mr OllirieY's party worked very hard. Scarcely a Q effort was made on bahaif of Mr Beeves. In the Supreme Court, the following sentences -were passed :— Robert Gardner for larceny, 9 months ; Henry Page South, for larceny, 6 montha ; Thomas George Smith for incendiarism, 4 years; Henry Sutherland, for larceny, two years ; William Ruasell charged with larceny was acquitted This concluded the calendar. Chbisxchchch, Tuesday. The Supreme Court aat till nearly ten o clock last night. Emile Huskiaser and **• *• Wilson were charged with garotting. Ihe former, an old offender, was sentenced to H years, and the latter to twelve months David Wrigtel, for passing a valueless cheque, got 12 mouths. James Woodford 58 years of age, formerly third master of the East Chnstchurch school, charged with committing a rape on one of the scholars, aged tsn years, was found guilty andCsentenced to ten years. The Grand Jury found a true bill against Mrs Steele for the murder of her son.