INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 179, 26 July 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PRESS AQENOT.I Dunedin, Thursday night. The nomination for Roslyn took place to-day. Messrs Driver and Ross were the only candidates proposed. The Bhow of bands was largely in favor of Mr Driver,

Mr Watt, R.M. has compiled a roster of Justices of the Peace to take the biisfttes3 ih the Police Court for the next three rriontbi, V/elungtox, Thursday night. . Captain Humphries has been Appointed Usher, of the Black Rod br the Legislative Cou.ic.l. tt is fmftotineed that Mr . Licandrew has resigned his portfolio as Secretary to Lands, and Mr Stout been appointed thereto, but wiil retain the office of Attorney-General. Mr Macandrew remains Minister of Public i Works. Mr George Thomas -reports: — Flour, Adelaide, £1? 10s, Colonial, £12; market overstocked and no business doing. Oats aYe very firm at 5s 9d; bran, ls6d..nOto'bt*a_i_a\.le and will advance 2d in ■_, few days; pollard, £~: hams. .Id with ready sale for good qualities-, bacon, 8d; wheat, -Is 6d, and much w. nted; butter 10d: potatoes £4 10s, jione l in the market, two shipments to SjSMv'S bave been sold at the price Ouote'd'; maize, 5s 8d to 5s 9d; chee-^3, 7<_ to / £d v Auckland, Thursday night. i lie Conference of School Committees propose to petition the Assembly to define the powers and privileges of Committee?. The complaint is made that wher^-ft the Act provides that Oottimittee.. fch'ftll be consulted iv the appointment of teachers this has not yet been doYi'e Iby the Education Board. Mr Dilworth declines a seat in Legislative ■Council owing to ill health. AVESTronT, Friday. The Koranui Coal Mining Company have appointed Mr Golison engineer^ and have called for tenders to-day for- 'coiiiery works at Waimangaroa. Eight and a half tons of stone from the new leader at Maloney's claim, 8 miles from the Lyell have been crushed with the result cf 175. ounces of retorted gold. Napier, 2. riday. At a meeting of the Napier feorough Council this morning it Was decided to iuvite tenders at once for filling in the swamp sections without Availing for the raising of the loan Arrangements are to be made with the Bank for making progress payments. m ~*~ m ~ K ™** m^ m —*~*mm*^m*mmmmm.mmmmmmmmmum