INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 188, 7 September 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

;.; [PKKS3 AGENCY". "| t% p Wellixgtokt, Friday, g The Government received a telegram this| t afternoon re the recent murder of a Native # £ woman near Wainpu :—" Gisborne : A mes-|| IL'senger has just come in from Waiapu, andl /reports that the prisoners have been arrested! r ;:and are in readiness to be handed over toil |rthe police on arrival of the steamer. It is| •;! probable that two other prisoners will bejp with rape." i rl Saturday. | iff? .The Customs revenue received here duringS |this week amounted to X7OS2, exclusive ofp gthe beer tax. | U Auckland, Friday, § m Sailed— Taiaroa. Passengers for Nelson— l j?;Miss Persham, Mr Donald. $ p : Mr Buckland reports .—Fat cattle, 373 6d I jgto 45s per lOOlbs. Fat sheep, 4d per 1b ;| gsmall sized sheep, ss. Store cattle plentiful.^ lißetter inquiry for calves at 15s to 435.| 10s to 12s. | =| Christchukch, Saturday. I I] At a meeting of the Farmers' Society! it was suggested that the Society! g^and the Kaiapoi Club ought to combine this! & year in offering a good prize for a trial of I »| harvesters. g g The amount realised at St. Luke's bazaar! Spas £350. I H Meetings of the Drainage aud Harbor! fef Boards yesterday lapsed through the mera-Sj being away on the railway excursion. § g| Nkw Plymouth, Frida}-. Pty At Mr Courtney's cattie sale, calvesf? £2 13 to £2 1-1 : yearlings, £3 5s tog %£:) 15s; eighteen mouths heifers, £1 to £i 7si two-year-olds, £5; cows with calves, £G§ ||!2s 6d to £8 2s Od ; cows near calving, £9 § g ; to £ 10 ; three-year-old-steers,£6 ; working bul- % |j locks, £25 10s per pair. , S fs? Lyttelton, Friday. % The ship Soukar has cleared for London,p with a cargo of wheat, wool, tallow, etc § S; valued afc £31,400. g % O amaru, Frida}-. | Owing to farmers holding out for higher 1 than buyers are inclined to give, there! gjare few transactions in grain. Quotations— | I, Wheat, 3s 8d to 3s lOd ; oats, 3s 8d to 4s ;i gbarley, 5s to 5s Gd, good demand, little of-| |fering ; flour, £10 10s to £10 15s; oatmeal,! IS £2O; pearl barley. £25; pollard, £5 IOsJ ||braß, £5; potatoes, £5. | : 3 Port Chalmers, Saturday. 1 § Arrived— Albion Co's ship Nelson, 8G days! gout from London, with 1800 tons of cargo! gaud 54 passengers. She experienced af Sjterrific cyclone in the Southern Ocean when! S.a sea broke on board and stove in the port| gboats, started the bulwarks, and severely! fjujured two men. She spoke the Dartmouth! gcfroni London to Auckland on June 28 mi platitude 35 N., longitude 18 W., all well. | H T Blenheim, Saturday. | >g Numerous telegrams have been received at| Express office this morning from Have- 1 glock. One says the report of the gold found! jjgin the Mountain Camp Creek ia greatly ex-1 fgaggerated. Mills, Reilly, and Ragg each re-| that three miners brought down loot jounces from Wakamarina last night, andl it in the Bank, the best half having! ||bc-en obtained last week out of a terrace Gol ||feet deep, aDd half a mile from the Forks! p'lhe excitement i 3 great and increasing. |