INTERPROVINCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 218, 23 October 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

[frksb aoenct."! Duxedin-, Tuesday night. The guard of the goods train in the late collision at l'almerston has been discharged. The Shuiou Master has been reinstated. The subscriptions to the flood relief fund vow amount to £1400. Mrs Jane Keid charged with having comiTiiU<?d perjury during the recent sly grog selling prosecutions has been committed for trial. Auckland, Tuesday night. The case of McGee v. the Auckland Jockey Club for alleged libel in connection with the disqualification of Falcon has resulted in a verdict for the defendants on all the issues. Wellington-, Tuesday njght. Papers laid on the table by the Telegraph Commissioner hhow that the Government have leased a special wire to Mr Heed of the Lhmedin 1 imes, Mr Reeves of the Lyttellon Tinu-x, and Mr Horton of the Auckland Herald for two years at £2000 annually, the wire to he available from 8 p.m. to 1 a m., and till :'. am. during the session. Messrs Holt and McCarthy of the Press Agency petition Parliament against it to-day.

Wednesday. The mail steamer Australia left 4_nckl'and on the t;u:li August and eiicouutered sUoog gales for n day or two, aflcr which light breezes until arrival at Honolulu on the 2nd Sept., leaving next day, and arriving at San '.Francisco on the 11th. She left again ou the :soth Sept., and arrived at Honolulu on the 7th October, and left next day arriving at Auckland at 8 p.m on the 22nd. The Taiaroa with the mail leaves Manukau at 4 p.m. to-day. The Australia left for Sydney early this morning. CiiEiSTCHuncir, Wednesday. Two men from the Constabulary Reserve in Wellington arrived yesterday to join the Canterbury police, which now numbers 92 or eight under its proper strength. ' In the case of James Uassingthwaita, at the Supreme Court yesterday, against the Mandedlle and Kaugiora Road Boards for cutting a drain through plaintiff's land without consent, a verdict was given for the phiinti/J: for £, r ,O. The Charitable Aid Board last evening recommended some necessary 'improvement's and additions to the Hospital) estimated to COSt X180L).