INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 270, 21 November 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[press agency.] Wellington, Thursday. According lo a public Notification from the Secretary of Custdms, fencing wire may be landed on payment of a deposit which will be rettsttied subsequently when the tariff comes Into operation. The notice reads as follows: — " As fencing wire cannot be warehoused, the Hon. the Commissioner authorises you to allow it to be landed Until deposit entry, and afterwards to be cleared by free entry as soon as the exemption in the new tariff becomes operative. W. Seed.'* Under l^tructiops from the Oolonial Secretary an informatioa iov misdemeanor will oe laid against Geo,rgo,\yopd who kept his lunatic sister under restraint for 21 years. The information will oe laid under the 40th section of tne Lunatics Act 1868. xhe Agent-General telegraphs uuder date 13th November :— Ship Taranaki sailed with 293 immigrants for Port Chalmers. Tne Government have given instructions that the immigrants per Fern Glen (250) for Nelson shall be transferred to Wanganui where labor is very scarce. ' Mr Batkin, of the Treasury has been appointed Assistant Controller and auditor while Mr McGavin takea Mr Button's plate as Accountant of the Treasury, Mr frey wood is made Accountant under tlie Land Tax Dppartmeut, of which Mr Sperry is Commissioner; Mr McLean, provisional auditor, is • appointed to the Sub-Commissioners!^ of Auckland ; Mr Watson, Government auctioneer, hag been apnointed Sub-Com-mission.*,? of Q^gQ. ilr Mackay> Com . !li!Sßiouer of Native Reserves has been appointed Sub-Commissioner at Nelson. — The valuation under the Land Tax will begin early io December; it is understood it wiifbe ready for enforcement in January. Timaru, Thursday. The sea is gradually scouring the heach and the reclaimed land north of the Mole. Messrs Allan and Stumbles, contractors for the first part of the breakwater, have put a lot of hands on filing bags with shingle, and laying them along in tiers in front to break the force of tbe sea. The fire in Geraldine bush iB still burning and is gradually approaching the township. No correct estimate of the damage can yet be made. Messrs Whitakers, Barkers, Postlewaite, McKenzie, Martins, and Gisbons have suffered, and besides the loss of Goverr> ment bush, a large quantity of stacked firewood has been consumed. Chbistchubch, Thursday. Another bear garden scene took place in the City Council last evening, when the Mayor and Councillors Wilson and Ick were the principal parties concerned. The lie was freely given and taken, and Councillor Wilson, when addressing the Mayor, said, " Oh well you are not much." It bas been resolved to construct a new bridge over the river at a probable cost of £1300. Mr John Bryan, the well-known theatrical agent, will shortly visit New Zealand with Mr Wybert Reeve, the comedian. The nominations for Mayor have closed with only two candidates, the present Mayor and ( ouncillor Ick. Charles Morgan committed suicide last evening in a shanty in the rearof the Collins Hotel by hanging himself. Great determination was shown by the deceased in carrying out his object. The cause of the rash act is not known.