INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 289, 13 December 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Tprkss agency.l ,_ , Oamaru, Thursday night. JNorlh Otago Turf Club Races.-There was wet weather for the races, and the attendance was not large. Hurdlk Race : Te Whetu l, Agent 2, Shillelagh 3. Eversley aud lominy Dodd also ran. It was a grand race. Eversley cut out the running for about a. mile and a half, when The Agent went to the front and looked like winning, but O'Brien, who had been riding a waiting race, challenged The Agent with Te Whetu, and the two raced together for some distance, when Te Whetu was landed a winner by half a length. This decided the match for £°d0 between The Agent aud Te Whet'ii Publican's Hand, cap-, This was a most unfortunate affiair. At thestart Nemo was left at the post, but aiaritana and Pinfire continued on their vjourse though loud cries of "No start" were raised, Nemo pulled up after going a short distance, and Maritana came in an easy winner. A protest was then entered by the representative of the owner of Nemo m , . Wellington-, Friday. IhO captmn of the ship Zeahndia has had to give £8 per month before he could obtain seamen to take his vessel home, and ev. perienced some difficulty in getting them even at that price. The limits of the legal landing - ./, ace * or goods at the port of Nelson. are * defied Srt the Gazette to be all chat area knowhas the Nelson wharf. aud relation abutting on the > w«uern bonmlary of the Haven road, aud extending from the southernmost corner of ! the; Custom House building and the stone retaining wall abutting on the Albion Hotel, Haven road, within the port of Nelson. " The railway terminus question and the action of the Government thereon are creating considerable interest, and a public meeting is called by the Mayor to discuss the matter! Ihe preliminary survey for the HuttWaikane railway has been madej but nothing more can be done until the land is acquired from the Natives. The Government intend setting aside four acres at the rear of the Government buildings as a recreation reserve which will be laid down in grass and ornamented with trees. ' Mr George Thomas reports flour, Adelaide, £17 ; Colonial, £10 10s ; oats, 4s Cd to4sBd 5 bran. Is, market stocked; wheat, 4s 2d t hams, 9Jdtolod,in good demand; bacon, 8 2 d ; cheese, Bd, and scarce , maize, 5s • potatoes, £13 ; pollard, £G 10s, stocked Butter, Sd. m It is stated that the Marquis of Normanby is not to enter upon his duties as Governor of Victoria before the end of February next. Ihe question of a more central site for the railway station is being taken up vigorously. Jhe City Council will memoralise the Government to remove the present station to th e extreme of the reclamation. The City Council passed a resolution that it is undesirable that any member of the Corporation should become a member of the County Council or other political body. The City Council also agreed to ask permission of the ratepayers to borrow ' £1 00,000 for improving the streets and foothpatbs. In reply to a deputation of the Hutt County Council which waited on the GoTernment to obtain aid towards repairing serious damages inflicted on the West Coast roads by the late floods, Air Ballanee said that the Government declined to accept'any responsibility whatever in regard to the main roads of the colony. If the Counties would not undertake the work he asked what use they were at alii If the Government did loan them a sum it could only be for two years, the time for which subsidies were guaranteed, and the County would have to repay the loan out of subsidies at the end of that time. . After considerable delay, caused by the careful inquiry made into all the charges made against the Judges of the Supreme Court by Mr Barton, the Government have replied at great length to his demand for an inquiry. There are twelve ob'nrges, all of which are replied to categorically, with detailed particulars regarding the charges. The substance and general import of the reply are shown in the following sentences in the concluding paragraph of the letter:— "After a careful and calm review I am bound to say that I regret that you should have made the charges, and I feel assured that you will yet acknowledge that they were made either under 3ome temporary irritation or without due consideration." Colonel Wbitmore, who signs the. letter, also adds that it is a misapprehension to assume that one of the functions of fhe Executive of the colony is to act as an appellate tribunal. There is full machinery for reviewing the conduct of the Judges if they decide con- ■" trary to law, and the administration of justice would be' impeded if the Executive interfered with the Judges whenever a disappointed litigant invoked the aid of the Government. . Napier, Thursday. Ihe criminal sittings of the Supreme Court close with the trial of Kipa Whaerkua for stealing a letter containing a cheque from '. the mail bag that he was carrying. He was found guilty, and sentenced 'to three years penal servitude The arrest of this prisoner was made under unusual circumstances He was in a pah about ten miles from Waiuku and 130 miles from Gisborne. Constable Dorris reached the pah early in the morning, and managed to get the prisoner out quietly before the other occupants of the pah- were up. At some little distance outside there was another constable waiting, and on reach-' ing him the prisoner was hurried off to Gisborne. It is believed this is the first instance of a native prisoner being openly brought through the Mori country. In the case of the murder of the woman at Waipa the prisoners were brought by sea. Mr W. H. Floyd, who for a number of years has held the position of Electrician and Inspector of Telegraphs on the East Coast, aud who is leaving to take charge of the Railways Telegraph in the Middle Island, was presented to-day with a handsome marble eight day clock, a silver liqueur stand, and silver cake basket, and a gold pencil case, altogether of the value of £60 The gift is from the officials in his circuit. ' Acklakd, Friday. Sir G. Grey on his arrival was received by the chairman of the Habor Board, ' Mr, O'Rorke and other leading citizens. ' Mr Macandrew is expected here to-morrow, and Mr Sheehan on Monday. The sale of the Harbor Board endowments and wharf tells realised £487. ] fAt a meeting of the Hibernian Society last night, Father Fynes, Vicar General, introduced Father Henneberry who said he was willing to give them the benefit of his talents, and he hoped the Society would stand by him. Father Henneberry then requested the Sciety to assist him in securing denominational . education. It is rumored that the Roman Catholic school intend publishing a special organ. He hoped that in a short time the Catholic school in Auckland under the pew rent system would be in practical working order, and that the telegraph and other means would be invited to obtain efficient teachers. The Crown Lands ranger has reported to the Waste Lands Board that the Katikati farms are in a highly creditable state, and the settlers healthy ind prosperous. Christchuech, Friday. Last night an address of welcome was ; presented to the Bishop on his return from ; England. There wa3 also special thanksgiving service at St. Nicholas. In replying to an address the Bishop said he should take the opportunity at another time of giving- an ' account of what was done at the Lambeth I

j Conference. The Bishop afterwards made SiSS B ££S. o( prizes 4fc - Uhri3fc c?|lege After repeated efforts the'^tt'amer Hauraki was floated off the beach, this, mrirning. Litt c or no damage has been susta ned; the ffite Wr unusuaiiy *»**« -Rm^i > « Gretmouth, Friday. th7™.ui s i?- acecour - se Hotel was bnrae * t0 the ground this morning The landlord and his wife and family barely escaped whh - heir lives /Nothing was saved. IM* TbS £ og was insured for^t).- the ftirniSwSi insured for iEloo in the South British