INTER PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 293, 18 December 1878, Page 2

INTER PROVINCIAL.

[PRi:SS AQENOr.I Ddnedin, Wednesday. There arc six cases of typhoid fever in the Dunedin HnspitsU at present. Those suffering from it were passengers by the Timaru, which arrived in port la.>t month, and which was not quarantined by the Board, notwithstanding that the mudicil members of the Board strongly urged that the vessel should be quarantined. One of the passengers died on the *7th November from fever, and another died in «he husj.H.-iI yesterday.— Henry Lion Maiz, arrested in Adelaide for forgery by a Dunedin detectiro, is now being escorted to Dunedin by that officer— ln Dunedin there are eleven eomliilsites for the junior and three for the senior Civil Service Examination. — The female immigrants by the ship Canterbury have heen all engaged. The demand is is far in excess of the supply. MrLacrv, the retiring Mayor, is a candidate for High Ward in the City Council. On account of the death of Princess Alice consuls, publiu lmdics, and shipping displayed bunting naif most high to-day. There are 100 candidates for the Public School Scholarships of Otago. A match trnk place to-day between eleven of the Ot.'iuo University, and eleven of Christ's College. Christcburch, which ended in a tie, cadi hrn in« made 89 in two innings. The annu-il brmk up of; the Boys' High Fchool took place to day. An address was delivered by 1). Macdonald showing the state of the School. He was frequently cheered during his speech. Auckland, Tuesday. Dr Pollen stays in Auckland about one month.— Cases of sunstroke are numerous. — Great preparations are being made for the forthcoming rates, which are expected to be the best tvt-r hul.l in Auckland.— Mr J. S. Macfarlane, M.H.11 , writes a strong letter to the Herald in reply to the criticisms of the Dunedin Time on his speech. He pronounces the statements in the Times to be grossly insulting iijsii, )w i inns against the people of Auckland, ami goes on to say, " To my mind the evil genius of the Ministry is Mr Balance, wlk.sc political antecedents alone should have excluded him from any decent Cabiuet. A reference to the Wanganui newspaper, of v Inch he was proprietor and editor during his career a3 a supporter of Yogel and At kin-on Ministries, will convince the moat scs pt ical »s to his unfitness as an associate with iiiiiiiaicrs. His description of Sir George Grey as a poor |old imbecile, tolerated by the House only on account of his age, and that he had only one follower, "the fool Rees" is a fair specimen of his ill-bred impertinence and assurance, and in the House in Committee his frequent reflections on the merchants of New Zealand in reference to fraudulent invoices for duty at the Custom House, and again his words as applied to all the people of New Zealand in relation to the property tax, and the inducement to make fraudulent declarations thoroughly stamp the men as a fit companion of fools ani none else, nnd it is to his evil counsel that I attribute many of the grievous errors of which the Government have been guilty during the. last session. It is to be hoped that the editor of the Duuedin Times is not of the character of bis brother editor Mr Ballance, who can slander and traduce one da.\ and flatter with fulsome adul ation the next, and that his incorrect remarks on my humble doiDgs may have been made in simple ignorance."

The ZealandiVa saloon passengers for New Zealand are Mr Jack, wife and child, Messrs Phillips, Dearden, Richardson, Haiueton and child, Brent, Hornsby and wife, Adolph, May, Brodie, Macsorley, Tuck, Danks and wife, and 16 saloon, and 49 steerage for Sydney. Abstract of freight .—Salmon 1 1 25 cases, furniture 28, fruit (apples) 9000, barley 1090 bags, cigars 11 cases, books 25, c )dfish 20, general merchandise 1 19. Tot.- 1, 352G packages and 7360 in transit for Sydney. New Plymouth, Wednesday. Mr Alexander Campbell who was with Rewi and Dr. Hector's party has returned to New Plymouth. He reports that Dr. Hector has examined several seams of coal, and reports favorably of them. A sample he brings with him resembles the West Wanganui coal. The Hannah Mokau takes Rewi, Dr- Hector, and several chiefs up the Mokau for 20 miles, aud then the party will go by canoes to Nepia, and from thence proceed on to Kuiti and wait there for Mr Sheeban. Rewi will then forward Dr. Hector on with the principal chiefs of the Tohau to other parts of the country. After testing the coal on the banks of the Mokau, Rewi asked Dr. Hector what he thought of it, and Dr. Hector replied that it was very good, Rewi then replied " I shall have the Enropeans to work it. CmusTCHUßcrr, Tuesday night. At a meetiag of delegates of the Fire Brigades held to day there were present delegates from, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Mornington, Waimate, Kaiapoi, Timaru, and Lyttelton. In his opening remarks the Chairman said that Dunediu was entitled to the credit of suggesting the Conference. A good deal of conversation ensued, an<jl Lieutenant Malls of Timaru then moved that a memorial be presented to the Government asking them to subsidise the various Fire Brigades in New Zealand towards their sup port, they having a large risk in the various towns. This was agreed to, and the Conference tnen adjourned, till eight o'clock tonight.—Commissioner Weldon held a general inspection of the police to day, when 33 men were present with Inspector Broham and Hickson —The Sports Committee yesterday netted £250. Wellington, Wednesday. An iron steamer of 75 tons, built by E. W. Mills, was successfully launched from his yards this morning. She is called the Patea and is intended to trade between Wellington, Wangaoui and Patea. She will probably be ready for sea in about a month. Instead of interfering with the present plans of reclamation for the railway station site, the Government propose to reclaim a site between Mills' foundry, and the Queen's Wharf, upon which to build the station. This will allow the reserves and the land to be sold to remain as in the published plans There are no fresh cases of fever on board the Hermione, but there i 3 some insubordination amongst the sailors aa reported. A large anti-Chinese meeting was beld last night the Mayor in the chair. A series of resolutions were carried, the effect of which was that the Government should be memorialised to prevent the unrestricted influx of Chinese. A resolution was also carried expressing sympathy with the seamen on strike at Sydney. A letter was read from the Hon. Mr Ballance expressing sympathy with the object of the meeting. From about noon yesterday until seven this morning, when the Telegraph Department got through with the San Francisco news, there were 108,000 words transmitted from Auckland to the Southern stations of purely press messages. Bluff, Wednesday. The following additional news is from the papers received by the Ringarooma:— Benalla, December 9 : Considerable excitement and alarm were manifested by the inhabitants of Violet Town recently in consequence of information received that the bushrangers had been seen during the last few days in the bush near the township. The gang have many friends in the district and the information which is considered reliable was very reluctantly given. The police are now scouring the country in the direction indicated but no news is expected for a few days. It U feared the gang has stuck up Violet Town where only one constable is stationed.