INTERPROVINCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 294, 19 December 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

fpHEBS AGENCY.] CniusTcuDncH, Thursday. At a meeting of the City Council last night it was resolved to send a cable message of condolence to the Queen on the occasion of the death of Princess Alice.— At the same meeting a Conference was appointed to enquire into the working of the various departments of the Council, great dissatisfaction having existed for some time at the way the interior arrangements of the Corporation have been carried out.— There is again a very great scarcity of trucks at the port, and shipping is delayed in consequence. —The Canterbury Eleven leave for Victoria to-day by the Arawata. Their first match is against Ballarat on the 27th and 28th. — At the Fire Brigade Conference last evening it was resolved to form a Fire Brigade Association. Mr Harris, Superintendent of the Christchurch Brigade, was elected the firat President, and Mr Robertson, of Dunedin, Secretary and Treasurer. Annual meetings are to be held, the first to take place in Dunedin in January, 1880. Mr Neilson, the Captain of the Canterbury team, picks them up in Dunedin. A lad named George W. Fred died in the hospital last night from the kick of a horse. Auckland, Thursday. Sir G. Grey and Mr Macandrew were cordially received at Wangarei. The quarrel between the two native tribes at Wangarei is unsettled. One tribe burned down the houses of the other, and a conflict was only prevented by the Government officers promising compensation to the aggrieved party. Sir G. Grey and Mr Sheehan will re-visit the district in January to settle the dispute. Another smart iron steamer, 100 feet in the keel, for the Waiwera trade was launched to day to the order of Captain Carey. — Thomas Eennal, charged with the murder of Capjain Moller at the South Sea Islands, was again remanded on the application of the Crown Prosecutor who said he was awaiting instructions from the Government. The couusel for the prisoner said it was doubtful if the prisoner could be legally detained in custody. Dunedin, Wednesday. The City Council have contrived to evade the Harbor Act, which prohibits their appointiDg any of their members to the Habor Board. Councillor Walters, who resigned because he was elected Mayor, was appointed yesterday, and to-day Mr Leary, who is going to stand for the Council in Mr Walters' place, was chosen as the second member to represent the Council on the Harbor Board. At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board to-day, it was resolved to throw open for settlement 150,000 acres of land under the Otago and Southland Reserves Leasing Act. The land is situated in the Waikaia Valley. Wellington, Wednesday. It is stated that the whole staff of masters in Wellington College, the principal included, are about to receive notice that their services are no longer required. It is intended to endeavor to popularise the institution, the present attendance being considered meagre and diminishing gradually. Thursday. Ministers promised a deputation yesterday that the Government would grant the usual subsidy of pound for pound to the river conservators at the Hutt. The Eiver Conservators Act is to be brought into operation at once. The Wellington Building Society has been more successful this year than any previous year since being started. All the Hermione's passengers have now taken up their quarters afc the station on the island, and the ship will be admitted to pratique in about ten days. An anchor and chain has been laid down from the City of Auckland at Otaki to prevent her being set higher up on the beach. The ship Eakaia will clear to-day for London with a cargo of '.colonial produce valued at £100,000. Of wool alone she takes 4618 bales, 288 casks tallow, 34 drums iron sand, and 42 boxes hematite paint, besides a large quantity of miscellaneous produce. The total receipts which passed through the Corporation books last year, exclusive of loans, was £69,762, while the expenditure has been £9i,561. The wharfinger reports that 1657 vessels entered the Port of Welliugton during the last twelve months with an aggregate tonnage of 354,385 tons. Mr G. M. lteed went overlaud to Napier yesterday on his way to England. The New Zsalander, iv discussing the Chinese question, Bays it is in the direction of the reiteration of the treaties, and we shall have to look for Eupport in keeping out the Mongolian floods. Steps are being taken for the release of Hill, who was recently sent to gaol for contempt in disobeying an injunction of the Supreme Court. Blenheim, Thursday. The low level tunnel at Durville's Island copper mine is now 15G feet in and is being extended to intersect Manton's lode 50 feet ahead. Hokitika, Wednesday. The Stella arrived to-day. She left Jackson's Bay last evening at 7 o'clock, and took on board at the Bay eight families, in all 42 passengers; she shipped here 200 adults and 25 children, and sailed for Taranaki. j