INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 61, 12 March 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Ipkkss aobkot.T Wellington, Wednesday. A memorial bearing over 100 signatures has been presented to the Government, asking for the enrolment of a Naval Brigade Colonel Whitmore expresaed his gratification at the fact and a hope that there would be a torpedo launch in the harbor. The butchers' assistants will in future hare a half-holiday every Wednesday rru .v . T J* A * U » Tuesday night. The weather is .'splendid for the racea. Maiden Plate of 40 soys; entrance, 2 soysIf miles; weight for age: Undine 1. Milo 2 Sapphire 3. Sonth Jockey Clnb Handicap of 100 soys, with a sweepstake of 5 soys for acceptors; distance, 2 miles: Cambello 1 Laertes 2, Chancellor 3, ' ! Blenheim, Wednesday. The Borough Council resolved to take the opportunity offered by the recent fire to widen Market and Alfred Streets. 10 feet 6 inches. The owners, with a few exceptions, met the Council liberally, and offered to exchange land. It is said that the work can be done for £300 or £400. < ' . Taueaxqa, Wednesday. Captain Worsp anticipates raising the Taupp this afternoon.

. HoktAka, Wednesday. About seven o'cldck this morning a young mam named 'Ohttles Clarksou.aged 18, while bathing i& Hie beach was carried out to sea ana drowned. The body has been recovered. Sailed— Stella, for Jackson's Bay. Passengers — Messrs Whiteford, Bunny j Giles, Commissioners, Mr JordaD " nAvrtjlpx , and Meier and Zohrab, inter -,^3' ]..„ •.* j • n 11 -I'Tlers,alacsurlane, Murdoch Collyer^ fttt a M arks. a t* v Ulßl^Tentjßcrt. Wednesday. An Italian ttWed Anjsio fo jj urdassi J WM yesterday co mtn t tted forlt ial for indecently a . S9ai ittiug a little girl aged six years named Aniaoda Silva de la Cour. The rifle match between Otago and Canterbury will take place at the Association meeting on Monday pt Tuesday next. The City Council yesterday took formal possession of the reserve lately handed over to them for a Town Hall.