INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 73, 26 March 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[press agency/! ArcKL.ixn, Tuesday night. The schooners Marion andl'iraleand three cutters have been chartered to proceed to Tauranga to assist in raising the Taupo. The Marion left to-day. "Wellington, Tuesday night. Large additions are being made to the Mount View Asylum. The Island Bay estate (the property of Mr G. Hunter, M.H.K.) was put up tor sale today The biddiug was dull, and the prices realised were £50 per quarter-acre. The man who alleged having discovered payable quartz reefa at Wainuiomata asks the County Council for the gold duty for 15 years. The Chronicle demands that the Waimate Plains survey be <;one on with despite the native bounce, and that the perpetrators of the outrage be punished. Iv the Supreme Court to-day Judge Richmond ruled that the Collector of Customs had power to refuse the discharge of the two stamen whom the master of the Hermione wished to leave in the Hospital as being unfit for duty on board ship. The men must therefore be taken on board. One of them says his constitution was ruined by exposure on the Crozet Islands, when wrecked in the | Strathmore. I Wednesday. An article which is understood to be official appears in the New Zealander this morning in reference to the Waimate Plains difficulty. It says.— "The land must be reoccupied, although we have some doubt of the propriety of sending back the surveyors unless protected by a sufficient force." * * « The determined attitude of the natives requires to be met by one equally determined." The article suggests as a mode of retaliation that fifty acres of land should be given to bodies of men on condition that they hold it for seven years. The nrticle couclude3:— " Here, then, is the answer to Te Whiti, who might be distinctly informed that the Government would plant posts of Volunteer settlements from Waingongoro to Parihaka and maintain them out of the reserves intended to be set, aside for the use of the natives. This is what we should understand by a strong policy, and we are well assured it is one that would prove eminently successful. Whatever power might be legally wanting to give effect to the contract could be obtained from the Assembly wheu it meets." The members of the Club and the legal profession entertained Mr J. C. Crawford, the late R.M., at a dinner last night. Mr Crawford arrived here in 18:59, and there were only about three present who were here at the same time. The million acres of land just purchased by the Government will be got ready to be put up for sale at once. The amouut'realised is to contribute towards the cost of constructing the main trunk line of railway to the West Coast of the North Island. Tenders for the first section between Kaiwarra and Porirua are to be called for before the end of April. The Ngatikahuna have selected Ilenare Matua as their candidate for the seat rendered vacant by Karaitiana's death. Major Kemp and a number of the Wanganui chiefs have left via Taupo to attend the King's meeting. The Government have completed negotiations for purchasing between 90,000 and 100,000 acres in the Taupo district. Otaki, Wednesday. Joseph Nugent, cook at the Telegraph Hotel, and formerly cook of the Government boats Stella and Hinemoa, was found dead at the foot of the stairs this morning about six o clock. An inquest is now being held. Palmerstox, Wednesday. A large saw mill and dwelling house belonging to Richter acd Nannestad was totally destroyed by fire last night. The damage is about £2700.