INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 74, 27 March 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

fPRESS agenoy.l ARRIVAL OE TIIE GOVERNOR. Wellington, Thursday. Sir Hercules Robinson and Lady Robinson arrived late last night in 11. M.5. Emerald, his Aide-de-Camp being on board the Wolverine, which accompanied the Emerald, Today is observed as a public holiday. All places of bu_iuess are closed, and the public buildings and shipping are decorated with flags. His Excellency and Lady Robinson were brought of! in a steamer, on board of which were all the Ministers in Wellington. A large concourse of peeple were assembled estimated at from six to eight thousand. Tbe Mayor and City Councillors, and a large number of leading citizens and ladies were present on the platform. The Mayor presented an address of welcome, to which His Excellency replied very briefly, saying that he hoped the tavorable estimate tbay had formed of his abilities would not be lessened by the closer intimacy which he hoped would exist between them. His Excellency was then driven off to Government House, where he was sworu in by Mr Justice Richmond. A vice-regal salute was fired when he left the Emerald, and another when he was sworn in. His Excellency was heartily cheered on lauding, again after replying to the Municipal address, aud still more enthusiastically after being sworn in. , Wellington, Wednesday night. It is stated that the Government have ! agreed, subject to ratification by Parliament, to carry out the arrangements made by the original lessees of the Murimutu block. Mr Stanbury, the representative of a San Francisco ship owner, has come here to claim the barque Courier, which was sold by a Yankee captain to the promoters of the New ' Guinea expedition. He says the captain had I no right to sell her. Banks, the cook of the Loch Fergus, died ! this afternoon from the effects of a blow of a | handspike delivered by au apprentice last j Sunday. ' Mr Everiss, the schoolmaster at Mount Cook, is to be dismissed for violent and unmanly conduct towards Miss M'Gowan, a female teacher in the same school. Thursday. ' At a Chamber of Commerce meeting at- i tention was called to the question of ! telegraphic management It was said that the department was taxed beyond its powers, and that ordinary telegraphic messages took from twice to three times as long in transmission and delivery as they used to do, so that merchants were driven practically to the " Urgent " system. If the present system of the allocation of the wires were continued the speakers thought that improved facilities ought to be giveu. Ten of the Armed Constabulary Force intended for Patea, and twenty for Opunake, will be sent oft" to-morrow "in the steamer Patea if the Stella docs not arrive in time. The Building Committee of St. Peter's Church have decided to send home for a peal of eight bells which will cost £500. j Gretmoutii, Thursday. j Great dissatisfaction is expressed here at ■ so maDy workmen being knocked off the j harbor works, which will now only employ j about 30 men. A deputation from the working men have waited on the local authorities to consider their case. The men have families, and have acquired small properties, and do not care to leave the district. Tbe attempt to depopulate the Coast by offering free passages to other parts is greatly condemned 'by workmen and business people alike. The sudden discharging of so many workmen is considered as having something to do with the Government offer of free passages. The Insurance Companies have presented a donation of £50 to the Fire Brigade for their excellent work at the late fire. Hokitika, Wednesday. Arrived: Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne, which port she left on the 20th. Passengers for Nelson: Messrs Waitt and Gordon, and two in the steerage. She has 380 tons of cargo for all ports. Forty applications have already been made for free passages hence to Wellington by the Stella. Palmebston North, Thursday. Richter, Nannstead and Co's sawmill which was burned down was insured, plant and stock, for £2000, of which £800 was in the South British, about £1000 in the North British, and the balance in the New Zealand, but the amount does not cover the los 3. The mill was a large one, and a good number of men were employed. Several improvements were in course of preparation to increase the working power of the machinery. Christchurch, Thursday. Isadore Schwartz has been further remanded to Thursday next. Foxton, Thursday. Messrs Halcombe and Serwill's sale of land on behalf of the Immigrants and Colonists Aid Corporation yesterday at Fielding was an immense success. About 200 were present including buyers from all parts of the colony. The bidding was very brisk for the land, all by small farmers, The total amount realised was £30,500, the average price of rural land being £4 8s per acre, and the highest for rural land £9 5s given by Mr Tully of the Wairarapa. All the rural and suburban land was sold, but there was not much demand for the township lands.