INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 5 June 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

fPKKSS AOENCV.I Auckland, Thursday. A letter received by th*e mail says that birJ.Vogel has appointed Mr G. M. Keed Immigration Agent for the North of Ireland with unrestricted power to send out immigrants. Mr Reed's head quarters wiU beat Belfast, but he will occasionally Tisit the northern districts of England. Chiustchbrch, Thursday. The Mayor of Christchurch has addressed a circular letter to the ftoad Boards and Boroughs in the Vicioity of Cbristchurch, nsking them to take steps to put works in hand, so as to afford temporary employment to those in need of it. The letter points out that the City Council have employed flf tyfour men, and that i£ all local bodies do in proportion, the number now unemployed will be reduced considerably. At a meeting of the Local Committee of the Sydney Exhibition to-day, a circular was received from the Central Commission, asking their co-operation in forming a gallery of art for New Zealand in Sydney. Six additional applications for space were received. The'time for receiving exhibits closes on the first week in July. The charge against bippenheim, accused of compile' ty in tbe Hangiora sheep stealing case has been withdrawn, it having been found impossible to obtain a clue as to the whereabouts of Bernard, the principal. The body of a man wrapped in canvas was washed up on the beach at Sumner this morning. It is apparently a body which was buried at aea.