INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 137, 10 June 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PRESS AOBKCT.I Wellington, Monday night. A member of a gold prospecting party called at tho office of the /Wto^lay exhibit-

ing rich specJmefis \>i g-cld-fee**rlb| quar& obtained not ttiotte th&tt & mile from the ■tonnfrHCTWlbe'ctty. The Government have ample supplies of arms and ammunition, including itoo Bnidef nfles and some Cohorn mortars. ! .. °'V ngr tosdm e tribal difference amongst i the Ngaflpprous *ft is not anticipated that , more than 800 could be brought into the field now instead of the thousand who, it was at nrst believed, would come. It is understood that if in the event of any murderous outrage upon the settlers occurring, Government will take prompt aud severe measures. The whole of the Constabulary force would make au immediate advance upon the natives, while Volunteers would garrison the various outposts and depots, and care will he taken to put it out of the power of the natives ever again to be troublesome. So long as there is a demand for labor on the Corporation the work is to be limited to married men, who are to have the preference and still further preference Will be given to* men with large families. The amount of the £100.000 loan which the Ban* advances is £10,000. Professor Kirk has been reappointed Science lecturer to the Wellington College at a salary of £400 per annum. m. . Tuesday. lhe insurance offices are said to have r°solved to rebuild all buildings burnt down whenever the insurance money will permit of this course being adopted. Sir J. Yogel telegraphed that the Rakaia had left London with 295 immigrants for Wellington and Napier. Dr. Otto Tinsch, a leading European ornithologist, bas accepted a mission from tbe Royal Academy of Science of Berlin to explore the islands of Western Polynesia, and is expected to visit this colony for a short time. Ddnedin, Tuesday. The damage by Royse and Stead's fire was £150, fully insured. The Mannherikia County Council have carried a resolution against employing Chinamen on iheir works. New Plymouth, Tuesday. Sixty Armed Constabulary arefencamped at Oakura, and eighty are stationed at Opunake. The local Volunteer force now numbers 580. The Maoris appear unable to reconcile our arming with Te Whiti's prophecies of peace. Seventy-three Volunteers were sworn in at. Manutahi North yesterday. The general arming of the district is producing a salutary effect outhe native mind. Some sensible natives ailege that they cannot understand the reason of the ploughing. A great meeting is to be held at Parihaka on the 18th instant, when Europeans will be allowed to attend. Ashbdrton, Tuesday. The number of unemployed is rapidly increasing and considerable distress exists. The Borough Council are unable to do anything for want of cash. Chbistchcbch, Tuesday. The case of the City Council versus Ogden for holding a Cheap Jack's stall in Cathedral Square broke down. Mr Garrick, counsel for tbe Council, found a case in the last number of the law Journal, which cut the ground from under tbeir feet. The Water Supply Committee held a meeting on Thursday to consider Mr Clarke's letter te water supply.