INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 170, 18 July 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

fPBKM AfflWOT/] _WEttiM<jTO^ Thursday night. ««♦ < - wwa deputation had another ™ter?fcw win, cpi Whitmore to-day. In Eff r wi!t t ?< tbe!r P»PWtions of yesterday, Col. Whitmore asked in the event of it being 2S2?j *. w h on Parihaka woald the * Em&i^S B *^ t0 ««npy the ports now « l^lSu *w bb l ary - TbedeputatioElgaYe Si^KS that - the Bettlers ™> ald d ° "o. CoL Whitmore said that three mijes of railway between Hawera and Normanby was to De > commenced at once, and another seven miles would be shortly commenced The Pleione brings 152,000 rounds of ammunition and 118 cases of fusee and tubes lor flie Qtrrermnent. Bw^! n "* ■ flo <* Mto an attempt to form * coalition Ministry. TtoChromcUaajß the proper course for the Premier to pursue would be to request the Governor to send for some member of the Liberal party more trusted than himself by that party. New insolvencies, Robert Daniel, painter, of the Hutt } John Forness, salesman, WelUngtoo. : TMj^reM men have; resolved to hold a jovriianstic dinner within a week. It if romored that a payable gold reef has been discovered on the western side of the Walarapa Lake. "".". " Friday.' '& leading light tot the entrance to Tory

Channel was ordered by the last mail, and is expected shortly. It is understood that the Ministry can only couut forty-one members whose votes can be relied on in an emergency. John Hill was fiued £2 for being drunk on the railway platform being a breach of the railway regulations. Mr G. Thomas reports produce prices as follows .-Flour, Adelaide, £14 to £14 10s ; Colonial, £10, lirm; wheat, fowl feed, 3s 9d ; oats, as 9d to 3d ; luaiae, 3s 10d to 4s 2d, market stocked; bran, Is; pollard, £7 ; hams, 9^d ; bacon, B*d ; cheese, 8d ; potatoes, £5 10s; butter, lid. The Opposition had a meeting this morning, when they decided that Sir W. Fox should follow the English precedent, and mofe the addition of a clause to the address in reply, condemning the administration and praying the Governor to call other advisers to his counsels. An intrigue has been going on amongst the Ministerialists to set up a new Ministry under Mr Ballance or Mr Montgomery, but it is thought not likely to come to anything. Ministers are said ro be clearing out their offices, with a view to defeat the Opposition, who estimate a majority of fourteen. The Hinemoa leaves this evening to bring down another batch of Maori prisoners from Opunake and New Plymouth. The amendment which Sir W. Fox will propose will be no attack upon the Government policy, but simply as to their administration. The Government would not consent to the debate being adjourned till 7-30 this evening, and it will be gone on with in the order in which it stands on the Order Paper. Donedin, Friday. A fatal accident occurred at Gibbs and Clayton's sawmills to a young man named Fox. He had placed a bag on the shaft, and while riding on it, his clothes became entangled and he was twisted round and had both legs broken and one arm torn from the body. He died soon after admission to the Hospital. Tim arc, Friday. Detective Neil made a very clever arrest last evening of a man named Thomas Griffin, accused of stealing a gold watch and chain valued at £20 from A. McAusland in the Club Hotel. The stolen articles were found on Griffin when he was searched. Shiuping operations have been greatly retarded of late owing to the continued rough seas. The bad weather experienced here during the last six weeks has been unequalled since the district was settled, both as regards severity and protraction. Our local member (Mr Richard Turnbullj is still here, much to the disgust of the electors. Mr Stout baa expressed an opinion that the Harbor Board cannot legally lend to the Borough Council £25,000 for water works as asked by the latter. The patent windlass of the barque Renfrewshire smashed to pieces last night There was no sea on at the time. A nautical examination is being held on it. Auckland, Friday. A fall of coal occurred at Whitaker and Russell's mine at Hunley, Waikato, when Joseph Glynn was killed. De Lias the proprietor of the Theatre Royal, obtaiued a judgement against one of a party of five publicans in the vicinity of the Theatre who promised to pay him £l per week each while he kept the Theatre open. One who signed tried to get out of it and the others made joint cause with him. The Court upheld the agreement.