INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 230, 26 August 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Monday night. The cause of the dispute between Col. Header and Mr James Mackay appears to be tbat Mr Mackay had been in the habit of relaxing tbe prison regulations of the Maoris at Mount Cook gaol on his own authority to an extent not approved of by Col. Reader and Mr Woodward. Col Reader, as head of the Armed Constabulary i3 practically responsible for the charge of the prisoners, and considered it his duty to interfere with the line of action pursued by Mr Mackay who prevented the prisoners from being locked up at night, and took them out for exercise outside the precincts of the gaol. Col. Reader insisted that, as he was the person directly responsible, his orders regarding the treatment of the prisoners should be obeyed, in which he was supported by Ministers. Tuesday. Cable advices state that the Chimborazo sailed from Plymouth for the Australian colonies on the Hth August full of passengers The City of London is advertised to sail from Sydney on the 15th and from Melbourne on the 20th September. Nicholas Johnson, a sailor on board the Ned White stabbed another sailor named Olsen with a knife. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency bave received the following telegram from London .- — Wool — Competition is decreasing, and quotations are on an average a halfpenny to a penny lower than at the opening. Seedy, hurry wools are neglected. Up to date 74,000 bales have been sold, and 9000 bales were withdrawn during the sales. Scoured has declined a penny Bince the close of last sales. South Australian medium to inferior greasy declined a halfpenny to a penny per pound. Oamabu, Tuesday. Mr J. Steward addressed the electors at Duntroon and received a vote of confidence CnKisxcnoßCH, Tuesday. Wellington won the football match against Otago, after an exciting struggle by a touch down to nothing. Ashbdbton, Tuesday. The body of Alexander Gordon, a settler, wbo disappeared six weeks ago, was found in a paddock 200 yards from where his dray was discovered. The country for many miles from the sea to the railway line bad been searched by hundreds of residents, and then the paddock where the body was found was examined. The body lay among some stubble, with the face downwards, the right hand stretched out and clenched, the left arm beneath the chest. The hat of the deceased was a few feet distant. Gordon left for home on the Saturday afternoon ; the night waa bitterly cold, and was followed by a snow-storm on Sunday morning. The deceased had been drinking, and it is believed that he lay down and fell asleep, and perished from exposure. He leaves a wife and ten Children.

Picton, Tuesday. Captain Kenny addressed a meeting of electors at Picton last night and received an unanimous vote of thanks and confidence, and the meeting pledged jtself to endeavor to secure his return.