INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 210, 16 September 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Duxedin, Tuesday. At the inquiry into the origin of the late fire, a man named Jolly, working at the Herald office, who passed through the Octagon a quarter of an hour before the fire broke oat deposed to having noticed a light, as of a candle being carried from one room to another After further evidence. Inspector Mallard said he would not undertake the responsibility of allowing Waters, the cafe proprietor, to be at large that eight. He was therefore kept in the lock-up, though not formally arrested for arson. He made an appeal to the Coroner not to detain him at that late hour, when be could net get bail but the Coroner said that if bail were forthcoming he could not take it Wellington, Monday night. At the declaration of the poll at the Hutt to-morrow, Mr Valentine, a resident at the Lower Hutt. will enter a formal protest against Mr Mason's election on the ground of bribery and corruption. It is stated that Mr Climie professes to be able to show a superior gradient by which to take the Wellington — Foxton railway to the one selected. It is reported that a lot of the workmen on the Madestone section of the west coast railway were discharged last Saturday. The Working Men's Kights League is about to agitate the land settlement question. It is proposed to obtain the names of 100 men with some little means, who are anxious to form settlements on the land. It is contended that the Government could afford a free grant of 100 acres each. Mr Francis Burdett Jones of the United Methodist Free Church has conveyed to the congregation by deed of gift, his house and lands valued at £800. It is rumored that the return of Mr Hutchison for the City will be petitioned against, on the ground of alleged illegal practices, which are said to consist of advertised free lunches, to which his supporters were invited. Tuesday. The Choral Society held its sixteenth annual meeting last night. The report showing a falling off in the working members, and the balance sheet for the year a loss of £38. Auckland, Monday night. At the Police Court Thomas A. Oweu charged with permitting card playing in his hotel on the College lioad, was fined 20s an 1 costs. A singular discovery has been made of an immense trunk of a puriri tree at the sea level in excavating at Fort Britomart. Portions of it will be sent to the Sydney Exhibition. The tree must have been embedded for ages. Ashburtox, Tuesday. The Coleridge election created great excitement. The resnlt was :— Wright 489, Hart 328. Both are pronounced opponents of the present Government. TiMARtr, Tuesday. The Gladstone election resulted as follows: — Studto'me 323, Dean 208. Charleston, Tuesday. The schooner Shepherdess parted her lines at 9 o'clock this morning and capsized in Constant Bay. No lives were lost. She is breaking up fast, She was insured in the Victoria. The crew lost everything. Chrischcbch, Tuesday. The Grand Lodge Session of the Order of Oddfellows, American Constitution, was opened last night under the presidency of the R.W.G.W., Brother Wheeler. Fifteen delegates were present. An address of welcome was presented by the Reception Comtnittee of the Canterbury Lodges, to which the Grand Master replied, expressing the hope that the session would be productive of the spread of the principles of the Order through New Zealand. The Grand Lodge will sit daily till Thursday next. Mr Bosselman, Manager of the American Sewing Machine Depot, died very suddenly last night, it is supposed from heart disease. Bluff, Tuesday. The Arawata arrived last night, but owing to the thick weather she did not enter till this moruing.