INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 283, 10 December 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

i .'-'-J : •'.'.' ("PRESS AOENOT.I Wellington, Tuesday night. In consequence of the P. and O. steamer leaving Melbourne on the 26th instead of the 27th instant, it will be necessary to despatch the Rotorua from the Bluff on J. nday evening, the 19th instant, a day ahead of the time table date. fm. t. _i. -n_. Wednesday. lhe Pnblic Works statement is withdrawn because It appeared that a clerk omitted to deduct the liability of £150,000, payable to counties in Canterbury and Otago from the amount available for further expenditure out of the five million loan. Auckland, Tuesday night. James Rout, of One. unga, was riding a young horse, when he was thrown and fell heavily, and sustained concussion of tbe brain. • At the Police Conrt to-day, a woman was charged with petty larceny. Her husband laid it was done throngh extreme poverty, as he was working for Dempsey on the jrwlftnuttioD, and could get no money.

Wednesday. A fire occurred at Raf ton's, a basket-maker, in Upper Queen-street. The Brigade soon extinguished the flames, which originated in a cellar. A good deal of stock was burned. It was insured for ££00 in the Colonial Office. Sydney advices report that Godefroy's South Sea business will probably be carried on, and all Colonial liabilities be met. I) r;>- E! n x , Wed nesday. The ageuts here of J. C. Williamson and Gilbert and Sullivan intend applyiug for an injunction to restrain the Dramatic Troubadours from playing H.M.S. Pinafore. Grahamstown*, Wednasday. A fire broke out in Pollen-street early this morning in Biien's second hand furniture shop, which, together with Wood's fruit depot, was destroyed. Brien'a !o..es are .£2OO and Wood's £95<2. The insurances were Brien £!_o, Wood £50.