INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 284, 11 December 1879, Page 2

INTERPROV INCIA L.

fPBKSS AOENOT.I r , Wellington, Wednesday night. The Gty Waterworka loan haa been temporarily withdrawn by the London agenta of the Corporation bankers, owing to the fact that the five million loan affected the market to a considerable extent, and rendered the time unfavorable for floating it. An official inquiry into the railway accident recently at Silverstream, showed an error of judgment. The Court of enquiry into the conduct of L-eihy alieut. in the Naval Brigade, is again adjourned in conaequence of the absence of witnesses for the prosecution. ■hr /-< mL Thursday. Mr George Tbomas reports Adelaide flour at £17, scarce; colonial, £13; oats, 2s 6d, in good demand; bran, 9d; wheat, fowl, 5s 6dmaize, 4s 6d scarce; pollard, £6; potatoes, 9s per cwt; bacon, 10d; hams, la 2d; cheese od; butter, 7d; onions, 2d A meeting of the Tramway Company is a l f d *.°r the 22nd December, to consider the advisability of winding up. A yonng man named' James Francis Ihompsou has been sentenced to three months hard labor for uttering valueless cheques. There were two charges of a like n » tu "\ ag ? iDst him ' but there being some alight doubt about it, the Bench gave him the benefit Evidence was given to show that be had been living a number of years in the vicinity of Wellington bearing an unimpeachable character. The prisoner is well connected. Mr Mansford R.M. has obtained a months' 7 6 v abßence on account of ill health. At the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency's wool sale the highest price for greasy cross. fcred was 8d per lb and tbe loweat 6*d; Jocks and prices lid to k 3*d; sheep-skins 4|d to The Reporting Debates Committee has recommended that certain portions of Hansard Ac translated mto Maori at a coat of £700. . Adckland, Wednesday. It is beyond doubt salmon have betn Bnccessfully acclimatized in the Maurangi 30 miles from Anckland, lots of young fish paring been seen.

Reefton, Wednesday night. The prosecution of E. J. O'Conor for perjury at the District Conrt, Reefton, bas beea abandoned by the Crown Prosecutor on account of the unreliability of the testimony of James Johnston. Blenheim, Wednesday nigbt. In tbe Supreme Court, in the case of Earll v Doherty for libel, Mr Travers for the defence, put in a special plea of not guilty, and also tbat tbat the ailegat ons in the alleged libel were true in substance and fact. It was true that Earll had seduced hia niece, and had frequently incestuous intercourse with her wbile she was living with him under his care and protection. The defendant alleges that he published the libel for the public benefit, as Earll was then a Councillor of the Borough of Blenheim, also a Grand Councillor in the Good Templars Lodge for the South Island, and was holding office in the church of Scotland in Blenheim, and was also a Grand Juror. Mr Conoily, for Earll, demurred and obtained a short adjournment. It is considered that the case depends upon how fat the pnblic good was concerned in the publication of the matters complained of. DuxtDiN, Thursday. Out of 700 immigrants who arrived this week tbere are not many left in the barracks. Applications for 26 domestic servants could not be supplied. A man was fined for carrying his pick axe over bis shoulder on the footpath, and the police intend making a raid on perambulators. It bas been decided at tbe Land Board to offer several runs at balf the former rentals. Joseph South, for placing a piece of hot iron uuder a horse's tail to make it work, was fined £5 and costs.