INTERPROVINCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 299, 30 December 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

fPBEBS AOENOT.] Wellington, Tnesda^^H It is understood that permission wilS^B given for the use of the totalisator at^HH Eutt races. Jj^H The Governor and Lady Robinson^H suite left for Auckland last night. |^B Two libel cases, in which the £t)9H Chronicle is a principal, are down^^H hearing next Monday. l^^fl Fifty Armed Constabulary have jusf^wß in the Wakatipu for Christchurch, as a pre- j caution against any probable further disturbances between the Roman Catholics and DmrEDiN, Monday night, A small cottage in Frederick-street was burned down last night. It was insured in the Norwich Onion for j£loo. The Timaru and Christchurch riots were referred to in St. Joseph's and the Congregational pulpits yesterday. At the forirer church Bishop Moran said that should proCessions take place in this country of a kind > I

similar to those in the old land> aud which used to excite themselves and their fathers to madness, let them take no notice of them, but keep out of their way, and on no account suffer themselves to be provoked to commit a breach, of the peace. Let them remember that they were Catholics and Christians, and that it was their duty to submit to contumely and insult with patience. Such processions were offensive not only to "Roman Catholics, but also to every ;leceut man in the community. Should these processions with certain banners which were offensive, and which he was afraid were inteuded to give offence, take place here, uo notice should be taken of them, but they should be treated v.ith contempt The Bishop implored his people to. take uo part in such discreditable and diarepist.i'ulc proceedings, and on uo accnuut let them become participators in street brawl 3, but on the contrary be men of strong | minds &»>! of strong wills, and studiously avoid such conduct A petition is being largely signed to the Minister of Justice, praying for the remis sion of the sentence on Grasiey, a well-known contractor, who was jsentHieed to fourteen days' imprisonment for stealing a goose in a drunkeu freak. New Plymouth, Tuesday. The great Sugar Loaf rock has been blasted for harbor purposes One and a half tons of powder were exploded >v two chambers, and a large quantity of rock was finally shattered, but none displaced. The result shows that the rock is admirably adapted for concrete blocks, but unsuitable for rubble work. Napikh, Monday night. The recent rains has done much damage to the crops. Mr Williams, of Hastings, has 90 acres of wheat under crop, and hoped to leap a good harvest, but owing to the rust Taving appeared, he intends, as soon as the line weather sets in, to burn the whole crop. The natives last week stopped the survey of roads at Tahoraite, threatening the surveyors, who desisted. The land is crown granted to the natives, but a certain per centage is retained for loads The bumptious natives were not even among the owners. Mr Ilallet, accompanied by Mr Master, the native interpreter, will proceed to Tahoraite to resume the survey of the roads, and if the natives again interfere with the survey they v ill be arrested, as Mr Ilallet will be acconipauied by two or three constables. Handicap Hurdle Rack : Kakaoroa 1 Ponrer 2, Blucher 3.— Maiden Plate: Camelia 1, To'iera 2, Arab Child .?.—Havej.ock llaxdicai- : Never Miss I, Oharia 2, Temata 3.— Railway Stakes : Never Miss ], Camelia 2, Hero 3.— Cossoi.atiok HandiCAP : Hinemoa 1, Tamatia 2, Parawnenua 3. Hawera, Monday night. The intended move ou the Waimate Plains has given great satisfaction here. There will be no opposition from the natives, as they will not have got their potatoes Jgrass seed, and other crops in by the time the advance takes place. Tuiaru, Tuesday. ihree hundred special constables have been summoned to-day to parade at 3 p.m. A guard of artillery-men was on duty throughout the night. The town is quiet bnt there is expected to be a recurrence of Friday's riot on the Ist January, when, it is rumored that the Orange Lodge intend parading. The assistance of the police, artillery corps, and special constables will be called into requisition on that day. Public sympathy is in favor of the Orangemen, and the unwarrantable action of the other party is generally condemned. The ring-leaders in the late riot will be summoned, the Resident Magistrate giving evidence for the prosecution.