INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 300, 31 December 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[FKKBS AGE3CT.] || _. WELtiNGTos, Wednesday.!! lbe Native Minister has gone to Wangan3 bat will return in a few days. 9 It is currently reported tbat a geneiH Btrike of the principal telegraph operatoW Will take place in the chief towns of to| colony on the 2nd January next. £■ Christchurcii, Wednesdays!!! Two more men have been arrested m participation in the attack on the procession John Barrett, the licensee of the BororiM Hotel, was brought before the ResidW Magistrate charged with.aiding and abetdH in riot and assault, and remanded to the SM January. Mr Joynt applied for bailjfl Burrett was nnder a large contract with^H drainage works, and his detention WOnldSß mttended with disastrous consequencej^H him. Bail was allowed, himself in £L^B and two sureties of £500 each. Auckland, Tuesday nigtij^fl The Hero has arrived. Amongst her|^fl sengers is Fastor Chiniquy who was hefl^H received by his admirers, and there l^H much cheering. He thanked those prjflfl| and- trusted they would work togetbflßH fight the good battle, not physicafflS spiritoal. He said one of tbe last perajSHfl •hook haDds with before leaving Sydn oPwSl a Roman Catholic gentleman from NeiSgM land who gave him great encourageflHJ! He intends lecturing throughout Newzealand. He said he netted from his Australian tour £4,790 for the proposed American Mission. Samoa newß states that Captain Doiechard, of the Bismarck, sent six armed boats and disarmed the occupiers of the Neutral territory, capturing 200 stand of arms, and two chiefs aa hostages. On the previous Sunday a battle took place between the hostile tribes and the killed and wounded we varionslv stated, the former from 20 to 80, and the latter .from 30 to 90. Many of those who were wounded are dyin* at Oulafihua A division of tbe King jarty landed on the west end of the island, and burnt every town belonging to the old Government between that and Faledon. The German warship Bismarck subsequently conveyed the belligeranta to their respective homes. Bishop Turini of Bathurst told his Roman Catholic Congregation that they were being lobbed and persecuted by the Government in respect to education. Two Mormon Missionaries, a Dane and a Swede, are now in Auckland, having arrived direct from Utah via San Francisco. Cabterton, Tuesday nigh'i James Dobbs,a shepherd at Mr Bue^uan's wa« drowned in the Taura river^Gli Saturday' and the body was recovered, this afternoon by diving after a long search. His horse bad great difficulty in getting out. His dogs were found standing on the bank where the body had disappeared. tt^^ .•• — " Timabu, Tuesday night. bave resolved to have no or demonstration on New Year's B^K*nd it is anticipated that everything PWn! pass off quietly. Ten warrants for the ; arrest of the Boxing Day rioters are issued. Since the arrival of the Dunedin police, the footpaths bave been te^^MHg^

police complain that the number of men in Tinmru is inadequate f«r the size of the town and population. Two of the principals in the late riot were arrested this afternoon. There are 34 police now here, and 50 will arrive from Christchurch to-morrow. Duxedix, Tuesday night. At (he City Court this morning James Midgeley and Thomas Carrier were charged with stabbing Klisna Harris, early this morniug. Harris, whose dying depositions were taken, states that the prisoners came to his house, knocked at the door, and he got out of bed to order them away, and as he went he hit Midgeley, aud the latter stabbed him in the breast. Both men then went away. The prisoners were formally remanded for a week. Wednesday. News has boon received from the port that a thr.e masted schooner, supposed to be the AdaWixwell (?) from New York is ashore at Wickliffe B-iy. ll.uvera, Tuesday. ±he llams natives are saving up large crops of grass-seed, which promises well. It ■s thought the seed will be cheap this seasou and that the natives will not obstruct the movement on the Plains if carried out with firmness. The natives thoroughly understand that decisive measures will be taken. Waveklky, Wednesday. Mr Winchcombt's Commission Agent's office was burnt down at oue this morning The library of the Highway and Town Board's books were destroyed. It was uninsured.