INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 38, 13 February 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

. [Press Association. | . Dunedin, Friday. By a Are in a cottage in North East Valley last night the Standard office loses £125 and the National £50. A boy, aged 10, was received in gaol to ensure his attendance at the next criminal sessions. The Star calls on the -Justices to enquire into the matter to see if some means cannot be devised of ensuring his presence without keeping him a prisoner. In a couple of months nearly £17,000 has been collected in Dunedin for racing sweeps. Auckland, Friday Mr G. W. Biuney quotes Adelaide flour at £14 10a ; Canterbury, £12 10s ; oatmeal, £14 9s ; pearl barley, £24 to £24 10s ; oats, ls lOd to 2s ; Fiji maize, 2s 6d ; bran, £4 148 ; pollard, £5 10s ; Canterbury -cheese, 7d ; local, 4d to 6d ; no hams or bacon in the market ; buter. 5d to Bd. The market is completely glutted with potatoes. Sir G. Grey, when invited to a Masonic ceremony at the Thames, said it was so long since he attended a Masonic Lodge that he had almost forgotten all about Freemasonry. He also received an invitation from Tukukino to talk over the Thames difficulty, but advised him to meet the wißhes of the Government. Christchurch, Friday. At the annual general meeting last night i of the Permanent Investment and Loan , Association of Canterbury, the directors' report showed that the dividend would be at the rate of 10£ per cent per annum, and a bonus of 7s per share on the investment. The southern Volunteers taking part in the Bifle Association prize firing at Nelson will leave Lyttelton by the Tararua on Thursday, the 26th instant, will arrive ft Wellington on the 27th, and on the 28th the s.s. Wellington will make a special trip to l Nelson direct. At a meeting of the Committee of the Canterbury Liberal Reform Association last i evening the following resolution was carried: "That the Secretary write: to Sir George Grey, and respectfully request that, he will come to Christchurch to address his constituents, as this Association still considers him to be their representative in Parliament." The performance at the Theatre Koyal last night in aid of the Irish distress fund was only moderately attended. It is rumored that an action for libel is Jjejng . commenced againej; the Ashburton

""-. A . " \ Mail, by Stanley Bruce, an architect, fbr having published an article condemnatory of ; his design for the Hospital buildings. Mr David Craig of the New Zealand Insurance Company has been appointed General Manager for Canterbury of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. The business wiil be transacted at the office of the former company. '' Wellington, Friday. , The Government have nominated Mr Levin, Colonel Pearce, and Captain Williams, for the Harbor Board. A man named Peter Brown who a few days ago was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for stealing a pewter pot from an hotelhas been pardoned by the Executive, and received his free pardon yesterday afternoon in order that he might join his ship, the Lutterworth, bound for London. . At the Police Court, Captain Dempsey of the schooner Darcy Pratt was summoned by the Collector of Customs for carrying seamen who were not on the articles. Being the first offence he waa fined; 10s and costs. Port Chalmers, Friday/ The .Lodge of Mark Masons under tbe English Constitution will shortly be opened. An application for the establishment of a District Grand Royal Arch Chapter for Otago has been sent home. • '