INTERPROVICIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 74, 27 March 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVICIAL.

[Press Association. \ Wellington, Friday night. A man named Wm. Noble was drowned

near Masterton. He was attempting to cross — — the river, when the flood swept tim away. His body has not yet been recovered. Saturday. Some wreckage reported by the Maoris as being in Barnes Bay has been identified by the Marine Department as a part of the Mabel Jane which was wrecked in West Wanganui in 1878. The Governor has "received a cable message from the Governor of New South Wales stating that Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris haa been instructed to urge the Erench Government to prohibit assistance beiog "- given to liberated convicts in emigrating from New Caledonia to the Australasian Colonies. Gisborne, Eriday night. After a long investigation extending over nearly three weeks judgment was given by Judge Halse iv a rehearing olf the case of .-,,,«_ai^

Waingororo. Nd. 2 investigation purely related to the question as to whether or no*. the chief Hcnare has got any claim over the land. Tbe Court confirmed the judgment originally given by judge Rogan.

Auckland, Priday night. At the Orakei Parliament to-day, about 500 natives were present, including representatives of Tawbaio and Te Wheoro. A resolution was passed that the Government had broken the Treaty of Waitangi by the removal of the Seat of Government from Auckland, and praying for its restoration.

Dunedin, Friday night. The Medical Association have resolve rt that in the opinion ot the Society it is unprofessional and improper that any of its members should keep open a shop for the sale of druggists' sundries, and should adver tise the rate of bis fees, Saturday. A pair of trowsers, identified as those worn by Butler the night before the Cumberlandstreet murder, were found near the northern cemetery. They are said to he stained with blood. Arrived, yesteidty: Steamer Wakatipuj from Wellington. CHRisTcuoßcii, Saturday. . The schoouer Saxon stili lies in tne.sathe position on the Wairnakariri bar. The ketch Courier has been ch&rte__d to take from Lyttelton ft load of iron tanks to assist in floating the schooner. Oa Thursday the heaviest sea that has been seen on the coast for a long time and breaking about a mile outside the bar, but the schooner received no injury. Telegram were received stating she is insured at Auckland for £'700, . Considerable sensation was created in town yesterday ou the arrival o_ the Y<_unteors when the streets were crowded with spec' tatnrs. lioo arrive from South and the steamer ninetnoa brought 160 from Nelson and 159 from Wellington. All the companies parade for. Battalion drill this morning. A complaint cotnes from Ashburton that some Southern Volunteers while passing through their, yesterday went into a shop to buy some fruit and tobacco, and, the proprietor being ill in bed } cleared the shelves, Btealing £8 worth of articles.

Of the twenty-four horses in the free Handicap, only Lelonp, Chancellor, Lara, On Dit, accepted. On Thtir'sdry evening a notice was posted at the Commercial Hotel that Orip had been scratched for all eneaee__e_its. .-66

On Thursday morning fifteen stacks of wheat, oats, and barley were destroyed by fire at Mount Thomas, belonging to Major and Jar .is. The stacks were the produce of a three hundred acre paddock. They were in blocks of seven, four, and four, each block being a quarter of a mile apart. As tbey were all on fire at the same timej it is supposed it was the work of an incendiary. The stacks are said to be fully iushred in the London abd Liverpool oifice.

Westport, Saturday. Two truck loads of the Westport Colliery Company's coal was brought to town on Thursday, and more will come on Saturday.