INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 121, 21 May 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Dunedix, Thursday. At the sale of leases of runs to day, Run 109 of 10,400 acres at Waihemo was sold for £200 to Mr A. D. Bell. Run 109 B, 6100 acres at Waihemo for £210 to the same purchaser. The upset price of the latter \va9 £100. All the other tudb offered fetched the upset price. Friday. John Selkirk Capstick, who had recently been in business as a hotelkeeper and had filed his schedule at Wanganui, was charged upon a warrant issued at that place with having failed, to deliver up to the trustees in his estate his hank hook and cash book. Capstick is to appear on the 29th instant at Wanganui. In asking for bail the prisoner mentioned that his books had been destroyed by the fire which burnt his premises. Bail was allowed in. the prisoner's own recognisances of £100, and two sureties of 50 each. Letters have been received by Archdeacon Edwards from the Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop of Aberdeen in reply to inquiries addressed to them regarding Arthur Graves, j a quondam clergyman, lately convicted of forgery. The letters conclusively prove that the testimonials produced by Graves are forgeries, also that he was ordained a deacon in the diocese of Carlisle. Subsequently he committed two crimes of forgery at home, and for the second was convicted and imprisoned with hard labor. Wellington, Fiiday. A telegram has been received by the Government today from Mr Harris to the effect that Te Wbiti has issued orders that whare building by the natives on the dis pu ted territory is to be discontinued forthwith, and no more undertaken. Owing to the heavy rains a slip occurred on the WelHngtou-Greytown line today, and communication was interrupted, but it is expected that the debris will be cleared to-night, and traffic be resumed to-morrow. At the Divorce Court a decree nisi was granted in the case of Fergusson v. Fergusson, and Hancock v. Hancock. Auckland, Friday, Messrs Hamlin and Karris addressed their constituents atPukekohe last nigh!, ani received a vote of confidence. The Railways Commission held a formal sitting to-day in reply to Messrs Hamlin and Harris, urging the construction of the branch line of railway to Pukekohe and Waiuku. A grand Volunteer Review is to be held on the Queen's Birthday. Several country corps have promised to be present. It Jwill be preliminary to a grand review to take place on the Prince of Wales' Birthday, when the corps from the Thames, Waikato, WhaDgarei and other parts will be present. Golden Crown shares suddenly rose to 21a yesterday in consequence of reported new discoveries, hut fell to 16s today. A fire occurred in Ford's tailor's shop in Queen-street early this morning, caused by ignited cinders falling on the floor, but it w> s promptly extinguished and the damage was slight. Rewi has refused to receive the house built at Kihikibi under the authority of the late Government unless the Crown Grants be given to him as he sajs he will alone exercise the tnana. At the Police Court to-day James Johnston for a breach of the railway regulations in getting, on a train while in motion was fined 5s and costs. Serious charges are being made regarding the management of the Industrial Home and several leading members of the old Committee write charging the master and matron with neglect and irregularity. An inquiry is pending. Yesterday judgment was obtained in the R.M. Court against the ship Earl Granville now in Lyttelton for short delivery. The Fire Brigade has sent to England for an electric telegraph apparatus. p™±-i There are several fresh cases of forgery and uttering. I A case of salting a Customs invoice is still under consideration. The goods have been seized by the Customs. Christchurch, Friday. O'Connor won the seven miles walking match to-day by half a lap easily, much to the surprise of Gowley's hackers. Gowley was generally fancied by the public, as O'Connor was thought to have overtrained himself. The time is variously given at from 55mins 4lßecs to 56mins 44£secs, and as the track was heavy this is remarkably good time. A well known auctioneering firm at Leeston has suspended payment this week, the Bank and the Loan Company holding pretty well all the assets. There are rumors of other suspensions about to take place, and an uneasy feeling is abroad as to the results of the next three or four months. Legal proceedings, are about to' be taken under the Copyright Act against some amateur performers for recently playing Morton's comedy—" A capital match "—at the Oddfellows' Hall. It is expected that eighteen bicyclists will meet at Kaiapoi on the Queen's Birthday and run to Amberley. Napier, Friday. A threshing machine owned by Messrs Well wood and Hislop and six stacks of wheat and oats at Kohnpotika were burned to-day. The total damage is about £800. The machine was insured for £300 in the New Zealand office. An old settler named Henry Nichols committed suicide at Waipawa yesterday by shooting himself with a revolver. He had made several attempts before, and in consequence was arrested on suspicion of lunacy. He was released, however, and it was within two bours after his discharge that he shot himself. Hawera, Friday. The Native statements of the Parihaka : meeting are conflicting as to Te Whiti's meaning. Some say he refers to the swamp as to the impediment to prevent the roads meeting, while those more in the prophet's confidence say, that his words had no reference to the 'actual ~road now being made, the word " road " being only used in metaphor to signify the paths of the two races, the policy or interests of the races being the two ends to meet. At the same time he strictlyenjoins peace and good will to all men and no interference with the road parties or other works in progress. It is also said by some of the Natives that he forbids any more whares being erected to seaward of the reserves. New Plymouth, Friday. Te Whiti's son is on a visit to New Plymouth, and he is gratifying his boyish appetite with the pleasures of civilization. The lad is about twelve years old, ■ ' j