INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 148, 22 June 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

New Pi/tmoctii, Tuesday. The Hincmoa arrived frum Welliugton this moruiug with the Native Minister. Immediately after landing, Mr Bryce proceeded to the camp at Ngnkuuikuni. It is = -Jiftid that.the uncxpocted^visit of the 'Native in connection) with tho recent obstructions by natives toHhe road parties in erecting' fences across roads. The Diitives i have; showu much . determination- in the matter. Some Europeans who have visited Te W'biti say lie has expressed himself as pleased that the Government have not put in prison those men who pulled down the fences. -;'•-- Christchurcii, Tuesday. TwtT.me'n were drowned in a bay in Back's Peninsula, called Waikirißiri, on Saturday last^whiJeloading the E." U. Cameron with timber. It appears that iv launching the boat she filled with water and capsized, falters and Rowlands tried to swim to the , 'shore, but— .becadie - exhausted, 'arid were drowned, f Bothwtire unmarried men. The body of Walterirwas washed ashore "at Waikirikiri on Sunday. Several cases of selling drink in prohibited houses, and allowing gambling in licensed houses, came before the Bench to-day. In one instance for allowing a shilling in and winner shouts, a publican' wss fined £'10, aud ttie-Oourt expressed their determination to put down the practice. The Clematis was rather severely injured by collision with the Kotorua, and had she becu struck a little farther forward would have sunk.- The master throws all blame on tlie,B,otorua, v but avers that the captain of the' steamer told him that it was his own fault, and he could get out of the way. Last night the Sydenbam Borough Conucil resolved to write to ex-mayor Booth, now in London, requesting him to ascertaiu if a loan of .£30,000 to £50,000 can be raised for the use of the Borough. At a public meeting at Alcaroa resolutions were passed condemning the Property Tax, and advocating a Laud Tax and lucorue Tax instead. Invercakgili,, Tuesday. A. girl two years of age, daughter of a man named Smith, who is employed on the Orepuki railway line, fell into a water hole the other day, and was drowned. The remains of a man hare been washed ashore at Dog Island. Probably they are those of one of the crew of the ketch Anna, which was wrecked near Bluff harbor a week or two since. The Southland Building Society having too much money offering, has reduced the rate of iuterest from eight to seven per cent. There is so little demand for money, that mortgagees are sueiug for interest, where a few months ago they would have foreclosed the mortgages. ; Bltjkf, Tuesday. The Eotomahana arrived at 10 a.m. She left Melbourne at 11-30 a.m. on the 16th, and Hobarton at 4-30 p.m. on the 18ih. Experienced strong head winds'and squally weather. She sails at 5 p.m. for Dunediu. Dunedin, Tuesday. The steamer Wanganui, wrecked near Sydney, was insured as follows:— Australian Alliance £43? 10s ; Derwent and Taraar .£437 10s;Batavia£43710s; Union Company of New Zealand £437 10s ; Colonial Compauy of New Zealand £437 10s; National Company ■ of New Zealand £437 JOs; Globe £437 10s; Imperial £218 15s ; Universal £218 ]ss. f Captain Bayldon telegraphed this afternoon to Messrs Hougton and Co. from the Clarence Heads which is 330 miles from Sydney: — " Wanganui total loss. Sank and two lives lost." The Wanganui was trading between Sydney and Clarence. The National Office took out iv Sydney a £3,500 policy, distributing the amount among the offices above euiimerated. The loss therefore falls on the Sydney branches of the companies named. The vessel's value is put down at £6000. A fire occurred this morning on the premises of Durand Blanck and Company, wholesale storemen. The origin is unknown. The loss is £1400, covered by insurance in the National office. . The Conference of the City and Suburban Municipalities adopted the following resolu "•tion with two dissentients : — " Inasmuch as by the Financial Arrangements Act, 1876, if; _ is provided by clause 13 sub sections 1 and 2 . I that 'the subsidies shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund duriug each financial year for five years after the Act comes into ' -operation, it is the opinion of this meeting 'that it would be a breach of faith on the part of the Government to interfere with the Act. That the various boroughs affected thereby will be seriously inconvenienced by the withdrawal of such subsidy inasmuch as they have- made their arrangements in the belief, that I the subsidy .would not he interfered with {until the expiry of the time laid down in this Act, and that they cannot escape from it except by the imposition of further local * taxation, which,' in view of the heavy taxes proposed to be levied for general purposes, they' deem to be unwise, impolitic, inexpedient, and more than the property-holders can reasonably be expected to bear. That this meeting pledges itself to use its undivided influence with the members of Parliament representing their respective boroughs to obtain from Parliament a continuance of the time named by the Act, wherein the subsidies shall be paid to the Borough and County Councils. That the resolutions be forwarded to the Government, and every member representing the local boroughs in and around Dunedm, with the earnest hope that they will endeavor to give effect to the views of the meeting."