INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 182, 2 August 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Monday. Notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain on Saturday, the football match Greytown v. Wellington Athletic Club was played, and the latter won by two goals to nothing,At the Supreme Court in the case of the Bank of New Zealand v. Schwartz, claim for £720, balance of account, the verdict was for the plaintiff. The 'case of Climie v. City Corporation, claim for £4700 for commission on drainage scheme and wrongful dismissal, is now proceeding. Gisbobne, Saturday. Mr W. L. Rees, solicitor, was a passenger yesterday per Ringarooma for Wellington to attend and give evidence before the Parliamentary Committee relative to the £300 paid him as a retainer for the Waimate natives last session. He will also endeavor to induce the Government to incorporate in the Native Land Sales Bill certain provisions contained in bis East Coast Lands Titles Bill relative to lands recently conveyed in trust. Auckland, Monday. A woman named Bose Ann Stone, aged 46, was found dead in the street at Otahubu yesterday. She had been in delicate health for some time, and was seen intoxicated on Saturday evening.

Dtjnedin, Monday. Alexander Cameron committed suicide by jumping down a well at Maori Hill on Saturday. He was a married man with a family. At Tapanui, Peter Boyne committed suicide by poisoning. He was an old settler. A free distribution of meat and .bread by two city tradesmen on Saturday night was - largely availed of, over 400 loaves, being given away. New Plymouth, Monday. The schooner Julias Yogel, from Greymouth, on entering the Waitara river on Saturday evening, grounded on the North Spit. She is expected to be got off this evening. Ciiristchurch, Monday. The Canterbury Coursing Club's meeting concluded on Saturday. The Canterbury Cup was divided by Mr McDonald's Rhododendron and Cinoraria. The St. Legnr Stakes was won by Mr Melville Smith's Lancashire Las*, Mr Howard's Holy Friar runner up. i The vital statistics of Chriatchurch for July are :— Births, 206 ; marriages, 42 ; deaths, 50. There was a narrow escape from fire at the Garrick Hotel on Saturday night. A bottle of spirits was accidentally broken and caught fire, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. A telegram has been received from the Mayor of Ross, cautioning the unemployed against proceeding to the new gold fields on the West Coast, and saying that any large influx of men without capital would have a disastrous result. The report of the Industrial Exhibition Commission is published. The Commissioners state that the Exhibition afforded gratifying evidence of the success that has so far attended local manufactures, and proof that many industries of great importance are already established on a secure basis. They express a high sense of the general value of the Exhibition and the admirable manner in which it was managed. As evidence of the increased consumption of the Malvern Hills coal, one pit last month sold 960 tons against 345 tons in July last year.