INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 215, 10 September 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Thursday night. ; Chief Justice Prendergast was sworn ia '■• as Acting Governor at three o'clock this afternoon. ...,,.., ■ •'■." . ■ ;. : . Friday.: The New. Zealand jLoiupi and Mercantile Company report woolXuprflpetitipa byj both home and foreigh buyers as inactive (?). Up to date ; 140,000 f balea ' have been sold. Superior greasy, superior combing, washed i and scoured medium, and inferior combing have advanced £d to id per lb. The lamb market is firmer. Clothing washed ia unchanged, also faulfy scoured, . . Seedy, bu?ry wools are neglected. The foreign arrivals of wheat are heavy. Adelaide M worth 45s ana New Zealand 43a per 4961b5, but the ' market is fiat. .' ■• -. ■ ; : ■ , •- , .:—• », ; CHiiisiOHtfßCH ' The cabmen, City Council, and Tramway Company held a conference to«day,.but with i no result. Efforts are being made to settle ;, the difficulty quietly if possible by means of , a compromise. •, Only about 200 railway employees attended "', the mass meeting' called for last night;- The i . Committee were absent and . ttje. proceedings . were disorderly, affordingctear evidence that , the employees are utterly disorganised and [i allfears irif a 'strike are'atan ; ehdi ; . ! '" Balclbtha, Thursday night. -i A serious stecident here at the ; i protective works this afternoon to John Sim, j one of the workmen. He was in charge of ,■ the wagons, and when coming down the i. incline from the quarry he jumped off to un- '••> couple the horses, when bis foot slipped and i he fell on the rail, one loaded wagon passing 1 over his leg, lacerating it in a frightful : manner, and breaking the bone of the ankle, j aleo the small bone a little lower down. Sim

was carried to a neighboring hotel, where he received medical assistance. \Xs\ >..'- "* DrjNEDiN,;Thnrjsday' night;' iAlex. : Writer has been qominitted fop trial on two charges of obtaining jmoney under false pietences. He had left a' small credit balance in the bank and issued numerous cheques.The Harbor Board reinstated pilot Paton in consequence of his recent insubordiuation being his first offence, at the same time they fctrangly reprimand him. They have granted an inquiry by a full board on pilot Louderi's character.' .. Imvekcabgill, Thursday nighb. t Coal and shale deposits at Orepukiare attracting attention. It is- stated that the Government have served deferred payment settlersat Hokonui in arrears of payments with formal notice to quit their lands. ° ; , «'"'* _..;--.-.--,-„.•. . ..«..- Friday; It appean that Judge Bathgate was not on the city roll, therefore be is ineligible for . Mayor. Councillor Ross has been definitely ■brought forward in opposition to Fish. , The body found in the Kaikourai river has -been identified as that of Charlie Coulter,^ baker^ who had been drinking heavily for" -. -!somo time before his disappearance. ?