INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 231, 29 September 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

: Wellington, Tuesday night. ! An official telegram from the Camp states that the Native fencers, 38 in number, while (proceeding lo the fence this morning were [stopped by Col. Roberts and warned that, lif they attempted to fence; they would be 'arrested and tried as the others were. The I Natives ..retorted that they would not return •until they bad reached the point to which., ' they had been sent. The Constabulary were jordered to march forwardand quickly pressed ! the Natives back for some distance when the hatter fled. • ' . \ ; ' Wednesday, j The steflmer Manawatu on the passage jfrom Wanganui to Wellington- met with a mishap to her engines and -put into Kapiti, •and will be towed to. Wellington to-morrow. 1 v . -.Ddkedin,. Wednesday. ; In the case of .McKenzie v. Smith, Judge jWilliamß gave judgment upholding the ■jury's verdict. Defendant gave notice, of ;appeal. " ' '..-.- - 1 A fire broke out yesterday afternoon in •the varnishing room at the rear of Patterson and Co.'s Venetian blind factory, but it .was extinguished before much damage was done. • A house belonging to William Grisby in. 'South Dunedin was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The fire was occasioned" . through the, accidental overturning, of a kerosene lamp. 1 Hokitika, Tuesday. j The Annie Wilson, lately arrived from Adelaide, whilst being towed out by the JWaipara this afternoon grounded on the North Beach and is in a bad situation. She belongs to Auckland. '. Greymotjth, Wednesday. i The Golden Eleece Quart z Mining Company, at Eeefton, cleaned up on Saturday . with the result of 10590za 18dwts of retorted gold from 932 tons of quartz. A dividend of Is per share has been declared. | In the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day Mr James Mackay, RM., ruled that a Justice of Peace could sit and act \n con-, junction with the, Resident Magistrate undeV the Extended Jurisdiction. A cp/: "'■ -: ! . £.;■ .. •'" --j GisßOßNEj'Wednesdayj , A large Native meeting held at Tolga Bay is jnat concldded. .; 500' /Natives assembled and the ostensible object of the gathering was in commemoration of. Te. Kerau , a Te Kerau chief of renown who died several years ago. A great deal of speech making was indulged in. , Further .land, selling and leasing along 'the 1 cb'a'st waif strongly fdenpuneed. ; Another feature of the meeting was that the relatives 'of tho' East Coast Natives in Waikato, Taranaki, and ; other parts of the country should have brought their people here. Although not openly avowed, the desire of many is for.Te. Kooti and other rebels to be permitted to return. A number of resolutions were proposed, and it was agreed to petition Parliament to give effect tothe views of the Natives, eflpecially;wittrregarcl to the land and the establishment of a Maori newspaper. A , number of Europeanatw'ere present. ..:;;. v '. .■ ,- .v_ ■ ,_,., ,' , ; CiißlsxcnußCH, Wednesday. „. I Messrs-'Masbn'arid Co have received the' following letter from London,, dated August 12:— "The first packet ''-of m ew Kent hops ljas reached the market and was disposed of at £8 per cwt. We regard this as no criterion of the future value. The growth as t 'a whole promises a favourable out turn and will probably produce an equivalent of #300,000. Picking will commence in two or three weeks, but the later class of hops will not be picked until late, So soon as the I

quality at market admits, we shall be pleased to e^mples of it for present exportation. . \-.. ,"'■•• * „. '',' .■ ' 5 ,..; ." -. Invercabgill, Wednesday. , Owing to the uneasiness caused in the minds of members through the official report re the uuatisfactory condition of the funds of Friepdly Sptieties inHbe .ptago.district, the head local lodges of all the Orders intend to have a thorough investigation, with a yiew '"to readjustment if necessary. .New Plymouth, Wednesday. The Wanaka sailed for Nelson and South r ern;"ports at. 10.30 , a.m. Passengers : Miss McDonald, Miss Fitzpatri&k, Mr. and Mrs. lionher, Messrs. McKenaie and Dicksdnv Ai'CKLANP, AVednesday. Mrs Ewington, the,.\vife_of a .settler, living., hear the scene of the murder of Bees by the Fijian, was passing near (he. spot. on the^ night of tlie tragedy withfher daughter, when she heard sounds of blows and groans - This was about a quarter past nine, Ewington was asked to engage the same Fijian but, having seen him on board the Teasel disliked „his N .appearahtie-a" ud-deolined to v hire -him..-'The'-inqvfest takes -place today at obe o'clock. At the JPolice Courts lliis morning tne Fijian was brought up on a charge of murder : aud two other charges of assault with iuteut.. to kill. He pleaded guilty on all three . charges, and-was renmuded pending- the. in.quest-.- ■ ' " ' ' \ x ; ' .'■ . '^'