INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 234, 2 October 1880, Page 2

IN TE R COL O NI AL.

- , Melbourne,: lPtlday.'l : Arriyed— Te Anau f rom the. Bluff. The legislative Council last night rejected the payment of its own members, but. passed the clauses of the. Bill* providing' for payment to members of the Assembly. ; , A further animated debate took place in the Assembly regarding the recent diamißsala from the public service. The Totalißator-Bill waa read the third time. , -■:<••■;■-) Parliament ib adjourned to the. 19fch October, when the budget, will be presented. *>'■•'• ' 'i -- i ' V \ Saturday. The attendance at" the opening ceremony yestir'day; was '650ff,/arid^ls,ooo: visited the Exhibition during, the day. . Many more officers of the lands Department have received notice that their services will no longer be required. A twenty-four tours walking match, for £200 a side, has been arranged between young Scott and Professor Miller of Melbourne ; to take place in Melbourne. Sydney, Friday. . Arrived . — Albion from New Zealand. ; Hennessy'B brandy, case 35b 3d to 35s 6d ; bulk 10s 6d to 10s 9d ; New Zealand wheat

4s $ New Zealand oate is Od to 2s ; maize 2s to 23 3d. ':-'.'■ '■'.•' j ; The revenue of New South Wales for the last quarter was £1,224,000, being an increase of _5297,(3b0 compared with the corresponding quarter, of last year. There are^ satisfactory increases in all the sources of revenues;