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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 236, 5 October 1880, Page 2

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INTERPROVINOIAL.

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London, October 2. Arrived — ship Donne Castle from Lyttelton, sailed June 9. October 4. The Porte has proposed a general scheme for the settlement of the pending questions iu connection with Montenegro and Albania, but no further details have yet been received. The combined squadron has arrived at Cattaro, and Admiral Seymour has gone to Cettingi to confer with the Montenegro authorities. , Numerous largo laud agitation meetings were held throughout Ireland yesterday. Mr Parnell attended meetings at Kilkenny and Cork, and made violent speeches. The sculling match between Laycock and . -Blackmail -for £100 a sideiakes place on the Thames to-morrow. Tho course willl be t;he usual one between Putney and Mortlake. The betting to-day is 5 to 4 on Blackman. The Australian cricketers were entertained at the Hoi burn Viaduct Hotel tvday by a number of colonists and others, over 120 persons being present. After the usual toasts had been druuk, Mr Sargood, of Melbourne, presented Murdoch with a silver loving cup and the other members of the team with silver fcankards in commemoration "of their tour. V '. Rome, October 3. -- General Garibaldi has gone to .Genoa in connection with, the i arrest and .imprisonment of his son-in-law, Signor Canizio.

• Melbotoesßj Monday. The P. and 0. Company's s.s, Hydaspes with the inward Suez mail, and Money Wigram's steamship Somersetshire have arrived here. ... . The attendance at the Exhibition on jSaturday was 6,500. V The Age states that an intrigue is afoot to oust the Berry Government after the recess, and that Sir , John' O'Shannessy ' and . Mr Murray Smith are combining with thatobject. . Tuesday. . The market for New Zealand oats Bhow's an improved tone, and feeding"- sorts are quoted at 2s 4d, and milling at 2s 7d. . -"'■ . „ '" ' ' Akdii^idts, Monday. . The., Orient Qonip^ny's steamship Aconcagua has arrived from Plymouth. The South Australian revenue for the last quarter amounted to £496,000, being an increase of £87,000 compared with last'year,

Auckland, Monday. ; Twenty employes on the Auckland rail- ; ways have mutually agreed to leave the service and proceed to the Cape unless 'their ; wishes regarding the adjustment of wages ure complied with. The Supreme Court criminal ■ sittings opened this morning. Judge Richmond, -in his charge, commented on tho sinallness of (he calendar, but said that it contained some '. heavy charges. The crime of murder by : the New Hebrides native occupied the foreground, the murderer being an utter stranger. The cause seemed to be an outburst of ; ferocity. It was very rarely that a New • Zealand settler was brought up charged with jsuch a crime, the prisoners charged witn this offence generally being of a foreign or inferior race, or seamen and other visitants. Commenting, on the growth of larrikinism he supposed that one of the principal causes was that boys were too early apprenticed, - .the demand for labor being so great that they obtained high wages, consequently ; there was less homo restraint than in England. The Church and school powers failed 'ta reach them, and the ouly effectual means was to bring them under the penal code, and he and the other Judges had been compelled to resort to this dread risk of introducing boys to associates who would destroy their chances of reformation. The subject raised points in morals, public policy, and religion, but that was not the proper place in which to discuss them. Tuesday. Captain Steele, the agent for Messrs Grant and Foster, offers 30s an acre for a block of 17,500 acres of land at Te Aroha. The Board oilers to sell at 40s with conditions regarding residence and improvements. Captain Steele offers to introduce forty-five Lincolnshire farmers as a first instalment, and to follow with more; The Waste Lands Board have fixed a high price owing to the alleged auriferous character of the land, but a compromise is probable. .' ~ Mr Hislopj the Under Secretary for Education, is inspecting the schools. Numerous cases of wife beating are coming up at the Police Court, CiißisTcnußCir, Tuesday. At a meeting of the Benevolent Association this morning it was resolved to close the soup kitchen, but. the Association is to meet once a week to receive reports of urgent cases of destitution. A.deputation of railway employes interviewed <he Hon. Mr Richardson this morning, requesting his assistance respecting the wages paid iu the workshops here, which they assert are considerably lower than, are paid in tho Dunedin workshops for the same work. Great dissatisfaction exists on the subject. . The libel case, Izett, editor of the Star, versus the proprietors of the Echo, has - been compromised by the latter publishing a statement that the paragraph containing the alleged libel was not intended to apply to Mr Izett. The Cathedral Commission sent an order borne by last mail for an organ for the Cathedral to cost £1,500. It is expected to arrive here in June next. ; Yesterday one of the Lyttelton stevedores who accepted the recent reduction in pay, was violently assaulted by a' number of those \Hio had refused to accept the reductiou. Proceedings have been taken against thorn. ' : Blenheim, Tuesday. I Mr Seymour, M.H R:, addressed a large meeting of electors last night, und reviewed the measures of the last session. Referring to the present Administration he said that lie thought the Government was composed of honest straightforward men. Tho difficulty in pussing measures last -session «ras that there was no organised Opposition, and no one recognised leader. There were too many leaders, aud a fatal mistako was made by the Opposition in the deposition of Sir George Grey, and uutil he was raised to that position again they would have no proper organisation. : Mr Seymour was accorded a vote of thanks for his address. Invercargill, Tuesday. The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce has decided to concur with the ChristI church Chamber in recommending that the ' general average money be paid over to trustees instead of direct to tho agents of wrecked vessels. A local Volunteer officer has received informutiou to the effect that half the capitation will be paid on the basis of six Government inspections, and six company parades, between tho Ist April and Ist December of the present year. Wellington, Tuesday. The Hannah Broomfield is a total wreck. The cargo has been sold at auction to-day for £G5. Westport, Tuesday. The United Alpine's (Lyell) amalgam has yielded 750 ounces of gold as the month's work. Dcnedin, Tuesday. Twenty-five of the Maori prisoners, inchiding William King the well-known chief, left this morning en 7oute for Taranaki where they will be liberated. Arrived — barque Lurline from London. : Napier, Tuesday. ' The Hawkea Bay Jockey Club Spring Meeting':— s Hawkes Bay Guineas — Rewi, 1; Eirefiy, 2; Promise, 3. Prince Charlie also ran. Laverock was scratched. Won in a canter; , Selling Hurdle Race— Old. Ireland, 1 ; Scrip, 2 ; Jewess, 3. Warrengate also ran/