INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 129, 1 June 1881, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

Sydney, Tuesday. A telegram has been received from Woolongoh?, a sespoffc about GO miles south of Sydney, reporting that the buque QueSn of Natitfas, of the White Star line, has been wrecked tt.i the coesfc a short dist&aoe tb the south of that pla'fei The cap/tain and all the crew except one seaman have been saved. Thj vessel ia bumping heavily on the sand, and is expect >d to become & total wreck. She left London oh the 25 ih February, and was bouud for Sydney. Wednesday. Parliament is summoned to meet for the despatch of business on the sth July. The latest telegrams from Woollongong report that the captain and mate of the barque Queen of Nations refuse to leave the wreck. Their proceedings are said to be extraordinary. The steamship Wakatipu has been detained, and sails to-day for Wellington Melbourne, Wednesday. . News has been received from Home by the Sufz mail that Commodore Wilion has been raised to the rank of Rear-AdmiraL A discussion took place in tbe Legislative Council last night on the Reform Bill, but the debate was finally further adjourned. Sailed— Rotomabana yesterday for the Bluff. Launceston, Wednesday. The barque Cambria, about which to ne anxiety was telt, arrived here last evening from Mauritius.

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

[Per Arawata at Auckland] South Australia, May 26. The Wealeyac Conferencj haa lesolved to open subscription lists in each colony on behalf of the families of the ministers lost in the Tararua. The next General Conference will be held at Christchurch- in November 1884. A constitution for the Friendly Islands district was agreed upon. The New % aland delegates left yesterday.