INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 134, 7 June 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Tuesday. In the Appeal Court In re Mackay v. O'Connor, the appeal was allowed, and a role varyiDg the order of the Court made hy Mr Justice Gillif!3 was sel aside. In Sable v. Page and others, and the Colonial Bank v. Sargeant, the appeals were dismissed with costs. la Edwards v. Owen, judgment was given for the defendant in error. Captain Mundle, well known in the shipping trade of New Zealand, died last night. Auckland, Tuesday. At the Police Court three larrikins were fined ten shillings each and costs for violently assaulting a Chinese vegetable vendor. The City of Sydney left San Francisco on Saturday, the 4th instant, and is expected here on the 26th or 27th. The Licensing Court refused to grant any new licenses. Most of the Auckland members go in the Hinemoa this afternoon. Mr Moss remains till Sunday. More rich specimens have come from Blackmore'a claim at Coromandel, and £175 has been offered for eight (?) Bbares. Oamahu, Tuesday. Mr Jones, M.H.R., addressed his constituents last night. The meeting was orderly, and at its conclusion Mr Jones was accorded a vote of confidence. Dunedin, Tuesday. Mr J. Bathgate, formerly Minister of Justice, is likely to be a candidate for Dunedin at the next general election. At a meeting of the Waimea Plains Railway Company, Mr Larnach, the Chairman, said he fully expected the line to pay 9 or 10 per cent in the course of a year or so. j Christohuroh, Tuesday. \ Cecil Gurney was fined £10 and costs yesterday for acting as a conveyancer when not of the Supreme Court. The defence was that he was merely acting at clerk for a solicitor. The Law Society prosecuted, J. A. Morgan, starch and farina manufacturer, has applied for a whisky distilling license, offering to pay the Government the same duty bb ia charged on the imported article. Mr Morgan writes to the Commissioner of Customs : — " It you cannot grant the license under the existing lawi, will you be good enough to bring the matter ; under the notice of the Government ?" , Twenty-seven boys and twenty-one girls have entered in competition for the scholarships offered by the Board of Education examination commenced to-day. Naseby, Tuesday. Mr De Lautour addressed his constituents last night. He thought the present Opposition was a reflex of the Liberal opinions of phe people, and was sufficiently united to combine on any occasion the (welfare of the colony required it, but they desired to avoid any rigid party organisation. He regarded with fear the indiscriminate local borrowing, and feared the burden would ultimately fall on the general taxpayers. There were too many irresponsible Boards} what wa9 wanted

was the decentralization of administrative organisation, and independence of local bodies of an elective character, careful social administration by administrative Boards, and encouragement of local industries, Btopping short only of protection. He condemned tho proposed change in the constitution of the Council, as the fusion of the two Chambers would almost always convert the representative minority into a joint majority. The Government last session opposed the Chinese Bill, but he hoped now they would deal with the question, He condemned the system of members having to look to Grovernuient for money for local worka. He condemned aho the Gestation o! Government pufdhase of Native lands, and throwing them open to speculators. He referred at Borne length to the question of dealing with the Otago runs and said he would be prepared to assist the Government in any honest attempt to deal with the matter. He considered tha Ofcago central railway ofie of colonial importance, and thought it better the Government should do it than hand it over to a Company. Although not a resident, he should offer himself for re-election. A vote of thanks and confidence was passed unanimously. Invebcabgill, Tuesday. At the largest meeting ever held at Riverton the question of checking Chinese immigration was discussed and a series of resolutions adopted to the following effect : — •• That the Government be petitioned to adopt remedial measures and apply the same regulations to intercolonial steamer* aa applied to foreign vessels in regard to in»pection by the health officer ; that any Chinese on board be fumigated, together with tbair effects , that captains and owners of vessels be he'd responsible for the importation of diseased Cbinamen ; that all Chinese in the colony and to arrive pay a tax of £20 yearly ; that the co-operation of other districts interested be solicited. At the annual meeting of the Lief using Court all the applications for renewals were granted except for four wooden hotels. These were held over pending arrangements re the building. Fears aro felt for the safety of the cutter Hannah which left Stewart's Island two months ago with a party for Mutton Bird Island. They landed safely and the cutter left to return, but has not since been heard of.