INPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 139, 13 June 1881, Page 2

INPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Monday. Arrived— City of Carlisle, 105 days from London, The Conference of Local Bodies passed the following resolution:— That it ia absolulety necessary some assistance in the shape of a subsidy bo given to the local bodies to enable them to complete the construction of the roads within the districts heretofore sold by the Government, aud wholly or partially settler), the Government having failfd to provide for these necessary works oat. of the proceeds of the sale of such districts in times past. Mr Jonas Woodward, an old and respected Wellington resident, died suddenly this morning. He was working in the garden, when he waß seiztd with a fie of apoplexy, which resulted fatally. Decßaßed was formerly Public Trustee. The schooner Toreß, which left Lyttelton for Kaipara on Friday, ran in here yesterday and reports that during the heavy somberly gale on Saturday night a sea broke on board and washed a seaman named William Hanson overboard. No assistance could be rendered. The deceased was a yonng man and shipped at Lyttelton some time ago. The forigantine Mary Bannatyne, bouffd Smth from Greym:mth, has blso put in here, having sprung a leak by touching on the bar on leaving Greymouth. Christchuuch, Monday. A telegram from the police at Southbridge rtpirts thit the brig Pukeha, from Kaipafa to Lyttelton, timber laden, ran ashore on Ninety-Mile Beach, aud is a to»,al wreck. Six out of the seven souls on board were drowned. The sole survivor, Christian, was found on the beach insensible and take a care of by some fishermen. The total eclipse of the imon was distinctly visible last night. The comet was also seen on the western horizon. Peter Cameron, aged 78, one of the oldest settlers at Lyttelton, died suddenly on Friday. o.l 'Saturday night a number of amateurs performed " L?s Cloches de Corneville" at the Theai re It >yal with considerable success. The weather cleared np on Sunday morning and has b;en beautifully fine since Nearly 2.J- inches of rain fell during the Btorm. Dunedin, Monday. The wife of Charles Bird of the Dunedin club died very suddenly yesterday. On Saturday evening. John Basse, a newspaper runner, died whilst folding papers in the Star office of diseased heart. lie the Pakeha Afc the time of the accident, she was bound from Kaipara to Dunedin with a cargo of bulk timber for her owners. She was insured in the Victoria office for £1000, half of which was covered by re-iufurance in the National, who had likewise covered half their loss by re insurance for £250 in the New Zealand. The vessel was valued at £1300, and formerly belonged to Captain Peterson of Dunedin. She was of 1 74 tons register. Captain Boer was married and leaves a widow but no children. The first officer was .unmarried. Before leaving port on her last trip, Findlay and company spent nearly £700 in putting the vessel in repair. They estimate their loss above the insurance at £300. ! Napier, Monday. The Supreme Court opened to-day. Eleven offences ■ aro charged against thirteen prisoners, six natives and seven Europeans. None of the offences are of a very serious nature, the gravest being a charge of bigamy. John White, a navvy at Waipawa, wa< found lying dead in a pool of water on the road yesterday. A quarter of an hour previously he was seen at an hotel apparently in good health. Timaru, Monday. The unemployed are still agitating here. At a meeting held on the Breakwater this j morning, the following telegram received by the Mayor from the Government was read: — " Government cannot give answer re the unemployed. Mr March is to see Mr Calcutt. If there ia no news from him Mr March goea to Christchurcb, but returns on Monday or Tuesday.'* The telegram was received with groans and hisses. A further meeting for to-morrow has been called. Matters look threatening. Invercargili., Monday. In the Supreme Cottrt> before Chief Justice Prendergast, Kathleen Macarthy, for ! concealment of birth, was sentenced to four months; Henry Ward, for larceny as a bailee, J to nine months; Frank Cashel, for uttering a forged cheque, to twelve months. The i civil business is unimportant. The Judge congratulated the jury on th« lightness of ; the calendar. Cocsidering the extent of the district and the large popu'atioP) tt wai evident that the criminal class was absent. Cartkrton, Monday. The funeral of Paul Te Ore, the prophet who was notorious for his dreams and for the flag be hoisted at the Into Maori meeting, has just paßsed through Masterton. He died yesterday at the Ngature Pah. A fcangi will . be held at Teoreore.