INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 149, 24 June 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Donedin, Friday. A five-roomed house in Queen-Btreet owned by John Barnes and opoupied by Mrs.

Humphries was destroyed by fire yesterday Tbe house was insured in the Transatlantic for £250, and the furniture and effects in tho same office for £300. t ■ ■- Six insolvencies wero filed tbis week, including John Edward Hauiß, solictor, liabilities £875, assets £1527, and Louis Hollands, contractor, liabilities £1016, assets £15, Wellington, Thursday night. At the Supreme Court iv Banco to-day, Mr Chapman, solicitor, appeared in support of a rule in re C. E. MaddeD, solicitor, ot Marton, which was argued at the sitting of the Court at- me time ugo. On that occasion a rule nisi Was obtained by tbe Wellington Law Society cal.iug upon Mr Madden to Bhow cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of contempt ftfr haviiig practised as a solicitor at Marton without taking out the necessary certificates, aud the matter was allowed to stand over till to-day to enable him to make an explanation. Mr Gully appeared on hia behalf, when, failing to bhow the required cause, Mr Madden was adjudged guilty of contempt, and fined the full penalty of £50 and coats. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report uuder date London, June 21 j— " Wool sales progress firmly, and there is good cc mpelition by both hohie and foreign buyers. The demand ou the French accouut is activp, and the German demand is moderate. Up to date 150,000 bales have beeo taken for export. The sale programme has been curtailed by six days. The wheat market is quiet, and the weather is favorable for tho Homo crop. Adelaide and New Zealand are both worth 48s 61 per 4961b5. The leather market is firmer, beat sides beiug worth 11. d.'> Friday. A butcher naniel Hendal met with a serious accident this' morning, lie was driving round a corner when the sudden jerk threw him off the feat aod the wheel passed over his head crushing a pufction of the skull. He is in a Critical condition. New 1 PtTMODtn, Friday. " Mr Parris visited »he White Cliffs on Tuesuay _of the purpose of raeetiDg the Mokau Natives who were anxious to have the northern boundary line of the confiscated land clearly defined, and he returned last night. About thirty Natives aasombled and Mr Parris commeuced the discussion ou Wednesday. Tamora and Wesley were the piiocipal speakers. Mr Parris pointed out to tbem the northern boundary line of tbe confiscated land, whereupon tha Natives stated that tbey wanted the line removed back about a mile and a half or two miles. Tbey argued the point at. great length, but Mr Parria told them plainly tbat the boundary line was fi„ed by law and he had little hope of its being altered. The Natives showed more earnestness in striving for the land than appeared to te at all consistent with tbe value o£ it as the land they want to obtain is a barren precipitous country worth little or nothing. The natives then brought forward another gtievence stating that they had not yet been _)ald for services rendered in launching the Steamer Hannah Mokau wben she Btruck in the Mokau River. Mr Parris said he could not promise them any redress as the Government were not concerned in it. The meeting was carried on iv a friendly spirit, and Mr Parris promised to inform the Government of the nature of the com. likts made by the Natives. — i^mi ■■nil - i m i iew-Wh—