INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 162, 9 July 1881, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

Stdmt, Friday. A fre*h case of small-pox has been repoitsd to tbe authorities to-day from GHeba, ona of tha suburbs adjoining Sydney en tbe southwest. Commsrciil quotations ; Hennessy's braady , cast, 365; balk, quarters, 12s 3d; kerosene, diamond, per gallon, Is B£d; Deroe's, 2i Id. New Zealand *whaat, per bushel, 2s 6d. Maizs, 2s lOd. Tobacco, Raven's twist, per lb, ls sd. Candlts, D.R.JT S., per ib, I%i. Arrived — Albion, from Auckland. | Later. Another caae af small pox is reported this evening. The sufferer resides in the centre' of tha city, and is a joung woman named Monaghan. Saturday. A f re»h case of smallpox la reported this morning asking the third withia the past 24 hours. Tke dissase haa again appeared; in the hsart of the city in Snssex street, the sufferer being a girl *»le»e*o years of age. MaLBooBHi, Eriday. The diamond drill at Mawell has struck > gold at a dtpth of seventeen hundred fact. The detached: squadron,* With tbe exoeptiou of the Bacsbante, is now under orders to proceed to Auckland. Sir Bryaa O'Looghlin has elected ths following gsntlsmen to form the new Ministry:-! Messrs J. SI. Grant, D. Gannson, J. HJ Graves, H. Lollis, the Hon F. S. Dobson, J. Burt, and Dr L.L. Smith. The various portfolios have not, however, yet been al-; lottid. Saturday. Arrived yesterday afternoon — steam-ship Rotorua, from the Bluff. It is announced that Sir Bryan O'Longh- j lin will be Premier, Attorney General, and. Treasurer in the new Ministry. Mr Grant will hold the portfolio of Chief Secretary h and Minister of Education. The other J portfolios have not yet been allotted. A-djlaidx, Friday. { Wbtat is uncbangsd at 4i 9d; town flour, £11 5t to £11 10s; country brands, jEIO 10s to £10 16s. Freights to London by steamer, 35s to 87s 6d; ditto by sailing vessels, 355.