INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 169, 18 July 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

GRFAT FLOOD AT THE THAMES.

A WATERSPOUT BURSTS OVER THE TOWN. Grahamstown, Monday. Thie severest and most destructive flood ever experienced here occurred on Saturday night. The rain was incessant for forty-eight hours and all the creeks were so flooded as to Carry away bridges and bring down thousands of tons of debris. Two men were washed a,* ay; one body only has been recovered. About fifty milfion feet of bulk timber was washed to the booms at thf Shortland mills, and millions were washed out to sea. The damage to the town is very great and is estimated at £10,000. The Borough Corporation have put on fifty men to repair damages and it is estimated that they will require £6000; to make good the injury to culverts, streets, &c. A meeting of the' Council to consider ways and means will be held this mortiing. The dotheetiff water supply -water race, aad some of tha | County races have been destroyed and the wtteris-eut off. The body recovered is that of Dmiel, Boyle of Shortland. The other was a Maori. Many small dwellings were washed away and muciv damage baa been done to the batteries. The captain of the Rotomahana states that he saw a waterspout break over the town as be approached it from Auckland. Oamaru, Monday. The water supply was U3ed to-day. for the first time on a large scileas a, motive power and the trial was highly successful, thewhole of tho'tnachinery in Messrs' Anderson's new flour millbeing driven by a small engine. It is estimated that sufficient water is available to drive six similar mills. Major Sunipter was. last -night presented with a hnn-'some sword as a souvenir from hia old Company. . The Waitaki Jockey Clubbas determined to wind up, .. ( - Christchurqh, Monday. There is a great demand for the revised edition of the New Testament ; On Saturday Simpson &.Co. soid 620 copies anS could have sold 250 more if they had had them. The Druids have resolved to celebrate their centenary on the 30th August by a torchlight procession, concert, and ball. A property in Msucbester-street near the centre of the city sold on Saturday at £78 per. foot. Miss Leaf arrived on Saturday to join tile " Pirates of Penzance " Company.Wellington, Monday. At the Magistrate's Court this .morning, John Simpson, the keeper on board the hulk on which the boiler exploded, was committed for trial on the charge Chat he did knowinglyand wilfully fasten down the safety valve of the boiler.; Bail was allowed,, himself in £100 and two sureties of £50 each. - The s.s Australia with the Lbridsn mails of the 16th ult. left' San Francisco for Auckland on Sunday the 3rd instant, one day later than the time table date. • Invercabcill, Monday. At the Police Court to-day Hugh Barlin ahaa Baldwin was coovicted on 50 charges of obtaining goods by the issue of valueless cheques. He received cumulative sentences amounting to 18 monthß. Tho Magistrate commented severely on the readiness with which the storekeepers toak cheques from unknown parties. Auckland, Monday. The Southern Cross has arrived from Levuka. The schooner Windward Ho reports the shooting of one of her boat's crew at Pentecost Island, Satisfaction is expressed at the presence of an United States frigate in those waters, as the natives who murdered the May Queen crew are believed to be the same as murdered Johnson an American trader, and the American war-ship is expected to demand reparation. A deputation had waited on the Governor to represent the scarcity of labor. The Governor BftW that owing to a roiscaloutytiqt* by -the