INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 180, 30 July 1881, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

Stdnet, Friday. No fresh cases of small-pox have been reported to-day. Arrived — Wakatipu, from Wellington. Commercial quotations are as follows : — New Zealand wheat has fallen to 4s lOd per bushel. New Zealand oats have advanced to 2s 9d per bushel. Maize, per 60lbs, 2s 9d. Tobacco, Raven's twist, Is 4£d per lb. Candles, D.R J's, 7^d per lb ; D.R.O's, 7|d ptr lb. Henuessy's brandy is unchanged at 36s per case ; bulk, quarters 12s 3d. Kerosene remains at last quotations : Diamond, per gallon, Is BJd; Devoe's, 2s Id. Patna rice has risen 5 a per ton, to £21 17s 6d. Sugar Compmy's No. I prices have declined to £35 per ton, t ii. -„, , Saturday. In the libel action brought by Dr Birmingham, a Bomira Catholic priest at Wa K |a Wagga against tre Sydney Evening News, the defendants have consented to a verdict for £500. . . Ad elaide, Friday. Wheat remains quiet at 4s 9i. Town flour is quoted at £11 7b 6d and country tunds at £12 16s. Freights to London, per steamer 40s ; ditto Bailing 37s 6d. i

t BfiitßANE, Saturday. Three important libel actions are pending. One ha3 been brought by Mr Hemnant against the Observer for £5,000 damages, and the other two informations are laid by Mr Cocke, a journalist, and Mr Perkins Steretary for Lands against the EvargeZcal Standard, damages being laid at £1000 and £2000 respectively. A telegram ia to hand from Rockhampton stating that a nurse girl when walking with three children carelessly dropped one into the river and then, it ia further alleged, drowned the Other two in order to prevent their telling. An enquiry is being instituted by the police into the reported crime. Melbourne, Friday. The steamship Ferret will be so'd by auction on the 2nd August* The paddle steamship 'Murray belonging to the Gippsland Steam Navigation Company has gone ashore at the Gippsland Lakes and is expected to become a total loas.