INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 208, 1 September 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Welungtok, Thursday. A smart shock of earthquake, accompanied by a loud rumbling noise, was felt here at 925 this morning, the direction being northerly. The shock was alfo experienced at Carterton. A youug girl named Nellie Wilson, while romping on the >harf last night fell overboard, and had a narrow escape from being drowned. She was rescued by a seaman from the English barque Waimea. Greymouth. Wednesday. Mr G. C. Bowman reports for the week ending August 27th, regarding the InaU»ahua and Lyell reefing companies;— The Welcome Company's returb for the week was 8280z3 of amalgam from 90 tons of quartz. The Fiery Cross Extended Company put through 130 tons of quartz for 19J0z3 of retorted Rold. The Nil Desperandum Company, 144 tons for 71-zs of melted gold United Alpine Company, 367czes of amalgam from the top plates from 218 tons of quartz. Golden Treasure Company reduced 160 tons for 136C8. lOdwts. There is a good demand for shares jn the.,lust-in-ti_ne, Welcome Keep-it-Dark, and United Alpine Companies' The latest quotations for shares are — Buyers—United Alpine, 36=; K.ep-it-Dark 15s 6d; Just-in-Time, 7«; Eureks, 3s 31* Homeward Bound, 43; Wealth of Nations' 153 3d; Welcome, 82*; and Fiery Cross Extended, 4a Bd. Sillers are asking prices which are a shade higher Invercargii-l, Monday. The vital statistics are 42 births, eight marriages, and seventeen deaths. Dunidin, Thursday. The new Masonic H_ll was completed with much ceremony last night, 450 masons being present. Harry McCarthy, a laborer working on the harbor dredge, was picked up on the railway line near Eavensbourne early this morning, with a large scalp wound. It is supposed that he fell off the late train last night. He wa3 taken to the Hospital where he has regained consciousness. At the City Court before Messrs Simpson R.M, and Fish, J.P, Edward Mralow, a shipping; clerk, was charged with hors*. whipping Walter, Bose, the agent here for "Liberty" The defendant admitted the assault and said tbat he whipped the complainant because he admitted being connected with the piper which had published an insulting p.r.g'aph concerning him. The •Bench in floi_g the defendant 20a and costs ssid thst the paper was au undoubted disgrace aDd Duisance to society, bat if, aa the counsel for tho defence asked, they only inflicted a nominal fine there was danger of bloodshed and of society becoming disorganised. They suggested that the public should move the Legislature to suppress papers of the " Lib erty " description, aod while sympathising with the defendant- to a certain extent in taking the law into his own hancjs they feared that lynch law might be introduced if they overlooked the assault • Hawera, Thursday. A very severe shock of earthquake, lasting about half a minute occurred this morning, at 2.15. Noarly air the townspeople were awakened by the violence of the shock which was quite as severe as the one which occurred some weeks back. New Plymouth, Wednesday. Information from Itahotu has ju>t been received and is as follows:— Yesterday about four hundred Maoris in batches of fifties resumed fencing at Waitibi, The Constabulary from Pungarehu marched up under •rmß and pulled the fence down. The Maoris hissed and hooted and then dispersed; No prisoners were taken. TheMaorU have pulled up a large number of pegß on the block offered for .ale ond stuck them iv promiscuously in different cut Ikes or demolished them a'tc gether.