INTERPROVINCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1978, 20 December 1872, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Dec. 19. The Nevada does not go South. Her maehiuery la la very bad order, ana requires repair. She will probably not leave for San Francisco till the Ist of January. The 8.3. "Wellington leaves with the mail for Wellington direct to-morrow. Mr Phillips has been re-elected Mayor without opposition. The Whau Hotel, Whau, and an adjoining cottage, have been destroyed by fire. The property was insured for £700. At the half-yearly meeting of the NewZealand Insurance Company, a dividend of ten per cent, was declared, leaving a balance of 368384 to the credit of the current half-year. The Nevada's passengers have all signed a letter strongly condemning the vessel, and stating that no day passed without some of the boiler tubes bursting. Accidents to the machinery occnrred twice, and on one occasion the vessel lay in the trough of the sea helpless as a log, when all hands, including the passengers, manned the pumps. Arrived. — Hero, from Sydney, with dates to the 12 th. Chbistchttrch, Dec. 19. The exhibition, which was opened by the Governor on the 16tb, continues to be visited by a number of people. Dttnedik, Dec. 19. Messrs Brogden and Sons' navvies, ex Christian M'Ausland, have struck. The manager offered 63 per day for eight hours' work, which 40 of them accepted. The rest remain out. The Otago team is the weakest ever chosen for an Interprovincial Cricket Match. The Waste Land Board has agreed to sell a block of 10,000 acres at Tapanui. At Messrs Driver, Stewart and Co. '3 wool sale, greasy merino fetched Is &§ 1 ; greasy cross-bred, Is I^l to Is 3£d ; washed fleece, Is 7^l to Is 9d ; washed cross-bred, Is 9H to Is lOd.