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Charleston Argus, Volume 1, Issue 17, 11 May 1867, Page 2

By advertisement we notice that the Rev. Father Royer will hold divine service, in the morning at nine o'clock, at Cluues hotel J hutei, OKarlcntoa, at 7 o'clock in the ev »mug. The sickness prevalent, in the fi»nn of low fever, shonld mg<pftt the necessity # of erecting an hospital for the accommodation of sufferers. If the miners would come forward pnd subscribe liberally to an institution which is chiefly used by their own class, there can be no question but that the townspeople would also contribute largely. Yesterday, Dr. Leo was instructed by the Government to attend one Adolphus Saujoders, whom he found suffering from low fever, and had it been in his power he would hate ordered his removal to u proper »Uee of shelter instead of a calico* tent. The authorities deserve the thanks of the community for their humanity in promptly affording all the relief in their power to the sick and destitute. On Wednesday night last, four men, residing in a ten* at the rear of the Bank of New South Wales, narrowly escaped being crushed to death, by the fall of a large tree upon the tent. It fell between the four men who escaped uninjured. The Rev. J. White will hold divine service at the Court-house, to morrow morning

at 11 o'clock, and in the evening at the Casino de Venice, at 7 o'clock. By advertisement it will be seen that Messrs Mann and Co. are able to supply coal of good quality at a reasonable price. We are glad to see another of the resources of the district developed. A narrow escape from drowning occurred on Tuesday last, to Constable Fitzgerald, jk\ tjie Okari River, between Charleston svfid Wesfcport. The constable being unacquainted with the road was unaware, that the 1 iver which was exceedingly rapid and swollen by the late rains, was unfor d able, and the noise of the surf prevented his hearing the warning of the ferryman cautioning him against attempting the crossing. Before reaching the middle of the stream horse and rider were all but totally submerged, and narrowly escaped being swept down the gorge, but after a hard struggle they managed to reach the opposite side with no worse result than a good ducking. The Canterbury Government have purchased Peacock's Wharf, Lyttelton, for the sum of £20,000. Karlyon Thursday morning this town was visited by a succession of heavy squalls, with torrents of rain Several tents were destroyed or blown down, and the occupants exposed to the wretched weather, without the means of obtaining shelter for several hours. One of the vessel, in the bay parted her lines, but inenr •• 'mi r,, »-tner injury. Th e :i§ thr«« ho > growing firms in

Nelson, Messrs Hurley and Son, Messrs

Hooper and Uoclson, and Mr J. Hooper,

jun., who all grow an article superior to the English, which is sent out here. The praises of Nelson hops are everywhere in ( the Australian colonie*. being consi- , dered superior to those of Fasmauia, which realise a high price in the market. It is the opinion of competent ;udg»3 that hops grown in this pioviuce would command ai I extensive market, a.ii it i* surprising thai ! the great wee** whi -h ha* followed th cultivation of tiie iudustiy here Ikis not led to their being grown on it iargi scale for exportation. English tap*, we are inI formed, realise from 2s 31 to 2s Gd per lb. ! here; but Nelson hops vould be worth 3s | per lb. in the colonial sn irket, in couse iquei.ee oftheii superior qmlity, and the hoo-grviwers. previously alluded to, received first-class medals from tjfciate Intercolonial Exhibition, which is amadditional reason whv attention should be drawn to this industry, for whicb Nelsoa is celebrated, and which appears suscepftble of indefinite | extension in the colouiil market. Within the last sixteen years the two colonies of Victoria and New South Wales have produced a supplv of gold amounting in value to one hundred and fifty millions sterling, five-sixths of -finch has been the produce of Victoria alone. The colony of New South Wales hi 3 raised from the earth 4,617,10:) tons of coal, valued at £2,742.224 ; and her coal-field*, north and south of the port of Sydney, may be said to be inexhaustible The col mics of New Zealand and South Australia arj eminently favored in the rich variety of their resources. New Zealand has risen within the last few years to an important position as a producer of gold and wool. In ten years, t'te colony of South Australia has exported copper of the value tof £4,751,C38, while the produce of her corn-fields is unsurpassed by other countries. The colony of Queensland, in addition to her pastoral and mineral wealth, ,has established by successful experiment her capability of growing both cotton and sugar. Nor are the resources of Tasmania unimportant to the British empire. Her wool, grain, and timber, with

the oil of her whale fisheries, form a valuable part of Australian exports. Id the year 18G5, the exports of the associated colonies, in five articles of production, which are selected for their conspicuous value to the world, amounted to more than twenty-one results are given from the Ltwl '««*"«* -w.m»l A3W0MME6.120,317 > New Sou.h Wales-wfkjT £1,024,111, gold £-},Go7.GGS. coatsa74.3(>3 ; New Zealand wool-£l,lll,T(#;<rold 2.22CJ-74; South Australia—wooUf&964 397, coppe- ore, £G18,472, graii&ffnll kinds £1.228,480; QueenslaiKl--NV0^485.299,g)1d^101.3. f )9; rasmania-wnA..J3Sl,f)2.">. of all : > . i 5; *dd,£ll.lGs.»feral, 6274,31)3: copper ore, £Glß,l7iif gra'u of all !:t,ds, £1,335 7**. g£ Times "' says : -We have Reeira'nijAtivc<ting series of samples of Flax, sli tli■■ tibre in differlj stage* of pvepare Iness for paper uiajß; aid also samples of papir made fjHthe fibre. These proofs of what may rlWwe with this plant have been reee'ved by* Mr E.l. M'Glashin, who, about a year a*oJ sent to Britain a parcel of fiiix, :is cut. Jit is impossible in words to convey accurate information ns to the appearance ofcjie fibre, after being for

l'ifferert periSfe' in the paper maker's breaker, or art-r beiuj once or twice bleached. V* r e doubt not that Mr MGlaslian will gladly enable those who feel an intorest which may'be stimulated into practicalness, to examine tor themselves the liferent sample* of the flax-;>aper. It can 30 said that, yhile rather highly colored, t has a singularity of texture and a strength, whiej suggest that of fl x there night be ujft<# very excellent paper for janknotes /Hid other special purposes ; vhiic the ifecfc' assent from Britain would issuredly an article of commerce, supposing thatthe cost of production is not jxcessive. MrM'Giashan has himself dealt vith a slab of j-ompressed pulp, as receive Jrom the papif maker, and has shown that ;he coloring matter can be got off, the )ulp being left as white as that of ordinary ;otton rags; hut here again, the question )f the cost & the necessary labor is an essentia I one. The sum per pound at which Mr M'Glashan estimates the cost of lis extcuderTcfcausmg or bleaching, seems irery low j bnt more cannot be said upon :he poiut. Mr M'Glashan's samples include some fibre bleached but not subject to the action [of the breaker; and this is estimated by a Dundee manufacturer as beiug worth £2O a ton. Taken as a whole, we have not seen any samples of prepared New Zealand Flax'more suggestive of the possibility oL establishing an important "native indJfcry;" and the question of what can be &one in the matter is worthy of the deejp cot' ration a'iks of the Government and »i'< < 4 tdista.