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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1215, 20 June 1872, Page 2

Up to ten o'clock last night, there were no signs of the San Francisco mail steamer, now several days overdue at Auckland. Last evening an unfortunate accident occurred at the brewery of Messrs M'.Vlillan and Taylor, Tainui street. The cellaruian, James Parsons, while in the discharge of some part of "his. duties, fell from a plank into a boiling vat. He was rescued almost immediately, bat was found to have been fearfully scalded on the baok and the lower parts of the body. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, J. Greenwood, Esq.^J. P., presided in the absence of the Resident ' Magistrate, who was called away officially to Maori Gully. William Hoffernan, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s, or 24 hours ; and Thomas Quick was also mulcted for a similar offence. A larceny case, requiring a It. M. or two Justices to deal with, was adjourned till to-day. There is good reason for* supposing that the close monopoly so long enjoyed by Shaw, Savill and Co. in New Zealand will soon be . blown to the winds, and it is. doubly gratify, ing that this will be done by tlie enterprise of the people of the Colony. What Duiudin has already done, and Auckland is abouS to do, Wellington is going to imitate. We

learn that steps are being taken- to purchase vessels enough to do . the principal portion of the carrying between the Colony arid Gr,eat Britain. At present it is. in tended to purchase right out four first-class iron ships ; arid we believe we are correct in stating that one firm in the city has pledged itself to take LSOO should the company be formed. This is certainly a step in the right direction, and. one that has not been taken a moment coo soon. Mr J. W. Hall, of this town, was recently appointed agent for the Australirn Mutual Provident' Society. With regard to this we are requested to state : that any member residing in Greymoutli,. who may wish to pay their premiums through the local agency, should write to tor Joseph Dyer, the Resident Secretary at Wellington, when the necessary .alteration will be made. Two men have been seriously injured at the Caledonian mine by the explosion of a charge which was being put in by the men, whose names are Manoney and Peglar. Through some improper tamping, the powder suddenly exploded, the charge hitting Mahoney full in the face and knocking him almost insensible. Peglar was more fortunate, and received the effects of the explosion on his right arm, which is of course severely burnt, but not otherwise seriously injured. It is thought Mahoney will lose his sight. . On Friday evening a complimentary dinner was given, at Nelson, to Mr Luckie by the membera of his late election committee in Mr M'Gee's Hotel. The party numbered nearly sixty persons, and in the. absence of M,r J. H. Leyien, from illness, the chair was occupied by .'Mr Augarde, and the vice-chair by Mr W. Wright. . The Timaru (Canterbury) Building Society, after a career of about seven and a half years, has been closed. During its existence a sum of L 21,000 passed through its hands ; and investors, who remained till the termination ! of the society, received 15 per cent for their money. . Mr : Commissioner Wbrgan arrived in Wellington on 31st May, from Wangariui. The Herald states that Mr Worgau has succeeded in purchasing, for the purpose of immigration, 6000 acres of rich native land ai an average price of 12s an acre. .'..-. According to the Builder, no less than 1000 skilled mechanics, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, smiths, &c., have been engaged by the Brogden firm at the Home rate of wages, for our railways, and are now on the high seas, 80 days out. The Provincial Council of Canterbury has voted L 230 in aid of the erection of a German Protestant Church in Christchurch. This sum, it is stated, will give the promoters a balance of about L4OO after paying for the site, and the work will be put in hand without delay. Oil Monday night last, three drunken sailors went to the residence of Mr Robert Carter, in Chancery street, Auckland, and after making inquiries for a person who did not reside there, violentlj assaulted Mr Carter who went to the door to auswer their questions. They knocked, him down, tried to choke him, and finally stabbed him, giving him several cuts in the left shoulder with a sharp-pointed knife. The police fortunately were handy, and the three ruffians were seemed. The men say they- belong to the brigantine Hercules, from Newcastle, New South Wales. Recently, by some negligence of the female servant, some of the fringe or curtains caught fire in the dressing-room of Major Tuke's residence, New Plymouth ; on being informed of it, Mrs Tuke sent the servant for Major Tuke, and carefully keeping the house closed, endeavored to keep down the fire, it had then reached the ceiling, which was in a blaze ; but by the efforts of Mrs Tuke all the burning portions were pulled down and ,put out by the time Major Tuke arrived. We re&ret to state that Mrs Tuke has severely burned and disabled her right hand in putting out the fire. Under the heading "A Valuable Colonist, " the Sydney Morning Herald gives the following :— " A Swedish woman, who arrived at Maryborough, Queonsland, by the lastjimmigration ship, gave birth to four female infants on the 14th May; all are alive and doing well. A subscription is being raised on behalf of the mother." A somewhat similar occurrence is recorded by the Auckland Evening Star of the 28th ult. as follows : — 11 Amongst our notices of births we observe that the wife of Mr James Simpson, of Glenburn, has ' presented him this morning yrith three daughters. We assert that Mr James Simpson, of Glenburii, deserves well of; his country. We are importing immigrants at fabulous expense,- and consider them a good investment, and here we have a worthy fellow-colonist proceeding wholesale in ' the work of colonization of the most legitimate and unexceptional kind, and he receives no recognition at the hands of the State."