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Intelligence has reached Christchurch oi the discovery of a se.im of coal at A-hley Gorge, on one of the branches of the Ashley river. Specimens of this coal have been brought to Christchurch, and are said to be of good qualit '. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the New Zealand Herald :•—Sir, I notice in your issue of yesterday a'n article on the forthcoming rifle match between Mr J. W. Walker, of the Thames, and Mr Christie, of East Taieri, Otago, which is headed "Auckland v. Dnnedin." From this way of putting it, and the statement that " the whole of the stakes, amounting to j£3oo, have now been deposited," it might be inferred that the match was one between Auckland and Dunedin. It is not so. Mr Walker's challenge was on his own account, and not as a representative of either the city or the Province of Auckland. The challenge was as much addressed to Auckland as any other part of the colony. Mr Walker has found the whole of the money staked on his side himself, and if he is to be considered a representative man, it must be as a member of the Thames Scottish Volunteers.—Yours, &(\, T. L. Murray, (Japt. T.S.V.— Grahamstown, Nov. 8, 1871. From England there has been a large outflow of specie to America lately.

The Oamaru Times, Oct. 27> reports that potatoes are scarce, and that .£4 could be obtained readily for good samples. The same paper reports that oats are selling from Is 6d to Is lOd per bushel. The Lyttelton Times', Oct. 28, says, in its commercial report: — Potatoes have been placed in small quantities at M 10s, but the market is well cleared. A man named John Gorman Webb, a miner at Charleston, has been killed by the fall of seyeral pieces of granite in a cutting twenty five feei deep. Tt is the intention of the Provincial Government of Canterbury to proceed with the erection of a Reformatory for boys. The site selected is at Burnham, 15 miles from Christchurch, and close to the railway station, where a reserve of from 200" to 250 acres of land has been made fur ther purpose; At Addington, about a mile and a half from Christchurch, a prison for females is also to be erected. The Thames Advertiser, Bth November, says .-—The Rev. James Buller will preach a sermon in reference to the murder of the late Bishop Patteson, in the Wesleyan Church, Grahamstown, this evening We are glad to see this feeliug of brotherhood in the Christian Churches. The death of Bishop Patteson is a loss, not only to the Anglican, but to the Church of Christ throughout the whole world. We learn that immediately before leaving on his last cruise the Bishop made his will, by which lbbequeathed the whole of his considerable property to the objecls of the mission in which he lost his life. Tt was, we believe, the intention of Bishop Patteson, had he lived, to have set on foot, at an early date, subscriptions for a new mission vessel to be constructed at Auckland. We have no doubt th-it the contemplated plan will be carried out, since we are sure that the martyrdom of the leader of the mission will prove only an incentive to further missionary exertions. A meeting is about to be held in England shortly to discuss the questions modifying the commercial treaty be tween England and France. A correspondent writes to the London Times that the wheat crop in England is disastrously deficient. Sir John Fox, a veteran of the Napoleonic war, died in London on the Bth October, aged 89 years. The cholera in Turkey is said to be subsiding Queen Victoria has been quite ill, but has since partially recovered. The particular complaint was an abscess on the neck, which has since been removed. The Times remarks that the Queen's illness will occasion deep and universal concern, and assurances of her restoration to better health will be anxiously watched for. Her subjects can never forget with what labor and self-control she has devoted herself to their interests during the best years of her life, and she will, it is to be hoped, reap some reward in the assurance of (he affectionate anxiety with vvhieh she is followed in her moments of illness and depression. These feelings will, perhaps, on the present occasion be mingled with some sentiments of lemorse for the reflections which were made during the last session upon the comparative withdrawal of her Majesty from ceremonial appearances in public. Her present illness gives reason for believing that she may have been unequal of late to any such exertions ; and it must be sincerely regretted that the accident of two applications for dowries coming before the Parliament rendered a discussion of Royal functions inevitable at the very time when it was most inopportune. With her Majesty's knowledge of the feelings of her subjects, she cannot, however, have failed to perceive that any murmurs of discontent at her retirement were themselves the best witnesses to the loyal attection with which she is regarded. It was because the people cared to see her that they were disappointed at not seeing her. The moment she is known to be really suffering, the same sentiment will lead to a complete reversal of feeling. The hearts of her people will be with her, whether she is seen or unseen by them. They will still hope that she may soon be restored to them; but the longer she finds it necessary to be absent, the greater only will be their pleasure at her return.

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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1171, 14 November 1871, Page 2

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Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1171, 14 November 1871, Page 2

Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1171, 14 November 1871, Page 2

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