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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 52, 30 December 1867, Page 324

A Pretty Quahbel. —A very pretty quarrel has taken place in Wanganui be tween two clergymen, both of whom we kuow and respect. “It appears,” sajs the Times, “that in August last the Rev. C. H. S. NicholU, Incumbent of Christ Church; addressed a letter to ‘Mr Harding. Wesleyan Minister,’ in which he said that he had been informed that he (Mr Harding) had attempted to lead away members ol' his "hurch by offering his ministrations to them unasked, &c. Mr Harding, in reply, asked Mr Nickolls’ reason for addressing him in a manner quite unusual, and said—- “ It may be that you do not respect my or dination to the office and -work of the Christian fjministry, and yet I think you will not take such unusual action from that stand point.” Mr Nicholls, in reply, said—- “ You claim to be addressed as ‘reverend,’ according to the ‘common usages of society,’ i.e., the world. This I cannot conscientiously do, and I will tell you why, &c.” Thus commenced a correspondence, which the Rev. Mr Harding, has had published, but which the booksellers of Wanganui refuse to sell! ITor what reason we know not, for the letters in themselves are harmless enough. We may some day find room for the whole of them ; mean time the Rev. Mr Harding must act as his own bookseller.—lndependent.

Introduction of Carp at Wanganui. —The Wanganui Acclimatization Society have succeeded in obtaining a quantity of carp from Australia, which thus remarked upon by tbe Wellington Independent : •‘There is probobly no f.esh-water fish (always excepting palinon and trout) the the introduction of which is more to be desired than that of the carp. We consider the naturalization of this fish of far : more importance than that of the Murray cod, for which the society offered a high premium, and which it is still taking steps to introduce. We may mention that the carp when matured attains a weight of eleven or twelve pounds, and that is one of the hardiest of fresh-water fish There is an anecdote told of a fish-dealer who kept a pond of carp and periodically netted a supply for the market, and that when he - had hawked his basket for several hours, ho was accustomed to return to the pond and turn the unsaleable ones adrift again. A fish that will survive a few hours’ exposure in the market must be very tenacious of life! The carp we are informed, was originally introduced into Australia from Prussia, its native country. The Botany Lakes, in the neighborhood, of Sydney, were first stocked with ; it, and thence it has been disseminated through tire other colonies. Owing to the persevering efforts of Wanganui Acclimatization Society . it. is fairly introduced there;' for we understand that the society purposes to select a pond as a repository (besides distributing;the fish among members who are prepared to receive-and provide for them), and to forward , supplies of young fish to other parts of the' province as opportunity may offer.” . 1 1 Customs Returns.— The, amount of Customs revenue collected at the various ports; in tlie colony, during the quarter ended-, -SOtli, last; ’was £196,489;, compared; with ; £1Q9,4j52,; received during the September quarter .. of 1866 a-;