NELSON.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 85, 17 August 1868, Page 198

NELSON.

Scarcity op Meat at Westpobt.—The Star, 4th August,- states that there was then neither a bullock nor a sheep in the place, that, all the .butchers’ shops were empty, and that pork was the only meat to be got. Arrivals were looked for from Wanganui and Nelson with anxiety. : A Mast .Missing- at. the. Bclleb.— Fora Play Suspected.—The Grey Biver Argus, of the Bth August, saysWe are informed that a miner named Michael Connolly (formerly a packer for MrShanaghan, storekeeper, up the Grey), left Addison’s. Flat ou Wednesday evening, for Westport, with £l3O worth of gold, and has not since been heard'of. His dog returned to the Flat the following day,* and his mates and others set; out for Westport and Charleston, but ,could ; hear nothing,of him further than he crossed-the ferry between Addison’s and . Westport, in' company with another many the sameevehing. It is feared thait tie-has ihfet With foul play, and a search-is!being' made.: The-Addison’s Flat Disttobahoe.— The Nelson Colonist say s that the Commissioners •; sent ; down to. Westport, to enquireintothe conduct of Mr Commissioner Kynnersley d uring the excitement. West Coasts;. concluded their enquiry' on Monday last, and will report immediately to thie Govlrhineht. ’'-Very littlelhas- : localpreßß,.which:deprecateßthe.publication of the evidence. -We hear that all thescharges ■ llapßedv.thAjnipment^ithey?'wpire examined. The commissioners, Mr Bowen and Mr HamiltoaiS'paSsed'thiough'Nelspnj'ih Airedale.^on,Tuesday,'on their way back :■ 'it i~: