NELSON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 478, 3 June 1857, Page 5

NELSON.

The prin/ipal news f\om tilts province contained, in Lite hies, apaitfiotn the gold fields, rt of' the doing* of the Piovmcial Council The Waste' Lancjs Question is undci debate, an^ uuse,s an infceiestirig' discussion in the columns of the 'Exanwnei ' We published a sumnuiy of the pioposed measure ,on the 6th of May Ja*t, to which we lefei'our leadeis .The discussion was not at an Jend at the date of Wlastadvices The education question is' also Mhdei debate j The existing Oidmance is Attacked stiortgly, but I seems geneialfy'supported The estimates for the year <ue ah*o being consideied^ f W<? learn that, a steam flour mill has i been elected by Mr Campbell in % town of Nalson and is w woikipg. , Ejour is steady at i.17 pel ton i n 1 jj Mutton, 3£d pei ft , beef, 4d. The following paragraphs aie from the 'Examiner' *—fc Walnuts—The cultivation of the wain at hee is well worthy tKe attention of om'cultiVa'tors, whether m town or countiy Id say 'nothing of the ralu,e of the timbei, its frflit might be made a somce of &ome piofit lo show how lapidk ttie walnut tiee comes into Wnnff heie netrtiy meptton that I,OW Walnuts hive Deen gi'theted this season horn a tiee the seed of which was sown fomteen 3 ears ago by Mt H Seymttur, 111 his gaiden in lirook. street This is the third year the ti cc has borne fruit. . , , Decision Eespectibto Runs—A decision! was given by the Ptovmcial Executive a few days a^o which is of some interest to the flwKowneis of the pioViiice Mr Tiee hoilds a license for a mn in the Amiiu distnet, winch he was supposed not to have stocked in compham c with theiegolations-fdr letting pasturage land, and t-r Shepherd applied for a poiiaon of such run on" tne&e grounds." The case as we have 'said' came before the" Executive,'Wheti Mr^ Lee'was'able' to proVe"th!af hft had a' sufficient, number of sheep on the run to-claim tee1 -whole; of it, allowing three acres 'of'landto one sheep. Mr. Lee's licens'e'was therefore' confirmed. ■ .• Land Sale.-A sale pf land-took place at th'e'Government offices on Thursday, May Utn, realised about £2,200 of which £200 was pdid in scrip. 'MotA ,of the-lota offered were taken at the upset price, but a small piece 'of town land in 'Bnd^e-stijet near the-Eel-pond,, which-vras'put up at £25, realized £115. , ' „