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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 139, 15 June 1868, Page 2

Sir John Young, Bart., late Governor of New South Wales, arrived at Malta on the 4th March, from Alexandria, on his way to England. The Westport Times of the 13th instant, says : — Never was more wretched weather seen even on the West Coast than that we have been afflicted with now for some days. Squalls of wind and rain have been the order of the day, and mining operations through this- cause are compeetely put a stop to. As a matter of course business suffers, and a much more miserable collection of human beings could not well be gathered together than those of Westport at the time of writing. At Addison's Flat we regret to state the mining interest has felt ifc severely, and just as the prospects of that place were opening out so brightly this drawback takes place. It is rumored that the Hokitika bar is sealed up again, though whether the sand has closed the channel or the weather has raised such a Burf as to prevent the ingress or egress of vessels, is not known. A chap out West says he cured palpitation of the heart by the application of another palpitating heart to the part affected.