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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 146, 23 June 1868, Page 2

We regret, to state that the Provincial Council is likely to be deprived of the services of one of its ablest member?, through the resignation by Mr Pitt of his seat as one of the representatives of the city. This is understood to be caused by the fact that Mr Pitt has lutely entered into partnership with the Provincial Solicitor. We have not yet heard that any candidates for the vacancy thus created are as yet in the field. The annual general meeting of the No. 1 City Rifles takes place to-morrow evening, at the Orderly Room, Hardy-street, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Finance Committee ; to nominate a Captain, iti the room of Captain M'Tavish resigned, and for the election of other officers. We understand that two members of the Company will probably bo put in nomination for the Captaincy. The election of four members of the Clifton Education Committee, on the 13th inst., resulted in the return of the following gentlemen : — Messrs J. M. Gibson, H. W. Burt, J. Davis, and J. Barid, Messrs V\ r an and Sigley being unsuccessful. The meeting at Spring Grove for the same purpose resulted in the re-elec-tion of Messrs T. Andrews, and W. Hodgsoa, and also of Mr Ricketts, in the place of Mr Jary, who had retired, Mr Cos beiug reappoiuted Chairman and Secretary. A brig and a barque were in sight when we went to press, names not ascertained, but the barque is supposed to be either the Leon id as or Kate Waters. The brig is laden cither with sugar or coals. The Provincial Government Gazette of Monday last contains a declaration of insolvency by Michael Duffy, storekeeper, of Addisoa's Flat. The Southern Cross of the 19th inst., referring to the Thames Goldfields, says : — "' We learn, from a gentleman who returned from Shorclacd iast evening, that the West Coast diggers who have visited the Thames show a decided disposition in favor of the Tapu district — influenced, no doubt by the superior price of the gold over that of the Karaka district. Several shares ia golden claims have passed into speculators' hands during the past week at prices varying from £20 to £350 per share.' The Thames correspondent of the Weekly Express writes on June 13th: — If it be true, and the report has reached me with excellent authority, a specimen yield from the Tapu, beats anything yet heard of in the district. It is this, a piece of stone from the Golden Point Tapu, I weighing 251bs. avoirdupois, was crushed, and yielded 19Ibs. troy weight of gold. In our own neighborhood, the Young May Moon have had a chrushing, at Scanlan's, which gave a result of 10 ounces to the ton.' H.M.S. Challenger, Commodore Lambert, is now on a visit to the various groups in the Southern Pacific, and will be absent about five months. A Kyneton paper writes :— ' The high price of wheat this season is inducing nearly every one to sow it largely. We have heard of as many as 108 acres being sown on a farm of little over 200 acres. It is possible to overdo this cereal, and next year may be either a year of plenty with low prices, or the wheat crop may be a failure and prices indifferent. In. either case, oats will command good prices, from the small extent to which they are sown. To the small farmer we would say, sow oats — the seed will cost 10s an acre, while wheat will cost 20s. Oats are worth aow . from 4s to 4s 4d per bushel, with every prospect of rising; and should the mania for wheat-sowing continue, oats must rule high next year. The Sydney Morning Herald states that on the 11th and 12th of April a cyclone passed over the windward parts of the island of Mauritius, including Port Louis. An immense amount of damage has been clone to buildings of every description. The small wooden houses of the poorer classes, as might be expected, suffered most. 75 per cent, of these flimsy residences beiug levelled with the ground. The Government did not, by any means, escepe unscathed in the gene-

ral loss. It is estimated that £30,000 at least will have to be spent to make good the losses sustained by the latter, as regards buildings. Exclusive of these, the Grand River Railway Viaduct, which was built at an expense of over £20,000, has been partially demolished ; and, with every economy, it is probable that a moiety of this sum will be required for repaiis. The storm continued for 48 hours, and during the greater portion of that time numbers of Indians and Creoles were houseless from the effects of the wind. This is not unfortunately all. More than 100 deaths occurred from houses having fallen, and crushed their inmates. A meeting of shareholders in Overend, G-urney and Co. Limited was held on the 10th March last for the purpose of organising a fresh committee, in order to carry on the further proceedings against the directors. Dr Thorn was voted to the chair; and the first business was the passing of a resolution thanking Dr Thorn, Mr William Liuklater, Mr Howell, and the committ.ee for their past labors in exposing what was called the greatest fraud that ever disgraced the commercial annals of this country. The next was the appointment of a new committee to carry on further proceedings, one of which is to be an actiou at law; after a long discussion the following gentlemen were appointed: Mr Meek, of York; Mr Barrow, of Derby; Mr O'Reilley, of London, and Dr Thorn, of Londou. The meeting represented a very large number of shareholders from all parts of the country. Why is it foolish to attempt to catch the 12.50 train ? Because it is ten to one if you do. What is that which every man can divide, but no oue can see where it has been divided ? Water.