NOTICE OF MAILS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 155, 3 July 1868, Page 2

NOTICE OF MAILS.

For Grey, Hokitika, and Australian Colonies, per Gothenburg, Tuesday, at 9 a.m. LooAL Mails. For Appleby, Upper and Lower Moutere, Motueka, and Riwaka— Close every Monday and Thursday, at 8.30, a.m.; arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Also, for Motueka, per steamer as opportunity offers. For Collingwood, Motupipi, Takaka, and Slateford — By every opportunity, per steamer or sailing boat. For Stoke, Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefleld, and Foxhill— Close at Chief Post Office daily at 2.30, p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at 11 o'clock, a.m. For Tadmor— Close every Friday, at 2.30, p.m.; arrive every Monday, at 11 a.m. For Waimea-west— Close every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m. ; arrive every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11 a.m. For Wakapuaka— Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30, p.m.; arrive every Wcdnes day and Saturday, at 11 a.m. For Westport, Charleston, Brighton, and St. Kilda, per steamer as opportunity offers. For Havelock, Blenheim, and Picton, overland — Close on the 15th and 30th of every month, at S p.m.; arrive on the 14th and 29th. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.

A curious case has occurred in the Western District of Victoria, where 18,000 sheep infected with scab have been found by the sheep inspector running about Lake Condon. The inspector instituted proceedings against the supposed owner of the sheep, who, however, repudiated his ownerBbip, the supposed reason being to avoid payment of the fine to which he would be liable. The consequence is that this large number of sheep are disowned on all sides, and the very troublesopae -question is raised as to what should be done with them. The death of the Marquis of Salisbury has • created a vacancy for Stamford, Viscount Cranborne, its late member, being called to the Upper House. The present peer was born on the 3rd of February, 1830, and married, on the llth of July. 1857, Gteorgina Caroline, eldest daughter of Sir E. H. Alderson, one of the Barons of the Exchequer. He was educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford, and obtained a Fellowship at All Souls 9 in 1853. His Lordship ha3 been member for Stamford since 1853. The obituary of the Times contains some rare "illustrations of prolonged existence in five ladies and two gentlemen, whose united ages amounted to 603 years, giving an average of upwards of 86 years and one month to each; of the ladies, the oldest had reached the great age of 93 years, and the youQgeßt 82; of the opposite sex, one was 89 and the other 8 2 years of age. When 'Black-eyed Susan' was in rehearsal at the Surrey Theatre, an important person — in his «wn estimation— strutted upon the stage, and speaking of Elliston, the Bacchanalian manager, exclaimed in an angry voice, 'How is this? I can see a duke or a prime minister any time in the morning, but I can never see Mr Elliston!' 1 There's one comfort,' Jerrold replied, 'if Elliston is invisible in the morning, he'll do the handsome thing any afternoon by seeing you twica; for at that time of day he invariably sees double.' ' There are two wayß of doing it,' said Pat to himself, as he stood musing and waiting for a job. •If I save lour thousand I must lay up two hundred a year for twenty years, or I can put away twenty a year for two hundred years. Now, then, which shall I do?' Charles to the altar led the lovely Jane, and to her father's house returned again, where to convey them on their wedding tour, already stood a brilliant coach and four. When, lo ! the gathering showers at once descended, clouds and warring winds contended ; this moves Mm not, but in he ■-.; hands his bride, and seats himself enraptured by. her side; when thus to cheer the fair one, he begun; 'I hope we soon shall have a little sun.' But she, to whom the weather gave no pain, who ' 'heeded sot the blast nor pattering rain, but most about her! future state ' bethought her, replied, •My dear, Fd rather have a daughter.'— P. 1 Opinion. " """"A : pretty and, well-dressed young lady, after looking at several pair of gloves, lavender-colored, in a shop lately, shocked ths assistant by asking him which pair he thought the ' lavenderest.' "• A^ sailor sold an old lady an owl} pretending it was a parrot. 'Why, Jack,' says the old lady, •your parrot don't talk.* * No, marm,' says Jack, * be don't talk much, but he's a devil to think.'