THE MISSING SHIP MATOAKA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 31, 7 February 1870, Page 2

THE MISSING SHIP MATOAKA.

We take the following from the Lytlelton Times of the 2nd instant : — The following telegram was received from our Hokitika correspondent immediately after the Gothenburg's mails were landed: — " The Argus has a telegram dated London, Dec. 10, which states — 'Arrived Ramsay and Matoaka, which had been posted at Lloyds as missing.' " There is no further news, but we think that the above may be taken as conclusive that the Matoaka has arrived at London. Her arrival, it will be remembered, is announced in the latest dated telegram from London, and, taking it for granted that she had just been reported when the telegram was despatched, she had been out over seven months. The fact that the Matoaka is coupled with tho Ramsay in the Argus telegram is some confirmation, if such is required, of the bare announcement that she had arrived. In an authorised list of wool ships

to arrive, received by last mail from Loudon, and dated November 3, the Ramsay, from Brisbane, was noted out 140 days ; the Matoaka< 174 days ; and the Prince Arthur, from Adelaide, 165 days. "When the news became generally known, great joy was manifested. In Lyttelton the vessels in harbor, the principal merchants' offices, and many of the stores displayed bunting.

It is said that some mothers iv New York have grown so affectionate that they give their children chloroform previous to whipping them. *' You had better ask for manners than money," said a fiuely-dressed gentleman to a beggar who asked for alms. "I asked for what I thought you had most of," was the cutting reply. She Knew Better. — A clergymen who was consoling a young widow on the death-bed of her hnsband, spoke in a ■serious tone of his many admirable qualities. " You know." he said, "you can never find his equal, seai'ch as loug as you will." To which the fair one replied, almost broken-hearted, " I'll bet I will."