TELEGRAPHIC.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume v, Issue 180, 3 August 1870, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

Telegrams can be forwarded from this station to any station in Great Britain, Ireland, or France. Tariff for first ten words — Two pounds four shillings. For each additional word — Four shillings and sixpence. The address, signature, and date charged for. In addition to the above tariff, the ordinary New Zealand rates will be charged. The route is by Mail steamer to San Francisco, and thence by wire. The Mail steamer leaves Nelson on Thursday, the 4th inst., at noon. We see by the the Marlborough Express that an ingenious resident of Blenheim, named Mr. Jas. Gorrie, has constructed a spring wheel and loom, with the intention of manufacturing matting, bagging, and other fabrics of a like description, from native flax. Mr. Travers has given notice that he will move in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday next, " that, iu the opinion of this House, it would conduce to the more satisfactory administration of justice, if upon all trials of issues by jury, the decision of a majority, representing not less than two-thirds in number of the jury, might be delivered as the verdict of the jury." Bachelors Beware. — Mr. Reynolds, in the debate on the Borough Schools Bill, hoped that the Government would impose a tax ou the district in which the children resided ; and that iu fixing the tax for education they would tax bachelors at four times the amount of married men. For remainder of News see Fourth page.

New Advertisements. WANTED, A T7~ITCHEN T> ANGE, New or Second-hand. Four Feet, Apply, 1448 T. NEWTON & CO. COMMANDING OFFICER'S INSPECTION. THE CITY VOLUNTEERS will Meet for Commanding Officer's Inspection on THURSDAY NEXT, the 4th instant, on the Parade Ground, Oi>posite the Police Station, at Half-past 5 p.m. By order, JOHN LOCKETT, Captain, 1450 Adjutant, Militia and Volunteers. FOR SALE BY TENDER. By Order of the Trustees of the Weslevan Church Property, Spring Grove. TWO Separate ACRES of LAND in Section No. 39, in the District of Waimea South, fronting the main road, each having a frontage of 1 50 links. Particulars to be obtained of the Rev. W. J. WATKINS, Nelson, by whom Tenders will be received up to the 20th of August, 1870. The highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. 1451 WINTER EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS IN AID OF THE CHRIST CBURCH ORGAN FUND. THE SECOND ENTERTAINMENT of the SERIES will take place at the ASSEMBLY ROOMS, on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT when CAPTAIN ROUGH will deliver a Short DESCRIPTIVE LECTURE, to be followed by READINGS, RECITATIONS, and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC by the HARMONIC SOCIETY'S BAND. Admission, ls. Doors Open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock. 1453 "OiSING <^UN TTOTEL, WAIMEA ROAD. THE Undersigned having taken the above Hotel, would respectfully inform his Friends and the Pui.lic in general that he has made considerable alterations and improvements in the above Building, and that no effort on his part shall be wanting to render his Customers as comfortable as at any other House in the City. Best Wine6, Ales, and Spirits, always in Stock. Good Beds. A Capita- Skittle Alley, Newly Built, will be Opened on Saturday. Paddock and Stable. 1452] H. T. HALL, Proprietor.

" That's very singular," said a young lady to a gentleman who had just kissed her. " Oh, well ray dear miss," was the reply, " I will make it plural !" And the villain did. An OrTicAL Illusion. — Our friend Guzzler, whose eyesight is failing, was recommended to try glasses for its improvement. He says he went and took five or six directly, and the result was that his eyesight was so improved that he could actually see double ! " You are very stupid, Thomas," said a country school-master to a little boy eight years old ; "you are like a donkey, and what do they do to cure him of his stupidity ?" Why feed hira more and kick him less. A countrywoman in New York, visited Stewart's. " Such heaps of goods ! Such lots of people! And then said she, there were so many pretty little boys named Cash, and all about the same size ! I didn't see Mrs. Cash ; but I tell you she's got a mighty smart lot of young oues ! Search of the Matoaka.— The following paragraph is going the rounds of the papers:— -Search is being made for survivors from the Matoaka in another direction besides the Auckland and Bounty Islands. We learn from a private letter from London, quoted by the Press, that "as some fires have been seen on the South Georgias, by the William Duthie, the Government at the instigation of Messrs. Shaw, Savill, & Co., have sent a steamer out, thinking that some of the Matoaka's people might be there. The South Georgias are situated in 58 degrees S. lat. aud 38 degrees W. long., and are nearly due east from Cape Horn. The People of California, says the Australasian, are determined to omit no effort to facilitate the transport of merchandise across the American continent from Europe to Asia and Australia and vice versa. For that purpose, the merchants of San Francisco have formed themselves into a committee with a view to draft a bill which is to be submitted to Congress, exempting from customs duties all goods received at any of the Atlantic ports and intended for transmission to the Australian colonies, or to any part of Asia, as also all goods received at any of the Pacific ports and intended for delivery in Europe. We may be certain that the great trans-continental railway companies will strain every nerve to render their lines the commercial highway of the world, by reducing their traffic rates to the lowest point consistent with profit, and that they will be seconded in this respect by the subsidised steamers which are to ply between San Francisco and the Australian ports. By the competition thus established with our ocean carriers the people of these colonies cannot fail to benefit. A Highly favorable view of the thrift of the humbler classes of our fellowcountrymen is suggested by the returns recently issued of the Post-office Savings Banks. Up to September, 1861, there was not a Post-office Savings Bank in the country, but so largely has the institution, been made use of, that at the close of the year 1869 no less an amount than £13,524,200 was due to depositors. That between thirteen and fourteen millions sterling should now be in the custody of the Government, composed entirely of such small amounts as are usually deposited in the Post-office — no one being permitted to deposit money beyond the proportion of £30 in twelve months — is a proof that saving and economical habits prevail to a greater extent than mauy who grumble at the working-classes for their alleged extensive love of finery and of railway excursions would have us suppose. The interest paid to depositors, or added to the credit side of their accounts, now amounts to more than £300,000 a-year, and the business is steadily increasing. The amounts paid iu and drawn out during the year are very large. Last year £5,787,218 was received from depositors, and £4,227,650 was paid out to them. No other investment for small saviugs is at once so convenient aud safe as the Post-office Savings Bank ; and young persons or others having sums of money which they wish to lay by, should by all means avail themselves of the absolute security which this form of investment affords.