The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 75, 30 March 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1871.

A Valuable Cargo. — The ship Christian M'Ausland has sailed for London from Dunedin with the largest cargo of (he season, including 3,900 ba'.ps of woo), 180 tons of preserved meats, and SO lons of wheat. The Perseverance Mine. — The Lady Barkly which arrived from Collingwood last night brings word that the r7o. 3 drive is still beiup; taken through the mass of minerals of which mention has previously been made. The reef has again been struck, at a depth of five feet, ana is expected to be met wilh a;zaio on the other side of tho minerals now beicp criven through. The water-race is fast progressing, section 2 of the contract being completed, and the contractors are pushing on with the other portion.', notwithstanding the weather which has been very bad of late, out of the last fortnightonly two days having been fine. Kelson Agricultural Association. — A meeting of the Committee of Management is called for Tuesday next, to make the necessary arrangements for a show in about a mouth's time which we hope will be well supported. The last harvest having proved so propiti6us for the gathering of the crops we expect to see a pood exhibition of grain and also of those other productions which the recent seasonable weather has so materially beuefiied. Napier. — From a telegram whiqh appears in this morning's Examiner it would appear that the good folks of Napier have a special foudness for holidays. Thn parngraph, which is dated March 27, says: — "Yesterday was proclaimed a general holiday" (in other parts of the civilised woilii Sundays are usually observed as holidays without a proclamation lieinu necessary) in anticipation of the arrival of the Luna with the Southern Volunteers. The local companies were under orders to turn out, ami give (.he Southerners a reception, hut the Luni did not come. To-day is proclaimed a holiday in anticipation of her arrival. Malt and Hops. — That a great deal of mousy is sent out of New Zealand which should never leave the colony is clearly shown by the following paragraph which we copy from a Northern contemporary : New Zealand imported hops in 1869 to the value of £30,643, and yet perhaps there is no finer climate in the world for the growth of this plant than tins colony. A large brewer in Auckland says that he has found the finest British or American hops far inferior to Auckland or Nelson grown ones. To keep the breweries in this colony workiug, malt to the value of £oo } 500 was imported in 1869; half ( of this came from England, Victoria supplying the greater portion of the remainder ; we read in a contemporary a statement to the effect that barley is actually taken from Canterbury <o Melbourne, and brought back again in, the shape of malt. The " Anglo Australian " and Mr. Yogel. — The Anglo Australian in Lo?idon who, thirteen times per annum, serves up for the European Mail an exceedingly weak and insipid rechauffe of the events of the month, has inserted in his last dish of hash an iugredient that cannot be swallowed without very wry faces being displayed by those who are invited to partake of it. As a rule, he contents himself with dishing up extracts from the home papers, which, by a plentiful use of the pronoun "I" he fathers off as his own opinions, but occasionally he ventures to act in defiance of his receipt book, and adds a little savoriug of his own devisiDg. As an instance of this we will quote a paragruph that is decidedly original, and which none but the Anglo Australian

would have been bold enough to insert «- veil into a mess of hodge podge. He <jiyß : — " The news that Mr. Vojjel has ■>een appointed Agent (or New Zealand in England gave unmixed satisfaction. * * Xo better man than Mr. Yogel could possibly be chosen to fill the office." We should have been better pleased, and more •"ulightened, i>U"l tho writer stated to whom the appointment had given "unmixed ••atisfsiclion," because, as Mr. Yogel is a man who, until he propounded an extravagant scheme for New Zealand to adopt, had never obtained for himself a prominent place among colonial politicians, we are somewhat sceptical as to his selfbestowed agency being hailed with the unmixed delight which the monthly cook for the European Mail would have us believe is experienced by those in England who are interested in the welfare of the colony. If Mr. A. A. was weak enough to suppose that this little bit of seasoning would find favor with residents in Kew Zealand, it would be uncharitable not to undeceive him, and therefore we would tell him that it savors neither of otiion, shalofc, or garlic, but rather has a suspicious flavor of ipecacuanha, and that, to such an extent, that, we cannot retain it on our stomach?, which absolutely refuse to remain passive under the influence of such an irritant as that which is thus administered to them.