The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 221, 18 September 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1871.

JT, \ : . The' : Nelepn JS-as ' Bill .has passed the House of Itepresentatiyes. 7 r-A.'i Cassius' . claim at Boss,: has come upon ■Wash -dirt from six to seven feet thick, -"{wKiplij gave Half-a-penny weight to the Z{^bLZZZ' '<.'■'■[ ZZZjZZZ- 'Z.Z/: ; w.i SpEiNcr Ghovb Institute. — "We would remind our readers of the entertainment to be giveti ! this-* eVen*itfg,'in 7 aid of- the above,,,a£ the: Spring Grove Schoolroom. '-rCJoKCBfti'iAT Eichmond. — A concert will -be~gi?en -in the Wesleyan Church, Richmond,, on, Wednesday; evening next, -jby/th? Tpnicr Sol Fa clbbs. V nj Zi "-U a Football Match between thef-Wei-JUngJ&SLfi^ was to take place at Welling tOD, on Saturday afternoon last. yT^EX-^^^i' which passed through J| i^'B.qn . Chiheser on rljoard, transhipped from the . jQsb«a;Bates ..from Hong Kong to .Dunedin, which put letaky jState, rv,a \ / / : APui^Miy^tfh^datf Ghfistctfulrch 'o l^ W^rMy night, passed resolutions for Zmfcim%m% oared boat raoe on the Heathcote estuary ■ i ;vilue;'-' 7* J"

Tab Missing Bodies. — The'oodies of the unfortunate WillUm Webber and^MißS Reynolds were found,,; -within; a -very .few yards of one another on a. mud-bank rnear the stranded hulk this morning. Both bf them had been much disfigured by the fishes* ■■--■■■ Perbevebance Cobepany. — The Lady Barkly on Saturday afternoon brought over the result of the last fortnight's crushing at the Perseverance mine, which, we regret toeay, is by no means favorable, 70^ ounces being the total yield from 280 tons of. stone, j , . „ Accident on the Port Road. — A collision occurred on the port road yesterday afternoon between^ "Our Bus," and one of Mr. Jackson's couveyances, resulting in the horse of ihe latter receiving a serious wound in the side. The horse has been placed under Mr. Newton's care, and is likely to recover, although an ugly scar will always, mark the place where the wound was received. We begret to learn that Mr. W. Wastney, M.P.C., who has been ailing for some time past, died at an early hour this morning. Mr. Wastney has for many years taken an active part in all, matters of public interest, and his loss will be much felt in the district of Suburban North, . where , he has resided for more . than twenty -five years; ' ''■"- Gored to Death. — A woman named Adelina Evans, aged 45 years, has been gored tb death by a cow at Shakspeare Bay, aear Picton. Her husband, on returning home in the afternoon, found her lying dead before the door of his house 7with her clothes much torn, and the intestines protruding from a large wound. .An inquest was held, when the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence laid before ihem, aud recommended that the cow, which was a very savage one, should be destroyed. Deceased and her husband wero formerly settlers in the. Takaka Valley, and had only recently .removed to the Picton district, . : ' ' Mr Macandrew's Resolutions. — A second meeting for the .consideration of Mr Macandrew's resolutions has been held in Christchurch, and after a prolonged discussion it .was further adjourned until yesterday at 3 p.m. The " Times" is informed that a public meeting will be called early next week, when resolutions will be proposed for the abolition of existing provinces, and the creation of one province for each island, having enlarged legislative powers, with a central Federal Government, limited to federal concerns. The Late Boat Accident. — In finding their verdict at the- inquest ou Saturday last, the jury expressed an opinion that some recognition should be made of the courageous and humane act of Mr. John Kidson, the Lighthouse keeper, in going out to save the lives of those whose cries for 'assistance he heard at a distance, and we are sure that every one who is acquainted with the story of the gallant action /--vill most heartily agree with them. To go out on a dark night in a little dingy, and to drag into it four persons Who, from the length of the time they had been in the water, were quite numbed, and utterly helpless, while their weight must have been largely increased by the fact of their clothes be'iDg thoroughly saturated, was a deed that required a considerable amount of both courage, and skill. John Kidson was wanting in neither, and than him, tbe Royal Humane, Society can find no more deserving recipient for one of their highlyprized medals.; Wire- Walking. — A large crowd assembled at the; port on Saturday afternoon to witness the promised feat of Mr. Brabaro, who had undertaken to walk on an ordinary telegraph wire stretched from the Albion wharf to, the. Government wharf. Punctually at the advertised time Braham made his appearance, and at once stepped on to his— from the shore—invisible pathway, which he succeeded in traversing without a baulk, stopping occasionally .to-go through those peculiar * feats with which walkers-onthe tight "rdpe delight to astonißh ; and. terrify the' beholders, .such as kneeling on one knee, balancing himself on one foot, &c. Having arrived at his destination he started back, again, but on this occasiou was not so successful, as the wire broke when he bad travelled a few feet from the wharf, precipitating him into the soft mud below — the ;tide .then being at about three quarters ebb .^fortunately, without inflicting any more serious injury upon him than the soiling of bis, hitherto |immacu-i late, tights*) .; * • - ;.- • ><■:> ■ ••■'<' Accident to H.M.S. Basilisk.— Au accident occurredto the Basilisk on Saturday evening, which* -however' seribus^it might have proved, ■fbriii^atel^ , resulted in nothing worse thanaq^larra tp.thecaptain, considerable inconvenience* ta the officers and cro\v,and a grtfafridisappoittment to the watermen aud intending? mstt'prs. A hUle after | o&ocjr. rffio s officer 'on watch ■wifa^tamed4)y ) tbeßriapping of the cable, immediately followed by tha drifting

of the shlfj&V vyith the tide, which grays t^egfflow4nJ£ ; towards a neighbomiffi.. Wud-barik, o^'kfiich in a few minutes^hl grjoundelL, \Steani*'was got up wlth^aft possible 1 speed, but before the engines could 'be set to work the tide had commenced to -ebb, the result being-that the to repose for the^ighLoaher unaccustomed ..^ bed,- fdrtuiiateij -W very - soft one, -i and * at' - high water yesterday morning she was without much difficulty opce more got afloat. We' -had ah Opportunity yesterday of inspecting-the- treacherous link -of -tbe cable, the breaking- -of .which was the cause of "^ the accident, and-'the most inexperienced eye could detect that it ojust for' some time have been in a- defective state as the centre part only of the iron presented that bright sparkling appearance possessed by metal which has not been exposed to the action of the atmosphere. It is extremely fortunate that the cable'should have parted in so calm and smooth a port as that of Nelson, as, had the accident occurred in a harbor -with n more rocky bottom, t and . exposed, to lhe boisterous weather which is customary :ia some of the other New : Zealand ports,' it "might have resulted in the loss of the ship. • ' The crew having been at work all night endeavoring to get her off, the. decks were yesterday in such a state of confusion that the public were not allowed to go onboard, a disappointment which was felt by many, and in a pecuniary sense by the watermen especially. For remainder of news see fourth page.