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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 288, 6 December 1871, Page 2

The Mining Population of the Lake -Wakatip district is estimated by the Warden to be 2,430, of which number 1229 are Chinese. A Small Chuech has recently been erected at a cost of £190 by tho Maoris at Arahura. The design was furnished by Archdeacon Harper and the buildiug has been opened for divine service by the Bishop of Chriatchurch. A Chinaman, in the province of Otago, recently married a European damsel, who shortly after the marriage deserted her disconsolate husband, leaviog him to pay certain debts, contracted by her previous to' their uuion. John contemplates invoking the aid of the Divorce Court. The municipality of Constantinople has given notice that the employment of doukeys as beasts of burden in the streets will be forbidden, and horses and mules will have to be used in their stead.

The Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome are expected to visit Canada iu the autumn. The Prussians, as they marched out of St. Denis, were greeted with shouts of " Au revoir a Berlin ! " A Brown Trout, a foot long, and a pound iu weight, was lately caught in the nets of the fishermen at the New River (Southland) between salt aud fresh water. The person, who officiated as starter at some athletic sports in England, has been fined £2 10s. for using a guu without a license. The offence consisted in the defendant firing a pistol in the discharge of his duties as starter. A Door Lock, the Builder says, has been invented, which rings a bell and lights a taper on the instant that any one attempts to pick it ; or it may he so arranged as to produce the light only, should any one let himself in late at night. England's Coal Supply. —In consequence of the alarming statement promulgated by'Professor Stanley Jevons, says (he Australasian, that England's supply of coal is rapidly approaching exhaustiou, a Royal Commission was appointed by tho Imperial Government to investigate the question. Its report confirms the souudness of. the Professor's calculations. The available supply at the present rate of consumption and increase will only last 110 years ; but by economy it may last out uutil the year 2230. "We fear, therefore," observes the Spectator, "we must look forward to a time when England will again be au agricultural country, very much burdened with debt, and with a population, organised on Swiss principles, of about ten millions."