The Nelson Evening Mail SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 12, 13 January 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1872.

Mining Shares.— H. J. L. Augarde quotes Perseverance Shares, £2 10s. paid, at ss. per share (455. discount). Business done this clay. The Accident at Wangai>eka — We are glad to find that the rumor that reached town of Mr. Gardiner having broken some of his limbs in a fall from the platform at the Doran battery was an exaggerated oue, the only injuries he sustained having been some severe bruises. Government Gazette — The Gazette of Saturday last contains a notification of tbe resignation of A. P. Seymour, Esq., of his seat in the Legislative Council having been accepted; and of the appointment of C E. Haughton, Esq., as Under Secretary in the Public "Works Department for Gold-fields. Mr. Saunders' Lecture. — There was but a poor attendance at the Provincial Hall last night when, the chair having been taken by Mr. H. Adams, Mr. Saunders gave an interesting account of his recent visit to England, and of his return voyage to New Zealand by the San Francisco route. We shall give a more extended notice of the lecture on Monday. Wool Ship. — The "Asterope" is now a full ship, having taken the last of her wool on board on the Ist instant, and was to sail from Port Underwood for Loudon about Tuesday, the 9th instant. We now wish Captain Homer, with his good ship, a prosperous voyage. The "Asterope " will be followed by the "Ann Gambles," which is now at Nelson and is expected to arrive at Port Underwood in a few days. — Express. A Paragraph has been going the rounds of the journals in various proviuces, announcing that in future there will be no resident judge in Nelson, aud that Judge Richmond will reside in Wellington, and go on circuit to Nelson and Marlborough, while Judge Gresson will take tho West Coast circuit. We have made inquiries here, and believe that no such change as is indicated has been decided upon. Some time ago, in consequence of certain arrangements in connection with the sittings of the Court of Appeal, a temporary change in the location of certain judges was under consideration, hut, nothing definite was decided, and we believe the project has since been dropped. This matter may perhaps have given rise to the paragraph we have referred to. — Post. Nelson Suburbs Electoral Distbict. The election that is to ensue upon the

vaenucy created by the Wellington Independent in tliis district ia leading to all kinds of speculation, hopes, aud surmises. The Post says : — We learn that Mr. Ralph Richardson, the member of the House of Representatives for the district of Nelson suburbs, has resigned his seat, nnd that Mr. J. C. Richmond and Mr. Luckie will probably con 'est it. There is no one, even among those who opposed Mr. Richmond's election for Wellington, who does not regret his absence from Parliament, or j who would not be sincerely glad to hear his voice once more in the political arena. His ability is well known, his honesty unquestioned, and if for nothing else, the colony owes him a debt of gratitude as the one who was mainly instrumental in tho great question of education being brought last, session p. eminently before the House and the Colony. Had he been in a position to further the work he commenced, there is every probability that the Education Bill of last session would not. have come to such an untimely end. Ax Ice Factory has been started in Gvahamtown, Auckland. A Hokitika Telegram says the market is drugged with potatoes, onions, and butter. Tiie W.vxgaxui Fa'io.ehs and slockowners are said to be in a state bordering on despair, ou accouut of tho low prices of produce. A Hokitika Jou-'XAT, warns customers to weigh their coal, as slight mistakes have been made by sellers as to the number of hundredweights contained in a ton. The Inspector df Miners' Rights on i lie Thames Goldficld has made a seizure of kauri timber ou the Central Italy's ground. The value is estimated at £80 or £90. Proceedings will be taken against ihe parties for cutting kauri timber in -contravention of the Go'ldfield's Regulations. A Heavy Gale in Wanganui lately destroyed all tho gardens and orchards through the action of the salt spray carried inland by the strong wind prevailing. Every window in tho town facing the direction of the gale was coated with a thin crust of salt. The Thames Advertiser fays :— Mr. Orraond, the Minister of Public Works, is in Auckland arranging for Iho immediate commencement of the Waikalo railway, and intends shortly visiting the Thames. Coroners' Juries do give queer verdicts sometimes. The other day an inquest was held on the body of a waif, a poor drunkard, | at a farm ou the No. 2 Line, Waugauui. Mr. McKay, a settler, stated in evidence that he was compelled to strike the man (then dead) in self-defence, and that he gave him one blow. Dr Earle deposed that, the man died from the effects of the blow. The case seemed clear enough. Tha jury brought in a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from the effects of a blow, but how or by whom given did not appear. Suicide at Hokitika.— An inquest was held at the Montezuma Hotel, near Hokitika, touching the death of Hugh Patchell, a miner, at Fox's Creek, whose body was found on the Thursday previous in a small creek close to the Kawaha. From the evidence given at the inquest, there seems little room for doubting that deceased committed suicide. The body was found IjiDg on its back with the arm lying n-iuid a small tree, and close to the tree w:.s the gun which deceased had borrowed, while between the feet aud the gun there was a piece of flax looped as if for the purpose of pulliug the trigger of the gun with tbe foot. The jury returned a verdict that the death of deceased was caused by a gunshot wound, but that there was no evidence to prove by whom it had been inflicted.