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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 15, 17 January 1872, Page 2

Brick Making has been commenced at j Greymoutb, and according to tho local papers has proved very successful. Captain Button has proceeded from Wellington to Otago to examine aud report upon the coalfield of Unit Province. A Child four years old, named Peters, has beeu astouishing the public of Dunedin by giving wonderful performances on the violin. Dear Travelling. — The cos!, of conveying a man of unsouud mind the other day from Reefton to Westport was £20 4s. Hosiery. —Tha manufacture of hosiery is about to be commenced in Dunedin, the necessary machinery being on the way out. The E&ti3iated Revicnue of Canterbury for the ensuing nine mouths is £243,738, and the expenditure for the same period £207,046. Things in Tasmania are ia such a depressed state that the very thieve 3 are reported to bo leaving the colony. GiiEYjrouTH Races. —Ten entries have been received for the Grey month Handicap, including Mr. M'Glashan's Lacenfeed, aud Mr. Redwood's Peeress. Mr. Short, the Agent for the Mutual Provident Society, during three days that he was in Greymouth, succeeded in securing thirty applications, amounting to over £15,000. A Group of Seven Figures, representing the late massacre of Bishop Patteson, has been added to a wax-work exhibition in Melbourne. It is the intention of some members of the Order of Freemasons to apply to England for a dispensation authorising the opening of a Royal Arch Chapter in Wellington. The Temperance Year Book, published in Melbourne, contains a fine portrait of the Hou. W. Fox, among the portraits of the leading temperance advocates in the Colonies. A Man of the name of Lappan was brought up before the Resident Magistrate at Wellington on ft charge of forgery. The charge was read, evidence taken, the man committed, and all in the short space of ten minutes. The Charleston Herald says that a number of persons crossed tho Grey River on Saturday en route for the Inangahua Reefs. Among them were some Hokitika speculators, who expressed their intention of not returning till the first crushing had taken place, the machinery being already in working order, and ready to commence operations. An Evasion. —A correspondent of the N. Z. Herald suggests that shopkeepers may evade in a legitimate way the using of the twopenny receipt stamp, by giving, when the account is paid off, no receipt, but an acknowledgment that at a certain date the customer is not indebted to him. Such an acknowledgment, he considers, would require no stamp. The Inangahua. —At Shiel's line of reef, Inangahua, preparations are actively going forward lor crushing operations. Tenders have been let for constructing a tramway to convey tho stone and for the supply of timber- On Anderson's line the miners are actively employed, and the water-race for the prospectors, which will supply the power to drive tha batteries, is nearly completed. Buildings of all kinds are in course of erection, and all classes of people are hopefully looking forward to tho rapid development of the district.— Westport Times. Provincial Markets. — Telegrams dated January 12 state that in Canterbury there are conflicting accounts as to the wheat crop. A reduced yield is anticipated, but prices are unaltered, flour being quoted at £12 for new ; outsy new 1/9, old 2/3 to 2/H. Eugliah advices quote butter at 50/- to 68/-.- A steady demand is goiug on for the West Coast at unnltered prices. At Hokitika, Canterbury flour is worth £14, oats 3/6 to 3/9, potatoes scarce at 12/-. At Dunadia., 7 fiour is quoted at £13, bran very scarce, wheat firmer, and scarce at 5/- to 5/3, oats dull at 2/- to 2/2.