The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY,MAECH 4,1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 56, 5 March 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAECH 4, 1872.

Richmond Cattle FAiR.--The quarterly fair takes place to-morrow.

Waimea Quahtz-Cbushing- Company. — The hali«yearly meeting will be held at the schoolroom, Lower Wakefield, this evening at 7 o'olock, for the purpose of electing four directors, &c. Nelson City Rifles. — A special meeting of this Company is to be held at the Drill-shed, immediately after the Inspection Parade, for the purpose of electing a captain and a lieutenant, this evening. Pigeon Shooting. — A fine opportunity will be afforded on Thursday next to sportsmen wishing to have a crack at the pigeons, which are at present so plentiful at Wakapuaka, by the little steamer Lady Barkly, which is advertised to sail for the Maori Pah, on Thursday evening next, at 5 o'clock. Doran's Reef Gold-mining Company. — A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held last night, and it was decided^tbat, on the receipt of the next report from the mining manager, another meeting should be called for the purpose of taking it into consideration. British -and Foreign Bible Society. — The Rev. B. Backhouse, travelling agent for this Society, will deliver a lecture on its objects and operations at the Temperance Hall, this evening, at half-past Seven. Mr. Backhouse, we notice, has delivered some very interesting lectures on this subject to large audiences at Christchurch and elsewhere. Telegraphic Notice. — We are requested to state for the information of the public that telegrams can now be sent to Auckland via Kati-kati regularly three timeß a week, on Sundays up to 5;30p.m., and on Tuesdays and Thursdays up to 8 p.m. Also to Taranaki every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday via Opunake, from which station a messenger is despatched on those days at 11 a.m. Inangahua. — There appears to be quite a rush to these diggings from all parts of the Coast. Shares are going up, and new applications find the Warden plenty to do. The trial crushing of the " Energetic," of 10 tons, yielded 43ozs. ldwt., being at the rats of 4^-ozs. to the ton, and the tailings are expected to yield another 1-^oz. to the ton. Shares in this Company have advanced to f 1000. There has also been another rush to the reefs at Larry Creek, a tributary of the Inangahua, and the prospects are said to be rich. Meeting of Justices. — A meeting of gentlemen on the Commission of the Peace resident in town, which had been convened by Mr. Lowther Broad, R.M., was held this morning at the Court House, when the Resident Magistrate and nineteen Justices were present, bis Honor the Superintendent presiding. The object of the meeting was to ascertain if arrangements could be made for a weekly sitting of the magistrates to hear cases under summary jurisdiction, and civil cases in which the amount did not exceed £20. After some little discussion, it was agreed that such a meeting should be held every Wednesday, three Justices being summoned each week in alphabetical order, those who failed to attend one meeting being summoned for the next. A vote of thanks to the Resident Magistrate for his deßire to co-operate with the other magistrates was then passed, and the meeting dispersed. A party of miners on the Waimea terraces, Westland, have sent to Melbourne for £800 worth of iron piping to be used instead of the old method of fluming. We have juet received intelligence that a crushing of ten tons of quartz, at the Energetic claim, Inangahua, has turned out forty-three ounces of gold. — Westport Times. Mr. Charles Broad, who has been appointed Warden Ht Reefton, arrived in Greymouth yesterday (Friday last), having made the journey overland from Charleston after being present at a public banquet at which he was the guest. Mr. Broad proceeds to Reefton to-day, (Saturday), with the hon. Mr. Reeves, Mr. Haughton, and Mr. Dobson.— G. R. Argus, March 2. On Thursday last it was stated on good authority at Reefton, that Mr. S. Mackley, one of the members of the Nelson Provincial Council for the Grey "Valley, had

sent in his resignation. Much speculation is afloat as to the probable successor of Mr. Mackley in case the report of his resignation proves correct. Messrs. Robert Alcorn, of Totara Flat ; J. W. Jones, of Callaghan Creek ; and Mr. F. Guinness, of Ahaura, are generally spoken of as likely to be requested by the constituency to stand. Either of these gentlemen would be an eligible candidate. Mr. Jones, at that time a resident at Nelson creek, was nominated for the vacant seat when Messrs. Wilkie and Franklyn contested the election at which the former gentleman was returned. It was discovered, when Mr. Jones was nominated at Cobden, that he was not qualified as a candidate, and he retired from the contest, but that objection does not now exist. — <?. R. Argus, March 2, 1872. The following ia an extract of a letter, dated February 27, from a reliable correspondent at Reefton with reference to the new quartz discovery at Rainy Creek : — "I have had a look at the new prospecting claim. It is genuine. The situation is at Rainy Creek. What is called a ' blow ' of stone is on the surface, and nothing like it has been seen before in this district. It is the same description of stone as that in Kelly's claim on Kelly's line. If it can be judged from appearance on the surface, it is the most likely thing lately discovered. The reefs now cross the Inangahua Valley, and they are still following the same formation of country ; but you must look with suspiciou on the reports from the bead of Snowy Creek. This is the range." — Grey River Argus. February 29. Hokitika. — On Tuesday last a deputation from the Corporation consisting of the Mayor, Councillors Tait, Hawkins, Macfarlane, Barrett, F. L. Clarke, and Cross, and the Town Clerk, waited upon the hon. the Premier. In the course of the address which they presented, the following paragraph occars : — " We also trust that in the ensuing session of Parliament some measure will be carried which will incorporate the Nelson South West Goldfields with the county of Westland, and assimilate the rules and provisions for the government of a mining community into one code, so that one miner's right shall be available all over the extended County. It is believed that if this were the case a great saving would be effected in the cost of government, and much annoyance to miners be avoided." In reply, Mr. Fox delivered a speech very similar in its tenor to that given here, pointing out that it was the duty of the various constituencies to instruct their representatives as to the new form of government they would prefer, so that an alteration may be made during the next session of the Assembly. Native Meeting at Parawai. — Yesterday morning Te Hira and Mere Kuru came over from the fishing ground to the settlement of Parawai, to "assist" at the tangi, which has been going on there for some few days past. Te Hira made but a short stay, and came no nearer to town, contenting himself with a distant look at the good-sized township, with huge chimneys and smoky canopy, that has grown up so swiftly in a place he had known as a settlement of his people. Taipari and the rest of the Ngatimaru were kind to their " ariki," Te Hira, and loaded two boats for provisions /or him. There were given him ten bags of biscuits, ten fat pigs, and also patiki (flat fish), mango (sharks), whai (sting-ray), and tea, sugar, kumeras, and potatoes. Te Hira addressed the Ngatimaru, telling them he had consented that the wire should pass over to the East Coast by way of Hikutaia, but that he could not consent that the Ohinemuri country should be opened for goldmining, nor that a road should be made through ifc. He counselled peace and concord with the Europeans — N.Z. Herald, Feb. 28.