The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 157, 3 July 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1872.

W. H. Barbor, late Postmaster at Hokitika, has been committed for trial on a charge of embezzlement. We (Post) learn tbat a change in the command of the N.Z.S.S. Company's s.s. Wellington -will shortly take place, Captain Carey, late of the s.s. Keera, succeeding Captain Kennedy. [Captain Carey is now in charge.] Married Women's Protection Act. — At the Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday, Mr. Acton Adams applied for protection for Mrs. Agnes Croudis, under the Acts of 1860 and 1870 to enable her to deal with all property acquired by her since March, 1867, as if she were a single woman, Order'granted. A Company, to be called the Buller Goldmining Company, is now in course of formation for the working of a grant of 40 acres, aB a special claim, situated on Caroline Terrace, Addison's Flat. The company is to be registered under the Mining Company's Limited Liability Act, with a capital of £2000, to be thrown into 2000 scrip of 20s. each. Pheasant Shooting. — A short respite haa been granted to the birds by the rain of to-day. The Wakapuaka, Maitai, and Brook-street hills have proved excellent shooting grounds, large baga having been made by sportsmen who selected those localities as the basis of their operation. In the neighborhood of Stoke the birds have hot proved so , plentiful as was anticipated, but a good many have been killed on the Port hills. We have not yet heard what lock has been met with in the Motueka and Moutere districts, but rumor has it that a good bag was secured on the first day by a well-known young sportsman in' the latter locality. Boiling Down. — The Marlborough Expret* says :— We have been so used to « '.*'{ * - ... 4. ■~ — — — — --" ■'-«'■•*-- - -_;

think tbat the process 0." foiling down sheep was wasteful and destructive, that we felt a degree of surprise on a direct proof to the contrary being placed at our disposal this week. Messrs. M'Rae, of Blarich, have compiled from their returns of sales an accurate estimate of result, and cost of boiling down 2750 sheep last season. They were what are technically termed " toothless " sheep, culled out from their flocks. These realised the sum of lis. 9|d. each, gross, or 9s. 4£d. each, nett. Brunner Coal-Mine. — The following letter appeared in the Otago Daily Times of the sth June : — " Sir — The scarcity of the vessels from Newcastle with coal of late has caused an increase in the price of this commodity, the rich aud poor alike suffering from the rise. To alleviate this, and keep the money in our own Colony Instead ot sending it to Newcastle, and also in order to furnish labour to a large number of colonists, I beg to suggest a remedy, viz: — That tbe General Assembly, during the ensuing session, vote a subsidy, say £1500, for a tug at Greymouth, tbat tug to take in and out all colliers at half the present rates. Also, that no light and harbour dues be charged to colliers. By the vessels being towed ln and out, the insurance, I will aver, will be also reduced one-half ou their bottoms. If the above were done, it would far more than recoup the subsidy, would give an impetus to trade, keep the money in onr own pockets, and effect a saving to the colony of thousands of pounds. Look what Dunedin's population alone would save. They would save the present lighterage, as all vessels loading at the Grey could easily come up to Dunediu aud discharge their cargoes at the wharves. Not to be considered narrow-miDded, I would also suggest that the same privileges as regards the reduction of dues be accorded to colliers trading to the Bay of Islands and other known coaling ports in the colony. Hoping that some able writer will advocate the above suggestions. — I am, &c, D. Smith." The Celestial Queen has left London for Auckland, with 92 British immigrants. The ship Friedberg was fo leave Hamburg on the 18th May, with a full complement of immigrants. Brogden's Tender for the first section of the Hutt Railway is below the Parliamentary estimate. Tenders are invited for the construction of buildings at the Auckland quarantine station. A Rich Yield. — The yield of the Albion mine, Thames, from 40 tons of stone, was 550 ounces when retorted. The Rev. G. Morice, Presbyterian Minister, has been presented with a purse on the eve of his departure from Napier for England. Advices have been received of the shipment of 600 tons of railway iron for Brogden, also turn-tables and cranes for the Clutha liue. Dr. Featherstone asserts that the England's passengers were carefully examined and inspected before the sh ; p's departure. On the 7th of May a telegram was received in San Francisco from New York to the following effect : — " Small-pox is increasing. Thirty-three new cases were reported to-day." At the Supreme Court, Invercargill, Ingpen was sentenced to two years' hard labor on one charge, tbe other two being abandoned. The Judge made some severe remarks in passing sentence. . The Agent-General's despatches received by the last mail announce the sailing of the Halcione for Wellington, with 50 of Brogden's immigrants, 50 Scandinavians, and 140 British immi- j grants. j The ship Hodwig was to leave Christiana early for Napier, with 325 immi-, grants, being part of the 1200 sent for. by the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay, for special settlement in the Seventy-mile Bush. A Deputation from the Thames waited upon his Honor the Superintendent, to request him to suppress an Orango derooni atration which is to be held shortly. The Superintendent said he would adopt measures to prevent breaches of the peace whenever threatened. A Telegram to the Charleston Herald says that a i English Company bave offered to construct the railway from Port Russel to the Thames. The offer has been forwarded to the Minister for Public Works. The terms bave not yet been disclosed. \ It is hoted ; as a curious fact that the newly-constituted Victorian Ministry does not contain a single "Mac," The Age says that jti8 T tbe firsts time it has occurred for year^B Sthalbsn^ member of Ministry has been in possession of .this "aristocratic ■prefix." ; ; '■< ■ _

Arrangements bave been mado with Messrs. Brogden for the passage of their laborers. The firm gives a promissory note for £10 per head. This sum is fixed upon, as the firm will have the exclusive use of these immigrants' services for some time. Te Kooti.— An Auckland telegram of Fridny last says :— To Kooti left Te Kuiti with a few followers, intending to settle at Mokau. On the arrival of a party of the Arawa tribe, they threatened to kill Te Kooti. The disturbance enraged Rewi, the Ngatimaniopoto chief, who told Te Kooti he hud better move, aud he removed accordingly. The New Zealand Herald says : — We understand that an Industrial Exhibition will be held in the Thames Mechanics Institute in August next. We have made inquiries as to the objects of this exhibition, and are glad to find that they are of a most practical and useful kind. The lixhibilir.n will comprise all kinds of articles of manufacture, but preference will be shown to those which most nearly Mffect the progress of the goldfields. Models -if quartz crushing, amalgamating, boring*, and gold mining apparatus, are particularly desired, and with this view we uuderHtand that communications have been sent (o San Francisco, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and the Southern Provinces, inviting the sending of models of this kind. The " heathen Chinee" are amusing themselves in some of Otago districts with ■filirj:.*- their schedules. The north-west settlements of Western Australia have been visited by a hurricane, which caused damage to the amount of £20,000. A Gentleman living near Austin is the patentee of the latest for getting rid of I •••, scolding wife. He sets a spring-gun in his hen roost to shoot robbers, and then sends his wife to fetch eggs. On ODe of ihe examination papers put before the candidates for New Zealand University scholarships appears the following : — » Describe the formation of dew." A precocious aspirant appended to it the remark, " Query — mountain dew or honey dew ?" A Very Interesting Bace came off a tew days ago, Lays the Lyttelton Times, at the flourishing- little town of Ashburton, between Mr. Collier's black gelding Wild Irishman (with owner . up) and Mr. J. Hinkley on foot. Fifty yards out and in snd round a flag-post. A capital start was. effected, acd a hot race ensued, but Mr. Hinkley showed signs of great pedestrian powers, and won by about three yards. MoDey changed hands rather freely at 2 to 1 on the ped. The number of persons in Auckland possessing a "isweet tooth " must be considerable, and if the adage, "Sweets to the sweet," may be relied upoo, Auckland- is fortunate in possessing a perfect galaxy. In n notice of an establishment for the manufacture of lollies, the Cross states that Mr. Grey works up one ton of sugar per week. This, at the retail price, shows that, at least £100 per week is expended upon this luxury with Mr. Grey. It is further added that if the sugar-sticks alone which are consumed in Auckland during a month were placed on to each other, they would extend over a distance of several miles. Mr. Grey advocates that lollies should be mixed with green food for cattle, and is of opinion that they greatly improve the quality of the cream. The spectacle of a cow calmly discussing a jujube, or a rampageous old bull contenting himself with a peppermint drop, is rather too much for our gravity. It might promote the growth of sweetbreads, but we object to sweetness long drawn out in our milk. — Post. In an article strongly condemnatory o the new Press Telegraphic Association, the Wanganui Herald advances the novel objection tbat as the working man is unable to afford to subscribe to the highpriced morning journal, he will be tempted — forbid it Fox — to go to the public house to read the news, and he will know that the " unjust laws of his adopted country have" or "has," as the Herald puts it, deprived him of whatever pleasure and instruction he might derive in the evening by the latest news from the Old World. Mr. Vogel has much to answer for. Not content with monopolising the English news, he is nefariously attempting, " contrary to the Queen, her crown, and dignity," to lead the workiug men of the colony into dissolute habits, and by increasing their 'spiritual welfare' to bolster up a newspaper which is in articulo mortis. It is in contemplation to bring in an act to " make it felony " to look at an evening newspaper. O.tempora O Vogel I—Post. : Not to; be Mentioned.-— The following instructive anecdote; is from f* Talk on Change '' in the, Australasiak •of June 15:— On Tuesday morning, a visitor to 'the. offioe of a ; gentleman who ( follows the lawful pursuit of lending money at'interest,

was present when the following exchange of compliments passed between the money dealer aud his youthful clerk : — Capitalist — " Made that account out yet ?" — Clerk: "All right, sir." — Capitalist : " Reckoned up the interest ? "—Clerk : " Yes, sir. Checked it over twice ; just the 280 per rent." — Capitalist : " Confound .you ! Haven't I told yon 20 times never to repeat tbat, — above your breath." To Correspondents. — The editor of a New York paper thus discourses to his correspondents : Do oblige us by omitting all such flourishes as " your interesting and valuable paper," "your able and patriotic course," &c Our subscribers know all about (hat sort of thing, and we have also a tolerable opinion of ourselves. If you think by this to improve your chance of insertion, you are ruinously mistaken. When you have written all you have to say, run it over, and see if there are no sentences that couid be spared without serious injury ; if there are, out with them. We are often compelled to decline good articles because we cannot make room for them. Half a column has ten chances when two columns have one, and three columns none. Try to discourage os little as possible ; and if you must condemn, let your facts be stronger than your words. When you assail any person or cause, always give us your real name, which shall only be given to those who have a right to demand it. He is a coward who would ask us to bear tbe responsibility of others. If you send us word that you " have no time to correct, and bave written in baste," we shall put your manuscript into the fire. Why should you throw upon us the task of correcting your scrawl when we are obliged to slight our own work for want of time ? Give us facts, incidents, and occurrences at the earliest moment, and we shall be grateful, though you wrote them with a pudding-stick ; but if you attempt logic or sentiment, do it upright, instead'of leaning on us. For remainder of news see fourth page.

A Chinaman, who had his nose bit off in a fight at ; San Francisco had it.carefully packed and sent back home, to show his friends one of the American customs. Another development of the telegraph system in -New York is thus f-ketched by the American correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald — *" Two years ago a company was formed to transmit momentarily to every broker's and speculator's office in the city the sales and prices of stocks. The company has been an immense success, and there is not now a fashionable restaurant or bar-room, much les3 newsapaper office or bank, which is not among its customers. A similar company is now to be organised for the convenience of lawyers, and the number of the cases on and the general progress of business will be ticked from each courtroom to every subscribing lawyer's office. Still another company of a similar kind has been formed, for the purpose of providing messengers for sending a doctor or the police to a private house. Every house that subscribes 2,50 dollars a month will be able to make telegraphic calls at any hour of the day or night* for a doctor or the police, or one of the company's messengers, the latter to be paid, of course, an extra charge for their services of 80 cents an hour. A nervous miser may have the calls right over his bed, and, if disturbed by unusual noises, can have the police at his door within five minutes — that being the time guaranteed by tbe company. And a paterfamilias, in place of leaving a sick wife, and endangering his health by running half-nude for a doctor in the dead of night may summon him in half the time by a simple journey across his chamber. I have no doubt whatever that the system will pay ; it. agrees exactly with our ideas of civilisation, and ten years hence we shall pay such subscriptions as we now do our gas bills — as though for a necessity, not a luxury. What with our park boulevards and new French flat houses and monster banks and newspaper offices, and merchants' stores and theatres and hotels, New York is rapidly becoming one of the handsomest cities in the world — indeed, next to Paris and Vienna, it is now without a rival."