The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 168, 16 July 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1872.

Resident Magistrate's Court. — John Glover, was, this morning, on the complaint of his wife, Bridget Glover, bound over to keep the peace for three months, himself in £10, and two sureties in £5 each.

Richmond Church. — It will be seen by advertisement, that the consecration of Trinity Church, Richmond, has, on account of the inclemency of the weather, been postponed for a week. Lecture at Wakefield. — The Bishop of Nelson's lecture on the Manuscripts of the New Testament, which was to have taken place at Wakefield this evening, is postponed until Tuesday next, the 23rd instant.

A Quick Passage. — The steamer Tararua, which left here at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, made a splendid run across to Wellington, where she arrived at 11 o'clock last night. The N.W. gale that was blowing must have been experienced in its full force iv the Straits, but, fortunately, it was a fair wind, and to that no doubt the remarkably quick passage is owing. ■■

Entertainment. — Our readers are reminded of the amateur entertainment to take place at the Oddfellows' "Hall this evening. At present the weather has a very unpromising appearance, but it is to be hoped that it may clear in time to allow those who have taken so much pains in getting up the entertainment to reap the reward of their labors in the shape of a well-filled house.

Veht Rich Quartz at the Lyell. — The development of Messrs. Zala and party's Claim, is likely to attract the renewed attention of mining speculators to the Lyell District. We are credibly informed that .40ozs. of gold have been obtained from 71bs. weight of stone ; and that from present indications, it is but the first promise of a continuation of a similar yield.—- -Westport Times, July 12.

'The Inangahua. -- A well-known Jbh%, -&o.i : on :^ Gold-

fields writes to a friend in Nelson the following graphic but not very inviting description of life at the Inangahua: — Dear , In accordance with my promise to tell you about 'Reefton, I write to say that in my first attempt to get there I was driven back by the weather, but the second time was more successful. The roads are in a fearful state, and the weather is worse than I have ever seen it. One nigbt, I was awakened hy what I thought was the roar of an earthquake, presently I heard another and another similar noise which fairly shook the earlh, and in a short time it came again — bang, crack, ia all directions round the house. I thought it was about time to get up and look about me, for I began to fancy the end of the world had come, and when I opened the door, what a sight presented itself to my wondeficg gaze ! There was fully two feet of snow on the ground, aud the noise I had heard proceeded from the trees breaking down with the weight of snow on the branches. I never saw such a scene ; the bush was fairly flattened down with the weight the branches had to bear. I had to dress and go out to take the snow off roy domicile, or perhaps I should have been in an equally unpleasant predicament with a neighbor close by who had to call out for help to pull his roof off him as the weight of the snow had fairly crushed it dowD. It must have fallen very fast, for there was none visible when I went to bed. Reefton is the most miserable hole I ever set my foot in, and a man had need make a fortune to live here. I fear, however, that there are those who will not do so if they do not Bbape better than they are doing now. Those large shares that were so much cried up have dwindled down considerably, and there are no speculations in shares since the result of Mace's crushing was made known. There is very little business doing in the town, where there is no money ; all credit, on the strength of the crushings when the machinery is up. Even though all the claims should turn out even as well as Mace's (which I much doubt) there is not sufficient to warrant the large expenditure on the buildings which I see goiDg up in all directions, some of which are large and handsome, as the only money that will be expended after tbe work gets properly fixed' will be among the men working on wages on ihe reefs, and they must have good wages to be able to spend much on extras in such a miserable place as this, where, when it is not raining or snowing, it is that foggy you can almost cut it with a knife. If it was not for there leing plenty of firewood, people could not live here in winter, for I never felt it colder since I have been in New Zealand, so that, when all comes to be considered, Reefton is not such a desirable spot f© live in as many imagine. Those who will benefit the most will be the shareholders, the majority of whom live far away from the reefs. I cannot say much for the land in the neighborhood, nearly all of which of fray value is already taken up. The new dray -road that is being made will be a very good one, not at all like the old style of roads here.