PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 182, 1 August 1872, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

, r-!-':Vi..-T 7*'..:*" •-r^'A^KtA*K*D,.- ! A 1 Ug'!ißt-:lr ■•" A,fuU;meetin&pjf-^ Companies . was, held ,to-day. . t,c-> .condemn, the new Act as an iJ; atteinp*t „ tb'"> c eerce''b*isineßS* to the Government office,*ar_t warrantable interference :Qni the pairtrof the charters' ofcthie-Imperial Government. .*•:.■;,-' i. >'jv:.crrin;.. ! .■..: tl!'.' y!i f -,'{J The Sue^maiLwasito arrive at Melbourne on the2Gtli/"theVteamer^toleavefor the Bluff, on the J 27tb-July. . . For remainder : of \ntswt see. fourth page.",- s *

T^^- c Pi'ctpn'-' ; iVig*_f-. saye:-^-The s^a. Taranaki arrived in. harbour yesterday morning, and brought here a consignment of railway?iiroai to-be used 3m the Picton and^>_»le_h^ina Railway. The iron rails are -not -new,, having been used on the Dun Mountain tram way . JThe lucky speculator must nave? realised a considerable; profit:, BQBie^thftt.l'he rise in iron has occured*; since he bought the- Company's plant. yp'^^Jyyffaw]iels ir .Bay- Herald says, . .^lludfng " to 'iterate cbapge, of . ministry in .boast, which New ZealarndeVs ."wet-eio^^iybeliabit bf making in P $*$ 'Pj^-*>w^j^^ in regard to thßjhigjfc^ atidCad- , ministrative opqies, as compared with those of other', colonics/ sqeiris scarcely : likely to ; hold gpod^n4he; fu^re r .*'.. It can 7'^ .7-tiie tone iTof of 7 latej^^ii^; as| r to its improvement in VTctona.rthere can be no question. The - ;; expulsion: of^Mr.^ ©ufiyrfrpin>orace, mainly. '•7*%§sßs^^ ; ; 7s*psild'ilS^ - J aa'^tli^i^ni^ii^ ; appointmeiifc, worth no* more than £600 . P Br £$&*&&& : k z %ong and : gratify ing 7:PuMie';mind;on*BMi traetttions.'^ * ■ • ppap

■' It willbe remem.^ land Hcraldjfjiiint oup 1 ' Agent- General" wrote the other day to the Government to inform them that the continenta7authorities were .^ery careful in. makihg.prpvision Fol the; safety, health,^ and/comfprt of their immigrants. 7 Here is* a specimen pf 7this fostering care from lhe New York Standard of May 25 : — The barque Athena arrived at tbis port on the 14th instant from Bremap, after-one ot- the „-iaps t disastrous yoyagefc thai' has jtaen recorded (tit) many years. Tlie vessel is own eel by D^ Schilling, of Bremen, and left that port ou the 4th of April, with merchandise and 475 passengers, consigned tp Theodore Euger, of Nd. 42-j "Beaver-street, in this city. iTwo days after leaving port one of the 'seamen became sick, and in a day or twp :it . became ..evident .that. .-his'', disease was. smallpox.* }} The captain of the ship, C«ip7] 'tain Christpphef," an able and experienced 'seaman, at ence tpok every precaution tp the spread ef the disease. Un- ; fortunately, therepwasr no doctpr on board. | Captain Christppher was previded with a medicine chest, but it dues not appear lthat hei is pessessed. pf any medical knew- . iledge, ( and, it: is; certain that his {duties as skipper could leave but little time for the practice of medical pursuits. The sailor died, and was buried. Nine days afterwards another case occurred, and it became evident that all attempts to smother tbe pestilence had failed. As if smallpox was not bad enough, measles and ; scarlet fever broke out among the children, of whom there was a great number on board. The log pf the, ship. bears painful testimony tp the ravages of disease among the helpless infants., Twenty children, Beme mere babies, died before the ship reached'Sandy Hook. The majority fell victims to 'measles. The scarlet fever and smallpox alsp did their work. Five adult passengers aud one seaman died pf smallppx, and pne seaman of scarlet fever during the voyage — twenty-seven deaths iu ail. The Atheua dropped anchor in the lower bay pu the 14th instant, and was pf cpurse promptly quarantined. Tlie doctor caused the removal ef the sick to the hospital, and the vessel wbs thoroughly cleansed aud fumigated. Five children have died since the ship has been iu port; A useful Revolver.— Mr. Gecrge . Bern is was pur fclip w-traveller. We had : never seen him befpre. He wbre in his belt an old original ****** Allen " revolver, such as j irreverent people call a " pepper-box. " Simply drawing the trigger back cocked : and fired the pistol. As the trigger came , back, the hammer, would begin tp. rise and j the" barrel to turn over, and presently -down would drop the hammer, and away weuld speed the ball. Tp aim alpng the turning ! barrel and hit the thing aimed at was a I feat which was prebably never done with an " Allen "in the world. But George's was a reliable weapon, nevertheless, because as one ol the stage-drivers alterwards said " if she did'nt get what she went after, she would fetch something else " and so she did; She went after a deuce of spades nailed against a tree -once, aud fetched a mule standing about 30 yards to tbe left, of it. Bemis did not want the mule; but' the owner came put with a dpuble barreled shot-gun, and persuaded him to buy it: any-how. It was a cheerful weapon the " Alien." Spraetimes all its six barrels wpuld gp p-ffat once, aud T *then there was ne safe place in all the region reuud about, but behind it.— "Roughing It," by Mark Twain. Writing about the Cape diamPnd fields, ja Natal paper says.-r^Great changes are | taking place at the diamond fields; and the -aspect . pf ? B_airs ..has much , altered, ft wpuld appear unadvisable that any persens without capital should now try their luck at the fields7 ; The finds are net sp numerous as they ence were, and ioi these: whp must realise as fast as they find any diamonds, the present , Ipw, prices offer little ; encouragement. The cost,, of 'living has increased in price. ■■'=■ Giir businessmen find 'the market overstocked with nearly all kinds' of goods, 1 and prices do not now | lleave the margin, they did to ce'ver the" expenses incidental to the conduct, of 'a ibusiness at,,the fields.: The^healtli of ,'jtjie' jcamp appears tc bejgppd, and will probably.: jCpntinue; so .during- the^ winter, rnonths. iThe p^pufaUdn of ' tlie fieldjj-f .being x con - jstantly augmented by the arrival.. of. intendjiug higglers | from"; all 'pw.s?/ u^ome bf these succeed, enjoy the new !sensations connected with cainjp life; others jagain who' are nnsuccfessful bif tWly ; repent itheir departure from; h0me.. ... -,,,1't is, not wejL -jttf meetrtrtfublp^ jdate there must '.' sK-&Q& pr'w&tion and j 8a **-feMß_#^ (who are no^ ;assem.blledjn^ upon Ithe : banks^pf {almost^ predicted^ -tha& thfe aisappoin ted |V^^abg7 tiirn : their kttohtion : tps|n^^ ; #s!^jp^^ 'of |t his portion of South -Africa, where sc |ai^;a^aji*ea&^ ,fcp yield aprbflfebl^^