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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 216, 10 September 1872, Page 2

An excellent sample of coarse scaly gold has been obtained by a party of miners from Burkes Creek, Inangahua. The mode of working is ground-sluicing. The report of the Government Printer has been published. He claims that the department has made a profit during the past year of £3146 — or about 32 per cent, on the outlay. The prospectus of a tramway company has been issued to connect Reefton and Murray Creek. The proposed capital is £1200, in 1200 shares at one pound each.Spueiqus . Coins— Shillings dated 1841 are in circulation in Westport, and the local paper warns persons to be on their guard against doubtful - looking "Roberts." The Westport Times ' wonders why Wetport should be without a sawmill, seeing that there is. a large demand for' sawn timber, and any quantity of the raw' material. * ..■•■-:.■.• The, Judges. sitting in Appeal have de cided that a man who, during the lifetime of a second wife had married a first wife's , niece, was rightly convicted of bigamy,; notwithstanding the legal invalidity of the last marriage. .; , The Tar&naki papers say. that another attempt to smelt the iron sand was tried} recently, at Mr. Vivian's foundry, when the metal was made to run successfully; Mr. Wiltshire is. the" inventor „of^, the/ process. The metal ran in about .two hours after the cupola had been charged, v , 'The \ Otago "Baily Times' has,' received^ a letter from San Francisco, stating: tha,t; aj vessel had: been, laid; on for. Canterbury s with a cargo of Tvhite pine ; rail way sieepersi ana- Earning itie^ publid LAgainstthe experience : oT California: It shows that the sleepers will soon become rotten when laid on the ground. *; ! ~f~THE. <r Fibst, Wagon, with . a team; of seven horses,; went: over, the .new v faadale road, InaDgahua, on Monday last; with machinery foc^ good deal r-'ge'jtij^ ( the^'s ; ad^le^apdstfie)f^agpnnearfeP^^|^itrM>^liat|y|r. met with on^hejpurne^.^

A. Return^ recently laid before, the Assembly sh'oijwßAthat the seven ports of Ajpckl|ndJ.. J^sb^^Napier, Welliagfoto^ ]$v|fel£on^ Dut^l|n^|nd Invercargill, .|pj| ;i^tW4B6n^eW^%4|nreo steamers, ha)|ln|^ an 1 aggregate tonago of 4,602 tons, c ana 318 sailing vessels, having a tonnage of 22,505 tons. - . . ; . :. . five r^e.eks', washing, .MulHgan. and party, at-Iriari^ahua, consistin^bfMfi'vtfi shareholders, obtained a parcel of 750z, of. gold. The mode of ; working is ground sluicing, and the site' of operations is at the head of. Soldier's 'Grullyy "' . The. party pos-' sesses a large water-race; commanding the highest . elevation, : aud hold therefore" Va^ | claim practically unlimited in extent. : " Unification -' oippTiiE Webt Coast DisTEiCTS^The T "&;.; ; iB. ' j Argus gives 1 ; ' utterance to tho following lament :—"~- --; "There .is a want; of! concord, amoug the' ' West Coast members, which will not failto make itself felt in all legislation in which we are peculiarly .interested. Party warfare runs so high that it is extremely, doubtful if the "unification" movement will have any practical effect given to it ithis session." ' • - V' \ THEpdsfof Wednesday list says :— A. . widely-circulated rumor has been the .topic ; of: conversation in well-informed 'circles, i to-dayi to the' effect; that the Hon. Mr. 1 '- Yogel, acting upon the advice of hial medical 'adviser, is about to resipn his office arid, his seat in the House of Repre-; sentatives, aiid g,o home to England; It [ is also said that ; ha looks 'forward to getting into the Imperial Parliament byi the 'help ''of some moneyed men belonging to') his'persuasibh. • ■„ ;• Whales were, observed in. the offing from Otago Heads on Friday week. Two . bqats^belonging toMr.Bradshaw's company gave chase, and one under the charge of . Geogei Robertson, succeeded in capturing a black bull by 4 p.m. The boat's towed" the animal into the Maori Kaik, arriving there at 10 p.m. On Saturday, cutting in was commenced, and it is' expected that the capture will yield eight tons of oil and. six cwt. .of bone. Another one, a cow, was playing about, and narrowly escaped captured SJReefton. — A correspondent gives but poor accounts of the present state 'of trade at Reefton. He says : — "The town of Reeiton is in- adeplorable condition at present, so far as business goes.' There is literally nothing doing. The Reefton of to-day and five months ago are not to be spoken of in the same breath ; indeed, it is hardly possible to conceive that the present stagnant and deserted town could ever have , displayed a quarter of. the buatle, |)nde'}: any circumstances, that it then did." " - The Oamaru Times publishes the. following as the examination of a "skilled" witness in a recent Court case in that town.'— n Counsel ? So you call yourself a practical architect?; Witness : Y.es, J do. Counsel; Now, tell me, what is .an equilateral triangle? Witness: It is a square. Counsel,: ; What is the difference between # rhbniboid arid, an unilateral . circle ? Witness : That has nojiHing to do with the case.— Counsel : Do you know anything of agriculture;? Witness: Yes.; — Then, what is the proper ( kindpf coil in which rhomboids grow, best ? ]iVitn ess : A light loamy soiJ.^Cbiinsei : Do ypn think'Ak'arpa guano wpyfd .imprgye tlieir growth.? . Witness ?. No i' l tney : always throw a taproot mi ground too heavily manured . Those with lateral roots always i flourish better,—^Counsel • .Have you ever grown any ? ; , '.Witneis ;:''' No"; :'\ but ' Mr. Derett e^hibfted a few.glJt^a j'Qs't.^gHcqltural show, for which 'lie. [ipok a .pri^e.'He did not use' nUniire^ Counsel: l^lafi go down."