The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, 2 October 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1872.

m^mmmmvammmmmmmmm^mmm^mmmmm^ammmtmmmm^ammmmam^a^m^mi^mnm^^mm^^^ -Martin's Bat. — A telegram was received by Mr. Symons yesterday from the West Coast stating that the settlers at Martin's Bay were on the verge ol starvation, and requesting him to allow one of bis boats nOw on the Coast to proceed there with stores on account of the Otago Provincial Government. ~"|h The Ltell Reefs.— A" telegram received in town to-day states that a crush- , ing from the Little Wonder , claim lias yielded 601bs. weight of Worted gold from 80 tons of stone. -The "Little Wonder " adjoins the Alpine and Excelsior claims, and the leader is said to- run-- into the latter. A Rechabite Tent, " The Providence,' is to be opened in Christchurch. ; rr, "\ ' At a recent sale of- Grown Lands in Melbourne/ prices ranged at JEBOO to £2,440, per .acre. ; * , , ....... . . _yy_ y.^yS' 7 The Books have -begun tO-bu.ld in some . of the tallest' 'trees i in the Auckland Acclimatisation Gardens. ; t a _ t y .'•-;•■/. jy,-* * £KE"ORT&.are^ to form a Company to establish a woollen' factory in the Lake District, '.'•'" J "" Mr. A. W. Scaife ,h^s be^e-Tsucce-isfully? lecturing.; iniMarlbprpugh in behalf of the., ilustralianlilutual Provident Society. . - ; ■ V'-C^'-O-^iie^ tiqn:^.f'-Qun^ .! ..; ftp^'SmpkiDg j.srbUs^drmng their yehi-V -■•^.cles.^.*^;^^ -A il ■A (^fi<yf^J^ -■'''-'"''''©r-Vicfbna/'Witfc ."jbqrnaiß^ Jatib'n of 306^000, there are J abonV- .55

A Christchurch paper states that whitebait are becoming plentiful in me Avod, and that a genl||innn #Egentl#, < -'#g§' t ( about seven quasß.*3n alvery sfrort Ipafie of- time. §#* f # ».|\ ff- * This is the opinion^ formed of us by the "Dorset County Chronicle"; — ".New Zealand is overburdening itself with debt, and will be bankrupt in a few years, Af mauy more unproductive loans are wasted' as they are now." Coal, says a contemporary, has been found oa the property of Mr. William Dunn,, Eiversdale,, Tokqmairirp,.. within two "miles .6*l.' -the township' lof 'Milton. There is a stripping of 7ft, and the seam is rl9ft thick; ;*• .-. .< * - ,;"■>.' J , Some workmen engaged in excavating at [brickworks in Timaru lately, unearthed the leg portion of- a' mon, buried between eight -atid~. nine feet in the solid Telay. From the size of the. bone, its. owner, it is supposed, must havo belonged to the largest species of the moa family. ■■' T ;: Wool; Expo"aT.-~The export" o'f " vpooI froth tho colony during tho 'year "ending -'JrifterSb,"' 1.372, "was 40,691,235 "'lbs.; of, a vaiue ' of '" £2-374,3 12. DuriDg the previous r year the quantity exported; was 35,964,271 lbs.,; showing an increasa in the amount of 4,726,9641b5, ; . hut owing to the : rise in the price the. difference iv the money value was ±897.673. Tho Thames~'Advertiser understands, on good authority, that Mr. Maekay will , stand as a candidate, for the Superintendency of Aucklaud, as there is no probability of au arrangement being come to at Wellington by which ho will take any part with the present ministry. The N. Z. Herald also announces that Mr. John Williamson has expressed his willingness to stand. . j The period of the annual "Massacre of the Innocents" is fast arriving. ■ M>. Ingles led the way last evening by slaughtering the ivaikoura and Canterbury Annexation Bill., With so limited a period as remains at the disposal of Parliament, it is impossible to say whnt measure will or will not be thrown overboard to lighten the Parliamentary ship. — Post 21st. It is proposed to construct a track by way of 'the head of the Inangahua and Stanley Vale to Amuri, which, says the Herald, will reduce the distance to 42 miles over a well grassed country.* The present route by-way cf Ahaura is 180 miles, so that a saving in distance of about 140 miles will be effected. Mr. Woolley bas surveyed , the, proposed route and estimates, .the , cost of a track for cattle driving at £500. — Grey River Argus.