PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 266, 8 November 1872, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

Chbistchijkch, Nov. 7. Tbetaces to-day were a great success. Three! thousand per sons .were present. TMatden PiiATB, of 7100 sovs, added to ia sweepstakes of 10 7b6 Vs ; bf ;it. 7 3-y re-bld , 7st 13lbs ;> 4-yrs old, 9st 6lbs; J.-yrßrpldy 9st ,81bs, 6 y^anf agecl/98t791b8; ■ 3>Mtanw/one-,aiidtl-b^^i|eßi;,

Mr. Redwood's.b f, Malvina. 3 yrs '. 1 Mr. Nosworthy's br m, Malice, 5 yrs 2 Calumny was entered, but did not start. Malvina took the lead from the beginning, and won easily. Time, 3 niiuutes 53 seconds. * j : " Railway Pi-Ate, of 50 sov's;, entrance, 5 sovs; 3-^ rs old. Bit; 4, 5, 6, and aged, 9st; distance, half-a-mile. Mr. Griffiths' ch m, Defamation. 4 yrs 1 Mr. Walters' b m. Slander. sißed 2 Mr. Nosworthy's b ni, Hatred, 5 yrs ... ... 3 Two others started. Defamation led from the first, and won hy two lengths. Time, 51 _ sees. The race was a capital one. and Mr. Griffiths waR loudly cheered on the filly coming to the scales. Canterbury Cup. of 250 sovs, added to sweepstakes of £15 each; £5 forfeit. Second horse to save his stake. 3-yrs old, 7st 4lbs; 4-yrs old, 9ht; 5-yrs old, 9st 9tbs; 6 and aged, 9st I libs; distance, two aud a- qua ter miles. Mr Nosworthy's b f, Lurlinp, 3 yrs 1 Mr P Campbell's bg, THinbourini, 4 yrs ... 2 Mr Brabazon'i- b c Detractor, 4 yrs 3 Mr Walters' b m, Yatterina. aged 0 Lurlina,. who won in a c-rter hard held, carried *4lbs overweight. Yatterina nowhere. Time 4mia. 15 sec. Free Handicap of 50 fovs. One mile. Mr Griffith'*' ch m Dt-famation ... 1 Mr Nosworthy'd ch mNo Name .. 2 Five started, and the race was a splendid one. Time 1 min. 49 sees. Dunedis, November 8. The markets are unchanged. Oamaru, November 8. Flour £13 to £13 10a. Wheat scarce at 5s 3d to 5s 4d, Oata 2? 2d to 2s 4d. I i"~ ■' ■

Mr. Bret Harte has, it is rpported, an engagement with tho Atlantic Monthly to write an article a month, aud he gets for this £2000 a-year. WUTAPPESITTUKXUUSSUODWCTUKQUOH is ODe Indian word; it signifies, "He, falling down upon his knees, made supplication to him." It occurs in Eliot's Algonquin translation of the Bible. The following is an extract from a letter by a Charters Towers victim : — We left in tbe first steamer with 374 other unfortunate wretches. Ido not think five men remain on the field. I would not go to Qoeenstown again if I got £60 forgoing; in fact, a man who has been in Queensland for three or four yeara is not fit for any other place in the world. They are the most miserable objects that can be seen — as black as nijrgers, and as thin as wafers. The people are leaving the place as fast aa possibly. A section of the population of Brooklyn is according to the New York Sun, in a peculiar difficulty at the present moment. It is stated that a few days ago a vessel arrived in the port from Cuba, bringing among her cargo eight iarge casks. Each of these casks it is added, coniained a dead body, and the spirit in which they had been preserved was eold Jo a wholesale dealer, and by him distributed all over the city. The worst of the affair is that no one in Brooklyn can find out what was the particular spirit which tho eight casks contained in addition to the dead bodies. The result 13 put with much pathos by an inhabitant whom the reporter of the Sun had asked to have " a sling " " if they would tell us whether it was rum or gin," said the forlorn man in declining j the proffered refreshment, "we could j shirk that particular drink until we knew the stuff wiiS all consumed ; but as we don't know anything about it, why we have got to sheer clear of everything until we are worn out. " A Parliamentary Return on drunkenness, just issued, shows that, in the year ending Ist of July, 1871, there j were in the United Kingdom 238,274 convictions under the heading of "drunk" or "drunk and disorderly;" of these 130,785 were in England , 15,194 in Scotland, aod 92 ; 295 in Ireland. The " Emerald Isle" U still to the fore in the matter of intoxication. In the number of second convictions it is ahead of England; while in the number of third and lourih convictions it is more thau friree times the whole of tbat of England and Scotland ! The officers making the returns in Ireland lay the blame of these startling facts to the inferior quality of the liquor, which is a truly Hibernian attempt to whitewash I a moral stain. For continuation, of news see fourth page.

AMONG tbe cargo shipped by the Alhambra on her last trip round the ports, were thirty tuns of • whale oil, shipped at Port Chalmers by some Maoris; that being the result of their late catches outside Otago Heads. The Marlborough Press says : — Tbe quartz reefs io the province are looking up, and in addition to Turner's reef, a -fresh one has been discovered, from which specimens have been obtained showing a more than payable amount of gold; and as the new reef is not near any before found, there is a prospect that Marlborough will attain a prominent position aB a goldproduciDg district. - At Westport, a few days since, we learn from the local paper, an individual gave an entertainment in a disused skittlealley, one of the promised attractions at ttrhich was a " dancing duck." The quacking bird was duly produced, and the exhibitor was proceeding to make it dance by placing it on a. heated sheet of iron, when „ a constable, who had been watching the "proceedings, interfered, and prevented the torture: but it does not appear that anything was done to the man. Ngakawhau Coal. — The manager of the Ngakawhau Coal Mining Company reports tbat an air. drive has been put through to thc rise of the seam, thoroughly ventilating the present workings, and allowing more faces to be open wben required. The coal has also been found on the east side of Mine Creek, at a height sufficient to allow of its being worked by a self-acting incline. This discovery is of great importance to the company, as it will allow them to extend their operations to any required limit without the erection of pumping and winding machinery. As sooQ as a suitable steamer is obtained, the company will be prepared to deliver firstclass coal at Westport and the adjoining ports at a reasonable rate. Persons who insure their lives, and afterwards feel fatigued of their life, should think of their families and tha following paragraph from the Coromandel Mail : — " As a community, we should feel for the widow and orphans of the late Mr. Cazaly, who have been foully wronged, first by the conspiracy which drove their protector to madness, and secondly by a barbarous verdict which left them entirely without means of support, for, but for tbat verdict of felo de se the widow would have been entitled to receive the amount of £2000, otherwise due on a life assurance policy. Tbe Assurance Company, we understand, has taken advantage of tbe rule, and has refused payment of the sum insured. This, of course, it has a perfect legal right to do, but morally it is, and legally it ought to be, under obligation to return the premiums paid in all such cases." General Government Salaries. — It would be interesting to know upon what principle the amounts of the salaries of the officers of the GeneralGovernment throughout the colony areanived at. In looking over the Appropriation Act we were a little ' surprised to find to wbat extent those in particular of Resident Magistrates wbo hold other offices as well, differ from one another. The Resident Magistrate at Wellington, for instance, who is also Sheriff, receives . £500 a year for the former, and £50 for tbe latter office. He is also Returning Officer for three districts, for which he receives an additional £25 per annum. Thus he holds five appointments, and is paid at the rate of £575 a year. At Wairarapa, the appointments of Resident Magistrate and Sheriff are held by the same individual, who receives a salary of £400 a year for these offices, and an additional £25 as Returning Officer for one district. At the Buller, the Resident Magistrate receives £500 for that office, £25 and fees as Sheriff, and £12 10s. as Returning Officer for one district. For the districts of Wakatipu, Dunstan, and Mount Ida the estimates show £500 a year to the Resident Magistrates, each of whom receives as well £25 as Returning Officer. In Dunedin, the Resident Magistrate is in receipt of £700 a year, in addition to 7£ per cent as Curator of Io testate Estates, and £50 as Returning Officer. In Nelson, the Resident Magistrate, wbo in that capacity has to visit Spriog Grove and. Motueka, holds fifteen electoral appointments, in addition to which he . is Sheriff, Registrar of Poisons, Agent for the Government Life Assurance, DeputyRegistrar of the Supreme Court, and Warden'. As holder of these numerous appointments he receives a. salary of £400 ~ a year. In perusing these figures, the idea naturally suggests itself that injustice must in some cases be done either to the public or the individual; If the total amounts received; individually by the other Resident Magistrates are j not considered excessive, > then the' gentleman who holds so many appoin tments in Nelson is certainly underpaid. If his;flalary is deemed a fair onis'^it ": is clear' .: that: the pothers ; arieV receiving than 7 V " they 7 are^fairly ; :^ 7v:tq);bj£f^^t^