TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 311, 31 December 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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Wellington, December 31;; ; Advices have been received of the departure of = 1 the Brechlin Castle from London;; "orp Novernfierj ;30, with the plant ! for the;s^.Uihgton'Water- i '"works. . i ■ 'yyyyyyXyyAjy^'yAiyyyyy .. The prospects of ithe^^ellingto^ ; Company : to ■work-^the -Taranaki ; Irprii fsand good ; the! principal merchants here are ;ta_j_jg ; , up shares, •

■inra;pep^ jls^^^^'^'-Q_lttj^_(^G6m__it£_.G Bj|(^^r^Ei_yeil':' ; t6 : visit: tbt !J|j^oirt^ Alfred 'Sinith: has , been b : .ihree^ £}$OySy ,;false on ;9, from' 'the JBttfW- of >New apt aware 1 , say is i the \Wdnganui whetbercthe fact of ythis being lias anything to do with it, but brined for a iact that no less ddin gsiarej^boli t = to.' ■: take place ro, says me. 'phitf lesion. Herald, t»e in a shaky condition finane country is, in fact, in a state tcy/and ha#* as good reason to station of insolvency as a*/ lekon individual in the/wmn Shorn the AuckbW papers cry, diarrhoea, avdTbowel corajust\now vervyrplWaleht in that ctivddraip* in many places, |lji»||||pb drainage J^atever. in others, towith ba<L:tf ell water,.' Recount to a 1 so-- much illness. 'The ll^lliratioDare. blamed for indolence. ValeeV.-- -The corTß.%>nl»^^^^>'f?the;: Grey River Argus writes :- — f^^Kcrops throughout the Grey Valley "a 'most promising appearance. About of the last month the prospects farmers looked very gloomy, but §i|||p|little rain which fell at that time was jlni "salvation of tbe season's yield. There JSjagreat quantity of new land under cultivation this year, and this will, in a measure, compensate for the decreasing yi( ild from the old cropped ground, which haj been giving smaller returns for the last three seasons, notwithstanding the application .jof artificial remedies in the lorib of. patent manures.': The general appiarance of the agricultural districts V^akfjn throughout indicates an early and \ healthy but light harvest. \ A Gentle Reproof.-— The Charleston Ilerald, which appears to be an ardent addirer of athletic sports, is much annoyed witfl the people in that district for their wa^t of liberality in not subscribing for the jiurpose of getting up Christmas games. Th^fact that the sum of £45 only having beeii obtained for the purpose has raised the are of our contemporary, -who somewhat roughly takes to task the * residents in liis neighborhood in the following terms!- 1 --'' There should be no difficulty in raising* a couple of hundred pounds for races and sports, instead of which we are brought into contempt throughout the ,«6lo?y, " jWith the paltry contribution A, \Bta_ci_* A a' We venture to say that such % -y abominable meanness will do more harm ;■*,?_& the bußine|3-people of the district with A distant merchants than anything that could .•^J«' ; Biiti_;:tq-tha : detri_ient of the district in a 8%;] other way. It is a tangible and admission of a great scarcity of ' v :tl*|a|,kie(seßsary cvil — money, and is at the a libel on the capabilities of the : disir|ct and its residents. It is not want of nibney, but downright meanness which -is at bottom.''