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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 9, 10 January 1873, Page 2

It ia stated by the Inangahua Herald that Bishop Moran is likely to visit Beefton during the present montb. The rise in the price of wool alone is said to have added £-400,000 to the annual exports of tbe province^of Otago. An American whaler cruising off the coaßt off Southland has witbin the last few weeks captured three wbales, whose value is variously estimated at from £2500 to £3000. The Commissioner of Stamps notifies tbat a penalty of £50 may be imposed upon persons guilty of circulating Australian bank notes in this colony without paying the duty due thereon. Mb Bills, who is expected to arrive iu Canterbury in a very short time, will, in addition to a large consignment of insectivorous birds, bring a lot of bumble bees, which are so much desired in the projjj vince. The Nomination of Candidates for the representation of the Inangahua district in the Provincial Council of Nelson takes place at Beefton on Monday next, and the poll, if necessary, on Tuesday, the 21st instant.. The Hueunui Bridge, on the borders of Nelson and Canterbury, and which has been washed away frequently, is again completed and open for traffic. It is 260 feet longer than before, and measures altogether 1100 feet in length. An effort will shortly be made- to raise sufficient capital to work tbe quicksilver deposits in the-Bay of Islands district. A similar venture in San Luisj California, has '•-. recently been deemed - a sufficient object- for the floating of a company with a capital of £600,000. < ' With a view, to encouraging the plant? irig of shade trees in the streets, the Municipal Council of Oamaru has adopted the following'* resolution : ~- " That the ratepayers presiding in the side' streets be allowed tor plafi't, trees ten feet apart, in front of tnejrysectionsV on : the* line of kerbing, and/toerect tempbriary fencing in the line of channel." !v '-■'-*,