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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 44, 19 February 1873, Page 2

HORTICULTUJIAL SHOW AT GrEYMOUTH — -A very successful horticultural show was held at Grey mouth last Thursday, when there was a highly creditable display of flowers, fruit and vegetables. We rather pride ourselves on our gardens in Nelson, but, somehow or other, we cannot succeed in getting up a show. The following memorial to the Superintendent of Canterbury was circulated in Christchurcb, and signed by his Worship the Mayor and other influential persons: — " Sir — Recent intelligence from Australia conveyed the alarm'mg news that the supply of coals from that quarter for fuel aud other purposes including that of steam traffic by sea and land, is most certain to rise greatly in price, if not to cease altogether for 3 time. We therefore respectfully request that your Honor will convene a public meeting in Cbristchurch for the purpose of memorialising his Excellency the Governor in favor of, and in all other legitimate ways promoting the completion with the least possible delay, of the railway from Rolleston to the Malvern Hills, and the improvmeent of the wharfage accommodation at Lytteltqn, with a view to the development of the. promising coal field now known to exist in the abovenamed district, and the consequent supply of cheap coal to Canterbury and other parts of New Zealand, as well as many other incidental advantages too numerous to detail." : \ Latest news from the Lyell, by way of Weslport, reports a slight ; rush to the Eight-Mile, the reef having been further traced to the northward, and numerous claims are now being pegged off along the line. The stone, so far as tested, appears to become richer as the reef is traced northward, and immense results are .predicted if present anticipations are realised. , Increased activity prevails at the Lyell, and speculation in reefs and reefing shares is predominant. ,The Excelsior company have commenced their first crushing and will, if possible, put through, at least 150 tons. The increase in the yield of alluvial gold at the Lyell and tributary creeks is becoming very marked, the local storekeepers often having some difficulty , in raising at, a short notice the necessary funds to purchase parcels offered them. Mr Fennel 1, stbrekee per, purchased pzs in various lots a few days Binc^anot 5 there is scarcely a cargo bo&t corning^dewn river from Lyell to Westport; thatdoesbpt' bring ; | heavy™ parcels, although the coni signeeß here are extremely reticent as to the facts. * : '\ ."' '" "'I ; " , : . '■,;•"/ . The European Mail, of the 29, th. November, says :— Miss Yonge ' is preparing for Messrs.TMacmillan and Co. the "Life and Letters of. Bishop Patteson . " We Understand that all the documents will be pl/jcedtmher hands , by v the family. -■■■iM f e€fS^^i^ifmyßiiQl^S^a^.

The difficulty that occasionally arises of • making skilled', evidence plain to people" unacquainted with the subject to which it .treats? wa\l|tely;bxernplifiedtftt^hte Ofcago Su|retne ||Jourt^ After' ons o^tlie, witnesses' (iSir'jJqhitt" Hay; a 'sutteypf) had been examined, cross-examined., and reexamined for about four hours, his Honor remarked : "I don't understand half his evidence; I hope the jury do."