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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 62, 12 March 1873, Page 4

The Canterbury Flax Spinning and Weaving Company was started at Ohristctiarch in Feb. 24, under the Joint Stock Carapany's Act. The capital is £20,000 in 2000 shares of £10 each. It is proposed to purchase Jenkins' flax mill at Kaiapoi, and carry on the business. The shares are going off readily, A few days ago on a farm near Riccarton, Canterbury, it was discovered that eleven pheasant nests had been destroyed by being. cut over by the machine. There were from ten to fourteen eggs in each nest ; and close to the same field, if not in it, a covery of eight partridges was flashed strong on the wing. Master and AppRENTicE.-Alfred Eiby, a youth fifteen years of age, who had been apprenticed to Mr. T, McNaught, saddler, Leithfield, Canterbury, was on Feb. 11, charged with a breach of "the Masters and Apprentices Act, 1865." He had been bound as an .apprentice to the ' complainant under a properly executed indenture, and it was proved that he had refused to perjform his work, as well as wilful disobedience of his master's instructions. The Bench, under clause 16 of the act on the case being proved,' sentenced the defendant to 48, hours' confinement in the lock-up. , , Local INDUSTiBiES.-—There are many enterprising people in various parts of the colony who are struggling to develop local industries, but for some inscrutable reason they prefer -to work in: the dark. This is . nbt giymg;;.thetaselves lor the colony a fair chance^The -general public haye;alwaya" Bhown a desire to patronise native industry , ia any;:fprmL wh ;^notice^ ;:^^ai^t;-insten^ of unwisdom thit? ;■!■; : cOj^ecjMb;^vrtth%t

shop on the Beach, The mats are made from dyed flax^and-some are very ornamental, the beibg iQ^various bright colors.: The plainer descriptions are very cheap and well suited for household use; either as doormats or for any similar purpose. All descriptions are much cheaper than the'imported article,', and far more, idurable. The manufacturer is no notice at the work, having bad 27 years -^experience in the same line of business in England. They were thought so highly of at the Canterbury Exhibition, thnt a bronze medal.was awarded to the maker. There is no doubt that the colonial must supersede the imported article eventually, but its merits must be made known. — .Wellington Independent. On the arrival of the Leeds, express at St. Pancras station, London, recently, the guard found a man's bead wedged between the spring and the brake of. his yia.n. The bead presented a horrid spectacle, being covered with dust and blood, with the tongue protuding from the mouth. It had been cut off at the junction of the jaw and the neck. An enquiry was immediately 'sent to Barrow by telegraph, and an answer was received saying that the accident occurred there to a platelayer who was proceeding to his work at about seven o'clock in the morning. The severed head had been carried a distance of 120 miles. The debate in the Wesleyan Education Committee, in England, on the question of giving up the denominational system resulted in the following resolution being carried as a compromise: — "That this .committee, while resolving to maintain in /full vigor and efficiency our connexional day schools and training colleges, is of opinion that, with due regard for the existing interests, all future legislation for primary education at the public cost should provide for such education only upon the principle of unsectarian schools under the school boards. " Antidote for Poison. — Sweet oil, according the ' American Artizan, ' is an antidote for poison. It says "that a poison of aDy conceivable description and. and degree of potency, which has been swallowed intentionally or by accident, may be rendered instantly harmless by. swallowing two gills of oil. An individual with a strong constitution should take twice the quantity. This oil will neutralise every form of vegetable or mineral poison with which physicians and chemists are acquainted." The operation of lengthening screw steamers has been, says the Scotsman, for some time pasi most successfully performed at Granton by Messrs Hawthorn and Co. Tbe vessels are placed on the patent slip in the usual way, and in the course of a day or two are cut in two and drawn apart to the requisite length. The space between them is then built up, and in a few weeks the vessel is again ready for sea. The steamship Garrison, the last vessel lengthened in this manner, which is no-« gpout to sail from Granton to Constantinople s was made thirty-one feet longer. This has increased her carrying power 'from 950 to 1,280 tons, with.out diminishing her speed or rendering a larger screw necessary. The 7 advantage thus gained to owners whose trade requires the outlay is equal, in the ,case of the Garrison, to a new steamer of 350 tons, without the great expense of engines, coal or screw. The Office Hunter.— The late Judge Hopkinson said :—" The man who sets out in life to live by public office will surely die in poverty and neglect." I would not direct your aspirations to such objects. I would not light up in your hearts the low and disgraceful ambition of. an office hunter. The only independent man is he who depends upon himself. Serve, your country when your country wants you, but seek -not popular favor at, the expense of your honor, independence and self-respect. Of all the occupations to which pride and idleness can drive a man, the w^orst is that of a begging politician,: a regular place hunter.,, He ; is a compound , of meanness and hypocrisy, ready to serve all and betray all. . He is true to, nothing: but his own selfishneaß.r— The Economist. < ... ; i ; Altogether (says the Sydney Morning Herald in its review of the Confer-i epce) it appears to us that, in the matter of thp,, postal service, Sydney has been pretty gejierany,!snubbed> Threatened on the bne, u aide -by jVHc'tona, bfibed on the other^ 7 by pNe w. Zjßaland,_and unable to accent either the^ihreat or, .the^ribe'j it. has. been ' left , out in the cold. "The^whole question seems tp .have ; reVolved itself into ainatter of bargain and 'sale/ and the only consolation' left : " 1" "to: I ' : )the '-^^W""' JS6u tli' ' of ,ebtering, ! . ,a. ;i 4ji: ' wh'i<i'h"'- t ßhe .''gave ' eleven reasons for declining to 'concur in the ; .;Brbjtrarj;Vee}ection of Melbourne; as a terminus. : '/To^'Vtfiis>;pr|b'test^ithejr attached a; memorandum stating' :^hW^h'ey/jftr^|»ye-!' "pared either t(6::leave^hia^aeßtionVoiF. '--ter-r 1 ;;State^.;or,; : |;to^bl|de^

these _two_offers.dp. nq^t seem Jl9, have come an the form o ( f ;t res6lutionßi •■or to have been subnSitted to .'vote. -■'' J Th i o*' T facV, however, seems to be that,, even if were proved to demonstration, that the Melbourne terminus would be far more costly, the western colonies are riot in a position to offer any oppositions Mr Francis — to We 'Mr Lincoln's "phrase — $is put" bis jfoo^down,; and Sir .Henry Ayers, tMr^'-BarroW, and Mr Barlee, altogether, are not strong enough to pull it up.