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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 113, 12 May 1873, Page 4

The Canterbury Provincial 'Government, with its revenues, is taking steps towards largely assisting education in Christchurch. A " normal "school is to be erected on the corner section in Cramner Square, facing Montreal and Kilmorestreets, with a total frontage of 3i>9 feet. I It mil be of stone, ; two stories high, and will provide class rpbms for training teachers, a model* school for the accommodation of nearly 1 000 children, a , board room j a book depot, and private rooms for the head master.^ and mistress. .The total cost of the-bnilding will be -SlO,OOO *' The following' sentences are from the Gospel \of ' Agriculture, hj Jiphn E. Hayes : j —•'How long, 'ye shallow ploughers, will it take to leara you the" lesson that one acre deep-ploughed yand^ well-cultivated will produce nearly double what two acres will; sluillbw-ptou a fuiro^ and incorporate l y our. manure 7 withsthe :Soil, use the harro w_y ieepitfce'ifs^ ; ystiriedi stall* reapj ■;y'i_iii&^^ :yv ladies, has been forined' for" the purpose of th^*qu-rter/endin|;M_iroh (30 7ahow» tptaU 7 fece^.£a26,Bs^ m^m^mMi Bays that apersonV who found himself the s.

worse 7 for liquor in ; tte^ 1 street- on the previous 'evening, "called a " cab, T^and told |the driver to take him to . the lock-up. The request was complied vith — ■ the driver drove to the station, where his "fare ""gave i himself into custody, and was I6c_;ed up for the night; Wellington is becomey a complete " city of stinks " and tbe usual effect has followed— sickness prevails in every part of the'town. It;is low fever of a typhoid type, not very dangerous, although owing to its wide distribution several cases have resulted fatally. , The waterworks* plant has arrived, and it ; is bopecl that a plentiful supply of pure water will do a good deal to preserve the health of the inhabitants. The first number of the 2few Zealand Tablet, a Catholic weekly paper, edited by Bishop Moran, has appeared. In the opening article it is stated that the public press, speaking generally, is in its ''tone; hostile to the Roman Catholic Church and calumnious in its statements in reference, to the church and its pastors. In alluding to the immigration scheme of the General Government, he attributed its failure to bigotry, which had determined, if possible, j to exclude Catholic Irishmen. I A CALiyOENIAN QPEBA ; COMPAHY -8 to visit New Zealand shortly with a view of making a professional tour through that and tbe Australian colonies, the present depressed condition of the lyric drama in the Golden Cit£ necessitating an exodus of some of its most efficient exponents. Tt will consist of Signor Eabbri, Adelina Speranza, and Miss Annie M'Kenzie (prima donna soprano), Signora Bianchi (cootralta), Signori Bianchi (tenor), Jacob Muller (baritone), Eigo (basso), and one br two others. ■ ; Large Peivate Enteepeise.— The Timaru Herald Bays : — Messrs Hayes and M'Lennan have made arrangements with the manager of the Coldstream drainage works to cut ditches amounting in length to about eighty miles, being equal to the excavation of about 400,000 cubic yards of earth. The land is a large swamp of several* thousand acres lying between the high ground on the plains belonging to the Coldstream Station, and the sea beach north of the Bangitata, belonging to Messrs Studholme Bros., Rhodes, and Hassail, and the whole work of drainage, including that let to the above contractors, will cost about £30,000. The land is of excellent quality, and is intended for a cattle run. The Attempt to Muedeb Mr Mackay.— We take the following telegrams from the Independent :—Auckland, May 7. — " Farther accounts from Waikato regarding . the , attack on Mr Mackay state that Hewi behaved nobly. Hearing a noise he proceeded to the spot and took Mackay over a creek dividing the Waikato from the Ngatimaniapoto whares. Bewi and Taomu then threatened to shoot any Waikatos who followed. The assailant, Te Ngahi, was instigated to attempt the murder by Nukui the chief of Todd's murderers. Mackay is not seriously hurt. > Eewi reproaches the Waikatos for their cowardice, and is determined to see Mackay safe. The talk begins at the meeting to-morrow." — The following was addressed by Mr Mackay to Mr M'Lean :— Alexandra, May 6, 1873.— H0n D; M'Lean, Wellington,— Bewi and Mauiapoto are in a great rage. A meeting is going on now. Bewi has taken tne to his own place, and says he will escort me back safely. Bewi came to me in a large meeting-house and said : -^-"You will not remain here now; Tawhiao, Manuwhiri, and myself cannot talk to you, as you have only escaped from our weapons. [Meaning that they were bo much ashamed that they could not talk.] I said r I do not. accuse yoa or. the Chiefs; as lam not, killed my blood, is my own; had I been killed it would be: that of my people. I had come to deliver a messege from the Government, andl did not intend to go back until I had none so. He. went to Manuwhiri, ; and on his return said I could stop. Ngatimaniapoto, Waikato, and Ngatihaua are all assembled now discussing the attack on me. Everyone is in a state of "pouri" (annoyance) about it. Tawhiao iB still absent.- #Buru belongs to the hapu who killed Todd, but I j hear he is not one of theyparty concerned in the murder.---_rA_iEB Mackay, jlin. ;■_;■:: l y ■•• ■ ; ' : •''' ■ ;■' .'•;._. "' ''.'.■.■' ;.. ! ' :, \