The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 132, 3 June 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1873.

Eichmond Cattle Fair. — The . quarterly fair will be held at Eichmond to-morrow. Stoke Farmers' Club.-— The monthly , meeting of this Club will be held afc the Public Hali this evening, at 7 o'clock. , Artizans' Association. -—The members of this society purpose giving one of ; their popular entertainments at the .Odd? fellows' Hall, on Friday evening next, "'', Steamer Lady: Barkly. — Owing, to the inclement state of-- the weather the sailing of the Lady Barkly for Motueka and Collingwood has been postponed until to-morrow;.; , ■. : Yr Pheasant Shooting;—^- The shooting season commenced yesterday, but, so far as we have been able to learn, the sportsmen generally were not very successful, the birds not being nearly so pleantiful as in former years. . . -,_. Bankruptcy. -— The Gazette of this morning notifies that William M'l<are.Jj, 7. bootmaker, John. Utrage,, fisherman, and Charles Spring, brickmaker, have filed declarations that they are unable to .meet their engagements with their creditors. Eetrenchment.— Mr O'Cpnor has given notice tbat he will move' to-night • — That his Honor the. Superintendent be requested to placeupon the supplementary : estimates the sum of £100 for the pur- . chase of -100 acres of land *in the Inangahua Valley^ as an endowment upon ,Miss Rose Williams as the "first child '.bppa/of European parents in , the , Inangahua district. '..,.<• -.. ' V .'■ '■' '' ' ■ : There seems to be a, natural antipathy between' "New Zealand horses and "New. Zealand trout. It is not long since one of the latter was crushed beneath a horse's foot injttie Maitai, and now we read in a southern paper that "a 'splendid trout, measuring 12 inches in length by 8 inches in girth, was accidentally killed ; in the Flag Swamp Creek, Waikouaiti, by 7 a horse treading upon it." .' /■ . : . The Lottie Magnet Troupe.— The Masonic Hall was crowded to excess last night on the occasion of the first performance of this highly popular company. The great attraction of course was the astonishing feats of the nimble little Lottie and her brothers, but Messrs Buckley and Holly were received as enthusiastically as ever, as was Mr Small, who has not appeared on a Nelson stage for .- some. time. Mr Phillips gave great satisfaction as a motto and ballad singer, Twhile the playing of Mr RichaTdsori'oii the piano and' Mr Munyard on the flageolet was very generally admired. 'No description of the entertainment is necessary. Those who have seen.it once will probably go again; those who have not should do so as soon as possible. . Miss Aitken is giving her interesting entertainments at Port Chalmers. Perch-Fishing is likely to become an addition to the sports in Otago. ! GrRExiMOtTTiBi boasts of tHe possession of "a real, lrue> Parisian-bred chiffonier." -. Peacock Farming, has been comr.l menced by a firm of farmers: at the Norths Cape. '■'■'_ ', 7y'- 7. ,;' '. The Carandinis have been singing to full houses in Auckland for some . time: part. „. . ... , ■ _...,, ... ._., Among those who have signed the petition in favor of the Permissive, Bill, now being circulated in Canterbury, are a good many Maoris. '' ;i :

Dick Turpin, tbe winner of. so many hurdle racos, has recently chntiged'Jiands, Mr M.Gee haying sold, him tpjsisf present ' 7 owne § ¥ r W ? Green|fof the sum|of $135 7 T^|j7BßiTis|i ; SwAi.i6ws slt.af Jirierty in Hobart Town three years ago have multiplied greatly, and are now to be seen in great numbers in and around the f7' Yf. ' I |\ Yp M 1/ 1 THifßesidentvMagiitrate f at -Auckland lately advised the police to have all drunkards sprinkled with carbolic acid or scrubbed with quicklime before being brought iuto Court. .. .. The Dunedin ' Star ' says a gentleman has offered his cheque for fifty pounds towards expenses if Mr Reid will oppose Mr Macandrew ,as;;^^perip,t.end l ent;;X an#' another has offered one hundred pounds if Mr Matthew Holmes will do ; so. ; Mr. Fox has -been' placed in aii -unfortunate position by the newspapers. A new drill shed was recently r opened at Marton/ near Wanganui, by that' gentleman, when a luncheon . took place, at which, says the Herald, " the only toßsfc proposed was * tho Queen/ which was of course drank enthusiastically byvall her Majesty , s.,lpya^subjects; , l Mr Po* isith'us convicted either of drinking Her Majesty's health despite his .teetotal principles, or of not being one of "Her Majesty's loyal subjects." Really „,.. these,,, newspapers should bo more cautious in trhat they say. The Marlborough Express states tbat on Mr Charles Redwobd's farm potatoes were planted between the hop plants this year, and such a crop, has" bjbeir, produced as seldom glatldensithe-eye of tlie potatoe' grower. From a single acre of land twenty tons of potatoes -have ; been lifted. We have a sample of them at our office; the smallest of them measures in girth, 1 51 inches by 13 J; another 19 by 14| inches, a third ,20, by: 14 inches, and weighing respectively lib 13oz, lib 15oz, and 31bs 3oz, eight potatoes weighing 161bs. V, ..-'. 7'y Pig Hunting in Marlborough.— lt is well known that the runs in7this province, as in those of other parts of New Zealand, are infested with pigs to such an extent that their destruction has become a necessary profession, in consequence not only of the consumption of the herbage, but because the pigs frequently show a liking for lamb as well as vegetation. Qqe of. those persons., who ■ folio W the chase as a means of livelihood, named Thomas Jones, called on us the c other .day >with a jyiew of exposing a grievance under which he is laboring, and, as the explanation ; hp gave jib-; contained some curious items, we made a note of them. It appears that he has a : cop-, tract extending over the Starborough and Eichmond Brook Runs, Awatere, which adjoins the Flaxbojirne. Rurt.,7 In this pursuit he uses six dogs, and works on foot with no weapon but a short spear, some six feet long, with a blade four inches. With thesa slight means - •he succeeded in killing, between April 3rd and ! May 18, ho less than 750' head7of swine, for which he receives at the rate of sixpence per tail. OF this number 512 were on the Starborough, and 231 on Richmond Brook. His 'grievance^ las alleged to us, is corner sharp practice on the part of those who. are hunting, on the adjoining run, who cut off the tails of the pigs they, -.catch and .let ithem go again, and as they naturally astray • over the boundaries, - it f oljo ws . .that ; sometimes . when our friend bas spent a quantity of time and hard work, in running animal, he discovers that his labor has been in vain as far as -benefit to himself is concerned. During the whole of the twenty-five years that '■ hd 1 ' bas ; ' been engaged in the trade he declares that he never knew anything so nefarious, as hot' only is he deprived of his just due, but another man reaps -the reward from his employer without a corresponding a^yan?. tage. He declares that in' future 'he '"will charge Flaxbourne for., ev^ry tailless ;pjg which he finds over his boundary, and do some dreadful thing-^we don't know what — to the persons who cut their tails off.— Express. • '•'•■'■ -'"• (Y/,,'i :•;.;.-.'■•. 3.7 y- :■'.'■> Th.E^NaTIVE DjFFICjTJLTY^-^rAuQprreSr.. pondent writes to the Auckland Herald as follows : — SFr,— M/at !: ; ' : I bffei^one or two suggestion^. ,s,hpuld, .war unhappily break out? 1. Suspend all active operations against the Memy 0 till the spring. 7fThe Natives 1 put{in theircrops tff potatoes "iip August and 7 following months. If a movement can.;then be mado which would materially interfere with the planting of potatoes, corn', &c,, it would have a great effect onrthe. native, mind.. ,. ; Maoris have»a great regard for their stomachs, and one. of the first cbhßideration'B' of'' the enemy , will be to4idj3iove.r ;. the , spring, . so ; as/.tp secure the planting of,the crops. Prevent this, and they.wiil' sobri be brought to reason. 2. Occupy Kawhia-at;oncei.'- As a native told me,..tp,-d.a'v, 1 ...it ...is " only a minute " from the heart of the King country.. The J|S[gatimahilta tr|be^ Ta^4 hiao's people, occupy the -southern and eastern shores of that fine' harbour. It has long been > a tabooed rplace; v Remove the tapir at bhce?' by sending* 5 ah' armed vessel, A vessel anchored off one of the settlements would be ji bitter...nut for the Ngatimahuta to crack. : . 3....,.Emp1py theWaugahuie to enter^ thg J^ing'g country from the south, via "upper. Wanganui. 4. March the Arawas and ! 'tauranga Kupapas from the northr,andreast7tp^njeet a force, yia. .Piako, from the .Thames., Boldly enter' Tawhiao's territory,' occupy Tokangdmutu, leaving pas as only traps for the unwary, pnd ; we shall sppn see the beginning, of, the end. .Every .native, ; I have cpnyersed ' with say^TWo have right on , our side .this time. 'The King party, they say, is alone ; responsible for the murders pf , Whiteley,, . Gascoigne, family, Todd, Lyon, and .Sullivan, and it is a puzzle to them why the ruthless and savage butchery, of those .unoffending persons remains so long unavenged.

LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL. The Council met at .5 o'clock. On, the motion of Mr Shepherd, a Sill' to amend the Education Actp^was introduced ,; : \«jnd ordered to be read 5 ' 'tne second' time on Thursday next. — The Provincial Secretary moved: — "That a Select Committee be appointed to tako into consideration the -Bepbrfcof the |*r£vi^fal Iteneer o n7the; -proposed road tbe^Hope Valley' to the Buller ; such committee to consist of the Speaker, Mr Shephard, Mr Baigent, Mr Ivess, Mr Tarrant, Mr Wastney, and the mover —Mr. Shephard objected to tte Government delegating their functions to the Council in this way. It was their duty and not that of the Council to decide which line should bo adopted, and whatever decision they arrived at would, he was sure, be borne out, by the Council; — The Provincial .Secretary said that had. the*. Council not been in session the Government "would without; i hesHation have decided this matter, but as it was sitting, and- many of the members were interested inthe. matter, he had thought it advisable. to .consult -with' them. " Motion agreed ;.tp. —Mr Shephard wished to make a statement relative to the question of increased representation for the Goldfields agreed to .'the other night. The Provincial Secretary had on that occasion,, quite inadyertentlyihe. believed, made ah erroneous ptateoient with reference to. the populaYioru-of .the goldfields, namely, that the Wardens' reports showed that a falling off had token .place; It was stated by those- wh'o-were iri' favor of Mr Burn's .resolutions that the population? was 8400, in reply to which it was said by; the Pro- : vihcial Secretary that it was only 6470. He bad since then looked over the reports and found that Mr Broad arid -Mr Whitefoord had estimated the, populations of the i Grey and Inangahua respectively at 1887 and 3385, total 5252, in which they had included 'the whole /population,, but ,'that. Mr Warden:? Giltfs 'Yin estimating, that of his.' 'district afc I^2o, had included, only ;the ; miners. It was fair to suppose that ih a 'district which included Westport and Charleston, those who were not engaged in mining pursuits. . would amount to at^ least '2000, arid' this would bring the number up ""to that shown by "theY/last, census, namely,/ 8400. He „waj3.7su>e th at ..both : the. f Council: and itha-. Provincial Secretary: would be glad to : Bet ; right on this point, sincei it sho wed that, there had -been no decrease in the population since 1871.— ? On the mbtion : of tbe ' Provincial Solicitor, leave was granted to brjo'g in a Bill to amett'd the "Impounding Act, 1861."— On the motion of the Provincial Solicitor, a Bill was introduced to amend the i " Cajttjle. 3>.espags, .Act."-— Gn the : motion of the Provincial. SoLiciTOß,. ; the Council went into Committee on the " Gold- . fields.. Districts : Bill*" which was under; discussion^ the'whole evening. , For remainder pf news see fourth page.

Yp pAA Box of 15 and a girl of 13 haye been married at . Westerly^ Rhode Island. There was much indignation at the person who . performed; . the ceremony for the children. '- ■; Snub Noses. — Ladies whose misfortune it is to have snub noses may take courage. Tennyson has discovered a delicate way of alluding to their affliction. The snub or turnup proboscis is no longer seen. It is <,i tipiilted, M thus: — " Lightly was her slender nose Tip-tilled, Pke the petal of a flower." Fair Play. — Becently, in , one of the cars on a New York Central Railroad train, a dispute arose between jtwo old ladies. One declared if the conductor opened the window she would die, and the other protested against its being . closed, for she would certainly smother to death. The conductor was in doubt, when a venerable gentleman exclaimed, " Open the window and kill one of them, and then close it and kill the other, and then we shall have ■peice"^— American Paper. The following curious circumstance is related , by a correspondent of the Ararat Advertiser.—" On Wednesday last I had occasion to call at the hut of a boundary rider on the Richardson, and on returning . I noticed an unusual commotion . amongst a large lot of sheep in one of the paddocks. There were two dogs amusing themselves by running the sheep down and killing them. One was mediumsized and the other unusually small, who yelped after his larger companion as though he was doing all the work. I was about to ride in chase, when I saw that there was another observer as well as myself in tbe shape of a large eaglehawk. quietly hovering over the running dogs. The larger of the two mongrels soon outstripped the little one, who appeared to take the chase leisurely after a time, and follow the scent. As he stopped the pursuit for a moment the hawk sailed suspiciously near, and the large dark thing bearing down attracted his attention. Placing his tail between his legs he ran back in a paroxysm offear, but the hawk was upon him before he had maide twenty yards, and in a minute the little mongrel was howling ten feet in the air, ■ The bird leisurely sailed away with his captive, and disappeared past a clump of tress. " ... Whist is without question the best of all our domestic games. It is the only one, too, which is played .by cards upon which the vicissitudes of fashion appear to haye had' no 'effect. Since short whist superseded long whist, nothing has. been done by way of ; change in the game. Its rules and its principles are the same now as they were at the beginning. It offers no field for invention, and at present, we imagine, very little space for discovery; Experience confirms to a large extent the truth implied in Talleyrand's remark to the young man who admitted his ignorance of whist: "Quelle triste vieilleßse vous vbus jtfeparez;" And most people with leisure, after middle life, haye more or less cause to. regret their want of a decently, competent knowledge of it. . The "Rhyming Rules "contained in Pole's whist strike us as peculiarly good. We quote the following as specimens: — ' If you the modern, game of whisfc.would know, From this great principle its precepts flow, Treat your own hand as to-your partner's joined, And play not one alone. but both combined. Mind well the rules for tramps — you'll often need them; • . When you hold five, 'tis always iight to lead them. : * -j A ■- - ■ ■ '-■ - - - Watch also for your partner's trump request, To wbich, with less than four lead out your best. • • -.• . • • • "When you discard, werk Buits you ought to choose — For strong ones are too veluable to lose." A Bustle and Commotion. — A merry party of ladies and gentlemen had a narrow escape from a terrible, death among the Thousand Islands of the Sti Lawrence recently, but were saved by the presence of mind and heroism; of the ladies. I, They were put iv a yacht at a late hour in the evening!; when the; clouded, sky rendered it almost imost impossible to distinguish objects on the water at a short distance. They were Bailing about thoughtlessly, and enjoying themselves ns such parties are in the habit of doing; When suddenly a dark object loomed up before them which was evidently a iarge steamer. - A collision seemed inevitable, un I^BB the steamer could be signalled to change her course, as it was impossible for the sailing craft to do so. The party were in a terrible dilemma, as except a few matches theie seemed to be no means at hand to procure a light. Tbe young ladies, except one, screamed with terror, and a fearful catastrophe seemed on the point; of consummation; A slight rustling however was observed in the direction of

the silent young lady. No one could see what Bhe was doing, but she soon handed a roll of paper to one of the gentlemen. In a moment it was ablaze, the steamer's course was changed, and they were saved. When they recovered from their fright there was naturally much speculation as to where that important roll of paper came from; and it finally leaked out that the fair one bad heroically sacrificed her bustle to secure tbe safety of her companions. -—American Paper.