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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1873, Page 2

Resignation of Sir D. MoNBO.—We understand that Sir David Monro has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the district, of WaikouaitU; Inland Communication Committee. — A. meeting of this Coinrnittee is; ; &dver--tieed for half-past seven this, evening' at the Government Buildings.- > : .<■ Mb Calcutt, who'has been apjioifftecl to exarriue.and report upon the , land through which the proposed .> Nelson and ;West Coast railway is to pass, arrived from Duuedin by the Wellington yesterday, .and will proceed shortly to visit the Bailer and Grey valleys. " ' Government" G-AZETTE."~The~ [Gazette of Thursday Ijist contains a noti-" fication that Mr Albert Pitt has been appointed captain of the Nelson Artillery

Volunteers. Commission tQgjfete^from Ist of.Jjtfay last-— Also-. that ]y^Mi%nningtoifjfc|if Ri^feond, %&£' bee^k^aioted a licl'nßld diJtabutorlondutytet&ftg CoisrCEinpAT Stoke. — A 'ctfneert will be given atf* Stoke to-morrow evening, in aid of the Public Hall Building Fund Monej is required for jLijtiDg^-an.^ jptth^r, conveniences,, arid [$ .\a)i6pehih&t'£bo^H^ siderable sum may be raised by"this means.* The last concert passed off most successfully, and there is every reason to believe that to-morrow night's will be quite equal to it. J:\hl ,(> 51 v"p I Steamer Ladybird. — The Independent says:— The N.Z.S.S. Company are not quite satisfied with their steamer. Ladybird/ She h ha ■ d6t Ifuififl6dali : that' was expected of her, or all that might have been,: considering' thei : euorrnous incurred 'in* her refittal "at >r Sydney. She has everything but speed ; ; but as v that is, sueh r _an indispensable feature inthesa days of 'rapid travelling, the Directors, of, the Company have come to 'the 1 to put her j upon the slip at ari surly day for tho purpo^63of« giving jher greater epeejcl.r jrty-v^ E. W. '.Mills has "undertaken life -\ job. : ' It is well known that the engines of the old Airedale, with which the Ladybird is provided ,'are powerful enough topropel a larger boat than the Ladybjjrd^and at a higher rate of speed than^sbfeever attains, but it appears that the screw ia too small. At present the engines are much too powerful for the screw, which cannot exert the reqpisite power, no .matters what* the con> sumptibri 6f<coat may Be. { A f \cotfßiderajjly larger screw will therefore be' put into tbe stern and greater equaliza.lLon'fOf power made. Stabbing Case. — A row took place in a house o£ ill fame on, , the Wood side, of Collingwopd-street bridge, on night, when a -mail named Cfiatleir Pope was stabbed by Joseph Millsmo, a fisherman, fortunately .the injuriea.. .inflicted were but slight. An information has been laid, but the police have not succeeded in apprehending the offender. ;;i ' .'.•'-' :■• *. A Correspondent of one of the Auckland papers mentions a case of rank ingratitude. .There was found in the shop of "a tradesman v ih that city £77 in bank notes. The find was advertised; and the owner did what ?•— not ; only gave no reward, but actually'refused to pay half-a--crown for the; ad vertißementltlia f t .wasx tfaeT means of his recovering hia money. Th# iiianufaqtuje fr£ bb.ne.'dus£4manfirG is one of the industries of Wellington. Tbe butchers' shops,, the; eating -houses, and other establishments in the city where collections of b.are, bones are (o be tyupfii dire 'visited perfoiifcdlly by 'carts /rorn^ the' bone mills, where tbe otherwise useless rubbish je-puj/verised, by st^am, ami ; ns^ formed into the ncost Valuable 'kind of manure. The sale of the article is not at present very extensive but it' is g radiii ajily.ifiuding f fav;-orf-, amongst ' theVfarmfei'sX who object to its employment solely on account of' thepci-ee'. f <;■ ; - ! "<■ ; .■•■-■'.'.""■■•- -5 > ■■'-' The share list of. the Albion Coal Company was closed on Saturday. The total number of .shares taken vp t in N!e,w ■ Zetftfcbil is '4069. n l <6i "tlJese, 1276 ' were taken up in Auckland afro" Taranaki, 1135 in Dunedinj. sQP; jn Wesippjft,; c \263 in Nelson, 235 in Wellington, 150 in Christchurcbj besides the 500 1 - allotted >M 6 the original proprietors. Mr George Turnbuli, of Bun&lin, has also, applied ! for. * ith'eV balance of the 2000 ofiercd to Canterbury and Otagb, about 700....Th;is'WOu}d'bi!ing3 up the number to nearly 5000; and if the 1000* •shares offered ! 'lh ;i Victoria bo taken,* as there is every reason* '-.td; believe, the total- number reqairtf ;:6tidO^itt'W3dinf- r plete. [Since theabove was in typo, we,, have; been- informed ' that ih'e whiile' of' fc'hV shares have. been taken up, and several applications' refused.] '" "" '-<->••• l A Chinese Stobekeeper at land advertises in the local paper that he keeps.a Coltfsj revolver; in \ bis> ••■jjljaee^ftfi bueineae, and warns those who. are in the habit of " disturb'irig 1 his premises " that he will make use^of it. „...„■ <r