The Nelson Evening Mail. Thursday, june 19,1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 147, 19 June 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. Thursday, june 19,1873.

. Inland; ' Communication }. Committee,; -—Thei members, of .jttiis ■ Cpmmittqe ... j»r.ej {reminded ?of -the,, meeting; .to.obebeid tonight.* : i .*••" s. r ;'!&* All Saint's Church.—- The second of the montlily'ca.hedraf seiMdes willbe'fieldin [this church.: to-morrow evening, com-mencingAa^-7jo-clock. < .*-.. ■ y-y MB GrEOB&B CpTTERELL.-r-It Will be • seen< that Mr Cotterell intends giving. ' another of hispopular entertainments to- • morrow evening. This 5 is the last bccWsibn on which 'he will appear in ; 'Nelson for some time, and we hope to see a crowded hoUSeV ' • --^ -•>.-.; ..i :-r- t ry-- :- « - The Fire at Richmond. — An inquest was o held yesterday upon, the. recent, fire at ■ theWheatsheaf, but. there was no evidence: to show bow it originated., The, house was uninsured,/ and Mr Benfield, who was 'occupying it r lost £150 wortb^df furniture.: ; Nelson C^swob^ cutting and; filling, trenches* fpr, the gaspipes ,were opened this morning, and that of Gilbertson & Macdonald, for £l Is 8d per chain was accepted. There were; ted mall, tlie highest being for .£1 lis. On ;this Occasion it was required that fenders' should be accompanied by a caßh deposit of £10, and that • the successful tenderer should find securities -to the extent of 10 per cent, on the whole amount. , Licensing Pees.-— Considerable indig- ! nation was expressed by the publicans on ;Tuesday,last / at ;^j charge ,of : 85. 6$ f which> for the first time, was made on the application for licenses, ¥ecbg„izanrieiß, -Sec, in consequence of -which a -letter was addressed by tbe Resident .Magistrate W the Minister of Justice asking for instructions, in the matter. A reply was received- by telegraph 'this jmorhing i stating that' it '.Was; quite right tb make the charge, J ta;/acco-y , dance with .the. provisions} of v the , Justices of the Peace Act. ,' ' " ( " Coroner's Inquest.-^ An inquest was held 'at 1 Wakefield 'y'e_ terday yPpe&te P r Squires," the' coroner/ahd ajury^ upon' the of body Anita Elizabeth Elank, a, little girl of /two and a half' years of a£e, Whose death by ? drowning We reported yesterday. It appeared that she had gone out ; towards . the river with her- brother, .*» boy four years old, and that, in a short time he came back and told 'his mother I she had fallen into, a waterholej The • mother went to fetch , her brother-in-law who was close- at hand, : and they wept , down to the spot pointed out by the boy, and there found the 'deceased quite dead. ; A verdict,wasj returned in accordance with j the evidence. ? .. ' . •.; • ? | T^.Rev,,Frjfiffci|--'A'-. t Hare has been : appointed' _?rivate> c jSecretary. to bis Excellency] the Governor.,;. .< -',- , :';->•-• ', \ The Carandihis are in high favor at \ the ThameSj-are drawing large,houoes, and appear, lo_.be J.aking, immensely. .'..____, Me Pbatt^ Mayor jof Waikouaiti, and ! Mr Davie, of Dunedin, are candidates for : Sir D. Monro's seat for Waikouaiti. Both \ are supporters of the' Government. \ A Pea_.l, weighibg 159 ! grains, "and : believed to be' in size tne fourth * pearl in . the world, has H /9,H-°4 on the north- ! we^t.cpastjOf Austjfafja. s , , 'k f ...... ...... . 1 ■ - A; Gazette;; extraordinary,*, pubiisned on -Saturd nf evening', l announces * that; Sir | James Fergusson, ..Baronet, has taken' ihe \ prescribed , ; pa|lji^' be^eV^^orge' Alfred ' Arney, *..Qteeky : Justice -> pfs tthe- .Sup^epae Cpurt, and assumed the office -of- Governor ! The Waikato RAiLWAY.--The New \ Zealand Herald Say's :— The" iinam^|ty |of feeling on t the suWect of the' jpropoaed I e_.ter_tiou ot-iba 1 * 4 aucC Waikato i railway; from Mercer -tof the cdafiscatejl ! botradary- as eVidetieed by* th*et;J ate public ' __ti s etinglV^'o^e of _Ec mbfit hdpi.ful ilfe^

of the times. The only dissentient that we have heard of in the prov^cje. is the Tbajifefifr wjji<;h af§P#r td^^%that,"if ifjjis^not ifkparticipfljjt!) dii^ee ,l|| |i| any , impioVltneni^ctlc, il^Jlpuld \$ i^jprndertakeb. This is the one amiable cnaracteristic of the xhames population; but, as public opinion ripens there, we have no fdpubfc^ the angularities o& character? wiUf i rounded offj^-fto qfaotejyphrafe p/ejttyjj common on the goldfleld, it will become "water-worn." [This reminds us of Mr OlConor, who could not support Qur.rrailrc way because he could not see that it was to confer any direct benefit; • Wjjfifc } port.] Napier, — A teleg ram f rom Napier Ray s: - — The result of the, teqder of tbe r Jßa,nks ; for the- Protinciai^ac^offut's'rsj - th^t' 'the Union Bank of Australia is successful. The terms are 3> pet; geh| on gthjr> daily balance, 2^ per cent on^fixed^d^pfisits for throe months, 3 percent on deposits for longer periods, exchange on London onehalf per cent beloW curreiit rafeß^ and exchange on Australia, -a^nd, .the provinces of New Zealand it ; par, ' Among the cargo°~6"f the Star of the Soqth arej fifty rifle^f conßignedf ; |oT;/the Fijian *teove7nmen t/ which L now* ' a tolerably powerful standing army, officered by white nie'h. ' The'-fifty rifles id question will doubtless be found to be a great acquisition to h{| -Majesty's forces, and in conjunction with/the/ forty kegs of ammunition which have also been sent by the Star, ought to be able* to polish off all the refractory natives on the island if ceces eary.-^p^kjjan<df^<rfrfi-;i £~ i ? \]r ' THfe'* Nbws iJetter'Jof.lMirchilS says/: ,— ' Webb's Australian Line has ceased to exist, the Vsteamexs .baking chased by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. No more steamers will bo despatched by either' line t6 / ihe ; colonies^ 1 tbo'ugn '.it^t-s said that the Pacjfic.JVtail Steamship Company will keep'up the Honolulu monthly service? but up to'this date no public announcement has been made; '■;.<* A Some months back, -says tho W,aikato Times, we notified the, fact .tha^ Wfr.lnnesj o£ Ngaruawahin, bad given a few hopplants to some natives. ::i The result has been most satisfactory. On Thursday six ;bags(arrfved'ffj6m a. place near Mokau, for which they received £15 and some odd i shillings, beingTSFtlie-faleofTialf a crown a pound. They wefe.So pleased with the ; r.esult, ,of , ; their venture that., they Jhaye,. promised y 'W ; large i 'quWiities next 1 year, and have desired Mr Innes to send , to AtfolcldM forb^ttef ! has told them that a larger sort can be ' procured ( ( thereii \The,; natives - f wjjq^jhad grown the hops are Kingites, and we have little ; dpubt , they at f Jeast p ar e j^somejwha^ ; convinced o^ the advantage of p^»ace over disturbance. ; «-iA i'SHOCKiNG'-- Accent I'reo'entlyLboV curred in Canterbury. On the 10th inst., a shepherd in the, employ.. oLMr Brabason, 1 named Charles .Thomas, Christchurchj, wilh'a laden 'oWy 'in^Vrfe^tbH'eturWtrine sta^tipn., ,|le, h.a^. his l 4f^gh^r / '^M>jsi a child of J abou % 10 years of age. *' When about two miles,,.fr ; om . the. Miners' Arms, on the Coal Track, the dray suddenly went in,tp,,a bpk i and .was bprying Thomas and his child beneath it" While in this perilotis'' r tMe poor child seems only to M've. though ft ofchef, father's safety, for sha begged him to try and release p him^elPVn^ 4 neVe ; r r «tiKa 'tteiV* For four hours his effdrls-'^wefe"' unavailing to extricate 5 -' himself, but ha tiC j lafft'' afccViei^ plished it and released the little girl. Thomas then went and- gave^ihformWon 1 :of the accident, an,d sought for assistance.. Accompanied 'by"* 1 " Sfesifs EdwaPds A; and Jason Davis, who wero^staying, at the t - Miners' Arms/lle're'tS^fed Wtik ( s§6ne Tr o'f the catastrophe, but o,p., arriving fhe pporj little child was found to be quite dead. The father,; on realising the loss he^ad sustained, was almost distracted, as he was paid ijo.baYß. been.cpmple.tely. .wrapped) up in thn child, who was unusually pretty and interes.tis*g>i' rntx \'a) a tkjo'-.ic! i-»:=-' ! i ; Of the IQIOO y i 9un j g<.lad[e,s, > who fainted last year, 997 fell into the arms of gentl'emep/,3 fell;onra^po,ifj:an4 J.Jnto.^^w^tpr !butt. ? t " r . „ ! "^'TEiiMßA^inltfe jia'pers the Great Britai&.^tntes. marriage iof the Duke of Edinburgh will not take : place till nex'tf 'March';' aW'tHat - before it does, the Queen -~wiU.pay-a visit to St j " JOHNC FISBRYBINGL^'i in the MeUr. I bourpe. ? djap^ujs^ newspaper "Summaries " : — One of the ; greatest institutions,' sir/ df^4tfi* Country, Bir,,Js.the:gum,niavy fqr.^y^op^^r v fery ■ man, sir, in this stupendous clime is natar&My 'aware that, once 'a. month, iif I n*ot ' oftener, Europe §its v^jbreatbles^imftatience awaiting our Summary.' Every individual, ladies and gentspin^thi's/nietvopoHs of the gorgeous andmoßjq^ito^bitjie^^Du^h knows, |or ought to know), that without our '■ Summary, Europe woul'd^fade away, and get mixed lyith [Africa^ o^abcorbei jfinto the Sleepfutness^ Asii. - four week's I th^Gzar/ofißtfssiaVfealls for his boots pnd^his M^lbo.urne^ummary^ t apd if hisfserfß^fibn'^bling^i^iin^vith 1 hil *havSng water, he ha^<-fgni7bo\lied^own right off into Neva Stearine^ candles, and exported to^ ~~EveV£^ four weeks the , Em^afo^^f (Tol^ Itairs if he doesnT proouce^ur Summary, and all the Potejffaf&sJiricKPresidents that loaf aboui^^ oJdjEurAp^ a^get their living in the show business, are equally i fefbSicliiT»-flimilatly?;p'rovt)kea.r'tl ?J if AW . _£(^ndon, has a new^industryjjnamelyj the manufiiciure^ . } police that /f t^k^ children or tM" er yfeare|a^ twi^^bdr limbs they may Be bandy-legge^ according^thg |[U^fi/ n '©op,arents, The object of th'ts* is tQ,^ake the unfortunate infants objects of.*^charity. A regular tariff orVpr^ces "is jdfinfln^ledj* a and complete maiming coating four

pounds. The master of the concern and about a dozen employees have been imA Beggar one Po—-R&1 i he S^&t. — A party of fenlem werj^^^rki^4 H on Holt and M'Eelmr's run, CuJgelllgo,; Bivernia. It appears that the contractor for the fencing had under him a son-in-law, *whpse wife |he party. £-Th% ffatftejiin-law Iliigi?gi t hj*\ tnß EOa fe!i"' a J^'\ was useless as a fencer, discharged him so away went the man and his wife, and- thejt. wandered .in.rO-.niQst destitii; condition. Camped at a place called P Jlplls/i^Giia^lljg^/jnear a beautiful ' about 14 miles by four, the poor wooj. bred on the Tumut goldfields, picked, up a piede i "of "quarfz "in which gold was visible. They searched^ai^saonU found the reef, in opening which they found plenty of ' quartz^6fimb^t ; 'pr6mi'6/!ng^ richt&ssi' - We are told on good authority that these reefs , crop^ut'Over a laYge* exterijt/ bf| c.o'Untry^ here-abouts, and that there a^fe"^^^^©'^^ alluvial •B'ig^ings.' "The poor wanderer,, who found the reef immediately securedit 1 b^ s Kw^^rvs^fftr i ed'^i^)O h& share, ! icnf}fe^d6(|ljneji; r ai'thotigh a stfqrt : tinie 'pfevioiisiy' He^^aj 1 10^^''* 0 -. ' put over his wjfe r^ A:cpmpany. was soon formqd.;qf; ; (i^en-;!nfr|he;;neignb6rhood, and openaiion^-were commenced on a small' scaleu-f oTherKSPf>cin33n70 Ther K SPf>cin33n7 i frp^^.the/ clftim! brought toiHay 1 : waS3sery>rvicbj l>ut it; wsb ! tfifere''' 6 Bken^ a a r nd' 1 f: rich§&H par{ f; retaHneff liPf&y: Dehqum had gpl^lLthrjough it, and was estima^d^^lafgop'djuage fhat it would: yield-ao-ounce- to the ton-. — A—rußh has (skeff jjlgcjj^a^d itiar | qxpected xthat«ia: a month theM ,wjj) ibe^. 300^ peDsons on thg gvoxm&.—Meibourn&Argus. , &QU4- cf-r-i-v.n ■ - -^ '.