The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 156, 30 June 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1873.

Stoke Rifle Volunteers. — The services of this corps have been accepted by the Governor. Motueka Cadets. — This corps having been disbanded, all those who were members of it are requested to give up their arms and accoutrements without delay. Ma G. W. Pauling, who bas for many years been a resident in Nelson, bas been appointed clerk in the Land Transfer and Deed Registry office, Wellington.- --■-, Gas Wobks. — The tender of Mr Gilbertson for erecting a foot-bridge over the. Maitai river, in Nile-street East, for £143 has been accepted. All the tenders for tbe construction of a gas holder were declined, and fresh tenders invited. A private telegram received on Saturday stated that Messrs. Calcutt and Sayle arrived at Greymouth on that day, having left Mr Mackay at Reefton, from whence he was to proceed by coach to Greymouth. The party will leave Greymouth for Nelson in the Rangitoto. Resident- Magistrate's Ooubt. — Wadsworth v. Orewdson. — This was an action to recover the sum of £20 65., being the balance of account for carting raachiuery from Nuggety Creek, Wangapeka, &c. Mr. Acton Adams appeared for the plain n'ff, and Mr Fellfor the defendant. Plain (iff was nonsuited without costs. Presentation.— Last Saturday night the officers and crew of the p.s. Wallace met at the Ship Hotel, and presented Captain Conway with a handsome- pair of binocular glasses, bearing the following inscription : — ' Presented to-Captain William Conway, by the officers »nd crew of the Piß. Wallace, as a mark of their eßteem." Conversazione.— A conversazione, in connection with All Saints' Church, will *

beheld at the Masonic Hall this evening, when papers will be readjipn Parish matters, by Mrr Pasley,7one ! 7ofT the churchWardens, on Church Music, bj Mr Holloway,.and on Church matters generally, by Mr Hunter Brown. In the intervals there will, be conversations on the subjects thus brought under the notice of those present, and vocal and instrumental music. A Totara tree lately felled for tbe Woodside sawmills is stated by the Kaiwaiwai correspondent of the Standard to bave yielded the extraordinarily large number of 50,000 shingles. The monster denizen of the forest is said to .have been perfectly sound throughout. The shipment of salmon ova by the Oberon was not a lucky one, albeit the subject of much trouble. The result of the experiment is up to the present time, that out of 120,000 ova shipped, 600 fish have been hatched out at the Makarewa ponds, near Invercargill, and about 50 fish have been produced from the ova which were brought to Christchurch. ' The Lyttleton Times of the 26th says: — Mr Wiltchire successfully completed his self-imposed task of walking a thousand miles in a thousand hours, at noon yesterday, doing the last mile in excellent time, About 300 persons assembled on the ground to witness the completion of this feat of human endurance, aDd one and all were surprised that, considering , what he bas undergone, the performer should be looking so well. So far from beiDg knocked up, he is able to continue walking, and intends to go od, at least, until this evening, or, should sufficient inducement offer, will try tb add another 500 miles to the thousand already completed. On the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the friends of LeiutenantD Macfarlane, Chrißtchurch, took advantage of ihe occasion to present '. that gentleman with a silver tea and coffee service as a mark of their esteem. Lieutenant Macfariane took an active part in the great battle, and is now within a short space of his eighty-third birthday. The Cambridge, correspondent of an Auckland journal tells this story: — "A rather amusing incident to. k place here between an officer of the constabulary and a recruit on Bentry-go. The "officer approached the sentry, who took no notice of him till he got quite close up to him ; then the sentry coolly struck a match, and, looking into the officer's face, said, ' Oh, I thought it was somebody else ; excuse me, sir.' Whether he was excused or not I cannot say, I leave the readers toguess." The. Weatheb. ■ — The Wellington Post of Friduy last says:— After7 a temporary recovery of barometric pressure another great fall occurred in tbe South on Wednesday, followed by a hard S.E gale on the Canterbury and Otago coast" with heavy raio, and also very high sea at Oamaru and Timaru. The strong southerly wind and rain reached Wellington at two o'clock yesterday afternoon j and rapidly increased in severity, until at dusk it was blowiug a gale with tremendous rain, which continued with .unabated violence* throughout the night, moderating somewhat this .morning. Mr Guinness and Mr Pinkerton, members for the Grey district in tbe Nelson Provincial Council, have at length reached Greymouth, on their way to the bosoms of their famaliea and the deserved affections of tbeir constituents They arrived on Wednesday by the steamer Kennedy, after having, by the intervention of the Clerk of the Weather, opportunities of enjoying the shelter of Farewell Spit, and of contemplating the destruction of Westport and the decay '■'- of Hokitika. The advantages of, such a voyage.; in a political and picturesque point of view, must be considerable, both to the members themselves aud to the community, but the pecuniary profit or. the pleasure of the thing is exceedingly questionable.— G.R. Argus, ■ '■•■ '-' " Old Beeswax " sends the Daily Southern Cross the following narrative of an occurence alleged to have taken place at Kaukapakapa :— Great excitement was caused in Kaukapakapa on Monday last, by a girl who arrived breathless in tbe settlement stating that "her mother was being murdered by a Maori." 11l news flies fast, and quickly some eight or nine men were assembled, aad having armed themselves as. :well 7as ; they ieould with pokers, sticks, rails, nod stakes, and a few revolvers, proceeded to ; the scene^of the alleged murder. They placed themselves under the command bf a captain of Indian experience, andj after carefully, reconnoitring the enemy's position, proceeded to lay in ambush. ; The 'gallant ' l .'few; so ably led, : quickly- approached; the \ house where the blood-thirsty deed had been accomplished, when they found to their surprise that the Maori, seeing the chimney smoking,, bad. .'gone in, and, seeing no one near, had lighted his„ pipe. When he heard the shrieks of.tbe !womarj, who was outside washing. at the time, he was as much frightened as she was. He was the first Maori she had seen, she being bne of the arrivals by the last emigrant ship. Her mind was filled with the news of Sullivan's mnrder, and she thought a. like end awaited her. So the pokera, were of no use. . '■"■'■[ v'v7 YJL •■ V 7