The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 186, 4 August 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1873.

English Mail. — ThVjEngßsk 9 Mail may be expected in Nelson onFriday\next. A Ranger haa been appointed for the County of Westland under tho Protection of Animals Act. We have none in Nelson. Auxiliary Fire Brigade. — A meeting of the members of thia-brigade will be held at the Pier Hotel afc eight o'clock this evening. [ Public Holiday. — To-moVrow being one of tbe new Government holidays, the Banks and several places of business in town will be closed. i Artillery Company. — Members are reminded that the inspection parade will take place to-morrow evening- at -half-past 7 o'olock, as per advertisement,' instead of Thursday evening as previously ordered. . —IMADAME Cora. — The first of 'this lady's en terfe-g-in ments in Nelson will be given at the OddtFellows' Hall this evening, when in additfon to an attractive performance, a number of gifts will be presented to the audience, the principal one being a'silverplated tea aud cotlee service. Stoke. — A miscellaneous entertainment is to be given at the Public Hall, Stoke, this evening. The programme comprises readings, recitations, and music, both vocal aod instrumental. — To-morrow evening the Farmers' Club will hold ' their monthly meeting at the usual place and hour-j. Mr Luckie's Telegram. — In looking over Mr. Luckie's message in reply "io the inquiry made by the Committee with reference to his views on the question, it appears to us that a mistake has occurred in the punctuation, whioh affects the meaning he intended to convey. A full Mop after the word " generation " would/make the last sentence of the telegram** read thus :— -" Subject to certain modifications, I shall support the tariff." / The New Tariff. — The petition against the alteration in the tariff has already received nearly 800 signatures in the town alone, and we learn, is being largely signed in the country. A copy is lying at Mr Lightband's fcr signature, and it is being circulated through the country districts. There is but little time for those who are carrying it through tho more scattered districts, as it must be returned to Mr. Fisher, tho Secretary, by Wednesday morning, in order that it may be despatched to Wellington by the Taranaki, which leaves on the afternoon of that day. G-hey Coals. — Householders will read with considerable satisfaction' the advertisement stating that Grey coals have been reduced to 40s a ton at the wharf. The produce of the Biunner mine lias the character of being quite equal to that of Newcastle for steam purposes, and superior to it for tfie requirements of the blacksmith's shop, while it also meets with the approval of the housekeeper for burning either in the stove or grate. A considerable quantity of it is now in store at the Government wbarf, and Messrs N. Edwards and Co., we learn, have made arrangements for keeping up the supply by means of their little fleet of steamers trading between here and the Coast. We' hope that ere long we may be able to call attention to a still further reduction in the price of this indispensable article of consumption. University Scholarships.— The following are the names of the candidates at the last examination. It will be seen that although there were twenty scholarships offered for competition, and twenty candidates, three only were successful, the minimum of marks required to entitle a candidate to a scholarship being 2000 out of a possible 4000. The subjects of examination were, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Euclid, German, European History, Shakespeare, English Essay, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry. Physical Geography, Zoology, Botany, Geology, and French. The names of the candidates with the number of marks obtained by each were :— Henry Cotterill, Canterbury, 2,430; W. Atack, Canterbury, 2,307; Frederick Augustus Severne, Nelson, 2,128; Hugh Gully, Nelson, 1,961 -fi A. B. Campbell, Nelson, 1,876; L D. Gibson, Canterbury, 1,607; E. T. Bell, Canterbury, 1,497; W. Reeves, Canterbury, 1.436; C. H. Whit.iomba, Canterbury, 1,395; Frank Whitwell, Nelson, 1,379; J. L. Barnifoat, Nelson, 1,356; P. Hay, Duuedin. 1,205; J. R. Wilkinson, Canterbury, 1,159; J. T. Barnicoat, Nelson, 1,144; W. Milton, Canterbury, 1,117; G-. Whitcombe, Otago, 1,056; J. H. Richardson, Nelson, 1,044; C. Gould, Canterbury, 908; R. B. Rigg, Auckland, 831; J. Beverage, Auckland, 810, .sm

Westport, according'to a correspondent of the Times, is threatened by a new danger. He saya : — "I should like some of the members of tho Committee and the new Municipal Councillors to come up and judge for themselves, and see the danger their town is in of the river flowing into j the Orawaiti, and leaving Westport on an island. Within the last seven years a hundred feet of land has been washed nway just at the overflow between the two rivers, and tho fall ia now so great that every little fresh washing over carries away at least two inches off the surface, and there is not at present moro than six or seven feet of hard loam covered with drift, and one heavy flood may carry it all away. A Fatal Accident occurred on Saturday forenoon, whereby a woman named Mrs Morgan, the wife of a butcher, was burned to death, in her own house, situated near Sefton Bridge. The cause of the accident is not known, but about Doon a neighbor went to the house of the deceased, found her lying alongside the fire burned to a cinder, with lhe exception of her extremities. Strange to say, her little child waa sitting beside her unharmed. Assistance wns at once sent for, and information given to the police, and an inquest on the remains will be held to-day by the Coroner. — G. E. Argus. i The Lyell correspondent of the West- j port Times says ; — " From information gathered frem m^n whom I can trust, and who have actually worked in the locality, and who have, swag on bock, climlied or scrambled over the hills and mountains lying between the Lyell and Mokibiaui, I nm morally certaiu thafc thera is a rich strip of country connecting the two above j mentioned localities, a strip rich in quartz and rich in alluvial. Men prospecting between the Lyell and Mokihinui havo actually found gold iu payable quantities, but the trouble and risk of procuring and carrying 'tucker' was so great aa to effectually daunt them from settling down to heavy work. Messrs. Carroll and Cairns at tho Lyell are pushing ou the necessary works in connection with the erection of their machine with considerable energy, and hope to be ready to commence crushing operations in two month's time. — Very rich stone is now being taken from the Little Wonder, Break-o'-Day, Monte Christo, and Prospectors claims, aud each of these claims bave large quantities of stone stacked awaiting the starting of Carroll and Cairns' crushing operations. — - Westport Times. Has any body ever seriously reflected on what a very fortunate thing it waa for this port that the Taraoaki went down in Tory Channel ? Truly blessings often come to us in the disguise of misfortunes. The loss ot the Taranaki was practically the coup de grace to tho old New Zealand Steam Company, and it seemed for some time as if the result would be that Wellington would cease to be the head-quarters of interprovincial steam navigation, yefc what has been the result ? The Taranaki was bought by a few energetic men, and raised in a manner which astonished everyone, and established Wellington enterprise ond mechanical skill in a leading position in the colony. The salvors of the Taranaki wanted to sell ber, and no doubt thought it a misfortune that they could not And a buyer. They were in a manner forced to run her, and good cause have they now now for being grateful that this was the case. They base steadily gone on increasing their fleet, until now they have some six or seven first-class vessels, and already enjoying almost a monopoly of th-f interprovincial trade, are about entering' on tbe intercolonial trade with every pros-f I pect of achieving the success they so well • deserve, and which every ono wishes them. It is no slight benefit to this port to be the head quarters of such an enterprising company, aud it is pleasing to think that to the enterprise, and pluck of Wellington men we owe the establishment of an an undertaking which, wh^il^ remunerative to its originators, is alsd\ productive of substantial benefit to almost every resident in tha place — Post. — 1 A _■«