To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 231, 25 September 1873, Page 2

To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail.

Sir, — In reference to the subject of Mr Patterson's letter of yesterday, I beg to state, that at mid-day on Friday last a person asked me to deliver a message to Mr Watte, Inspector of nuisances, regarding the nuisance complained of. I did so that same evening, and Mr Watts promised to see to it. Perhaps I erred in taking the message, and I took it against my will, as I did not deem it any business of mine to carry messages of tbat kind. Mr Patterson writes as if the complaint originated with me, but it did not. I took it and delivered it as I got it, and a growl is all I have got for my pains. Thankless, indeed ! * Further on in the letter Mr Patterson says if I had "signed the requisition for the eewer some few months ago all the filth which he complains of would have been done away with." I did object to sign the requisition, and would object to sign it now; and will object to all sewers built for the purpose of carrying filth Besides, I think tbat all sewers should be built at the public expense if they are to be a public benefit. I say that I object to all filth, as it is termed, passing through a sewer. It ought to be collected or otherwise disposed of, and nothing pass through sewers but water. Imagine for a moment the state of the ground in front of the Postoffice, with the sewer pouring out its contents there. At present the nuisances, if they exist, are scattered about, but bere, with a sewer, they would be concentrated, and become intolerable. Further on I am aeked to call attention to nuisances existing between Nile and Hardy-streets. I beg to Bay it is no business of mine to call attention to nuisances, there is a paid officer of the Board whose business it is to look after these things. If we are wise enough to learn by the experience of Sewerage Commissioners in towns of Great Britain, we will preserve all our soil or eolid matter and deodorise it, and allow nothing but water to pass through our drains — when we get them. I am, &c, David BtrßNB< Neison, September 24, 1873.

This is the pletlsatit Way in Which the Napier papers trick one auother. The Telegraph of 12th inst. says: — Plagiarism with a vengeance ! We have long been aware that our morning contemporary has day alter day pirated his local information from this journal. As a test, we yesterday iu for med the public that Mr Thomas Cowper, ofthe Empire Hotel, Waipawa, had ;net with an accident, the result; of which was that Mr Cowper had broken his leg. This morning, our contemporary, not to be behind in the times, re -produced the paragraph, carefully mentioning the particulars of the case.' Mr Cowper we I are glad to state is in the best of health, and no accident of tbe kind occurred. We j trust this will be a lesson to our contemporary for the future. A writer ya' Nature says: — Perhaps the following anecdote on the instinct of dogs, which has lately come to my knowledge, may prove of interest to some of your readers: — A family residing in Yorkshire possessed two dogs, oce a mastiff and the other a small dog. The owner, visit- | icg Hastings, took the small dog with him, and at the house where he stayed there was a larger animal, who disregarding the laws of hospitality, woefully maltreated his youthful visitor. The little dog, upon this, disappeared, and in a few days returned, bringing with him the mastiff from Yorksnire, which set upon the Hastings dog and thrashed him to within an iuch of his life. Having performed this piece of retributive justice, he returned to his home in the nortb, while the little dog stayed to rejoice over his fallen antagonist. I The London correspondent of the Auck* land Star writes : — The New Zealand Fibre Works Company has been successfully formed with a capital of £100,000 in £10 shares, half to be first issued. This Company begius under excellent au.pices. In the Colonial annexe of the International Exhibition of this year is a series of roost beautiful samples of material of various kinds manufactured by the machinery of this Company. There are shirtings, damasks, &c. equal to anything of the kind in any part of the world, and those who doubted the capabilities of phormium fibre, and were rather sceptical as to its ultimate value to the colony, need only examine those productions to suffer a complete and thorough conversion. The Company intend to carry on the manufactures of tbe finer materials in Eugland, and to establish a factory for woolpacks, scrim, sacking, &c. iu the colony, where thero will be a large demand for the coarser goods. The bugbear of the gummy portion of the interior of the fibre, which was the main difficulty all along iu the way of successful manufacture has been completely overcome. Among the local industries which have sprung up in Auckland during the last .ew years, says the Southern Cross, is that of glass-making, which is successfully carried on by Messrs Willhew and Co., at their works, Union-street, in this city. This enterprising firm bave supplied many useful articles during the last three years at a cheaper rate than they can be imported, and their business has increased to such an extent, that they have recently pulled down the original building, and erected more commodious premises, consisting of a work-shop, store-njom, pot or crucibleroom, frosting-r00m,.-, &c. The new chimney-stack, which is about sixty feet high, and measures twelve feet by eleven feet at its base, is fitted with four " sieges," for the reception of an equal number of crucibles capable of making about; two tons of glass per week. Around this is the workshop— a building forty feet by thirty feet, with a brick floor, in which all the dexterous feats of manufacturing the melted metal are successfully carried on, and where many curious specimens of glaßs manufacture are daily turned out. Attached to the workshop are two tempering kilns where the finished articles are finally annealed. In the pot-room we saw six crucibles in various stages of completion. These are made of a mixture of burnt fire-clay, and a clay procured from the Waikato coal mines. It takes about two months to " build up " a crucible bit by bit, and they weigh about 5 cwt wheu ready for use, and are capable of holding about 6 cwt of metal. The frosting-room, as its name implies, is the department in which gas globes and other articles are ground to give them a frosted appearance. In order to create sufficient draught to the furnaces which melt the glass metal what is called " a cave," 90 feet long, passes under the building. At these work, glass lamps, lamp glasses, and globes of every description are made ; besides fish globes, chemical apparatus, physic bottles, telegraph cells for the General Government; and, in fact, every article in plain glass work, quantities of which find their way to various parts of the colony. On the occasion of our visit to the. works lamp glasses were being blown by the dozen, from metal made with a white sand obtained near the North Cape, and the brilliant and clear appearance of the glass certainly confirms the statement made in a recent issue, that there is an abundance of this substance very suitable for glass makto be found in this province. There are between four and five tons of this sand at the woiks at the present time, acd Mr Wilthew affirms that it is equal to the finest sand he has had in any other part of the world.; One of the latest Parisian fashion's is a band of black velvet worn round the hair, upou which are sewn gold flies, bees, aud other insects. A mah recently had reason to believe that his wood pile waa disappearing more rapidly than it ought, even in a Vermont winter, and accordingly doctored a certain stick, and put it in a convenient position for abstraction. Next morniug there was an explosion in his. neighbor's cooking- - Btove that s^ntYtho hash and buckwheat, cakes flyiog about very promiscuously.