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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 25, 29 January 1874, Page 2

Tenders.—To-morrow will be the last day for receiving the tenders called for by the Board of Works for the construction of the Waimea-street sewer. Australian Belleingers. — The Lynch family of bellringers, after a most successful visit to the West Const, returned to Nelson by the ChatLfl Edward this afternoon, and will pertform here on Saturday, Monday, and Tueßday next. Volunteers. —A telegram has been received by Captain Baigent from Major Gorden stating that he will be in Nelson about the 3rd of Februaiy between which date and the 10th of the month he will bold the annual inspection of the volunteers in the province. Want of Confidence —Mr Donne's motion of want of confidence occupies the firat place on the Order Paper for this evening. In the event of the occasion not arising for Mr Donne being sent for to form a Ministry, the business of the session is likely to be proceeded with at the close of the debate upon his resolution. Christian Conference. —It will be seen by advertisement that a united pathering of Christians is to be held on Tuesday next, in the grounds of Mir Short on the College Hill. The first meeting commences at 9*45 a.m., and will be held in the large room, which is capable of accommodating 130 persons. Services will afterwards be held in the open air should the weathgr permit. A cordial invitation is given to all who feel disposed to attend. The p.s. Luna left Wellington on Sunday at noon, with a number of Armed Constabulary men on board, to be stationed at some of the posts in the Waikato. A portion of tho Wintou estate, in Southland, amounting to 4000 acres, has been sold under the hammer at Invercargill for £19,000. According to the Taupeka correspondent of the 'Bruce Heruld,' one claim in that district continues to yield nbout £60 worth of gold a man per month. It is reported that Mr Mackay will shortly retnrn to the Thames from Waikato to resume purchasing operations in the district. It is proposed to ship to England quantitiesofpulp, madeof the fibre of the New Zealand flux planf, as a materiul for the manufacture of paper, for which it is said to bo well adapted. Specimens have been shown, the whiteness of which is unexceptionable, and as it is very tough it will find a ready market if it can be landed in England at a price to suit the manufacturers of paper. We should be glad to see an experimental shipment tried. —'lndependent.'

Mullftgh and Dick-a-Dick, two celebrated Australian aborigi'nalf<jricfieterf» are dead, | ' i f v Practical miners, not mer f 6 theorists who, on^thißCsfrfiDpih 0j living on a new g'oldifieldljßssert^ieir author Hy| to know everything of gold-mining, but men of grit and sinew who have humped their fifties of flour and bits of bacon, and Bmall Darcels.jof tea; and sugar, and wrestled, week in ani week out, with; " supple jacks " nnd bush lawyers," struggling through mountain country and through break end stream in their Bearch for gold, these pioneers of settle ment assert that between the Lyell and Mokihinui there exist gullies showing every indication of being gold-bearing and rich, both in quartz and alluvial deposits. But the country is too difficult to prospect; men find it impossible to carry swags and tucker through the densely timbered ranges; and prospecting, so far, has been confined -to mere fossicking on the boundaries. What these practical miners complain of, and with reason, is the want of any recognised authority ., to whom they may appeal and suggest action which would be productive of benefit, not alone to the miners but to the province. Briefly stated present requirements are these: — The £2000 voted for a track from the Mokihinui to the Lyell should bo spent at once before the approaching winter Beason renders work impracticable. Then along the blazed and partially cleared line, at intervals of every six miles or so, shelter sheds should be erected. Places wherein miners driven by storm or unforeseen contingency, might rally awhile preparatory to make further efforts. Such sheds would also afford to casual travellers, speculators looking after reefs, and otherp, a very great convenience, and in every sense of the word prove a wise investment of public money.