The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 55, 5 March 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1874.

The Colonist has a grievance, and, as ;triß perfectly justified! in tfoingy/it has laid it before, the public. . The trouble in which our^ contemporary finds himself is that the Provincial' Government advert/ißeroent6>' ( aTe'ibo i ioßger to a'pipear in his colutnnß. We are not going to trouble our readers with any reference to " inches,"," columns," or " ems," for few would understand all the technical terms, and still fewer would care about what ; is after ail; a private business mat,- , terj, but' it ; js/ sufficient to say that tenders were invited for the Government; advertisements, and that of the Evening Mail, being the lower of the two sent in in Nelson, was accepted. In issuing his, lanient, our , contemporary, who is ' naturally a little; sore at hia tender not bein^ accepted, goes out of bis way to do an in just ice to this journal. He jsays:-^* The dissemination of our paper being far superior to that of any other in Kelson, we most assuredly require to know wherein the ' more eligible ', element lies. A more congenial and subservient quarter wherein to dispense (Government favours may have presented itself, and an excuse, for it can be nothing more, for doing so may. bo found, but as to the actual 'eligibility' there cannot be two opinions. Spreading" .over ground that reaches from Queen Charlotte's Sound to the Amuri, on the East Coast j- from the City, to the boundary of the province on the West Coast, ■ami to .nearly every internal settlement ' wit Kin the province, we offer a medium ;.pf publicity; superior to ; any thing; elee ' in. the prpyitice.," .' '. ; ' ■;' : .. ;"' \ $ow., in re,pjy to the inquiry wherein 'lies the "more eligible" element, we ..may inform this seeker for knowledge, 'and tb&'pu'blib generally, that ills to be found in the'saving of money, and in the fact' ; ttiat Hh'e Evening Mail [has by far the largest' circulation of *■■> any journal' in any- part of- the 'province The reference to " a more congenial and J suibservieht ; quarter wherein* to dispense Government favors " we shall papaoyeras a^naere ; outburst of petty spite to which,. we" altouid have thought -jf, journal .such Colonist would not have descended,' knowing as it does.; ihowi entirely withput, foyn«|a{,ion is, the > insinuation^ v< Then , comes, a Bontenco 'beginning with the word Spreading" and terminating with "Province," in !wHich; we' irifprmcd bf the area through which the Colonist is disseminated* We; have only to say that in that sentence' are also described . the districts over which- the ' Evening <Mail ib. spread, 'tbe,' principal difference between, its .circulation, "and 'that, of its i',cpntemporary r being; that the -former is Uv ®Kuss ''%s*ss '9* <; tbe twOf while m'aa3rtidn l to' ; itft provincial circulation, i| ja suppjied to every,,. pulilic t V#aaiflg: ridm;, m.th^^ipny.J. ,\ We, are, therefore fititir«ly ,/ at, pn^ '-iftftyi iteOolonitt when it aaya^h&t ''as -tQ!

actual fel'gibility ' there cannot be tw • opinions." Vi'!.\ \(- '; .. v'V .. , ;i - ... : ]AfteV theifbregoibg remarks tmr con-; temporary \yfll perhaps jbe surprised to;. learnf] ihafc |iri| are, quite prepared tojj .<4dij l ijtMbaV4nycpn v fi i gjn^pfeir oaVe>tJße- l; "menta to one pape^r the* Government have furnished not only him but his readers with a fair ground of complaint. The „p ublic- are. interested in seeing |ho'ge) advertisement?/ and, a3, there are ' many "who read the Mail who do net see the Colonist, so no doubt are there numerous others who take in the Colonist but do not subscribe to the A ail, so that merely for the sake of saving ; the paltry additional sum per annum which would be required to advertise in both the papers, a large amount of ■ public; inconvenience"; iis » •occasioned. Besides this, we presume that the Government are anxious that their advertisements should be made as public aa possible, and there is no reason why jhej* should nojilpufsue jthe f course that is adopted by most of the leading' busi- . ness men in the town, nearly all of whom ..consider., it necessary to send their notices to both papers. We quite think with our contemporary that f the principle on: which the Government have acted is a wrong one, and, although this journal has, in a : fair field and without iayqr, beaten him in the matter of these tenders, we shall, so soon as he can bring himself to write upon the subject without uncalled for sneers, and childish ebullitions of jealousy, be happy to work with him in' endeavoring to bring: a.bout a> change that, speaking in the interests of the public, we feel sure is required.

The Inwabd Mail. — The Ladybird left Onehunga for Wellington direct this morning. She will sail thence for Nelson direct to-morrow nighf, and take up, her advertised running pn Monday, when she will proceed to Ficton and the South. TtaWSfctPN BACES.y-q Our tele* grams to-day contain a few words about the Wellington races. We trust our readers ; will, understand them. We cannot. Bankruptcy.— The Gazette of this morning contains a notification of the bankruptcy of- Florenze Bazile Joseph, , hairdresser. District Pkize Firing. — The firing of the Artillery Company for the first set of District prizes. took place yesterday when the highest score of 65 was made by Band-Sergeant Harling. The second set. was fired for this morning, when Corporal Clouston made the fine score of 73. We shall publish the scores to-morrow-.-Stoke Bifles — The firing for the district prizes took place, at. Stoke on Tuesday last. The highest scores were: — First set, Lieutenant Paynter, 61; -second -set, Bugler Bradley, 69. The Carandinis. — The Carandini family, accompanied by M.r, George cc Cotterellahd Mr "Gordon, will arrive by the Pbcebe to-morrow, and give their advertised, enter tjuninent in; the evening. , . The Argus .say 9 the richest stone ever fouticT in "Maldon (Victoria) " was taken from the 300 ft level of the Great Western claim, Maldon,, on January 30. The specimens sent to the surface showed the gold clinging to the stone in mae&eß. .The ■ d isco very t has caused > great excitement. The people of Matlock (Victoria ) have been thrown into, a 'great 'state i oP eiciteinent (reports the Herald) owing to immensely rich stone being discovered, in the^New : May Moon's claim (Wood's ~ Point}.' ;A ; specimeD that weighed 5£ oupces gave over 4^ ounces of gold. ;.: Information has reached us from different sources (says the Kyneton Guardian, Victoria) that there is at present a woman in Kyneton endeavouring to engage female servants for New 'Zealand- agbfnst' : whom . respectable young women would do well to be on their guard. The inducements offered are high' wage's (30s : per "week), light work, and the prospects of getting* speedily married; indeed it is hardly disgtiißea thai the ■fettls 'are wonted to recruit the dance-houses on the NewZealgnd, diggings, Unfortuoa|ely the Tiw ! which 1 deals* with 'avowed procuresses is powerless to touch those whp. go about their infernal business in : a sufficiently o 'Carefoi IJ in^nner, but it iia hoped after this warning that the woman to whom. it. refers willnQt.iave cause to congratulate herßelf upon the success of ; her mission in Kyneton. A curious swindle— curious by reason* of the extreme simplicity shown by five publicans at Balmain — is described as follows in the Sydney Morning Herald: — Charles F. Hamilton and Charles Allen were, brought. Jbiefpre^ the Bench at the Watei'Pbli'ce-Cdurt* the other day on five different charges of stealing money. It appeared that the prisoners went iritotye different public houses in Balmain, ancL asked for two nobblers. The prisoner Hamilton acted aB spokes:^iDan; and put down a half-sovereign, receiving 9s 6d change. On seeing the amount of change, Hamilton professed ~ to be surprised that it ! was only 6d he bad to pay , and asked the publican .to give him bnck-the half-sovereign, as he had a sixpence about him. The publican ofcourse returned the half- sovereign,' : ; and> 'pr isqnjßrl *prbduc|d € the sixpence, which he placed 1 on" tne^9s^6d, r and then, observed that he did not care to carry, co much stfver iaTbbu'i him, and would the publican give him a note for the change^.. Strange to .say, in each of the ; five" ewes J the iJab'llcan failed to see thSt 1 ' 10s of the amount was his own property, The prisoners immediately walked off; -on receiving the note, and proceeded V

to another public house for the purpose of playing the some trick. Billiards Extraordinary. — A break of 936 at billiards is not an every : day occurrence. It has, however, been Itnade once,' as will be seen by the following, taken from an English paper: — " Once more the billiard world has been taken by surprise. Early in 1870 William Cook made 512 at a single break. A short time afterwards he beat this performance by making 531. In January, 1871, Cook and Joseph Bennett, then the champion, commenced a series of entertainments on the public room table at St. James's Hall, and hero was played the hitherto unheard of break of 752, including 220 spot hazards. On several Saturdays past the same players have been giving afternoon and evening displays at Cook's rooms, 99, Regent-street, where a table has been fitted in the principal room by Messrs Borroughs and Watts, and it was on this structure that the enormous break of 936 was made. Bennett won the afternoon game by 31 point?, Cook being quite out of form, and Joe also secured the pyramids by five games to three. la the evening the room was crowded, and play commenced at B*ls, Bennett, after a few strokes, getting in with a magnificent break of 184, which included 37 •'spots." Game: Bennett, 194; Cook, 28. It now appeared that the exchampion was about to repeat bis victory of the afternoon, but at 89 Cook got in with a nice break of 79, Bennett replying with 44, which he immediately followed with 48 and 68 (21 spots), making his total 386 against Cook's 148, From these figures Cook commenced his wonderful run by making 63 by all round play, when he reached the "spot," and scored 263 consecutive hazards, thus winning the. gatneiby 614 points. At the request of the Cjbmpany Cook continued hie break, when he made seven more spot hazards andJost position, but regaining it after three cantons, he made 19 more "chassepots," and broke down at a cannon across the table. Thus ended Cook's break of ,936, and the cheers were deafening. This game was played on November 29, 1873." Yankee Delicacy/. — According to a . Californ.ian paper a young lady of that . State, in telling a gentleman about her Yosemite trip, said the scenery was gorgeous, but she did not like their style of locomotion down there. "How's that," said her friend; "How do you locomote?" " Why, don't you think," Bhe replied, "I had to ride a la clothespin." Strange Presentiment. — A London correspondent cays: — "I do not propose to tell you exactly a ghost story (although there ore plenty just now in circulation among those who • go in' for modern apparitions), but to narrate some undoubted facts in reference to a vision. The particulars have been.fiupplied to me by the Rev. Mr G ■"■ , a clergyman of the Church of England, well known at the west end of the town for his zealous parochial work. . Calling a few days since upon a respectable parishioner, ehe told him that Bhe was in great trouble, and that she feared something had happened to her daughter in America, from whom she had been separated for some years. This young girl's life had not been the most regular in the world, but the mother had never ceased to regard her with the utmost affection and solicitude, although she had not heard from her. On the day preceding the call of the Rev. Mr G ;■■■; , the mother stated that, at about 12 o'clock in the day, she suddenly saw her daughter as plain as plain as she ever saw her ia her life, and that she was on her knees praying beside a large red box. The clergyman told her to note the day and hour. A few weeks afterwards the girl walked into her mother's room, and told her that she had just returned from America, and that the ship was in such : peril in a storm that she had given herself up for lost. On further inquiry, it appeared that the day of the storm was that on which the mother had seen the vision of her daughter. The latter explained her feelings of remorse and anguish during the tempest. She could not, she eaid, look upon the waves, but she went below to the steerage, and there Bhe knelt down and prayed to God. .for the first time for many years, • Where .did you kneel ?' asked the mother, and .the, girl replied, ' I sank down on the floor, and leaned against an emigrant's box painted red.' I do not offer any explanation of this curious circumstance. I merely mention the facts as detailed by the Rev. Mr G." How well dbes the following paragraph from the Globe apply to other parts of the world besides England: — A very offensive mode of cross-exami-nation has recently come into fashion in the criminal courts. A witness, already j on his oath, gives certain evidence; he is immediately asked whether he swears that, and answers that be dobs. But thiß by no means satisfies the crossexamining barrister. " You really mean to Bay that," &c, "Remember that you are on your oath," and similar suggestions that the witness is perjuring himself, are reiterated in order to induce the jury to believe his evidence untrustworthy. This is hardly fair to . .qtie .fybo, miiy be ; endeavouring to speak -,-. the; truth, while a bard, b wearer w j^ j,e by no means checked by such utrauthoritative additions to the oath previously administered to him. This custom is singularly offensive to these • who Have proper regard for ,an^ oath's sanctity, and ridiculously id'op'er.jati^pj.n^thj.caae i of those who are not