The Charleston Herald, of Wednesday last, says : — The surf has been raging furiously along the beaches during the past two days, and will doubtless prove a source of benefit to the " beachcombers " by bringing up a deposit of black sand. This together with the heavy rainfall will enable thera to again set to work with renewed . vigor after their compulsory holiday. Several landslips occurred on the Grey Valley road during the late flood, and severe damage ensued to the roads, and the works on the Brunner railway. The New York Times states that the English colony at Pitcairn's Island, composed of the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty, now consists of seventy-six persone, who are very poor, and lack many requisites of civilieed life, and that reoently they
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 87, 13 April 1874, Page 2
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