The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 103, 1 May 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1874.

A Woman Burnt to Death.— At about half-past six this morning, a fire took place in a house belonging to Mr Jobu Pricp, at Lower Wakefield, occupied by a man named Wright. He left home yesterday morning to work on the rnilway, leaving his wife in charge, and did not return until he heard .of the accident this morning. His wife was seen going homo late last night, and this morniDg her charred remains were found amongst the ruins. An inquest will be held at the Wakefield Arms to-morrow. . The Kennedy Family. — The counter attractions of tbe HarmODic Society's concert did not appear to affect much lhe attendance at the Masonic Hull last night, when there was again a good audience and a capital entertainment. This is certainly one of the most popular companies that ever visited NelsoD. To-night, amongst other attractions, Mr Kennedy will relate his experience among tho Mormons. We hear that our old friend Captain Kennedy is about to bo appointed Harbor Master and Pilot at Tauranga. His many friends will be glad to hear of lire arriving at this safe and comfortable anchorage. — Post. The Wellington Post says: — We are by no means Sabbatarians, and have no sympathy whatever with these who would make the firet day one of gloom and rigid so-called religious observance, instead of one of rest and pleasure. We should be extremely sorry to see lailway travelling on Sundays put a stop to, nod those who are confined to tho city during six clays of the week put to unnecessary trouble, expense, and inconvenience*, in going for an outing to the Hutt on the eeventh day. At the sama time we confess, that the experiment of Sunday trains here has not been a success, and that the scenes nt the stations and along the Hoe on the last two Sunday nflernoons have been fuch as to oflord a strong argument for the total suppression oi Sunday traffic. It, is cot creditable to see a crowd of larrikins yellinjr, shouting and singing, while being whirled along in open trucks, or lo ccc women ond children pushed and hustled in a crowd struggling for places in the train, "Old John Brown" i 3 not a tune which even those who have no particular religious reverence for tbe seventh day care to hear yelled out by a strong chorus on that day, and a slight regard for the feelings of a large section of the community would certainly require that Sunday travelling should at least be conducted decently and in order. The Nonconformist states: — " The parable of the Prodigal Son has just been published in the Fijian, Hawiian, Maori, and other languages, and tho parable of the sower in the Maori, Torkisb, .and Persian languages, by Messrs S. & Co , ot Paternoster row.' They are issued as illustrated war bills." In his intolerably long speech at the Dunedin licensing meeting, Mr Bathgate laid down the following as amongst the conditions to be insisted on by the Court : — "No license to be granted to an unmarried man, unless in exceptional cases. The law assumes that licensed bouses are for the benefit of travellers. No houee for the use of travellers can be properly conducted unless under the management of a matron. Licenses . to bo granted to widows only in very exceptional cases." At Port Chalmers next day, Mr Bathgate objected that one of the applicants was unmarried, and said, '• Surely he must have read my remarks In Dunedin yesterday." Tho applicant's solicitor, while admitting that this was probably correct, contended that his client had scarcely time to get married since, and that at least twelve months' notice of the necessity of having wives should be given to- the publicans generally."' One applicant got a license granted him forthwith on stating that he had just been married, aod another is reported to have blushed like a peony on receiving Mr Bathgate's fatherly advice to take unto himself a wife at once. One very amusing Bcene is reported The Empire Hotel, one of the best in Dunedin, is well known as a sporting house, and is kept by Mr Dobson, who is well known on the turf. In granting his license, Mr Bathgate remarked that " his house had the reputation of being the resort of Calcutta sweeps." Evidently Mr Bathgate thought Calcutta sweeps to be a disreputable class of chimney cleaners imported from India. Such innocence is refreshing. — Post. It is hardly probable that the colony will be thanked by the Imperial authorities for having got rid of the notorious convict Sullivan, by sending him back to the land from whence he originally came; but it does now appear, on good authority, that Sullivan has been " transported " to England. It appears that he was got on board a ship bound for England from Auckland, which has

sailed for the Thames. Whether the captain and crew knew whom they were receiving on board is not stated; but it is to be hoped for his own sake that if they did not, he will keep hie own counsel. — Independent. The Greymouth Star of the 20th iDßtant says :— The Dews of the winner of the Sydney Gold Cup haß put an end to the anxiety of tho holders of horses in the Albion monster . sweeps, The winner, Speculation, is held by Mr Simpson, jun., who was until yesterday the driver of an express. 110 started yesterday for the Palmer, and previous to Btarting would have parted with his ticket for seven pounds. The same ticket today entitled the holder to draw the sum of £583 6s BJ. The holder of the Becond horse, Dngwortb, is Mr Donald M'Leac, who draws £16G 13s 4d; while the third, Fugleman, worth in the sweep £83 6s Bd, is held corjointly by Messrs King and Tomlinsod, of this town. At a recent meeting of the natives in the Waikato district, Sir Jamee Fergusson addreßßed them as follows : — '' lam rejoiced to come among you, and see the loyal members of Waikato tribe. You do not see the Governor (or the first time. It is not long since my distinguished predecessor came among you and encouraged you in loyalty, and spoke to you of the goodwill of the Queen. I come among you to say the same words; to thtmk you for your loyally and good service, and to assure you of the continued friendship of the Government to you; lam sorry, indeed, to see what some of you have referred to — the small number of the tribes that represent this great country. I will say one word to you who are our friend?, and I will say one word to those who are separated from us. You live among us; you know our laws and you know our ways. You know that the Government desires to do you justice; to secure to you what belongs to you, and that you live protected by the laws as well as the Europeans. There are many good things we bring to you — greater comforts, better cloihes, better food, education for your children, instructions that are good for us all. We desire that you should have all the good that we can bring, and that you should live and maintain the numbers of your tribe, living side by side with the Europeans, lam sorry to say that if we bring you good, there is much evil we bring you. I pray you to resist temptation to evil that comes with us. I pray you to resist tho temptation to drink to excess, and apply to the chiefs to dissuade the people from giving way to it, for if the Maoris indulge in tho drink the Europeans sell them, they will perish more surely than they will by gunpowder. I wish you to send your children, in order that they may be taught the good sense we can teach them^ in order that they may be flt to take care of themselves and property when they come to man's estate. Then we shall respect each other and live in peace. I am glad to see distinguished chiefs wearing the same uniform and ewords us ourselves and bearing commissions of the Queen. I will now sny a word about your brethren beyond the boundary. lam sorry there should be divisions among you and between us and them. I should like the good we can do to be extended all among the Maori people. You know that you have many advantages which they lose from being beyond our Government, but we must give time, and the good time will come bye-and-bye. If they prefer their isolation, we do not seek to drag them from ifc. % When one comes out from them as some have here, they find a friendly welcome. But like when there has been a great division, when an earthquake has shaken the ground, the parts do not come together again in one day, but when the wind hae blown and the rain has fallen for years upon the place the sides will wash together and become united. Be sure of this, as surely as that great river flows to the sea —so surely will civilisation and Christianity be extended not only over all this country, but over all the world. It is better for us to live in peace on its banks and be benefited by it than to be swept away before the river. But we desire to live in peace, and I say to you the words which a patriarch said to another when they differed about the land, 'la not the land before thee, let there be no strife between me and thee, for we are brethren.'" A large number of gentlemen attended the Cannon Street Hotel, on February 13, by invitation of the Colonial and Foreign Meat Supply Company (Limited), to test tho quality of some meat and poultry imported from Transylvania, in which province a depot has been established by the company. The meat consisted solely of joints of mutton, and the poultry of geese and fowls, which had all been killed in Clausenberg, in the province of Transylvania, and brought to London. Both meat and poultry were so exceedingly good that very few, if any, persons could have supposed the animals had been brought from bo great a distance. The fowls were excellent, and the mutton was tender and of capital flavour. In that part of Europe from whence these food snpplies come, fowls may be purchased for 6d each, turkeys irom Is 3J to 2s 6d, and everything else in the shape of meat and poultry at an equally reasonable price. The sheep which supplied part of the luncheon, and which weighed about 461bs, cost, after thej'skin, &c, had been sold, only 6s 3d.