The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 109, 8 May 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1874.

Mr John Symons, the moat enterprising merchant Nelson has known, took his departure for England to-day by the Ladybird, which will catch the Cyphrenes at Wellington. Mr Symons purposes beiog back again in five months. Erratum.-— Mr Augarde corrects a quotation in yesterday's Mp.il. Perseverance shares should have been one shilling, not seventeen shillings. Pigeon Match. — A match has been arranged^ _P take place on the rncecourse, To-morrow afternoon, at halfpast two. Parish of Christ Church —-The parishioners of Christ Church are re*-, minded that the adjourned meeting for^ taking into consideration proposals for tbe repairs of the Parsonage, will be held at the Bishop's school-room, at eight o'clock this evening. Good Templars. —On Monday, the 27tb ult., the Good Hope Lodge elected tbe following lofficers fof ' the ensuing quarter : — J. Masters, W.C.T.; E. Lewis, Jan., W.V.T.; J. S. Bryant, W,S_^-?R. Cresswell, W.F.S. ; J. Robertson, W.T.; R. Pettit, W.C; P. Gowland, W.M. ; E. Higgins, W.1.G.; A. Kruße, W.O.G_'j. Sister 11. Higgins, W.R.H.S.; Sister C. Maule, W.L.H.S.; Sister A. J.«Dron, W.A.S.; E. Newth, W.D.M^ Five new members were also initiated. Bachelder's Pantascope. — This series of American views was exhibited last night for the first time, and tbey are really worth seeing, being beautifully executed as well as interesting and instructive^ giving as they do some idea of the magnitude of the country they represent, and of the immense strides that civilization has made as showD by the numerous inland towns and settlements, und tho frequent appearance of the iron road in the prairie 3 and rocky gorges. Some of the moonlight scenes ore really beautiful, aud elicited loud demonstrations of applause. During the interval there was music by the orchestra, and a soio on the harp by Professor Saunders, who is well-known in Nelson as an exquisite performer on that insirument. n The entertainment concluded with a. most amusing 'performance on a sfack rope placed across the stage, by an automaton which went through all Borts of antics, turning ' soraersaulte, changing hands, swinging round on one leg, and hb fact performing all the tricks that are usually gone through by living performers .m. the slack ropo. There will be another e^ertainment to-night, and again to-morrow afternoon, when children, for whom it will .possess many attractions, will be j admitted^ very low rates.

The Wellington-Co-operative Baking Company supply their bread at 3^d per 21b loaf. The enterprising firm, Messrs A. and T. Burt, of Dunedin, are about to establish a manufactory of lead piping and composition gas tubing. This will be a new industry in the colony. Full drawings of the plant have already been received from home. — Post. The quantity of grass seed which is being consumed this year in Hawke's Bay is something enormous. A gentleman who has recently paid a visit to the inland districts informs us that one day lust week he met eleven drays, between Waipukurnu and Napier, loaded with it, hound for various stations in the southern parts of the province It was g.a.s seed which had been bought in all parts of the colony. Indeed it appears to bo the case that wherever there is any to be had, be it in Auckland, Poverty Bay, Canterbury or Otago, Hawke's Bay buyers take it up. — H. B. Herald. The agriculturalists in the district, says the Westport Times, are getting their crops of potatoes into the market, and appear to have supplies almost sufficient to keep the local market stocked, without shipments from Nelson or elsewhere during the winter. The mild weather prevailing has given a fresh start to vegetation, and many of the gardens in end about Westport are looking as fresh and blooming as in the early summer season. The following, occurring in the columns of a contemporary, must not be taken as evidence of tbe rapid spread Good Templarißm in New Zealand, but as a printer's error. For "cocoa" read coal: — " In the last twelve months the value of cocoa imported to New Zealand was £605,828, which was a considerable increase on the previous year, when the amount was £470,695." Writing of the importation into Otago of " the sweepings of Chinese gaols " being allowed to land at Dunedin, the Times says :— ■" We exclude, if we cau, the pariahs of our own race — tho wolves and bulldogs of the Bill Sykes stamp; and yet, with singular inconsistency, encourage free, if unassisted, but at the same time absolutely uncontrolled, immigration to these k shores from a country where the worst j vices, the lowest, tbe most degraded animal instincts seem to be inherent to a very large section of the uoprogressive people who inhabit it. The criminal class of China is lower than the wild beast type. It is reptilian — craft, cruelty, dishonesty, and lust are its chief characteristics; murder and piracy are its pastime. And with these facts before us, facts assured of by records incontrovertible, we have strong reason for believing that this very class is supplying a considerable proportion of tho children of the sun, moon, and stars, who are streaming in upou us from the shores of China. We object to the sweepings of Chinese" towns and cities, the scum of the canals which intersect the country, and more especially do we object to the country being converted into a Chinese penal settlement. China must provide for its offal in another way. The Australasian colonies might .do more unwisely than to federate for the purpose of regulating tbe system under which Chinese immigration is carried on. We think tbat the time is fast arriving when some such action will become necessary. California is already moving in the matter; the Chinese seem to press heavily there, or else, we are assured, the petition we heard of the other day from leading San Francisco citizens against Chinese immigration would not have been presented to the - State Legislature." The following slightly couleur de rose description of the neighborhood of Westport is furnished to the Melbourne Argus by its Ballarat correspondent:—* Writing on the 10th ultimo, the report says: — A gentleman who has just returned from New Zealand, to which colony be has been on a visit of inspection of itß coalfields, near Westport, on behalf of some Ballarat capitalists, reports that be and another gentleman — also a late resident of Ballarat — have each secured a splendid area of country for coal mining purposes, the seam in one of which is of excellent quality, 8 feet thick, and is contiguous to a safe port, to which tho Government are laying down a railway for the first mine opened, at an expense of £60,000. Besides the coal there are also iron and limestone in great abundance, close to the coal, with water carriage easily available for tbe latter, nnd the iron ore is said to be very rich and very good. He also reports that that portion of New Zealand is advancing with enormous strides to a high state of prosperity. In Ballarat, Victoria, there are a large number of Welsh miners, the district of Sebastopol being chiefly occupied by them. It appears that the late news from home is so encouraging, that numbers are returning to Wales, to resume work in tbe coal and iron mines there, the wages they receive there being better than they can earn in Victoria. The captain of a vessel which has arrived at Adelaide from Mauritius reports having fallen in with a burned ship at sea, of about a thousand tons burthen. Her name was unknown. In the week ending the 3rd ultimo, sixty-four messages were sent, and only sixty-three received by the Australian Overland telegraph. Five of these sent were from New Zealand. In the week ending the 10th ultimo, seventyone messages were sent, and eighty received, New Zealand's share being seven out and nine received.