The Nelson Eveening Mail. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 128, 30 May 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Eveening Mail. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1874.

The New Government. — It has not yet been formally made known whd are to be Mr O'Conor's colleagues in the new Executive, nor do we know that it is positively decided who they shall, be, but .wo hear the names mentioned of four gentlemen who, we believe, will form a Government that will have the confidence of the Council and the province. In that case the business Will be proceeded with at once, and the session may possibly be brought to a close by the end of next, or the early part of tbe following, week. Pheasant Shooting— -We understend tbat a large number of licenses for shooting pheasants and quail have been taken out to-day. The birds are , said to be plentiful, and our sportsmen v are looking forward to making many a good bag. Anatori. — A little over ten ounces of gold was recently obtained from 501bB of Btone from the Morning Star claim at Anatori, the stone havinglbeen taken to the Perseverance mine to be crushed. ' "' T^e Australasian Skelclier received by the Otago is a capital paper containing some very spirited illustrations of interest to New Zealand as well as to Australian readers. There is a good portrait of Mr Vogel, and one of Mr Gully's pictures, besides several sketches of Australian life. The thigh bone of a moa was, last week, discovered by tbe workmen employed at Mr M 'Donald's lime kilns, Waibola Gorge, on the Horseshoe Bush estate, and bas been forwarded toDune"diu - the Bruce Herald presumes, for presentation to the Otago M useum. The bone measures 32 inches in length, is 10 inchesMn oircumfere_.ee; qpd weighs 7£ lbs. It is reported to be Sne of the largest thigh bones, of this extinct bird yet discovered in.the colony.