The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 130, 2 June 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1874.

Bankruptcy.— lt is notifie I in this morning's Gazette that Messrs Blundell Brothers, late of Brook-street Valley, have executed a deed of assignment. The Tararua arrived from Melbourne via West Coast this morning, and having discharged her cargo, and taken in coal started for the South by the same tide. She took tbe outward Suez mail, but having sailed before ber expected time, has disappointment many who send their correspondence by that route. The Wellington is expected from the South thia evening, and will sail for Taranaki and Manukau by the same tide. She will afford the last opportuniiy of sending letters by the San Francisco mail which leaves Auckland on Monday next. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Judgment was given to-day in the case of Orsman v. Hughes, which was heard last week. The plaintiff claimed £50 for a clay crushing machine sold to tbe defendant, and sent to him at Greymouth. The defence was tbat the machine was only bought subject to approval, and as it did not turn out what was expected payment was refused. Judgment was given for plaintiff for amount claimed and costs £5 15s. Mr Pitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fell for the defendant. A Wellington firm announces the establishment of a line of sailing vessels between that port and Hokitika. A settler in Brighton Distiict, Dunedin, was very much gratified the other day by seeing a splendid covey of partridges feeding along with the domestic fowls in the corn yard. The pheasants are also rapidly increasing in tbe district. Yesterday morning, says the Wellington Independent of Wednesday last, a good deal of excitement was caused by the appearance of a barque lying at anchor far down the bay towards the Hutt in a very strange condition. Her mizen topmast was gone, and she bad evidently been in some terrible storm, for her rigging as well as her spars showed signs of having been much torn about, and altogether she looked like a wreck. The strangest part of her strange advent, is, that no communication whatever has taken place with her, and not even her name is known. The only sign of existence on board ber was that some children and a man or two were seen from the decks of tbe steamer. As if to increase the mystery, there was flying at the one masthead she now possesses an utterly incomprehensible flag, a flag that is in no code of flags or signals obtainable here, and the nationality of which it was impossible, therefore, to determine. To-day will show what and whence she really is. Tbe supposition is that she is a Mexican croft, but whether of that or some other foreign country those on board her only can determine.— The Evening Post of the same date says : — The disabled stranger under strange colors, which took refuge in this port during the late storm, and las excited so much curiosity during the last day or two, proves to be the French-built Tahitian barque Chevert, Captain Martin, bound from Newcastle, N.S.W., to Dunedin, with ten passengers and a cargo of coals. She has been no less than forty days on the passage. Five days after her departure from Newcastle she encountered a severe storm, which carried away her main and mizen topmasts and mainmast head. A jury maintopmast waa rigged, and after, a very tedious voyage the Chevert managed to make this port on Monday last. On arrival she bad not a single boat left to nse for communicating with the shore, and therefore had to wait until the Customs boat went off beiore she could make known her wants. At a California fair several bottles of strained honey were exhibited, when a man put a bottle of castor-oil with tbe rest. Several old ladies sampled it with theisame result. The* opinion of all who tried it was that the bee who made it was a fraud. One old lady said that evei the bees had got to cheating now-a-days.