The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1874

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 206, 31 August 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1874

We are informed that a telegram bas been received from Mr Luckie stating that he will arrive here in a few days, when he intends, if requested, to address his constituents. Radical Reform League! '— A meeting for the transaction of extraordinary business will be held (bis evening, when a full attendance is requested. South British Insurance Company. — This Coropauy, which completes the second year of its existence to-day, appears to be in a flourishing condition, as we understand that a dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, is about to be declared. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Etienne Durand and Joseph Dagorne were charged with larceny from the barque La Paix of goods to the value of £5. Prisoners were remanded until Wednesday. — William Liley, charged with inducing a seaman to desert his ahip and conniving at such desertion, was remanded until to-morrow. — James Boioles, an old offender just out of gaol, where he had been undergoing a years sentence, was charged with having no visible means of support, and sentenced to seven days imprisonment. Requiem Mass.— A solemn mass will be celebrated at St Mary's Church to-morrow morning, for the repose of the soul of John Binsfeld, Esq , tbe father of the Rev. N. Binsfeld, of Nelson. Blue Book. — The Blue Book for the last session of the Provincial Council is now ready for publication. It contains, in addition to the votes and proceedings of the Council, a number of returns, Council papers. &c, tbe whole supplying a deal of useful information. Suez Mail —The Albion with the Suez mail left Wellington at 9.am. to-day, and will arrive by the evening's tide. She will sail for Melbourne with the outward mail to-morrow morning. -We are requested to state that the Postoffice will be open for the delivery of letters after her arrival this evening. The Albion Company have now about 190 tons of coal in the paddock at Ngakawhau ready for shipment In Picton a revenue of £80, and in Haveiock £35 per year, is derived from fees charged for depasturing horses in the grass-grown streets. Tlie Southern Cross says. — " The underwriters refuse to recognise tbe insurance upon tho p.s. Patereon. They assert that she had no right to enter the Waitara, and accordingly decline to accept notice of abandonment. The affair is likely to result in an appeal to tbe law. The Westport Times says tbat a strong party of men, including many of the new arrivals, have been sent out to tbe Pahikis to work on the i ail way line.i The work there will be somewhat! easier, than in the dense bush, and Fillfttruß suit the new hands. The following particulars of a death from exposure, recently reported. by telegram (rom Taranaki, are furnished by the* Herald: — Information . was brought into town ou Monday last, that a man bad been fouud dead on the Paraiti road,, about a mile from the Devon, road, "Q^stable Duffinw^s at once sent to bring the body into town, when it^ffls recognised as that of Mr William \Valler, who had been living on the farm occupied by Mr J. Hill at Waiwaksiho. Jt a'ppe&s* that the deceased had gone to Bell Block on Saturday, and was iast eeen alive returning to Mr Hill's farm oo the following morning. His body v was discovered on Monday morning under a furze hedgo, and was then warm. The deceased was, according to the medical evidence, predisposed to congestion of the lungs, and his death was immediately caused by expoaure to cold and heavy wet, by lying out in the open air. The following letter to the editor of the Waka Maori shows that the Maoris are as keenly sensible as tbeir European neighbors of the truth of the old proverb about a " bird io (be hand":— «« Whangapoua, 2_nd June, 1874. Greeting. I hear \hat 10s is the sura payable per ' year for the Waka Maori, and tbat you duly notify io the Waka tbat the money must be paid in advance, and tbat the Waka will after wards be sent. You are a prudent and cautious man, ray friend, bnt doubtless you are right; some of the young men might cheat you. Adhere to that principle, 'the money first and the Waka afterwards,' and you will be cafe. It is certain the skids must- be laid down before lbe canoe, for it to slide upon; therefore, I scud you in this letter 10, as skids for the Waka Maori ,_a,-travel on to rae here at Wangapoua. ' ~Wb«s* it arrives then will 'Jacob, rejoice Jspd Israel be glad.' This 10a isf for the Year 1874, aud I want the back numbers commencing from January last. It is a nuisance tbat my name, which I affix hereto, is so very long, but I give you the initials only of a portion of it. — T H. W. Tapiata Kiwi." - •