The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 315, 22 September 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1874.

Steamer Lady Barkly. — The sailicg of this steamer for Motueka and Golden Bay has been postponed until to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock. The Tararaa was to leave Melbourne on the 17th instant, and her arrival at Hokitika may therefore be looked for to-night or to-morrow morning. Messrs. Sharp and Pickering report the sale of 100 tons of Brown River potatoes, ex Stanley, this morning, at prices ranging from £7 to £7 lOs per ton. His Excellency the Governor arrived at the outer anchorage in his yachf, the Blanche, last night, and at once came inside the harbor in a boat to consult the surgeon of H.M.S. Blanche, as he had met with a nasty accident, having run a fish-hook into bis thumb. He will probably stay here until Thursday morning, when the two Blanches will start for the West Coast. Artillery Entertainment.— A dramatic entertainment will be given this evening by the members of the Artillery Company assisted by a few friends. The first part of the programme comprises the popular drama "Black-eyed Susan," after which the band will perform a nomoer of operatic selections, the whole to conclude with the laughable farce entitled the "Lion Slayer," which is an amusing burlesque upon Gordon Canniog's famous narrative. As the proceeds are to be devoted to defraying the expenses of the very efficient band which, under the conductorship of Mr Oakey, has so frequently delighted the public, we have no doubt that there will be a crowded bouse. Mb Vogei. at Auckland. — A lengthy telegram to the New Zealand Times containing an account of the Pre nier'a meeting, concludes as follows: —The speech during its delivery was frequently interrupted by demonstrations of disapprobation, which prevented (be speaker from proceeding, and sometimes by applause. At the close there were loud cries of " Rees, Reee.'* 'Alter waiting, for Boma .time the Chairman said as no elector came forward he

declared the meeting at an end. Mr Reee, barrister, here jumped on the platform, and said that he intended to speak. The Chairman said he was not an, elector. Mr Keen, with an electoral roll in his hand, said he "was. • Great tumult ensued, the Chairman and Mr Vbgel, on essaying to speak, being stamped down. Ultimately Mr Yogel obtained a .hearing. He said he had called a meeting »f tie City East electors to explain his views, not to bear Mr Rees speak. He wished the meeting ''good night,'*. ThaXJhairraau then vacated tha chair, and with Mr Yogel and others retired from tha platform. Mr Rees then commenced to speak, and the meeting was about to elect a new chairman when some one extinguished one chandelier. This caused confusion. Rees proceeded to speak, after which the' meeting gradually dispersed. Nearly two thousand persons were packed in the building, and many went away unable to obtain admittance. . The Wellington Post of Friday last says:— The Luna arrived with the San Francisco mails ex Macgregorjust ss we were going to press yesterday afternoon. The Southern portion was put on board the Phoebe, which was detained for an hour by the N.Z.S.S. Co., and left directly afterwards for Lyttelton and Dunedio. .The Wanganui bags were conveyed thither by the Stormbird which also sailed last evening. Thus no fimo has been lost in forwarding the mails to their respective destination since they were delivered from the Macgregor. The Nelson and Westport mails were taken direct from the Manukau by the Murray the contract boat." Our contemporary is but very ill informed of the manner iv which Nelson is treated with regard to her English Mail?, or he would never would have supposed that any such arrangement as that to which he alludes would hnve made for her special benefit. The fact is that the whole of the; southern mails were on board the Luna which, in order to allow of the Wellington and other mails being delivered a few hours sooner, was instructed to pacs this port and to carry tbe Nelson portion to Wellington where it lay for two days. So much are our interests studied. The -Canterbury people do not approve of the narrow gauge railways after having enjoyed the advantages of a wider gauge. The correspondent of the Olago Daily Time* writes:— there was a neat little episode connected with the narrow guage business that I must not omit. One of these new fangled engines was about to start, from the Rokaia on a trial trip, when a young urchin— having trodden perhaps, upon; the blossoms of some eleven summers — sung out to the driver — "I say mate, I'll run you for a hundred yards for a fig of tobacco." 7 ' Captain Hannibal Marks has been gazetted Harbor, Master at Tauraqge. The Australasian states that Mr jAlfred Tenoyson Dickens, a son of the • deceased novelist, has been appointed Acting-Secretary to the Deniliquin and Moana Railway Company. Tbe Dayle&ford Mercury cays that at the Ladies' Benevolent Society's soiree, the Rev Mr Cameron suggested that State schools might be made tbe medium of initiating girls,, into the art of cookery, as well as needlework, and thus save much needless waste in households. : .:: The great bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis, costing nine million dollars, was recently opened with imposing ceremonies. This bridge is the costliest in the United States, and has been five years in bnilding. The shares are chiefly held in England. Regarding tbe suddenly announced resignation of the). Governor, tbe Hokitika Register remarks: — " The abrupt resignation of the present Governor of New Zealand /will: no doubt occasion some little surprise throughout the colony, although we are unable to see that he was under any obligation to apprise his Ministry of his intentions. Our last two Governors have formed a remarkable contrast to one another — the one hunting for popularity with might and main, and dearly loving the adulation of colonial flunkeys ; tbe other repelling brusquely the reasonable exhibitions of loyalty made to her Majesty through himself 'by the colonists. The former is still pursuing his career of cajolery in Victoria; the latter goes home, and will probably retire into private life. Let us hope that the coming man will manage to hit tbe happy mean between the two." Over two hundred young trout have been sent by the Acclimatisation Society to Riverhead, and placed in the streams of that district. 144 of them were placed in a stream at the Whau, where nearly 400 had been previously placed and bad been foun-l to do well. Three hundred have also been sent recently to the' Bay of Island district. These trout were over a thousand in all, that were hatched out from about two thousand ova sent up from Dunedin, by the Acclimatisation Society there. The Licensing Bill introduced in the House of Commons under the auspices of the Government, abolishes all exceptions, and fixes the. hour for closing of licensed houses in London at half, paat twelve o'clock — half an hour after midnight; half- past eleven p.m., for towns which have over fen thousand of population; and eleven o'clock p.m. for the rest of the^country. Publicans may take out licenses to enable them to close; ap hour , ear 1 ier,, . and receive a proportionate reduction in the amount of their license fee*

We (Post) regret to record the death this morning of Mrs Sam Howard after a protracted illness. The deceased lady had long been known all over the colony as a talented actress, < Bnd in private life always has been deservedly esteemed. The New Zealand Shipping Co, following the example of Shaw, Savil'e, and Co, have intimated their intention to present's silver cup 10 bd competed J for at the next Lyttalton Regatta. Our English telegrams recently notified the appointment of George Berkeley, Eeq, as Governor of Western Australia, in succession to Mr Weld, who goes to Tasmania. Mr Berkeley ia at present Governor-in Chief of tha West African Settlements, including Sierra Leone, Gambia, the Gold Coast, Lagos, and Eimina. The salary is £4000 a-year, while that of the Governor of Western Australia is only £2500. The difference of climate between Freetown and Perth is, however, considerable. A telegram to the Dunedin Evening Star gives the following account of the attempted suicide of Colling Shaw, Messrs Ssrgood's traveller, who left Dunedin on Tuesday and arrived at Naseby on Saturday. He wos delayed on his journey hy a bad horse, and made a determined attempt i»t suicide yesterday morning, at 8 o'clock, in the Victoria Hotel stables A boy in the adjoining stables hearing a noise, went in and took the knife from htm while on the ground bleeding. A doctor immediately attended, and sewed up the wounds. Both incline upwards, shaving each side of the carotid artery. His situation is critical. It will no doubt be highly satisfactory to the people of Wellington, says the Post, to learn that the directors of the New Zealand Steam Shipping 'Company have determined to decline all the tenders received for the purchase of their steamers, and have altogether abandoned the idea of selling any of the vessels. Instead of breaking up their fleet, and allowing the interprovincial trade to pass into other bands, they have resolved to continue their business with renewed vigor, and in various ways to improve their fleet. Ac soon a3 possible several of the vessels will have their present | machinery replaced by new compound engines, and every effort will be made by the company to provide efficiently for the requirements of the very large and growing coastal trade. As an instance of the excessively severe winter we are experiencing, but of which it is to be sincerely hoped we have seen the worst, we need not go j farther for a sutject than the price of butchers' ment in Wellington, about which complaints have of late been bo loud. Fat cattle, which last year were ; bought by the trade at £7 10s per head, are now costing them £12 10s, a rise of £5, and very scarce at that. This immense increase in price and scarcity of supply is caused by the want of grass, occasioned by the unusual severity of the season. On one station in the Wairarapa district, from which 300 bead were usually lifted during the winter, n muster was lately made with a view of drafting a supply for the butcher, and only°3o head could be foand fat or fit to kill. The district mentioned had hitherto been capable of supplying the wants of the Wellington market; but this winter some .of the trade have been compelled to goto Patea, on the West Coast of the Island, for meat. It can scarcely be jwondered, then, that the article is so High in price here.— -^V. Z. Times. A lady writing from Paris flays :— A group of young ladies took in charge the clothing of two infant ourangoutangs that "were presented to the Jardin d\ Acclimatation. The little boy kicked against jupes and jupons. Pantaloons and braces were tried, but he tore them to pieces, so that he was allowed to remain like that noble savage, who when wild r<m in the woods. His obstinacy resulted in catching cold, and a galloping consumption finished him . These Dorcases in embryo have broken up their association, because it waa proposed to dress the surviving sister in mourning, instead of her present blue petticoat and sailors' jacket. No small amusement will, it is to be feared, be caused among the criminal classes by a disagreeable occurrence that has just taken place at Glasgow. It seems that two detectives were employed to watch the premises of a firm of commission agents in St. Vincent street, in that city; 'where numerona robberies have of late taken place by means of false keys. * At about three o'clock on Tuesday morning the detectives, heard the front door open, and saw two men enter the house. In the burglars they recognised a police-sergeant and a police-constable, each of whom removed a bottle of champagne from a caae and then descended to the wine cellar. The detectives, fearing that they wight escape by a backdoor, followed and took them into custody. At the sergeant's house was found a suspicious quantity of wine, some cigars j and cigarettes, and at the constable's " a bottle of port, some cigars and matches. On the prisoners being searched, they were each found to be in possession of a skeleton :key, which: opened the door of the premises, and one of the keys carried by the constable Sited the lock of the cellar door. In the event of the facts as stated being proved against these police officers, some dissatisfaction will' probably S' be felt by prisoners who have been convicted on their testimony.— Pall Mall Gazette.

Mr H. M. vStaniey has addressed a letter to a gentleman at Nottingham in answer to the question whether he is of tha eatne opinion a3 the late Dr Livingstone respecting the use of spirituous liquors by travellers. Mr Stanley replies to the effect that a man who needs the support of such liquors is unfit to travel in Africa, and that a drunkard cannot stand a tropical climate. ■- . (.For remainder of News see fourtk page)