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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 263, 5 November 1874, Page 2

Ram Show.— We are sorry to say th»t we have been again disappointed in not receiving our report of the ; Show held at Richmond yesterday. We hope tobe mora successful to-morrow. Steamer Ladt Barkly.— The repairs to this boat are now. nearly .completed, and a strong gang of men are at work in order to get her ready for her advertised trip on Satnrday. i Madame Arabella Goddabd. — This lady will make her last appearance in Nelson to-night, and with such a programme as is published, and such a reputation as she pos esses, she will doubtless succeed in again fillig the Hail with an admiring and enthusiastic audience. , -- Lower WaßoarißiiD Sdndat School-** Tne annual rubtic tea in connection with this school will take ; p ace oa Thursday, the 12th instant. A meeting will take place in the evening in the school room, when addresses will be delivered by ministers and friends. Rcflb Match.— A match will take place at the Waimea West range on Monday next, November 9, between the Waimea and Stoke Rifl s; ten men aside. Firing will commence at nine o'clock. Ranges, 200,400, and 500 yards; fltst range standing. The Waimea : Rifle Band will be on tbe ground in the ; afternoon. ; The Canterbury land sales for last month • show no diminution, fetching in the aggregate ; the haudsome sum of £67,7 15. j The income of tbe Corporation of Dunedin | for tne year is estimated &'. £22,220. The indebtedness of the Corporation at the preseht i date is £79,000. • The Wanganui Borough Council has p&sed a bye-law bringing the earth closet system into force compulsorily in that towir after the end of the present month. 'Anew friendly society, entitled the Ihde-pepde-t Order of Free bas been established in Auckland. : fe has i b<&n enrolled nn.Jer the Friendly Societies Act of New Zealand. ; : Jv A medical, officer in Christchurch has officially^ announced to the Templar Lodge witn which he is connected that some of the syrups he baa tested, and known as "tea total dfinksi" contain . preparation! of opium to a considerable extent, and that indulgence in two or three wine glasses of such, although it did not produce intoxication, certainly induced sleep or stupor. . An experimental message was sent ftom ! Sydney, fo Java and a reply! received in Fsj&in 25sec, the distance travelled by. tiie current would be 8,700 miles. «•■.■■•■■ ? . The Dunedin Star cays:— A large trkde is at present doing at Cromwell in timber obtained from the Lake Wanaka saw-mills. The sawn timber is floated down the ri»er in over aoob 'fife' eaefc,' tworafts travelling hi company. . Tha distance is fif ty : six miles, and ' the rafts perform the journey in from seven to nine hours, according to the state of the river. ' ; - English emigration agents are somewhat authorities in geogwpbichalmaters, as the follo^ying extract from the Toowtombk Chronicle will show :-AAbout eight months ago a mechanic named Reardon a rived in this colony,; and was < so well pleased with his prospects that he wrote to his mother at Maidstone, England, to come ito Queensland at once, and bring 1 Iter two childr.n.with her. On receipt bt-Ob letter Mrs Reardon called on Mr ShnmondSj who acts - a sub-agent, for emigration at Maidstone for Queensland, and as no vessel was then, he said, leaving for this colony, she had better take her passage, for New Zealand, Ifc Simmondaatthe same time informing ber that Queensland was withnj threa days' sail of New Zealand, apd she conld be taken for 10s. Believing ft the troth of the statement of the suteemlgratidh agihtV Mrs i Reardoh' allowed Mm to take her passage in a New Zealand bound veesel, and a day; or two aj?o her son receiyed hi Tbbwoomba a letter a^P^cing bis mother, sister, add brother's saie arrival in Nelson. To bring them from Ne son to Brisbane, however, will cost £15. notilOs. ■:'-.:. . . ■' The Cbriatchurch correspondent of a con- ! temporary says:-J A peculiar caW was tried here the -other day at thd Resident Magis, trate's Court. It appears that a eertaio shopkeeper had sold two boys a cocoanut on a Sunfldy. The shopkeeper, of course, pleaded |gnpj?ncspf the law, but the Magistrate ruled under an Act of Cfcayka IX that, as ithe ,wMk yffta not one of necessity or chanty the shopkeeper was amenable, and he was accordingly, flned ftye shilifcga. ■A&5& 1 S^, Co^riy. with a capital of '&VSSJ 1 fyjhl™?' been ; formed at Weilfrigton for the purpose of establishing salt-water baths. The company has obtained a lease ot an acreof the foreshore at Fipltea Point, W» most excellent potion for the purpose, '.jr. r _, .•:••.■ " „ A* A-- *$$. *W$W of jie ' Geological ."•' Society of S^rgb, Mr Tayior reid a saert paper on shale recently discovered at Waitara, wow Zealand. In connection with this paper

torPljach stated tha^ he Chad made a di£ ; vbich may yet prove to he of some l^^i the flo 4 ea,: * 9 ' vi|t.ji:tlwt tha poundedj *ll t 5W ach^ w ' eaß tbi.(Hsßnormous beds oti SSI^ 1 * 1 in New %a(fi|i_i— yields a coloriiig n»Wai clojelyfc^jiiarng sepia— a cotWsuuitance. Sepia is a fine brown pigment prepared from the black juice or •' ink " of the cattle-fish, and is extensively used in the fine arts.