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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 271, 16 November 1874, Page 2

A Thames paper siya that what is sold as miik there used to be half water but that is no longer the state of affairs, the water having increased to three quarters. We regre; to learn (says the _V. Z. Timet) that quite a third if the young cattle in this province have dhd during the year. It is stated tbat there are thirty million sheep in the colony of New South Wale, to be shorn beiore Christmas a work which will require 10,000 men,, and entail an expense of over a quarter of a million sterling. At the eale of an impounded horse at Oamaru, a few days t-ince, the highest bid was five shillings, and afe that price the animal, which is described as « not a bad one," was knocked down to a Mr R. Mitchell. The Post cf Wednesday last says :— " When we first gave currency to the report that the Imperial Government deemed Sir Donald M Lean possessed of the peculiar qualifications so essential to the proper fulfilment of the duties of Governor of Fiji, very few people were prepared to credit us. Since th»t time, however, there have occurred various circumstances tending to confirm the truth of the statement, and in well informed circles it ia now generally understood that the Home Government hai communicated with Sir Donald ML_in on the subject, and thn it is probable lie will accept the honor proposed to be conferred upon him.*" - The fastest timefor a trotted mile har again been beaten in America. Ihe hero, or rather heroine, was the celebrated Goldsmith Maid. On the 1 1th August, at Rochester, New York, in the presence of 20^,000 people, she trotted a mile in 2mins. 14$ sees, beating herbwn fastest time on rec rd by 1| sees. A rather novel event io the ahape of a mail robbery is reported. It appears that the bag from Wanganui to Otaki was opened ts transitu, and a registered letter, covering a gold watch and chain, abstracted. The bag was very neatly ope_ed. The seal securing the -string by which it was tied waa left intact, the string being cut through, and the bag slit open at tbe back. The letter was then taken ont, and the bag tied with a fresh piece of ttring slipped up under a crack in the seal, bo that to all appearance it was quite secure and sealed.— Post. It is questionable whether it can be accepted as indicative of flourishing times, buc it is nevertheless a fact that tbe civil business at the Resident Magistrate's Ciurt is becoming very extensive. The fees and fines received yesterday reached a larger sum tban was ever before received in one day since the Court had an fxi.t;nce, over £50 beiog p ild in to the clerk for aummonte*, &c— _V. Z. Times November 12.