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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 57, 8 March 1875, Page 2

The Otago will probably arrive from the Sjuth to-morrow raotniug, and Bail again by tho same tide. Earthquake.— Two smart shocks of earthquake in quick S"cces6ion were felt yesterday morning a little after five o'clcck. Sah Francisco Mail. — The steamer having been several days behind her time in leaving Sau Francisco is late thi_ month, but her arrival at Auckland is expected to-day. Yacht Race.— We understand that the Claymore will not start for the race to-morrow, which will bo between the Miunehaha and the Star. The former will be sailed by Mr Richardson, and the latter by Captain Holmes. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Martin v. M'Conkcy. This case, in which the plaintiff was nonsuited on Wednesday Jast, was heard again this mortinrr, fresh evidence having been obtained in the meantime. Mr Fell appeared for tho plaintiff, and Mr Pitt iov the defendant. In delivering judgment, the Resident Magistrate said that he bad no doubt that the plaintiff was bound lo recover. He quite disagreed with the doctrine laid down by Mr Pitt that it was necessary for the plaintiff to prove how the goods were taken. All that wag required of her was the continuous proot of custody. The case had been well argued on be- 1 half of the defendant, but, he did not thiDk tho evidenco was sufficient. The judgment would be for plaintiff' for 15s 9J. and costs. The Evening J'ost of Monday last says: — By the Manawatu to-dny, we received a very fine branch of hops grown by Mr J. R. Hooper, of Grovestreet, Nelson. The suitability of tho

Neieon climate to the growth of hops has long been known, and we rarely anywhere have seen a finer sample than the one row sent us. A woman named Minnie Benzie, who some little time since jumped into the Buller river, while under the influence of liquor, and was with difficulty reecued, has again been suffering from a similar cauee, and in her demented state hatl wandered away, none knew whither. She has been at last found and is in the charge of her husband at Fairdowu, but io her madness she had absolutely gnawed and torn away the flesh from one of her fingers in a frightful manner. On Sunday Dr. Thorpe amputated the injured portion, mortification having set in. — IVeslport Times. Auckland possesses a whaler named the Albion which has not hitherto been successful. She has always contrived to keep out of the way of whales, and to return to port'— that most' undesir-, able thing to the owners of a whaler — a cleau ship; or with little more oil than would fill a widow's cruse. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago DaUy Timea. however, is able at last to report that the barque has been among the whales, and has been spoken with "110 barrels of sperm oil, the produce of one large whale." That whale must have been very like a whale '.iudeed — one that would have given Jonah comfortable lodgings ! It is a very huge whale wl.ich runs eleven tuns, aud as the uumber of barrels to the tun is limited, the Albion's catch was probably a fish of ten or twelve tuns — no bad catch at the present price ot oil.— N. Z, Times. f^The Inangahua Herald writes:— "With Westport we shall have road communication for wheel traffic established not later than September, ln point of business this route will posseßS a slight advantage in connecting with the seaboard over tbat of Greymouth. There will be fewer dangerous crossings, and traffic will be conducted with somewhat less expense, the tolls and bridges being not so numerous on that eide. The difference is insufficient, however, to be likely to make iiself immediately felt in a perceptible diversion of trade and traffic from Greymouth to Westport. Old established connections are uot easily broken, but it will be readily UDderEt>orl thnt other circumstances may cotnbino lo fuvor the latter.