LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 85, 9 April 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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INTER-PROVINCIAL

Tte^tiiNGTOx; Friday. .Sailed— Albion^fgaSouth. The following^utmeader appears in the ""■ JVew Zealand Times: — Mr Millar, E.S.A., has been appointed Provincial Surveyor anil , E"gine. r-in-Chief of Nelson. We think that .the province is to be congratulated cm tho appoint nietit, aa Mr Millar is not only thoroughly corape'ent, hut brings to the dis- , charge of his duties an energy and zeal v Inch few men posses* in a like degree. It is ■understood that Neteon is about to undertake the building oE a dock and harbor improve.nient works, for which purpoße a considerable loan has been authorised, and we canujpnceive no more legitimate undertaking pro.vincinl authorities of Nelson fan th| construe ion of a dock ard improvements in .their own h^rho-. The importance of employing a thoroughly qualified c gioeer ■wi 1 be apparent when it is remembered that the-e is no Admiralty supervision us at home to prevent the construction of bi ly designed •worksj^bich might in course of time injure the harOpr. Ever> thing must depend, on the ecientifurfcnowledge and practical^experkmee of the engineer, aud in th<> case of S N\ lson with its narrow and intricate entrance, '«ny mistake -might be fatal to .he port. We are pleased, therefore, to think that tho Kelson Provincial Government have (let rmint d to put tutir harbor works under the chargo of ,such an admittedly able engineer as Mr Millar who, by the war, we may remark, has declined very mv h more lucrative off rs ,by the Governor of the S aits Sett ements, Sir /\ Clarke one of the foremoßt engineers in the Imperial Service. The Times has an article upon the way the Hint Railway is be'inu manng d, and, after ttfttins the various grievances qt the employes, which are mainly long hours insufficient pay, and;%ant of prompti ude in paying their .monthly wages, it says the safety of the pc pie of Wellington is certainly end ruere«l by the enormous araou t <f work expected from. the una 1 working et' ff at Pipitea. Mr J.-H. Wa lace, at his monthly sale at the Hutt, sold fat steers *t £6 to £S 15s; Bore cattle, a mixed 1> t of j earlings to th cc '.yea-B, at \£2, 15s; cows, £3 to £fi; horsen, £Z 63 to £ 5; two-'ooth ran s, 20s; a few old e«es, 2s 6d ycr head; we.hers were withdrawn at 8s 6d, Pout Chalmers, Eriday. ; Intelligence has be; n red ived by the harbor-masti r that two < 'regon pine beams, 15 feet long, a boat's chock, «nd tome cabin softs cushions have/, been picked up on the beach in the Buy. ') ■ f Invercabgill, Friday. News has been pjeceived Irom Orepuki of the drowning ot eiven men who went out in a boat to search $fVr the body of Memphis, one of a party of , ; ,three drowned at the same place a fortnight ago. <; Westport, Thursday. At the races to-day, the Trial Stakes was won by Magenta; Sandy, 2; Lilly, 3. Buller Handicap : Tommy Dodri, 1 ; Yatterina, 2; Magenta, 3. Six started About 500 people were present.