CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 179, 20 July 1875, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Ediiok of the - Evenisg Mail' Sir -I sej it stated in this raormni's Colonist that Mr Sunley was plucked becaua. there were two mistakes in his Latin piper. I also have heard that (here were a very few mistakes of a very trivkl nurture. It this really be tlio case, it seems that the examicer. have been unnecessuily hard upon him. As fo m-ich interest has been taken in this matter, I wotili stiggtsi to (he Local Committac that tbey should pub'isb the examination raper aud Mr Sunley'a answers, ani the public wou'd then be able to tei for themselves the hardship oi his case, supposing the rumjrj above meatianed to be true. Oi course thi. would be an unuf-uil course to pursue, and the Local Commit cc could not act upon my suggestion without Mr Suuley-,s permission, but that he would grant it I think there caa be no doubt whatever. I am, &c, Jpatnm. ' (/•or remainder of News see fourth pa_ye.)

Tbe resignation of Mr Seymour, the Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives, will necessitate the election of a chairman to succeed him on tbe approaching meeting of Parliament. The salary attaching to the office is £400 a year. Tha following paragraph from the Globe shows (he emoluments provided for kindred offices in the British Parliament :— " The salary of the Chairman of Committees in the House of Commons is about to be raised from £1500 a ysar to £2500, being that which Lord Redesdale receives as Chairman of Committees in tfie House of Lords which, prior to the appointment of Lord Redesdale, was £5000 per annum, which the late Lord Sbafteabory received for many years. At his death a revision was made, and the remuneration was fixed at £2500." The A T . Z. Times (July 14) has been informed by tbo Immigration Officer that three fresh cases of scarlet fever have broken out amongst the Collingwood's immigrants on Somea Island. There are twenty-one patients in hospital, and about thirty lighter cases under treatment. A spleadid nugget of solid gold, larger than a man's fist, and weighing 108oze, was found (says the Climes Guardian) on Friday evening by the tributors iv the new Lothair mine. This very Welcome and beautiful piece of good fortune was discovered snugly waiting in the washdirt, only about 12 feet from the face left by the workiugs of the company. Tbe Cambridge correspondent of the Waikato Times says : — " Mr Richardson, of this place, has just supplied a great desideratum through simple, though ingenious means, viz., a continual supply of water to those who choose to avail themselves of it, Mr Richardson's invention consists of a pumping machine by which he cau utilise the gentlest breeze on a summer's day. A common half-inch crank of iron is placed on a wooden gin, horizontally, with common wind sails at one end, the same being kept full to the wind by means of a large weitber vane. The bar has a dip or crook of sin., which gives play to the pumping rod attached perpendicularly, and the sails being set on by means of springs, they aro so constructed as lo court the slightest wind and create motive power. By this simple and inexpensive metboJ water can be obtained from a depth of 25ft for about £20, and at a greater depth all that is required will be a force pump, instead of a common one, to obtain a continuous supply of water in the dry season. The last few years of drought have conviuced us of the benefits of irrigation. We aro now placed within reach of a remedy, and hope to see the farmers and others avail themselves of its advantages, either for watering cattle or reservoirs, or auy other purpose where water ia required in great quantities." The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Gttardian telegraphs that Mr Vogel'g complaints regarding the mana^ment of the Home Immigration Office are of such a naturo that Dr Featherston's diemissal must become a Ministerial question. Incapacity, inattention, and mismanagement are stated to exist. The Welliogton correspondent ofthe Otago Guardian telegraphs under date July 12:— -The matured programme of the Opposition is said to be to join issue at once after- Parliament opens, and move an amendment to tbe Address in Reply. The friends of the Opposition Party are confident that the personal weakness of tha Ministry will enable tbe Oppoaition to command a mojority. Their financial policy will be founded ou tha total re-adjustment of the incidence of taxation, and on the adoption of a property aod income tax. •Mr Macaodrew, the Superintendent of Otago, ia in high favor with the Licensed Victuallers of Dunedin. At the anniversary dinner of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, a few days ago, Mr Walter in proposing the health of the Superintendent, said he considered that he waa the most able Superintendent in New Zealand, and referred to his Honor's opening address to. the Provincial Council, which was one tbat " would not disgrace royalty." Another speaker expressed the opinion that so much was Mr Macandrew wrapped up in the interests of the Province that "nothing would send him sooner to the grave than tbe announcement^ that Otago ranked as a second Province." It is our opinion, however, that "Old Mac" wiil live to see Provtacialism decently buried.— G. Ii Argus. A correspondent with an arithmetical turn writes to the Southland _Ve.e_ to say that, as the result of a careful calculation, he finds that the long string of titles attached to the present Gover* nor of New Zealand raises tbe cost of preparing Crown grants to the extent of 8J each above those issued under the authority of any previous Governor. Remembering the number of grants to be issued, this apparently trivial difference will amouut to a good round sum in the course of a year. Dr Keueaiy is said to he earning at the rate of £12,000 a year, purily from the profits of tbe Englishman aud partly from tbe proceeds of the meetings he holds about tbe country. A few days ago (cays tho Poverty Bay Herald) tee well-known chief, Henare Potae, presented Mr Locke with a miniature canoe of singularly artistic finish. It is nearly three feet in length, of exact proportions, aad carved within and without in the most elaborate manner. At the bow and stera are ornamoata displaying atill

more elegant and ingenious workmanship, whilst the paddles, mast, and every other requisite are all finished and embellished in a manner which betokens the skill of the workman, and tbe love be bas for his art. A latticed deck is fastened in with the utmost neatness, whilst the tasty appearance of tbe little model is completed with a circlet of pigeon and tui feather 3. Within and without the little craft is a marvel of skill, patience, and ingenuity, and would be an object of interest anywhere.