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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 243, 24 September 1875, Page 2

Ija ■»■!■- ■' ' ' < j : s__i_i_g_i . .* The death is reported of an old , Maori chief named -N&pte, at the/ agei of one hundred years. *„/ ,-.. !_..*-,. Some trdut* of last year's hatching have been seen in a stream near New Plymouth. ...... - v . <• ** - ' ' ' •■**.*': i: '1 ,'v' I : - Measles haye .tbfcoken . out - . amongst 1 the natives in the province of Taranaki Nearly 200 cases are reported from Furehaka, where there have been twelve deaths. Afc Urenui there have been ten deaths. ..-.-. ' ' J*. *. '*■ s ' ..'■.,,<, !.*,*• During the earthquake at Giabprne; on the I4th inst; 'one man was thi.6wnj out of a window a distance of twelve feet. Thejshpck lasted^over a' niitthte.; A large number of, chimneys \vere: . knocked down, but no lives were lost. The people were for a time in a terrible! state of excitement. Large hauls of fish have been got inj Bay by a party of fishermen,! subsidised by! a • smalli. erimpainy F .iti Hokitika., A fish dinner was given by ithe company there, v^i.tH the'pbjfctj of extending its operations.': Two men-f have been getting -'-'fourteen: c to sixteen; dozen moki ; daily with Hn__. "It is! proposed to erect a curing station for salting and smoking the fish. t ; ; The . Joh-a has written • from England tnat he might be exlSt •■• •- -■'-" *»-. '■>■.':.■ '■> ;-. .*. ;. v !

~ w—pected in the colony somptime in j November, when.it Js probate that, if -ap radicat changes hayef in the'ineanifctrae taken place in the status oKthe present; Ministry,; a .portfolio will be :dftered7hink agaiii.r-d. S. At gut. V; f On Sunday* one" qj the. aUbrs belong-^ ing to the Lizzie Guy brought into Hokitika a curious fishy counterpart of the Siamese twins, in the shape of one or rather two fish with two perfect biads And tails, but .joined together M . fh4 middle of the Mibdyt > This ihari__&s curiosity was, with sixteen other near .•.el^yes^ndjeyer^ eggs, taken from a parent fish measuring about two feet.-— The Austra 'asian supplies the following items rejgarding- the -Palmer diggings :rr-3_herp. has b^a a large rush\ oni the Palmer to the Conglomerate, which; wa^ discovered by prospecting- China-! men, who kept the Europeaiis in-ignor-ance. The Chinamen got the pick of the field, and it Js reported that they are making an ounce of gold a day. The blocks ares giving a .great deal, of trouble 5 on the rush, and five Chinamen were spearedjlasfc 'week. The Chinese merchants report that before six months ttjeitf; will be 10,000; more Chinamen here.' Th 6 Chinamen generally^ tire doiug remarkably well. \