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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 78, 20 March 1876, Page 2

A girl aged 10 years, living at Wangaratta, fell down a well 42 feet deep, and when rescued, was found to be uniujurud. A little boy 11 years old, the son of W/ Trevannion, at Eldorado, had just drawn a bucket of water from a well 79 feet deep, when it swung back, causing him to fall in and be drowned. •'All French dresses," soys a fashionable writer, " now set closely to the outlines of the figure, without compressing it." If you wish to know how your wife will look in one, take the good woman in her night-gown and hold her under the shower-bath. A most mysterious and singular robbery has been effected as follows: — A gentleman named Barrett, of Tunbridge Wells — in London attending market — entered the Three Tuns public house, Billingagate, carrying in his hand a black leather bag containing 127 £5 Bank of England notes, eight £10 ditto and £338 in gold. Calling for some coffee, be placed the bag on the counter by his side, and only removed his eyes for a few momenta from his precious burden while taking it. When ready to leave, Mr Barret stretched out his hand for the bag, but to his amazement it had mysteriously disappeared. Th« police were withont delay informed of the robbery, and the unfortunate loser offered a reward of £203 for the recovery of the property aud the apprehension of the thieves. The exact way in which (his clever theft was committed is at present, unknown. There were 39verul people in the public house nt the time, aud two or three men stood near Mr Barrett but none of them could well have taken the bag without his seeing them do so. At a recent Chinese banquet in San Erancisco, an orange apparently intact, was laid at each plate, containing five kinds of jellies ; and colored eggs contained fruit, confectionery, &c, A strange story from Jackson's Bay is told by the llokitika Star: — "It appears that about a month siuce a party of prospectors, on their return to the settlement, stated that they had seen the tracks of a man on the beaches and banks of the left-hand branch of the Cascade river. Shortly after this, the wife of one of the settlers saw a strange man on the opposite bank of a creek to that on which she lived. She sent one of her chilkren to observe the man, but he had then disappeared. During a whole week, the same man was seen by several settlers, hut whenever an attempt was made to approach him, he rushed into the scrub, and escaped. He is described as wearing tattered clothing, and his footprints show that his boots are much the worse for wear. Jn general appearances he answers to the description, of the Lake Qhou murderer, Cunningham, and it is presumed that it is he, Jackson's !Bay is the nearest settlement to Lake Ohou, and a good bushman could find his way across the ranges by the Uaast Pass. It is tolerably certain that the murderer Cunningham has not visited any settled parfc of Otago sinco his disappearance in November last, and the chances are much in favor of the wild man of Jackson.s Bay, and Cunningham, being one and the same person. It may be mentioned, that although inquiries have been made at Jackson's Bay, no information has yet been received of any food, or articles of clothing being missing among the settlers. On most occasions when the man has been seen he seemed to be attempting jfco satisfy his hunger by eating berries. It may be mentioned that about the time he was probably erqssjng the Haast Pass, a man who was working on the track suddenly disappeared, and ( it vas believed that be bad wet with foul play. >?

What it calls "a marked iucirieut of;, the glorious uncertainty of grnio- . growiug," is given by the Lytteltoa Times. ;It is says ,tbat Mr T. Winter Hulsvveli' lately threshed 600 bushels of oatis, the produce of Q\ acres; while from a paddock cloge by, the snme party threshed off seven acres, only a little over five bushels to the acre of barley, the machine having been at work for over two hours for a total of twenty bnshels. This crop shortly before it was out looked a fully sixty bushel crop, but ths cuterpillars and wind made their mnrlr, many of the sheaves when threshed bcaroely baviug a head visible. A solicitor applied in the Christchurch Police Court for expenses and the U3ual fee under rather nuculiar circumstances. He had worked the case up, and was only informed when on the point of starting for the Court that ifc had been withdrawn. His Worship made an order to pay professional fee end expenses iv addition to the Court costs. The Melbourne correspondent of 'Town and Country (Sydney) writes — "Talking of ).he squatters, it is rumored that they have subscribed £20,000 as the nucleus of a political fuud at this crisis, when ' Tax the land 3 ! ' is the popular cry ; but of course money is impotent against a pure democracy." The Waikato Times of Wednesday contains the following from its correspondent at Te Awamutu : — " Wmiata (the Epsom murderer) has at length come to life, and has openly shown himself at Te Kuiti, and roost of those who have come in lately have seen and spoken to him. He confirms the account which you lately publisheJ of his journey through Moerangi, crossing at Taupiri, and coming up the Wniapa through Alexandra, and also affirms that he only assisted a half-caste in the murder. They are evidently proud of his having effected hia escape, and call him a brave man who had proved himself such by baffling pursuit, and say that the King and chiefs will never give him up. They say that anyone would be sure to be murdered who went up to try and get him, and that a party of them were nenrly firing upon Te Rete, the native who carries the Government letters to Te Kuiti. The murderer Winiata is now at Tumutucnu, a settlement between Te Kuiti aad Mokau, and in company with the notorious murderer Te Kooti, ia collecting an armed force for his defence. They are said to have any quantity of arms. Te Wheoro is perhaps the only man that could go up with impunity and with some chiine.e of effecting his capture, and if the King refused to surrender him upon demand, vo one perhaps would be better able to cause a division amongst them, and prevail upon some of the tribes to capture him in spite of the King, It ia quite time that we made some attempt to divide and conquer'them, and we never had a better chance." In reference to the struggle between the ironfounders ami their men at Erith, the London Times had a strong article in favor of piecework, which is remarkable for this — that the writer answers, and answers well every argument against piecework, except the one which really influences the Unions in condemning it. They do not deny, cays the Spectator, that better work and more work can ba got of men by piecework, but allege thni piecework sacrifices the men to the work, the animate to the inanimate. Wherever piecework is allowed, the few who are strong and clever will set a standard, of work which average men can only maintain by using themselves up. The majority are placed under a couseripj tion of hunger which urges them not only to do their best, bus more of their best thau they can safely do, and a whole trade suffers in comfort, in physique, and in that residuum of leisure which is essential to civilization.