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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 118, 10 May 1876, Page 2

The 3tine<tip\£ohirilfc£tar has de r velpped^ new/'iine |fi| joifipalism. In>i stead pf| a 3ea|in^|krtic|^ its issue of Mio/idayllast ontamed^ long letter, addressed to^ tie "Wasle^liands Board, i ""Th^pFpFof the Evening Star.'' It was in reference to the proposed land sale. The following appears in the Reefton Times of ITriday last: — The stoiy of the dog and the bone has just been ., '/enactacl in Connection |rits[ ; tße property* of the Keefton Coal Company. While two parties were contending for the possessipnuf "the" property one™ of "the"* local Banks has stepped in and seized the mine. The seizure" waV we believe^ made yesterday, on. behalf .of .the. ..Bank of New Zealandr ' Tr?c '-*•--*• ' ; Justice is baulked \fgair . The man 'arrested at^anglnui T on suspicion of .bemg:Gunninghirm, the pkauTnur derey; " turns o'utrto be a^very^cderit thodgbr eccentric laborer. The man; "liras subject £ tb nervous startings, in; his> sleep, and was peculiar »lsp_ in- his waking moments, , w:hich ga^e Ifjse/ to the idea that hu;con>piepce;:^e.j%o^ubling; him. He is a half-caste [ari^.Ha|| tattoo marks, and the 1 inieasy • twitcnmgs were therefore interpreted as murder trying to make itself /Tmown. " Neryplis men beware.rr-itr^tw ', J. '.7. ' , ■'. f - Paring the proceedings of the District Court, at Beefton, while the hearing of a "dry case" was proceeding, a most pronojunced yawn camefrom 7 the.yicipity qf the barristers' terble^^Qrf the noise reaching the Bench; his Honor Wstimed a look of the greatest astonishment, and laying >fdown. Jiia-..pen, - and -casting a hurried glance round the Court, inquired rather tartly-^" What is that?" " A dead silence ensued, and his Honor paused for a reply ; but Echo only answerejdf --: " What as/- that?": 1 , The amount of innocVhce which" confronted the Bench"'at that moment from the direbtibii'of the • baVrMers' table, quite dispelled his Honor's suspicions, and without another ; wbrd : the case proceeded. i .Mri'lC Sibree, of the last whitebait season, experimented on preserving the \ fish; in: cans. The following letter addressed to him will show tbe success attending his efforts: — "Siiv-Tour samples of whitebait,, which I received i from. ypu, -., dated. '.'.Qjjf.^ 10, 1875 — preserved, curried, and plain ' — -b'ftye iprQved a success, I invited to a* whitebait <supper, amongst whom was Captain Phillips, „ of the Frances G|rtude,' . and; some? <qf| >the f leading merchants of Melbourne^ wno' all declare* they were a great addition to our colonial industry, and would find a ready: market in \ &n? part ( of ; the world.— Tours, &c, J. Cleland, AlbionHotel, Great. Bourke-st., Melbour,ne.j:' A recent Melbourne telegram aii- > nounced that Mr Brough Smyth " had been adjiigded . guilty . of excessive , Severity, unwarrantable language^ imiperiousn6ss, irritability, and want of self-control.. The Commissioners consider his Co7operation\with the impracticable." This in itself fa not very intelligible, so that, in explanation, we may state that Mr Smyth was the head of the Victorian Mining Depart- f ment, and that the enquiry was' con- f ducted ., by three mercantile ! men of recognised standing who were appointed by the Government upon the representations of the officials of the departme'nt. The evidence rids disclosed 1 some extta,7 j ordinary instances , of bfficikl tyranny,, which are thus referred to by ( the Mel--i bourne correspondent of the OCago - TYmes;— This enquiry proceeded from the subordinate officers of the department, wtioi stung to desperation by the treatment ...of their., principal} charged, him with deliberate tyranny, the use of language tending to demoralise th'e^ servants of the department, and the' exercise of terrorism, which ' rendered them incapable of proper attention to their duties. One man, who had enjoyed £400 a -year, and had been an official I for (20 years*} Idied,*, as? i{j I is; alleged, from nervous agitation, induced by his necessary immediate contact with .Smyth. .(' When his , bell, rang," said the offider* in his evidence,'' " I trembled to faintness." Servants of the department, with wives and families, offered £50 bonM to get into 1 another branch, and one man averred that for three years he had-never h'eard'an office 1 hand-bell without violent 5 agitation. Here is a specimen, not exaggerated, of ■) Brough Smyth's official treatment of a subordinate. ' Sceiio^^the department ; time, between, 1,0 and 4. „ The dreaded . bell rings; A grey-bearded- sub. presents 5 himself. Smyth speaking; — <c Sir, has this production emanated from you (copy of an out!-going.ofßcial:letter r frpm ; Smyth's" draft). Sir, what is that mark ' —a t, you say; a t is crossed, and an i, sir, is, ., pipped. I ; have a boy, sir, of eight, /who would do better. Gro.to school, sir 1 ; do go to school, sit; go, sir : go, sir. : Ha! ha'! 'hat Sir!" ; These episodes "all : day^" till weak m'eti <Jned, fand men of strength went for^brandy. ''';' It seems there is at the present moment in Auckland ft white woman who had married in Sydney to a Maor. Since the arrival of • the couple- in;; Auckland the husband has missed his wife, and has applied to an interpreter to find her for him. In answer to the natural enquiry bow he was to know i the woman' should he meet her; the lamenting husband informed him that * she had been tattooed on the back by himself in the style known as. "rapo," and : by that he would know her and Puhoro. The; interpreter declines: .to interfere; he is afraid of getting into trouble. Letters received from lieutenant Cameron have been read before the Royal Geographical Society. He pronounces the interior of Africa to be a imagnificent and healthy country .of

Coal of? good.. §|^^j|K n an 4* SQ^V * |cof|p|r, i||ri, |a|d sitaerpfre abundant, i |Heg oonpeu||vit^s S w{Bs and£|iberai i' |exgidit|g ||| ca||ar;\one ||| the f $jfy§tpß\o{ tn|agd-<i»aVy|tionMnfs the world might there Sb opeifed, and** soon prove remunerative. Among the vegetable productions which may- be made profitable are nutmegs, coffee, . semsQm, ggouuil nuts, oil pajms^ric©, ibdii^fubj^er, copal, gtfd aVgar-tbane,^ Between Iniffra and the true Lualaba lies Katanga, a district rich in copper and'- with a great abuudance ,ofgame. r . r travelled on foot 2953 'miles, itTuaiing to mere accident for his livelihood as he_^ went .along. * T ThV"¥ioormouar' : 'BKippiisg'' "trade " of Liverpool jjOhAKEG&y! the rdQfc that one Sunday recently.,,., four hundred |-wind-bouDd vessels* left the Mersey, "-footed ifi ft? 193|b0u nd^f ot foreign* ports, f Ine spectacle was unprecedented. The vessels formed a proceesion, sometimes tejn abreast^nrictloccupied two /hourß in passing out to sea. — I Grerft"ex'ditement' prevails 7 in Brus< sela over the of a 'defalcation in the i^naj'';Ba^k; ! ) tlieTe« I - ".li'fi^.. pears Hbat: six. jmillionf francs have been> etabeizledf of the 1 cleTks of the Bjank, (^'mtfti' suspected o s f being the ■ gp^K/paj^J \/was'^arreßted!..oi.n / ;;t'h : e r "' steamer City ofParis.at Queensto.wn, as she was' about' leaving for. New? wk?;'%>\:S :P. .*,.;:•'.../.•. :.= "• tender *ihe '"' heading " The' Snorting Season, a Disappointment," the Auck1 1 n i do^T J ?f <Jt^T'l ) ? l _ b !i8 < h,esT the following j paragraph : —^Xh^rßpor ting season commenced yesterday, butjfor once sportsmen had been too .sanguine. Promises, had been made to .supply the dealers early:: in the morning -to meet .the demands of customers,: but the promises were not kept. As- was expected by , some 'the, birds werenKiAyear far "f rom 7 numerous, and- a great .many of. those very small, W much, so that it would, have been -far. better this: year to have postponed -the, shooting • ; season -for , another month.' The reason of this disappointment is that a great number of nests were destroyed diiriug the incubating .season ,, by th'e'very heavy, rains then experienced, Wn,d qnlya very few broods were hatched. The hens, howuever, apon recornmenced.theirrmatern.alduties^ijut the, batching process wajs sp late in the' season t^at .theiyoubg chitpers,have,:!notvye.t had rtime ; to prepare, tbiemselves for the spit.- ! Thef old birds have been .considerably "iuTnmjd, and but very : few fell yesterday to - thie^ sportsman's gun. :f Better /sport, will, however, be experienced later in the season, when the i young F birds have gr!ow.n;»l little;/ n A. ;tew.i,decent ibags. were brought in last night; but one knight of the" trigger declared with disgust" that ; out; of hii whole bag hecould not find a bird as large as a lump of! chulk. A. very : large-: number of stfortsmen are in the, field, both in the r suburban districts and in the Waikatp, . IJ)i|t tfije^ 'Bamejpom pjain t^pmes from all/ quarters. Amongst those v who .had little cause to complain of their day's sport; were i a few: of :the: officers of HiM.S. Sappho, who appeared, on return, to have been- rather successful with their breech-loaders. (For cqHtinuaMn'qf'Newi see fourth page.y

A forest of sandalwood has been discovered on, the banks of the Endeavor River, Queensland. „ A letter from Barrier Ranges, South Australia* ■ reports that 40,000 sheep / died on one station from want of water. -..■! The new assessment of city property in Auckland is just finished, and shows a total;value of £137,000, being an in-, crease x>f over £12,000 on the last assessment. . . • • ■ . A recent Tauranga telegram states that pheasants^ are wonderfully plentiful^ and there is good sport in, the neighhood. Shbotists are out in all directions. ■■ :.;■• ... -: ■ From the Wellington papers we learn that a sale of Wairau horses recently took place there;; They were the property of Messrs J. and E. "Paul, and although the sale was spoiled to some extent by not coming off oh the expected date, whereby several country buyers were disappointed,: arid returned home. again, the. animals realised from £35 to £42, "• '■ •:.• - , : K".. > j,, The Bullet?: iWws suggests that if the Government object to find the funds for completing the road from Westport to Reefton,.the amount (£2000) would be raised by public subscription, *' This road completed," says our contemporary, "and our merchants will show for themselves whether, or no. they can compete with their brethren of Greyraouth for the;Reefton trade." ; :.. , : ■ The Corotnandel Mail is evidently about to change hands, if a purchaser can be procured, after, the following valedictory address of its proprietor, Mr James Browne :—" He likes iCoromandel and the dwellers in it, but unless he can get something,. more, gratifying than ' contras' to carry him on in his daily journey; through life, then in the language ftf the player wlio' holds a weak hand in euchre, 'He's away.'"