The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 131, 25 May 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1876.

7 JL ooerhipondent trrites suggesting . the desirability of a I^ew. Zealand Hint , and recommending Nelson as theproplr I site for it. v. 1 ! AlliDgfcon '"arables "are represented 1 ' ■ajmongst the winners at yesterday's r«ee meeting at Christchurch, Moose baying carried off the Maiden Plate, whic^^ with the sweepstakes and added mon«y, is worth/jabput £160,- Mr^BivW, i^w owner, ii such a thorough sportsman thai his success! will-give general satisfaction;; ija Nelson.^ The principal-event .oP'tht^ day was won by an outsider -who hot mentioned in the betting.; \l ! Ysstbidat was observed as a strict holiday, bfyfe unfortunately the weather prevented lis being' enjoyed as much aa\ could be desired. Despite^ thtra,m, however, p^hej"" 'Artillery Company mustered '"! ,iit& half-past seven Jin the morning,' and, headed by the Band, marched to the mudflat with their -three krmstrotog guns, where they fired' a"\ royal salute with a precision that did I ihem credit^ o?hree cheers were then given former Majesty, r theßand playing the National! Apthem,' after |vrbictf they returned to the Drill Sh'ea^ wHere^ prior to their being dismisseaT^hey"" yere J tWaWked b^ attendance At noon the Naval Brigade turned out at 1 the Port, and Having plaped their two 24-pounders in position?:(ireff> a royal laalute^in excellent ' tifie, exactly 20 seconds elapsing between., each gun. Tbfreel icbse.ra; f W«r.e > given ;., for the Queen, and this brought to a close the volunteer demonstration, fop \ the day. Another portion of the com ' munity, undeterred by the disagreeable jweather, had meanwhile mustered in force, and seemed detertriined ftpl enjoy jthemselves, rain This ;W ; aV ;"ol(l Ben's" brigade of little ones who toot kdva'ntage of 'the! shelter': afforded f ;by the Drill' Shed to indulge therein in all sorts of games. In t the afternoon,, •tea and cake were served oiitiarf libttum, ' :andan-the evening: itWi magic jlantera was displayed to a large audience in ;the Temperance .Hall.; Towards, ; nine,, 'o'clock carriages 'were seen driving from ' .all directions to one common centre,:; jthe Provincial, Hall, where ,the Volun:teer Ball wait held and proved-- an W- : qualified Buccess, the attendance > being jfar .larger than jon any occajsion.V The number of, those present 'cannot be accurately ascertained,' but it must have been considerably iiuexcess iof 200, all of whom had the appearance jof" r enjoying-; • themselves. , ; Dancing, was kept 5 :up with unflagging { spji.r|iuhtirp'as^;;]f6ur'' o'cl^ck^ahd the I unanimous tyerdicfc was tnat.it. was " pPe iof the jolliest}; balls: ever given ] in Neljson." ? The Committee had taken* no jlit.tle' '^'pama, , fc£ Shaking, the necessary ; arraßgeaieQtsj arid f it Jmust^have been I gratifying, tor, them , to, find eyeryiliing j pass off so successfully. r : •■...- --• The next session of the General. ; Synod of the Church of England in I New Zealand ? is ; to be held in Nelson, f i commencing . about the third week Ja. j fapQary,.l^7.7. . , „ , „ i The total .number . of 'bales^ of Wool i which^arriVed /at lthe. port of] Loncfop | during, ,the ; .^ear, 18X5 .^tMf, 572; of ' wjnph 149,329 were fro.ra ;.'sftW, \ 'jfafim : - land. The total number of pounds : weight) of wooj imported into the: United ; Kingdom during; the. same period was %52,p10,5G2 t , ,' : towards j which , Australia and New Zealand contributed 238.549,814 lbs/ ;-—;■■ < Wanganui Steeplechase' Meeting, which was to have l been 1 held at Wari-gatfui-'iyesterdayi •: was postponed 1 !..-, on ac'coiint of the weather until Saturday. "' Jpipr. Burke, the man who has been retiring about the l neighborhood of Wangamoav was yesterday brought into tqwn. ;; His account of his wanderings, which ;is connected ,and ; repeated by him with little variation, ;is to. the following ;effect:^-He came' out' in the Chile ■ -and went^to;Marll)prough, where, hewb^ke^i through;' the. haryeßfe.^^on^VftrjousjFarms, and two or three weeks ago* he started *^itti ■£2V*in.? hiß:pocket I for Eicton, intending .^to,' p^rqbeed to '^the Ndrth Island. : 'Missing' thesteamer, he walked to Nelson^and wentto the port and on board a'a'tjeamVr bound 's for 'the North, but icT6n 6ame ashore', again' on account of having seenri'la/jbigj Maori chief" 6n board, of whom -he was afraid. He then lef^ his Wag at iihe Ship Hotel, .and ; started .back -for : Picton» bpt lpst his way and .was seen, a fev^' days ago,' as reported^ at.Wangamoa: / Fromtthenge he found his way to the Croixelles— hot Cable Bay, 'as stated yesterdayTwhere he fell in with some Maoris, who', regarding him , as a lunatic . from his manner, took charge 'of ; . him and accompanied him to the pah at Wakapuaka. A telegram was sent by Martin, the chief, f to Nelson, and the unfortunate man was, 'brought m s yesterday. He had £1? 10s on him, anil as he gave the Maoris £2 10s for the food with which they supplied him and their kind treatment of him, 'he' could-' not have spent much since he J left Blenheim. He was examined by JDr Boor yesterday, who -does v not conßiderl\jhim sufficiently insane to be committed to the

Asylutn, butxliaß^iad^ilim removed to the Hdßpital,\wh|oN^| hopes that medjcal^trea|mQutp|n'd wfiplesome food may' bojou septum right again. \ |4he;3Jangitot> ailf er l<Jdje (says the! Potjf) isjrather puffin shade by at spkcimfn of 'arg sntife|Ow ore received! by^SpSjtey tfo^gf^iifrom the Bichfl| mond Hill mine at Colling wood. The result is most assuring as to the existence of a veritable and payable silver mine in the colony. His investigations Ishowjhafrit co^amipepzvtfdwt 22grs . to fch#Jofn,fand^sb.ouM.ati^J)erßon feelf inclined to doubt the richness of the ore it may be examined at the Colonial IS'useuX-WhW^^ view along r with the.Baqgitota spepi; menß. o\ ! ,o^ jIAM t i/^ „. The" .official meteorological return Jor, April, 1876,.. shows, an, extraordinarily hrfatfy rai^gll in everr part of New Zealand, "excepting Auckland, where ;tsef«fce*s )6'jef *thV| aferagj^wasHbiit*sfigk«nly W)ki6ck u ißWelliiigiW the rainfall was .6*67 inches?;. which is nea^^Qnbk^that^Oji^pi^vio^ii Aprils : (altKoughjthe njomber oi ilifi^ Bays was t .prie:lSss "than^^ ;t^e"aver&eiV nrist'sH\ircHdl)aM(ainww^^Sokitika^ nearly total ;4ei>W } inh¥l«sl#^|]sedfsce being no less thaa-Jr&W inchts|jj while in Nelson Jh^ximfalPwas a||much as 16 07 inoihiiiV or^lrfiosb fird: times that of the same tnonth in preriouiLyears. Ifjt Hector is expected to arrive m Wellington about the middle of July. , Upon the completion of^bi^ flutjea as i Philadelphia Comoaissioni&fiewiil come ' obfto Wellingtonlby the &a*n Francisco route., <;-> -"" _ A f.boat^eturninif-froinja. funeral downvtb.ei; -rilrer^at :Northern- "Wairoa (Auckland) capsized,. and three 'settlers were drowned; one was saved by cliaging to the bottom of *he .boat. , Two of them -JeavelwiiTovTs ii^a 1 Jfgelfiirailies. r4~A-good-sample of alluvial gold found /bjl andi <naFtyj ; in -Bough^ani .Tumble Creek, Mo&ihinui, was broughf ?in onjiY^e^esdajri.bjTyMr C. Forward. i- The parcel .weighed N ifbzs, comprising ? some, two ounce nuggets. — Wtttm>ri i Ttmes. v f< - J -~ v The--Ina)agahua 7i Tipie.Sr of Monday last mentions that 1 Sir 'Charles Broad, havjng, arrived in Beefton from the Ly'ell6n "Saturday afternoon last, the opportunity was taken to present v h!m witHaWry h"a^ VcribedVfor by the residents of the district* vThe prMenta>ioM«was made by Mr Pitt % for several days prospecting up the valley of)|h» ]?our-mile River, Charles* ton, have returned. They report having found' gold in sereral placp^f l?ut not in sufficient quantities to warrant their sektingj in- to. work f th.6 f ground? They doscribo the country J as' "likely looking/ and intend to make another trial as soon as circutnstances will permit. The gold found -is 'o^'Wcoarse nature. 7 %At O^u^enstown r^(Otago).^JVilliam Jlichards,,^ farmer, /drowned?! himself while temporarily insane. He* had al^ Icepted sheep and land in lieu of wages, and on going to view his property he found I" his 7 land ' w ; ith:v;Water.i This ra 3 supposed to Have on his 1 mind, inducing him .to.cpmmit^s^ide.. He was picked up in about ;two f^et of watery with *i hands' deaperateiy> crossed on his cheat. '.'•'' ;^ -:i» « About one ro clock, ; to*day . (sa^y^the Pott of Monday) a boy^named- Wapreni Smith, aged twelve l y6'ars, who had-beew frequently before the Resident' ; Mag& ] fcrate on charges of larceny and attempted suicide, tried, to, cut .hia throat with a pocket knife. K f lk appeared that something had vextd^iim^-acd- he*?immediately ran away to a stable off Lambton Quay and proceeded to^)pera)f upon himself ? wi^h af knifeV ~~' k A. '"Mi Gdrmally happene'cl to' see^him, and deprived him of the knife. The boy theapicked MB ftripjecfyof. ( g\&%p^aaA made another attack.onihii throat T^e attention'of Gonitable'M'Willi&ißS>wn» called to the fact, and he : affeVtrd Smijib, who, so far, had onljr succeeded in making a few 1 faralcHes' a^crossChls windpipe.; - The youngster Was taken-lo the loek-upi tH e has orifTseverall previous occasions to kill himself, but these attempts are believed to 'have been' f mad© ; by ; 'Staithp/foptlie pusppse,.joif|creai;in^;a Bejis'ation,*'%n;d bringing himsflftprpnnn^ notice of the public He was taken j before' the Besident Magistrate' {this j afternboD^and' reinandbd till 1 'Thirsdayi Fair America, has turned the^oitl- i fashioned .privileges of leap year to good ; account. ' ' !Fbr ihe Vdies of 'that more j vigorous' hemiiphere; have a: lole^n j sense of the hiimdr of ' the positiojoC to ! wHijoh i' JMjrO*??^' M^ 1 1 tact enough to jjbow what pleasant . amenities might be , the result of a con- ! iOestiiou to ; tMr-waocial o and ; - ; politi«al j claims. An amusing: instance off tM»! has been "affprdejdj by the I«<|le8 ofrNorfolk, to the pfpcers of the Tjaited States ■ navajl vessels it that port. Mrs. Leigh, ! who has done more, perhaps, than" any j other lady, to, liarmonisa ( the, iectional j elemenis in society there, Was the leading spirit. She was heartily a^cond^d by Mrs - ■ Ld vallj ;«.' i rela t ivei rsof jfo ! Admiral Fafragut, and other Virginia j ladies. The , " belles ".fpf 'tWeve^ing : were,, Admiral, Mulany 1 and Captain j Jouetl, who received more invitationiß to dance than -any, other .participant, Biiher ! in civil, military, or^nayal Mfa. Tho gentlemen y ere eadoirtea td sa^pei*, i waited upon r{ Iq" i^eir ! ]WUW' desire; ] solicited jtp engagti j in* the danoe, fur- 1 aished with chairs when weary, sup-, j plied with fan*, and | copying beverages, ' loil a' : numbery particularly the naval ! m the way. tp^ thbir vesseli. A-*- \

"With regard to the sudden departure oi Mr J£. X Creigliton to SanffFranthamail steamer, it is!;stated Iraa^P'e^Twpg^p totacf^^a ne^spapef^: po^»poDMnt^fc tl^e g|Phil4^lplt(tt r I S 6 "^^^^^ Ma^straie at "Welling- £ plaratiff in^an atcti^Plorec^er'* 17s^ money lent by plaintiff (a billiard marker at the Commercial) to defendant to play pool with. The Magistrate jefMTfid to the " Law Q^ContracW^by Md recorded p nSnsuip, lh| autnorityfeeing thatN'-moltrey -4noS«^ ingly lent for the purpose of enabling *^i§f«borEawei^to«»gauable^«if-. not^re^, coverable." '" '■