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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 163, 1 July 1876, Page 2

The G. R. Argus thus modestly notices the recent cave iv of a portion of the Brunner railway: — A large slip took place on the railway, near "Wallsend, on Friday, just as the twelve o'clock train passed over the spot. About 50 feet of crib work slipped into the river where the face is 70 feet deep. , Mr William Castle, of the Waikeke> (says the Star) has telegraphed to Sir George Grey claiming 80,000 acres of the Piako lands, recently sold to Mr Thomas Russell, for a company. Mr „Oastle_claims_on the part of his wife, who is reputed to be a member of the 'NgatiptUw tribe; he also waded through tbe swamp some twenty years ago, The new claimant talks of taking steps to secure. his claim on behalf of his wife and family. ,There is a probably, therefore, that the Piako swamp question may assume strange proportions. ■ At the late ploughing match dinner (says the Marlborough Express) thero was some discussion as to the first ploughing, done in the . "Wairau. We have been informed by Mr John Gibson, of Kaituna, that the first plough brought into the district is atill in existence, and .was used: by himself for the purpose of cultivating potatoes and tobacco. He also states that the plough was made in Nelaon ; the beam being of elm, and the, mould board was made of oak* both of which were taken from the wreck of the ship Fyfesh ire, the first immigrant vessel that arrived in Nelson.