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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 195, 9 August 1876, Page 2

•»*' ' — _» In the midst of the confusion aa to what is torbe colonial, insular, provincial, or local (says the Post), Mr Richmond, of Nelson, is anxious to know something about a. Scab Act. He is to ask whether a general law is .to be introduced, or whether the matter is to be left to the provinces. The Marlborough Express newspaper is to be sold by tender. All particulars can be obtained from the Press Agency, Wellington. Tenders are to be sent in to Mr Rogers, solicitor, Blenheim, not later than noon on the 30th of next month. The West Coast Times of the 28th ultimo states that a party . of four on the previous day finished washing up a paddock at the Kumara rush, the result of which gave seventeen ounces of gold, or an average of about five pennyweights to the. load. The following is from the Post of Thursday last:— The supporters of Sir George Grey on the resolutions which hq is to move this evening have, when estimating their own strength' most liberally, conceded the probability of a majority of five iv favor of the Government. Some admitted the possibility of that majority being ten. There is reason to suppose that that number will be exceeded, several Southern members of whom "great' expectations " were entertained having indicated that they will oppose, any thing in the shape .of separation. A recent traveller on the Greymouth railway says that in rounding the many serpentine curves it is necessary to t ike the train along, very . gently and to couple the carriages only by the chains, leaving the hook attachment unfastened, to give the carriages more play. The speed throughout is not at high pressure, for, as our informant avers, he noticed that a Newfoundland dog, owned by a passenger in the train, kept up close in the rear without apparent difficulty. vv "__Egleß," in the Australasian, writes:— « They tell me that there is a new reading of the Litany. It is said (but I won't vouch fur the accuracy of the statement) that Mr O'Loughlin, since some recent experiences in the District Court, beseeches Providence "to execute justices and maintain truth." It having come to the knowledge of the " Good Templars of England "that the white population in the United States are antagonistic to associating with the colored race, they have passed a resolution at their last meeting iv London, to the effect that if Americans are determined to establish a distinction of races in works of humanity and temperance, the Order in England cannot hold aDy further intercourse with them as brethren. (.For continuation of Newt see fourth page.)