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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 196, 10 August 1876, Page 2

0^» __.GAT_T_ _ Sir a. Grey, Auckland Sir J. Vogel, Wellington Mr Reynolds, Otago Mr Ktzroy, Canterbury Mr Bees, Auckland Mr Tribe, VVestland Mr Wason, Canterbury Mr Button, Weatland Mr Lust, Auckland Mr Woolcoek, Westknd Mr Thomson, Otago Mr Bryce, Wellington Mr Hislon, Otago Mr Bowen, Canterbury l. Hodgkuison, Otago Mr Stafford, Canterbury Mi "VV hitaker, Auckland Mr Holleston, Canterbury Mr Reader Wood, Auckland J Mr Stout, Otago Mr Joyce, Otago

The Roman Catholics of Sydney (says the Freeman's Journal) have given a striking proof of their liberality by contributing so generously towards St. Mary's Cathedral, now iu course of construction. £38,000 has already been spent in buildiug, and it is reckoned that about the same amount will be required to complete it — £33,000 for the stonework and £5000 for the permanent roof, so that the mere external structure alone will cost about £80,000. Of the £38,000 already expended, Dearly one-half was sunk in the foundations, making them strong enough to support the enormous weisht of a building 08ft high,

It is stated (says the Grey Biver Argus) that 80 per cent of the ironworkers in Auckland are out of employment, and Eraser & Tynne's large establishment is almost at a standstill. to Mr Eees' speech in the separation debate, the correspondent of the West Coast Times thus describes the hon. member's performance:—" Mr Rees resumed the debate to-day, and blatherskyted frora three till five without bursting a blood vessel. He returns to battle at half-past seven, and may last till midnight. The probability is that he will not be replied to. He is, indeed, too much of nothing." The financial condition of the colony (says the Napier Telegraph) demands the greatest economy. "We learn that the Defence Minister has intimated to officers commanding districts, that the Government bas determined to make a reduction in the Armed Constabulary Eorce of the colony. The reduction will consist of four sub-inspectors, eight sergeants, and ninety-seven men, in all oue hundred and nine.

> A Maori woman who was a witness m a case at the Police Court, Auckland, displayed some little ingenuity in escaping the vigilant eye of the law in respect of her dog. She had folded a large woollen comforter around the big dog's neck, and when the Detective asked her what was the matter with the dog she replied that the poor thing had caught cold, and had got a sore throat ; indeed the poor thing was so hoarse that it could scarcely bark. She had heard, moreover, that Europeans tied stockings round their necks on going to bed as a certain cure for a sore throat, and what was good for the Pakeha was good for the dog. Presently she burst into a loud laugh, and said she had done the Detective, who was not sharp enough to see that her dog had no collar. She did not want to pay five shillings, and so she used her handkerchief in t the way described.

'« The Hon Mr Waterhouse," writes the "Intelligent Vagrant" in the New Zealand Mail, " holds peculiar views on all questions. Some times his ideas are centuries in advance of those of the present period, not un frequently they are centuries behind. If any one doubt the truth of this latter statement, let him look at Hansard for this session, No. 11, page 573, aud read from the fourth lino from the bottom of the first column to the end of Mr Waterhouse's reported remarks." The "Vagrant" is right.

A leaseholder has recovered £50 damages against the boot manufacturing firm of Lightband and Co., of Christchurch, for a nuisance caused by the noise of tho machinery, and the burning of waste leather in their premises, which were next door to the plaintiff. In the course of his remarks to the jury, Mr Garrick said the matter as to the establishment of manufactories in towns was one of great importance, and it would become a ques. tion before long which of the two would have to give way— manufactories or private dwelling houses. As factories increased private individuals would have, as a natural consequence, to reside further from the centre of the city, or otherwise such factories would have to be closed and business would be crippled. In commenting upon the recent misfortune to the railway bridge connecting tbe political and non-political banks of the Grey River, the Westport Times says:— The entire line from Greymouth to Brunnerfcon rests on treacherous foundations, and according to the oft reiterated opinions of practical men, ought never to have been made on the' Grey side of the river. Yet Greymouth " port " interests were ail powerful. Engineers declared that the line ought to be carried along the flat country on the Cobden side of the river. Greymouth mercantile interests declarethat it was needful that the coal traffic should be kept on the Greymouth side of the stream, and mercantile interests prevailed. The result has been that thousands of pounds have been spent already, and that thousands of pounds more wili be needed to keep in working order the most wonderfully and fearfully made line in the whoie colony. A correspondent of the "Wairarapa Standard writes:— On Sunday last two men employed on the Wangai Moaiia j station, went for a walk on the cliffs, j and in the course of their ramble noticed a goat tied up in the grass near the beach, and immediately went down and captured it. Being unable to scale tbe cliff from which they had descended they walked round the beach. The tide being full and the surf high, a heavy breaker caught them, and taking them off their legs, washed them into the sea. With a severe struggle both of them succeeded in reaching the land in safety. Shortly afterwards one of the men succeeded in climbing the cliff, and put in an appearance, but without his comrade. A search party was then formed by Mr Shaw, the manager of the station, to find the missing man, as night had then fallen, and he could not be expected to find his way home unaided. After about two hours the unfortunate man was discovered in a position of considerable peril, two hundred yards down the cliff on a ledge which scarcely gave room for hia feet, which were almost iti the ' sea, every wave drenching him. Several gallant attempts were made to rescue him, which owing to the shortness of the rope in the hands of the search party proved ineffectual, and he bad to be left as he was till the tide went down sufficiently for him to be released from below, which was about dayli»ht in the morning following his afternoon's ramble. When finally rescued he was much exhausted by cold aud exposure,

The Charleston branch of the Union Batik of Australia has been closed. The Aye \sap :— '' A Mrs Freeman apphdd to the; bench at the police court; Geelong, for steps to be .aken. to compel her son-in-law^ in Duuedin, New Zealand, to support his five children. The Geelong Advertiser says the tale, if true, is a pitiable one. The son -m-law is said to be a leading elder in one of the Presbyterian, churches m Dunedin, and yet he fails to contribute to the support ot his five children left, with his mother-in-law. The matter being beyond the jurisdiction of the bench, nothing could be done for the poor woman." King Tawhiao is about to start a newspaper. It is to be the Kingite organ, and the organ of the new religion. When the Australian frigate Novara went lo Europe she took two Waikato ehiefa with her. In CVienna they, reoeived. great attention from Maximilian, afterwards Emperor of Mexico, but amid all the glitter aronnd them they were most struck by the printing press shown for their amusement. When they left, one was presented to tbem. The Hokioi, the old organ of the Maori war party, was printed with this press. Now the Natives have the benefit of the Government journal, the Waka Maori, and of the Opposition journal, the Wananga, but Tawhaio probably wants one exclusively for Waikato, and for the new religion. Speaking of religion, the great meeting so long talked of has come off. The chief dispute seemed to be whether Tawhaio shall be recognised as Jehovah or remain simple Tawhaio. Tbe Ngatimaniapotos were all for the former, Tawhaio himself for the latter. They are a strange people, full of practical common sense, and with many noble qualities, but as full of superstitions as an egg is full of meat. They seem to take to these superstitions quite naturally, in fact not being able to do without tbem.

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