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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 5, 5 January 1877, Page 2

The City of New York with tbe colonial raai .l^^ ovei " ber > Peached San Francisco on 1 2th December, two days in advance of contract time. A Christmas pantomime in Wellington ! has proved very successful, having been largely patronised. We (/V. Z Times) regret to state that the deadly diphtheria epidemic has in no way abated. Mr Duff, of Lambton-quay, has lost two more children, making five deaths in the family within the past few days. Every sympathy fe felt for Mr and Mrs Duff in their sad hereayernent. The disease is - «•» other families in town! rag A D ™™„ a ~^ r -»atlcnt in the MaryA supposed pau t . _ .„ atltl d{ A borough Hospital, Victoria, ww . ' when it was discovered he had left over i ,

The New Zealand sporting correspondent of tte Australasian writes as follows from . Ghnstchurch.— The Interprovincial regatta at Nelson, in January, will be the aquatic feature of the season. For- the Champion Foar-oared Race, of £150, crews are now in training at Dunedin, Kaiapoi (Canterbury), Nelson, Wellington (2), West Coast and I believe at Auckland and the Thames. It seems strange that in a professedly rowing' community like that of Christchurch, where the boating clubs number over 200 members, and possess some of the best boats ever turned out of Clasper's or Salter's hands, there should be any difficulty in finding four good representatives to pull together. Such, however, is the case, and it may be attributed to the fact that what may be called the older race of rowmgmen has retired from active competition. There are many promising youngsters who row in really good form, but they are hardly seasoned enough to take part with any chance of success in such a severe race as the champion one is likely to be. John Smith, in the Bruce Herald, says:— "I am told that iv one of the Ridings of a neighboring County there is but one elector, and that that gentleman's mind has been very severely exercised during the last few days. About a week ago he was found wandering in the bush with a copy of the 'Counties Act' under one arm, and the 'Regulation of Local Elections Act ' under the other; and a few days later he was discovered by his frieuds explaining the qualifications of voters to a rather mixed audience, consisting of two cows, a collie dog, and a plough horse. His mind appears to be thoroughly unhinged, and his friends attribute bis present condition to the action of the •. General Government. I hear that a full , statement of the facts of this case is to be prepared and presented to her Majesty the Queen." Mr Bryce, M.H.R., in addressing hia constituents at Waverly, said:— When last he had addressed the electors he had grave doubts concerning the financial condition of the colony. These doubts had been confirmed. The counties, in addition to revenue derived from local sources, would receive subsidies from the General Government) These, he thought, would soon be withdrawn, and the counties would be left to their own resources, under which circumstances taxation would be in evitable. He felt that very grave difficulties threatened in the future, and that further taxation would have to be imposed to enable the colony to meet its liabilities. They had one thing to be thankful for, and that was the consummation of the abolition of the provinces (applause.) Saturday's Otago Daily Times reports:— ' A shocking accident occurred yesterday at Port Chalmers to a little boy named Arthur Smith, of some six summers, and the son of John Smith a laborer. The child had been sent from home with the mid-day meal of his father, who was working at the Graving Dock, Having delivered his father's dinner, he was despatched home again, but instead of making direct for the entrance to the dock enclosure, he made a detour and attempted to walk across the dock gates, which were closed, the steamer Rotorua being m the dock, and the dock of course dry. Whether the poor little fellow turned giddy or missed his footing will never be known, but when he was half way across he fell teadlong into the dock, upon the stone apron, a depth of twenty-four feet. Men working about the dock— amongst them the boy's father, rushed to his assistance, but the first glance at the prostrate body sufficed to banish hope, the little fellow's forehead being split from temple to temple, his brains p -otruding, and a portion of them bespattered ou his clothing. The writer of London gossip to the Melbourne Argus says:— Mr Guilford Onslow has written to the papers contradicting the report that the claimant had been guilty of insubordination which had resulted inthe Joss of all his good marks, and his right to the usual remission of sentence. It has been stated that his insubordination consisted in his declining to make up his bed! It raav be presuued, therefore, that he did perform this piece of charaber-maidism, and that he did not say that he would seethe governor and other officials far enough before he would do it, as had been represented. Mr Cobbett has been making another application in the Chancery Division, High Court, for a writ of habeas corpus in the matter of Sir R. Tichborne, but failed to obtain it. Perhaps he may renew it on a future day, when Arthur Orton and.a survivor of the Bella make their appearance in London, whither they will no doubt hasten if the telegram be correct which Mr Onslow says he has received from Melbourne. It states that Arthur Orton is found, also a survivor of that mysterious vessel. DrKenealy has been to Derby on the invitation of the local Tichborne Committee. He made his entry in a triumphal procession, consisting of a seedy-looking band, a man on horseback, acovered conveyance containing the Committee, whilst the doctor himself, accompanied by a friend was in a hack cab, and the claimant's son was perched on the box. Derisive cheers, gracefully acknowledged by the member for Stoke-on-Trent, greeted the party in the streets, the whole affair being regarded as a ridiculous farce.