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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 16, 18 January 1877, Page 4

A correspondent of theY Melbourne j Christian Review writes:^-" It is aj ; jresnarkabie fact tbat immediately foi-,-lowing the great revival with which! Scotland has been blessed, we hear! universal complaints as to the pre-i 0 valebce of intemperance. One is hot JW# ; ifed;fpr this. *We ' should bj_y a] ' beeii moire prepared to hear that! tbb -vice had received a decided .jcbeck; but it is not so. Ohe minister; i speaking at a meeting in Ediriburgtj daring the sitting of the Aaaemblteej that drubkennees : bail : .iperefasted j'^UhVb^aralleied apeed in ihe[ towb7in which He labored daring tbe past year^ Othera bear similar testimony. Thi loajjeoior-General of. Hospitals in the firiti-h army baa published a letter id ~\hi&'Timea, begmniogwi.h "the startling words, " Scotland is drinking itaelf tb 7 *ath.*^ 7 .7 ; : 7 % T aaem to have k .great difficulty in coming to a concJur - Bton' .-Sp.y ting the scabby sheep on the Eaat Ooaat. The biatory of tbia mattef abowa that the tender mercies of the Native .Office towards" the; Maoris arp cruel. fccab made its appearance . ifcebfopgat the sheep owned by Maoris op the Eaat Coast. The Sheep Inspec'tora threatened to; proceed' against tbe ownjs;ss***jM;>P^pH.^b* to 'cleanse their - t ;i^ appealed to the v Native Office, aud the action of tbe law : __ 4 . waa averted. But What was the result j? V ' L Scab f ßpreac( p ver ,a.;wb jol e d jstrio t, ana has now become so' bad that not onlvc Mih» sheep,; but the millions of fertile acres on which tbey feed are valueleaa. [ The Natives arei actually anathematising ibe^Gruvernment and the Native : Officb ,__(9 r mtening_ to their representations, 1 and for preventing the Sheep Inspectors: from carrying out ,tbe law. * And, of course, aa the Native Oflice baa causejd; the evil, it must And the remedy, aad" the only plan tbat can be thought ot $,"' Ja c .tbat the. Government abpuld purchase 7 ibe sbeap and have/them boiled dawn. ii Thia the Government agreed to do. lv: "'""Wia 'the : Vbeat 'arrangement for 'ttje t- Natives, and the Gbyerjnmeint felt bduud 1 to carry is out, as they bad prevented ; the proper remedy in the first instance. But the Government find that they cabnot get, from any persoa willing jo"' _take the flbeep and boil them down, anything near the prioe which th^y bave agreed tp pay to the natives.— Herald. I The Australasian describes tbe weather, at, the cricket matcb between toe Alt England and Vietppia naUcjl- : .Iqwb :— About noon, the time appointed: for the commencement of the game, — - there was a temporary lull in tbe downpour, which gave bappy hope to ma^y; VabVTck^iiog spirit. Miaery,. however^ V once more . took possession of , affairs, and "tbe rain came down harder th^n ever lor .aboqt half , an hour, when oid ! '■■:>.'-■>-■' „' "-''"' " - . I ■

Sol showed himself for the first time. It was then determined if the weather peld up, that tbe match should be cotnknenced at half-past two o'clock, the delay being sanctioned in order to let ithe water drain off the turf. Mean■while it became announced that there jwould be no postponement, and at ths jtime tbe first ball was bowled, about 3 go'clock, there could not have been fleas than 4000 persons present, whioh tauraber swelled into about 7000 before the rain came down again, and disjperaed^ .ib&^onloo^ r^:;l«r (th^if Cornea. The players ' had 'twice to beat' a'iiisty retreat ep- the,, pa vi|l ion t ,o wing-to th?.. Every efiort was made to proceed" with with tbe play, but-nature was relentless and vetoed tha proceedings, and eventually the p^y|was; fu&liaraly put a stop to by ma? .IBis^ion':^!7a tremendously severe BquwT;w^i.ch drove evefsl q|iiV\»Am|.^irg^a^gr shelter from its violence, It blew a perfeot gale, sh SXCiM'jl v ;lew momenta thoae who were enough n( _l»to__gain -jhelter were drenched to tiff Jjnl i.|l|ie.llifiif the squall the large .^marquee in the bowline-green : "i.eaefV^, which gave shelter to ftylotrgengmber offisdieacama down with'a "ran, compfeiely* enveloping the occupab.s. 1 'Luckily no one $ss.;-i_j3sred, though a few by their shrieks gaye.eyidenca ,of , fright-. Qoja of the booths also was completely rased .6 t_ . ground by the force of tb^ 'g_l§i _nd < do!ißi(ierftbla daalaga .4tfntt!tCtbja ocI ?i 0 « .... j ; . ( nY> bkD til. < {] UndM the heading -fJjTew Zealabcf. as afield for East Indian tramigi&nta^* the tkyton Observer, io. % pubfiib^- the .following let^r (rom(£ V r J>^r §ir,«f In yogr -issus of the^ls't of laat mont-i I'nqtiqe {hatyou advise umbiuba-^nd _dterpn-slng-^ofing -bucghar'a ib proceed^^lo^Naiv , ? N0w,. : ,;X f !dop;6;;; ; pr^epji, $a r where the fault lies, but colonials regard "Irfdiafla ,k ibi reiry onfavorabM ligKt.'-7^T_»-y.%t"6 i0l pbpniar 10. =ab6e oa^seLdpgtbieo." I nevej knew, a persoa oa in the colop^s,,; except perbapa a professional man, "et encore. All offices are swamped " with "applicants, and an Eurasj^^^d^Ep^e^bufc^ S oot |i|ivvy in a counlrv where he would nave to compete ag^insi^the '&&& fide artiole ahippecl: n^jitiaf VJ tp;.3^sy rt?m , Sod by -Yogel and 00. The burgher would be out of his element altogether. Colonials have their own balf-caates to pro. vide for; even Chinaman can't do the work required of them, and turn their i attention te hotel-keeping, vegetable i growing, working abandoned* claims, i Ac. The passage money from Ceylon to New Zealand would cost £35 at the very least, aod tbat it is about one year's wages in the antipodes. We all know tbe country is healthy, and so is Ceyloo, as far as that goes, but as a j field of emigration for borgbersit is opt i the place. The Eurasion would find j bini_^i_J'(^b%r6i.gibbs. ? ' : V. I V 'J A ' | A company i-Bbi_g -formed in Paris forjtbe rpraptical . application r of , a new j deveibpement of ; electrici.y.tbat is "destined te work, it ia -believed, an entirs tfevftlotfoß: in almost evety.departEUejpt Of but* outward^ lifb. •''-*•' Details i 0 f & ( marvellous discovery, which osti; l_.r j Crookes ;i has. Jbeen T .here inveatigatfhg, rand.lls's, been declared to be •vithe :inoßfe astohudiog thing yet die'covered- - -ia™ the - world - have been pfb-disedi With the l aid of ttieL machine alluded io, electricity can be made to dot <'8 { Bppßidted wbrk9f_w tnitesiaway / r ?^/J h T Q , o fi e satof»-:bni,lding i|p, thro,wJng r <jJojwo;U b^eraUng, 1 ib,::f^V' joj 4 11 manner of ways, acroas di_tances7V^h e Dnait. of which is! not po.aibla to detarrdine beforehand, but wbicJi are believed to:;ber vary greatj; hltbqughsfive r fnile_ is the 'g^€atest distance .whiebibaa been 88 y?.'» " P roVQ d" by actual esperimentj Ddt_ila b_'tbis:w6nd6rful:applicitioU.ol the wonderfnl force in question are alaq promised and will be sliorfilycbronioledJ •".f.-::.! ail /!.i-,v :-..-.i_ j!;-, i-,, ; ,-,--, „ , .' v „ij J