The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 70, 22 March 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877.

A correspondent writes as follows from the Tadmor under date, March 21:— There is nothing new to report from these diggiugs. All the holes put down on the supposed lead on the flat have hitherto turned out duffers. One party near the front are down 25 feet, and they intend trying to bottom, but have a great deal of water to contend against; they will have a Californian pump afc work shortly which will enable them to get on better, and it is to be hoped they will be successful, as they certainly deserve something for their trouble. Another party have taken a cut in but have not bagun to sink; both are working iu a systematic manner. Two of Perrotta's mates have sold out, one for £30, and the other for £22. A share in Paul's sold for £10, and one below White's claim for £ 1 5. A few men have gone up the river prospecting, and many have left the place. We learn from a gentleman who was a passenger by the Wellington from Picton last night that the fire by which the Government Buildings in that place were destroyed on Tuesday was caused by a workman who was engaged in soldering some of the gutters on the roof, when the fire of his stove communicated itself to the shingles, which in a few seconds were hopelessly in a blaze, and in less than ten minutes the whole building was destroyed.

At the Magistrates' Court this morning, Charles Gardner, steward on board the Mary' Wadley, was charged before Messrs Pollock and Daniell, J.J.P., with being absent from his ship without leave. Mr Bnnny appeared for the defendant. The evidence jEor the prosecution not being sufficiently clear, the caSe^as'-disunssed,*. '' , The sermon preached'at Christ 'Church By*' the Rev B. T. Dudley on the occasion of the , consecration of the Bishop of Melanesia haa been published in Auckland. Before the risiug of the Assessment Court yesterday afternoon, his Worship made some very complimentary remarks upon the marner in which the assessment had been made by Mr Rout, its fairness being shown by there being so few objections against the 2200 assessments. In some cases he considered it wrong in principle, but the difference of opinion between the Court and Mr Rout of course could not have been foreseen, and had it not been for this scarcely any alterations would have been made. The Gazette of the 15th instant notifies the appointment of H. C. S. Baddeley, Esq., as Deputy Sheriff for the District of Nelson. The total amount of subscriptions received for the Motueka Relief Fund is £669 15s. A sitting of the Assessment Court was held at Spring Grove this morning, when the following objections were lodged: —Sarah Nicholson, Woodstock; Thomas Nicholson, Stoke, two objections ; [Robert Edmunds, Spring Grove; W. M. Stanton, on the ground that the rates on a certain property iu Waimea East should he paid by the lessee, Mr Abraham Wills; James Jary. Waimea East; W. E. Cross. Waimea East; Christopher Prank, Waimea IWest; John Jordan, Waimea West ; W. .M. Stanton, that the rates on aproperty in Spring Grove were payable by the lesser : 'A. Rout,' oh the ground that he had let section 3/ Waimea West; J. A. Harley, on the ground thathe was neither owner nor occupier of section 235 AVaimea East; '. Eliza Cole; Waimea East; S. H. Pike, Stoke; J. Sclanders, as being nei ther owner nor occupier of section 163; Wakefield, for which he was rated.; The whole of these objections were not heard as none of the objectors appeared." Therewere also several formal obligations by the Secret tary of the Waimea Road Board, i Benjaman Pairhall, of Wakefield, objected to being rated for a certain section on the ground thai he was not owner or occupier of the land, but merely leased the right to cut the timber, for which purpose he had erected a sawmill. Objection overruled. | Thet are beginning to get warm over their election in WelUngton. The Argus of Saturday last opened fire as follows: — Our morning contemporary seems disposed to run a muck. , with- lawyers ...and correspondents. Two columns of leading matter this morning are devoted to the abuse of two lawyers, and a newspaper correspondent, towards whom the vagrant editor, of the wretched rag which Wellington has to be content with as a morning journal, entertains feelings of personal animosity. Its lies about Mr Travers, and its abuse of him will not, under the circumstances, do much harm. Curses are like chickens, ani will come home to roost. The Wellington public now pretty well understand that no falsehood is too great, no misrepresentation too gross, in the eyes of the Times, to prevent its being eagerly seized on to gratify its malice. An attempt is being made ia Christchurch, but with little promise of success, to get up a subscription for the defence of Pooley. Pears are entertained that the Gloucester, with Chinese, bound for Dunediu, is the vessel spoken on the Australian coast with malignant small-pox on board. The Dunedin Corporation lawyer's bill last year amounted to £946, of which £538

As a result of the visit of the Wellington Fire Brigade to Ballarat they have adopted new hydrants, the special merits of which are said to- .be— lst. That one half-turn suffices to fix it firmly/instead of half-a-dozen turns being needed. 2nd. The thread of the screw is many times stronger than in the old instrument; and 3rd. The copper barrel is strengthened at the neck by a brass collar about four inches deep, thus reducing the risk of breakage to a minimum. A Wellington paper says:— The promoters of the Temperance newspaper we are shortly to have in Wellington are working with a will, aud are meeting with wonderful success. The project was only put into shape on Wednesday evening last, and already over 500 shares have been applied for. A number of leading merchants' names appear on the list of shareholders, which, with the prospectus of the company, will shortly be issued and duly advertised. It is expected, that the paper will be issued at an early date. A great deal has been written about the liberality of the Sydney hotel keeper, Mr Punch, in paying Trickett's expenses t'6 Englaud-to row the champion of the Thames. It would appear, however, from a. letter written by Mr Trickett to the Sydney Morning Herald, that it was & pure speculation on the part of the Sydney publican, and that Trickett has. gained very little by it. ..He says that Punch received tbe £300 won in stakes, as well as, , the proceeds of the 3ale of steamer tickets and silk handkerchiefs, many of which were sold for a guinea each. Apropos of this subject, we observe that Trickett and Rush are to row a match on fche Parramata River to decide, the championship. " The Waimate (Canterbury) correspondent of the A rgus telegraphs as follows:— "Mr Studholme sells land here this month tb the extent of 3000 acres. The plain is expected to fetch £8 to £12 per acre, and 70 acres of totara bush is expected to realise £60 to £75 per acre. The land was originally bought for 10s per acre. The enhanced value of property here is enormous. The following is from a contemporary: As an instance of an honorable desire to make reparation for a fault committed, the following facts will be read with interest : About twelve years ago, a teller in the employment of the Bank of New Zealand afc InvercargiU was the cause of the bank losing a sum of £240. The bank made a claim for thafc amount upon the Colonial Assurance Company in which the officer was guaranteed and the claim was promptly met. The teller left the service of the bank. Having succeeded in business, he recently sent the bank the sum of £240 to make good the loss he occasioned them so many years before. The bank have since written to the Australasian Alliance Assurance Company, of Melbourne, the legal representative of the Colonial Assurance Company, enclosing a cheque for the full amount paid by the latter company under I the guarantee policy referred to ■

Tijere seems to be a prospect of something more being done at the Rai Vailey Tramway shortly, if satisfactory arrangements can be made with the owners of the land, who will really be; the principal gainers by the completion of the work. If they do not take a liberal view of; the matter the result will jje,.the N hanging np- of tbe scheme,as was" the case in regard to the extension of ! the Picton and Blenheim line into the latter town. — Express . "Anglo- Australian" writes inthe European. Mail:— Sir Julius Vogel has taken up his quarters at the New Zealand Agency in 'Victoria Chambers, Westminster. He came ' down one morning in a cab and took possession very quietly. There was no crowd around the doors to welcome him, as there would have been in New Zealand, and the only "official" he encountered on the stairs was che housekeeper's head maid dusting, the bannisters. 'After making a' tour of inspection of the offices, and impressing the clerks with the ease and dignity of his bearing, he retired to the Agent-General's " own room," where he is reported to have partaken of a substantial tiffin. This over he summoned one of the officials, and making certain pertinent enquiries! as to t^ e conducts of business, said very blandly that would do^ a hint which the aforesaid official;, regarded as equivalent to the assurance that business was over for the day. Thus the office was entered .upon withont the least demonstration or excitement, and as its tenure is said to be but temporary— possibly for a year-f-there seems no good or valid reason why the business .should, not go on smoothly, or, ; at least, be conducted in a spirit of fairness and impartiality of vested interests, j - ---.A- Chri9tchhrch telegram to the Arqus says:— The cricket mania has seized on people here to an alarming extent. A general muff match Jast wtek was followed by a lawyer's match. Next Monday a match takes place between the publicans and wipe merchants and brewers; on Tuesday, a match between the- Thespians and Sunnyside lunatic Asylum Club; on Friday,; between drivers of four-wheelersi versus drivers of hansoms; -the week after, the Thespians v. the Press! and the bakers and butchers, ; will followand it will be jno surprise! if the mania culminates in a contest between eleven policemen ajid-a chosen tean^from Lyttelton gaol, under the heading ''Thieves versus Thiefcatchers." ! ': 1 There was quite a commotion in Hokitika* says the West Coast Wines oi Saturday, among the shareholders in the Kumara Water Race Company on Friday afternoon, when it was known that the Government had determined upon concluding the purc'lase of the race. - One shareholder is said to have netted a thousand pounds by the transaction, and another nearly six hundred pounds, and half a dozen others from two to three hundred pounds each. The speculation has been one of the most fortunate recorded in connection with mining on this Coast. A lolly shop proDrietor named Dampier in Albert-street (says the Auckland Star) has lately made a complaint to the police, of the numerous thefts committed on his premises by boys. It appears that Dampier 13 a good Roman Catholic, and goes to mass every morning, when he is in the habit of leaving a lad in charge. During hisabsence, the boys coma round and commit the depredations complained of. A watch has bean kept the last two days, and has resulted in the arrest of five boys, who are now in the lockup, and will be brought before the presiding Magistrate to: morrow. Mr G.Brown, C.E., one of the best architects of Victoria, where he has designed the Theatre Royal, the " Sunbury Mansion," the most palatial' private residence in the Australasian colonies, costing £45,000, and various others of the greatest architectural successes in Victoria, is at present on a visit to Otago, and is about to make the tour of the colony. He has. come to this colony specially to arrange for the export of building stone and timber to Australia, and probably of Otago slate also. "iEgles" in the Australasian tells the following story :-« He got his testimonial, and it was thus:— He i3 one of the best little fellows going, and was about to start for England by the Tanjore. Several of his friends invited him to a farewell dinner at the—, No, under the circumstances I won't say where. After dinner there was a round game, and the traveller netted, before saying " Good night," £550. He says he will dine with them again when he comes back. This was something like a testimonial, and with- • out the speeches." The danger of using firearms in a reckless manner within the city (says a Wellington paper) was exemplified yesterday afternoon. An equestrian, in order to wash his horse's legs, had ridden the animal a short distance into the sea at Te«Aro, jvhen a gun was fired from the shore and a seagull at the same instant fell whizzing through the air to the sea, dead, brushing the horse's head in its descent. The explosion of the gun and the dropping of the bird terrified the animal, which reared and plunged and finally made off into deep water, taking its rider on a voyage of discovery out into the harbor. The rider was in a terrible pickle, and cried loudly for help. None was at hand, but the horse, after getting about 300 yards from the shore, turned round and made for ttrra firtua. Six Russian war vessels are now at San Francisco, and five more are expected to arrive there. - - Little Johnny has, peculiar views as. to the origin of sin. One day he was about to be punished for some misdemeanour, when he pleaded: " It wasn't me, mamma, dear.it was the bad man." « Well, Johnny, I'm going to whip the bad man out of you." "Ah yes; but that will hurt me a precious lot more than it will the bad man." - A calculation made forty years ago stated that for home use and export purposes .20,000,000 pins were required daily in England. The real quantity now, produced daily is 50,000,000 of which Birmingham produces 37,000,000 leaving 13,000,000 as the' production of London, Stroud, and Dubliri, where pins are also made. The weight of wire consumed' annually' in the pin manufacture of England is about 1275_ tons or 2,857,120 lbs. . Y A travelling Irishman, who had gone the whole round of the Continent, was returning home satiated with having "seen nothing" when, in a field hard by the road, he saw 'a fight; he stopped his carriage, hurried to the scene of action, took his side with small reference to the question afc issue, obtained his due amount of blinding bruises, and groped back to his carriage, exclaimiug, "By Jove, this is the first bit of pleasure I have had since I have been from home!" We find it stated that the fouuder of the great banking house of Rothschilds made the following rules the guide of a business career culminating in magnificent success:—!. Combination of three profits. " I made the manufacturer my customer, and the one I bought of. my customer; that is, I supplied the manufacturer with raw material and dyes, on each of which I made a profit, and took his manufactured goods, which I sold at a profit, and thus combined three profits." 2. Make a bargain afc once. Be an off-handed man. 3. Never have anything to do with au unlucky man or place. " I have seen many clever men who have not shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice seems very well, but fate is against them; they cannot get on themselves, how can they do good to me?" 4. Be cautious and bold. "It requires a great deal of bolduess and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got ifc it requires ten times as much tokeep it."