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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 84, 11 April 1877, Page 2

Mr Albert Larnach, brother oi the M.H.R. who owns ".Larnach Castle" has sought! the protection of tbeßankftt.tcy Court. He was^ until lately, teller iv, ! one of the Dunedin -f Ba,nka.-^Express. ... J. _..*.__,* ;> r/ Havelock correspondent, of the Picton Press writes:— The following telegram from. ' Mr ' §*. yuiour has awakenedigeoeral-attention, aad created the liveliest feelings' of hopeful ' anticipat'on for.the -£i^ure..of the HtfVelo6k : '' district:— «' Tramway (to Rai Valley) will he commenced as soon as negotiations are Com-*? pleted for the purchase ofr the laad."! i Afc last the much desired jand/long soughtj for, measure is in a fair way oiP* accomplishment.' We anticipate but little' difficulty in purchasing the chain or r two of '■ land that will be required. The owners will only: too willingly ' come to terms. . .The importance of the proposed tramway cannot be overstated. It will pass through, a richly timbered; country; and timberconstitut.es line [main source of ; our wealth. Our enterprising mill owners have all but exhausted the supplies of timber from Mahakipawa and the Kaituna, and are even now looking to- the P|elorus, Wakanmrina, and the Rai as the future feeders of their I industry. Already one ! mill is in course of remo-v al to the Pelorus, and we believe the commencement of the tramway will be the signal for the erection of another, the machinery for which is already on the ground.

The following is from the Wellington Argus:—- A curious story is told by amjin recently arrived from Calling upon the head official of a Government institution, he first made amplication for relief, and then staged tbat he arrived here about three weeks ago in the Arawata; that he bad been an inmate of the Kew Lunatic-Asylum, Victoria, and that two officers of that institution having placed hinvon board tne steamer gave him. £2 to provide for his pressing,, necessities on landing in New Zealand. JHis name is Michael John O'Connor, and his appearance and manner] were strongly corroborative of the statement that he Was or- ! i had been a lunatic. It n% be a question whether the Lof '.& persoii of deranged intellect may 'be -'relied upon', Ibut these. particulars were circumstantially j_ar- 1 rated by O'Connor, arid ifc* would be 'difficult to believe that he invented them. Under these circumstances it would? geem that '.the Kew Asylum officials have* "teen guilty of conduct which should be brought under J the notice of the Victorian Government- rat -thfe earliest possible momeufrf .-.-Ifc islto be hoped that the Government -n-ill at onceiiostitute an enquiry into the -facta. Jf they, should be borne out ■by . proof the captain .of [the^ Arawata Ah^s fendeted 'himself ; fldble to a ' penalty for bringing, O^Con^or^o tbre Colony. The public of New Zealand will, desitts to •hear moreof this'case. " •• X ; '■- ■' ]