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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 97, 26 April 1877, Page 2

Grayling are swarming in the Buller River just now, and one gentleman caught 207 the other day with a rod and line. The municipality of Oamaru hare adopted bye-laws for the regulation o£ theatres, &c, which impose, amoag other things, fines not exceeding £5 for taking a dog, cat, or other animal to any public entertainment; or for inteu-upting a performance, or annoying any of the audience by using loud and unseemly ejaculations, swearing, smoking, &c. The offender against good manners is also liable to forcible expuVoj. In his address to the electors of Totara Mr Gisborne says:—" I may state generally that I would support the Government in measures to give successful effect to the Public Works Policy of 1870, with which I was identified, to maintain the union of the colony, to follow up provincial abolition by securing substantial local se'f-government in goldfields and other districts, and to place the finances of the colony in a sound and satisfactory position." The G. R. Argus supports Mr Gisborne, and says:— "Only in the cases where e ninent men come forward would it be wise for any constituency to go outside its own boundaries for its representative in Parliament, and the candidature of Mr Gisborne is one of those exceptions which are not only allowable, but have a great deal in their favor. Mr Gisborne is in every sense a public man. For many years he was Undersecretary for the colony, and subsequently became a Minister. Should he gain a seat in the House he is a possible member of any new Ministry that may be formed, and in electing him the Totara constituency would have as a representative not only an experienced politician, but one who from his past political connections, and his personal popu-!a-ity, could not fail to exercise considerable influence." The fact that the Wanganui river is finding its way to the sea by a new channel would not at first sight appear to have any connection with the raising of the price of wheat in that district. Yet it has. The Wanganui Harbor Board are trying to dam up that channel with wheat bags filled with sand, and have bought up all the bags in the district. Hence the settlers can't find bags in which, to bring their grain to market. Scarcity and a rise in price have followed.— Argus. The immigrants per Northampton (say3 the Argus) are, as a whole, fair to look at, but some of them. are "rum >uus to go"— on the spree. The day after the immigrants landed one woman was brought up for being "shaky about the knees." Yesterday another was taken to the station in a fearful state of intoxication. Her husband had been acting second cook on board the Northampton, and s ept on board all night. The wife went down early this morning to see that he was all right, and she took a bottle of " battleaxe " with her to keep out the morning air. She found her liege lord, and in her exuberance of animal spirits she emptied the bottle of vegetable spirits, and went to sleep in the forecastle. From this she was removed by two constables, aud lodged in the lock-up Her husband, who was also "top heavy," was likewise handed over to the care of the police charged with being illegally on board the' ship. Ho was subsequently liberated. Today his wife had to contribute to the revenue to the extent of 7s 6d. So much for new chums. Dr. Hodgkinson, M.H.R., speaking at Rirerton the other night said he considered that abolition was allowed at Home by trickery and chicanery, and likened Voxel's Ministry to Pat's breeches— patched °and ; patched, till scarcely any of the original was left! He pronounced Vogel to be a political adventurer and a gambler, and the last man for the Agent: Generalship, the b'llefc which ! was given to him in order to make room for 1 other men, as, when he returned from England he had lost all his power and the confidence of the House. He said the Premier was tricky and unfair, as was e/ident in the appointment- of important committees. He pronounced Rees to be the ablest politician in the House and the comiug man. During the last few months, says the Otago Guardian, scarcely any perceptible change has taken place in the condition of Miss Ross, better known as the " Taicri fasting girl," who has now been confined to her bed for over eight years. She is unable to take any more nourishment than she was at the time when her extraordinary case attracted so much attention. Physically she is so weak that it is almost impossible to move her from one room to another, but her mind is unimpaired, and she instantly recognises those who have visited her before no matter how distant the date. She can eonverse intelligently, but her voice is very weak, and her breathing quick and painful. The Edinburgh correspondent of the Otago Janes mentions that Dr Hochstetter's work on New Zealand forms only a small part of a much larger work, embracing the whole > the scientific results of the Novara's voyage This great work was only completed last month, after seven years' labor, and at a cost of nearly £13,000. It consists of 21 volumes, and the series is sold at 391 florins or iieaAy £40. The Emperor of Austria has ordered a number o: copies to be given away to public institutions and libraries in his own empire, as well as in foreign countries

The Patea County Council seal has arrived. The Moil says:-" It is a boomer-^ 2Jin. in diameter, mystically warlike in design, with charioteers, prancing steeds, mangled human corpses, and so on. On ton of the censral design is the motto Sociatis Labonbus, and at the bottom Omnia Foititer Vtncttaus. Lord Henry Phipps, the third son of the Marquis of Normanby, has returned to the colony, (says the Auckland Star) after an absence of some" months in England W« believe he went home with the object of making arrangements for the purchase of extensive station property in Queensland or New Zealand. Lord Henry Phipps is a fine specimen of the English gentleman, manlyfrank, and endowed with a large share of enterprise and shrewdness. During his stay in Queensland he was not above beine thoroughly colonised. He became learned in the mysteries of bullock driving, acquired a knowledge of systematic farming, cattle and sheep raising, and generally 'roughed it' in the bush. On one occasion he voluntarily worked for several days on a public road, which was much needed in order to open up a way for cattle. A Sydney telegram dated Friday last says :— The Queensland Government have telegraphed to the authorities at Hong Kone warning them that the Northern Goldfields cannot support the extensive influx of Chinese, and urgently impressing the necessity of the entire stoppage of She immigration. There is no tentage accommodation at Fitzroy for 1700 Chinese who have gone there, and it is feared great sickness and starvation will result.