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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 148, 25 June 1877, Page 2

All yesterday (says the G. _f?. Argas of the 2 1st instant) men were .busily at work making preparations for launching the g.s. Wallace. ■[ Considerable progress has been made in the excavation of the trench, and by the time the necessary plant has arrived from Nelson everything will doubtless be ! in readiness. ( . _ _ ■ Here is a chance for the ladies. An adver.ismenfc in the Marll «.*ough Express says: — Tenders vrilV be received until Saturday) June 30th for a help-meet for the advertiser. Applicants. must be under five-a__d-twenty,_ -strictly pious ahd bf the Church of England principles. Beauty not so much an object as a loving disposition. Advertiser is in a good official position, dark, and his manners are considered engaging, but he lacks the comforts of a. home,. .Applications enclosing carte-de-visite; will receive a preference. Address « Homeo," Express Office. No tender necesssarily accepted. ~ - A Palmerston telegram of the 22nd inst., ■ toa Wellington pontemporary, says:— The Palmerston coach from Masterton was stuck at the Makaka Riyer from Thursday till Tuesday, the river being too high to cross over. It rose 40 .feet in sis hours. Fiive male passengers subsisted on a few potatoes and a little flour supplied by the Maoris, who treated us: kindly. It has been raining almost incessantly, and we suffered a good deal from exposure.