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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 151, 28 June 1877, Page 2

The value of the British trade with Turkey - and. Russia formed, the subject of a warm discussion at the Manchester 1 'Chamber of Commerce-on the sth instant. Mr Askworth,. the chairman, advocated the importance of the trade with the Ottoman Empire, and Mr. Jacob Bright supported Russia.' 'The Boaid/ of Trade returns for 1 1875, -since 'iiublisfieaf show that within the last three;yea_rs our import trade with Russia has dwindled down 15 per cent, whilst wi_h Turkey it has in the - same period increased 25 per cent. : As to exports, they have decreased '30 'per cent to Russia, and increased 15 tb Turkey. ' A Chicago telegram dated May 15, s'aysr-v The Tribune's special from Sfcreater, Illinois A says the coal miners of . that' place, who struck some time ago, whose places were supplied with new men, and who subsequently were, for the cqost 7 part taken back, sojthat only about one hundred of the new men were retained, have for a long time been kept separate from the blacklegs, as-. the novices were called, lest trouble should occur through their jealousy.. o£ilate,.however, the two -gangs have -been allowed' tq mingle, and on May 15fch the ranging hate found expression by some of the' old miners poisoning the food in thedinner buckets of the new ones, and during' -'the'- night some sixty of these unfortunates were in the throes of agony, and many of them will undoubtedly die from the effect's of the 'poison. The lives of all of them hang upon V thread. . Arsenic was the poison used, bht' in : so_ne J cases it was so plentifully administer _d as 'fo ' counteract its own actiou., '.The wfcdte_mat___is a mystjeryi and it is not even known when or how, or in what article 'of food, the poison was placed. . Y Onr telegrams reported the other day that some lads had been brought before the Magistrate at: Christchurch- charged i with' • passing. waistcoat buttons • off as half sovereigns, and that the Bench had censured the draper who sold them. The latter addressed the following letter, which; was read out inT Court, to the Magistrate:^" To the Presiding Magistrate. Sir,— Viewing the selling of the sovereign and half sovereign buttons somewhat in the same lighfc:as yottr remarks, on Saturday, I have returned the balauce I bad left to the firm, A. ClarkandSon, Auck-~ land, from whom I purchased them. I may say that I am willing to return the money to all that purchased them from my establishment." ''."".". At a Conversazione recently held at Christchurch, the weight of the earth became a ' topic of discussion, and it was then stated that the weight of the earth properly stated was six thousand trillions of tons, or ih figures, 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tops. :,'.:• It is stated in the American, papers^thatv . Von Moltke, in a letter to a brother officer, said that his recent speech as to the military preparations in France was intended as a cold shower bath for that country,, ancl to show that Germany was fully aware of the designs of France. The visit of the Emperor and German Minister of War eftf • Alsace and Lorraine is supposed to have been for the purpose of adopting military measures corresponding with those on the French side. On the passage of the schooner Formosa, from Singapore to Melbourne (says the Atgus), Captain Quayle reports having cap-' tnred a large shark, some thirteen feet in length, before crossing the longitude of Captain Leuwin. The shark appeared to be unusually large in the girth, and from curiosity it was opened, and amongst other contents of the stomach was found a large portion of a human body, that of a- young woman. Evidently it had not been long swallowed, the process of assimilation not having commenced.- -__.-*y a'\A «'

! .4Picton (say^the Marlborongh E.cpf e Zs) is,, vi^yzi-^eMatedefpr itf^sucCessf ul feiorfc's r jiia breeding mat classical animal 1 , fchei goosej;' M ap^arsfihat t6e*fanrie.of.the Telephone jffis rga;ched|Pictoh>and the g^es4 there jiave |^cewe^d an pgatiaMe desire to\ comnmaicate mU^mm mttiEmHn __i%tei_4.bWejin3 (Jf , nhe eMctric witff The qMcks^nT hi_ses x received and transmitted to the Telegraph Office have so disturbed some of the operators that the local manager has had to engage a staff of men at Picton, each of whom has to march up and down his be?,fc wifch a Ooutyle'jbarreUed gun to deal! deaths and des-;'* •"tfeucfcioa to"'t_4e offending -animals. -*•• -3- \J? The following characteristic letter has been received by the Wellington Education ! -Jiioardy from -Mr 'Andrew,* announcing^ his -re-*^ 1 signation :— "Nelson, 7th June, 1877. The > Cbairman-of the Education Board. Dear Sir^-I write to resign the seat which I have -.SO. long held on the _Welliugton Education "'Board/ 1 had delayed doitfg so as 'Idng* as there was any prospect of my being able shortly to resume an active share in its duties. I take this step with regret, for though the Ordinance that constitutes fche Board, was, I h<#d, born£n iniquity, yet like .fet-her beings witji a similar taint, it has dbheYand will, I trpsjfc, continue toso agreafc^ealbf practical good.— lUhi, yours faithfully, J. fCAndrew.';:. \y._ Y " (.J ( A- rather hovel Consignment arrived by the ; steamer Sardinia at Liverpool from Canada ) Yon March 21. Five thousand salmon ova. :>ere brought oveifffom the Canadian general" .fistf baeeqipg j esfc&|)lfshment. at~Newcasitle, ;- Ontario, tp;be [introduced into some -of the ; Scotchjlakes. |. There were also a number of Hite lo^stqrs, i y ■* i . -;Saysi the" Tt , __htelfi|ent Vagrant " :-l-TK_ee ■ of jhe > Armed, ConSfabulaW and' 'three pa.uk, clerks, -all U)o_ifsessibg k high : opiniod of tiieir personal appearances, presented themselves before a barmaid oh=Friflay . :- and- asked forfsix half-pints pf_cblonikl beer; ..Jnst as; th&pefrters T (f ull) wfere put upon Ithe! ; counted, the inost exquisite-looking sof the I s^xsaid :c « F_| c^U-jand pay you for these ; when I'm-^assingliext." Insensible to manly, ; beaufcy, the, barmaid took back the pewters' -.(lull), and the si&l&t the.hotel thirsty. , — i "'ifgThe Emperor of permany" wears teigutyetghfc decorations^ph .gala-days. • This beats' Menier, tfie.chocolate makerYwhb has ctoly' s&ty-one.'-i- * " t-_-' .: ■> "*i _ m .:---'_