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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 161, 10 July 1877, Page 2

_Dr.~ Wilkins expresses his opinion in the Guardian that skating is not only not injurious, bnt positively beneficial to ladies; The Luna on her last trip from, the West Coast to Wellingtoa took 53640zs I6dwts gold, valued at £21,459 4s, for the Bank of New Zealand. „_,., .We should like to s-6'in Nelsoh c a Funerab .Rpform Association snch as that recently established at' Brighton, Victoria. It has for 'its object the_«-extinction pf theprevailingffashion which dictates the mode of interment and habiliments of; jaourning, and' wSich, through its extravagance, is repulsive to our intelligence. It is proposed'that the society be an association of gentlemen/nra.dally: aj*reei_g to a refbr__of thepresent mode of conducting, funeral ceremonies, and the adoption of a mourning dress, such as a simple .b^ack.Band.on the leffcLarm, in the place of that which is at present considered fashion^-' aole mourning." •.,... ;: . ...:.,.. • jT^fo^wfag description of. Ears appears in a Wellington contemporary:—Thej city.-dfej ■Khrs .-.forms an elongated and irpsgratarpolygon. It is surrounded by a double wall," the second being crenellated and flanked with towers, alternately round and square, commanding the eastern approaches to'the city. On the western side a cifcakel occupies the summifcr of a rock jwifch scarped sides,* dominating the bed.^j: the rivef v :behind,~and a wide area of country stretching away from the walls a? th_ city th front. - On the-' ..her side of the stream, which here flows through what the Americana would call a..canon,. ;Mes' an immense and inaccessible: plateau, tabletopped in places, and in others scooped out in] waves and ridges. A prolongation of the cijy to the eastward forms the suburb of B-^ram, Pasha;, and on the south side of tfrisr lies that of o^rts-Kapi. On the left ___&.<s£ thp river, and facing Ourta-Kapi,' is the" suburb of Tamur Pasha. During and since the war of 1854-5, the Turks threw up : numerous redoubts and batteries of earthwork/covering the whole of the approaches to.Kars, and the defence which it then made against overwhelming odds, constitutes, one of the most remarkable episodes in the annals. of that conflict. l ' ■" - We (Post) have been 'shown by Messrs R. Gardner and Co;, ironmongers, one of the most ingenious and useful of ;tools we have evfer seen, designed to save-time and _abor in the laying of floors. It is called the " mailgun," and is used for driving in and punching atjthe same time below the floor-level the brads used in fixing down.the. boards. The user stands in an upright position, holding the machine4vl6h hisdeff hand-and foofe;and introduces the uatt.at the top; Which reappears in the "pocket,"-and under the ** punch" as the ram-rod ia raised for the! blow. This machine, which is of ihe smaller size, drives the halrhomein two Blows'; wjth practice, perhaps, One whuld'sufiice. * The whole appearande of the machine is elegant' and pleasing. .- _ . :i;j ■„. .jor;..,- ■■-„■,,;[ • Comparing the he-y telegraph qfficeV in Dunedin with the old one„the Star says:—. "Now, however, the Gov-Withen-* ijeems to L have gone to the other extreme o_ providing ' a building the internal .fittings of L which are quite of a luxurious character,; . Mouldipga and French"'pblishV piate-glass partitions, heavy ornamental cornices to the ceilings, &c;,&c.jallindica.e that the building hasJ| not -been put up solely with a view to economy. It has cost, in round numbers, we believe^about £10,000, and is ;certainly.just,! a little! in advance of the times, 1' ."HoWever the Dunedin of the futu're I—thatdiml —thatdim future when it-tall be 'the centre of k network of -railways from end to end of, the island, 1 add *heh big ships of all nations will befying' comfortably in its dock basins close by—will no doubt have so grown that the building will not be at all events too large to accommodate the increased business." A Dunedin telegram, to a contemporary says :—McLaren is highly indignant because a special jury was granted in the case of Mrs Reed for manslaughter. Havi ing failed to get the papers to insert his ravings on the subject he says he will commit manslaughter himself and test the question. It is to be hoped he will. ' From the following paragraph from 'the ' West Coast Times it would appear that scarlet fever of the worst type is prevalent" afc Hokitika:—" So far from the winter having had the effect of checking the scarlet fever that has already been so fatal to numbers of children, during the last few months,; it is sad to find that the mortality still continues, whilst whole families are, at the present time, suffering from it 3 attacks. In one family of seven two have been carried off in a few days, and of the remainder some of them will very likely share the same fate. The disease has hardly visited a house whereL it has not claimed a victim, and the worst of it is that the end has not come. If such be the results of the cold months, what may not be expected during the summer, the scourge having in the meantime been so complete. Without being unreasonably alarmed, it must be clearly evident to everyone in the district, as well as in town- that some active steps to combat so ruthless a foe I must he taken." j