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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 238, 8 October 1877, Page 2

The British Trade Journal of Ist July says: — " As an item of interest to colonial woolgrowers, it may be mentioned that Mr Turner, a Lincolnshire farmer, has this sping clipped 125 ram hoggets, under 14 months old, which produced 22571bs of wool; 60 of their fleeces weighed 120 libs, and four weighed 23lbs, 24Jlbs, 25£lb<*, and 30J-lbs respectively, the latter being most probably the heaviest fleece on record." The New Zealand Times k responsible for the following :— At Akaroa the other day, the solicitor for an applicant for a publican's license having stated that he would be glad of an opinion from the Bench as to the desirability or not for a license in a particular district, the Eesitlent Magistrate curtly replied that he was not paid to give opinions', like Mr In wood, the solicitor ia question! "No your Worship," cut in Mr Inwood, " but you are in the habit of giving decisions which cost far more ! " Telegrams have appeared from time to j time iu our columns giviug as wire messages are wont, vague scraps of intelligence concerning a murder at Kutuara. The following ac ount from the Grey liiver Argus of the 22nd ultimo will enable the telegrams aforesaid to be better understood :— The skeleton of a mau was found at Kumara yesterday morning by the children of Mr Caldwell, carpenter. It was lying in the dense bush, about 20 yards from the EJB track, at the back of Mr Corufoot's new house, and not far from allotments 61 and 62 of Learmouth's property. The skeleton was clothed, and from its appearauce it is supposed to have lain there for many months, probably since the beginning of the Kumara rush. Information was speedily conveyed to the police, and Sub-Inspector O'Donnell, with Sergeant Browne, at once took steps to have the skeleton conveyed to a place where it may be kept uutil au inquest can bq held upon it. Upon exair.inatiou, it was found that the back of the head had been smashed to pieces, and this, with the additional fact that remains were covered with jfern. tree leaves, little doubt that the unfortunate deceased had been murdered, and his body had been concealed ouly too effectual ly. The clothes were those of a working man, .■uid the heavy boots had been but little worn.' The bones were collected into a box, and the clothes have been taken charge of in hopes that they may afford a means of identifying deceased. Nothing was found in the pockets but a portion of a fishing line. ' It was lately reported by telegraph from Australia that in the township of Bourke, a barman at the Royal Hotel, named Samuel Getting, shot Constable Gostigan dead. He also shot Constable Armitage, and wounded him. Sab-Inspector Kecgan was slightly wounded. The assassin fled to the river and drowned himself. No motive ia assigned,

f f * h * murderous act. The official report ot bub-Inspector Keegan states that after Getting shot Constables Costigan and Aruiitage he ran away, and Keegan followed to arrest him. Getting had iu the meantime reloaded, and fired, wounding Keegan in the chest. Keegan took the guu away, and Getting ran into the river and was drowued. Constable Annitage died in the evening after the occurrence. la the course of a small civil case heard at the Magistrates' Court, Christchurch, in which a woman servaut sued an employer for a month's wages on account of non-fulfil-ment of agreement, Mr Mellish made some pertinent remarks on the value of references. The employer iu question had instructed his agent in town to hire him a servant girl stating that he would give £5 a year more than he was wont to give if references were really good. In fact, he looked upon good references »3 indispensibly requisite. The agent hired a woman whom he knew but when she went to her situation she did not take her references with her, and the employer on that ground objected to her remaining in his service. It transpired that the servant had lent some of her references to another girl, who had lost them. After this, in the light of general experience, Mr Mellish was surely justified in saying that "he would not give twopence for all the references in the place." A rather lively acene occurred lately at the Melbourne Town Council, when the order of the day relative to planting trees in the streets was under consideration. An amendment that, the order of the day be struck out of the notice paper having been lost, Councillor Carter wished to move a further amendment, and asked tor the Mayor's ruling on that point, instead of a whispered communication to the town clerk. The town clerk immediately got up, and dec'ared on his honor as a gentleman that the whispers referred to had nothing to do with Councillor Carter's amendment. Cr Carter said he declined to talk the matter over with the town clerk. The Mayor then stated that he treated the remarks that had fallen from Councillor Carter with contempt. In moving his amendment, Councillor Carter commenced thus :— « Mr Chairman, the coutempt you have expressed for me is heartily reciprocated." Alderman Stewart immediately rose to a point of order, and a lot of time was wasted by the Council in determining whether Councillor Carter was justified or not in addressing the chair in such a marner. Ultimately, after saying it was not the first time he had been sat upon, Councillor Carter withdrew the expression iu the following words :— " I beg to say that the contempt you feel for me, Mr Mayor, is not reciprocated." With ten million Jew3 Hviug in the world: with Jews at the helm of State in England, France, Germany, and Turkey; with Jews in positions of power and influence in Italy, Belgium, and even Russia : with Jewish bankers, holding the pursestriugs of the foremost nations : with Jewish artists, novelists, and journalists in the most prominent places in the Old acd New World, there seems to be no reason to despair of the future of the race. — Weekly Review. The Nkw Bedford.— The little whaling boat New Bedford, from the port of that name in Massachusetts, which crossed the Atlantic iu a stormy passage of 49 days to Penzance, with an American sailor, Captain Crapo, and his Scottish wife, Joanna, on board., is now exhibited at the Alexandra Palace, and was inspected by many people ou Saturday. She is only 19ft. 7in. long, 6ft. beam, and 13ft. deep, but she has a centre board of 3ft. Her tonnage is I -62. The New Bedford sailed from Chatham, United States, with only 5001b. of stores, including kerosene for cooking. She had 6001bs. of ballast, and carried besides a quadrant, two compasses, no chrouometer, but a book of navigation dated 1855, a nautical almanack, a Bible, an anchor and a spare rudder. She had forerig a staysail, a squaresail.a foresail, and a mainsail, but the weather was never fair enough to set the staysail. They lay-to many days on the Newfoundland banks. Twice the? took stores from larger craft, and once the offer was made to take them up bodily and carry them into Boston harbour. A leak soon appeared iu the boat, and about two buckets had to be pumped out with a tin pump. The consequence was great discomfort from wet in the little cabin, whose occupants had expected fine weather. A log was kept, and some extracts from it have been printed, together with a biography of the daring couple who formed the crew of the small vessel. Mrs Crapo is a native of Glasgow, aud daughter of an Englishwoman. Her father was a Swede. It is rumoured that after the paymeut of the indemnity to the British Government the King of Dahomey determined to sacrifice 500 of his men as a fetish offering.