The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 168, 13 July 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1878.

" The Week " is unavoidably omitted today. TnE Customs receipts for the week ending •this day amounted to £871 9s lld. ' The Australian cricket team have gained another victory over a provincial club, having beaten an eighteen of Swansea in one innings with 38 run 3to spare. Next Monday they ase to meet the Leicestershire eleven, who will give them more trouble. Of the Nelson candidates who presented themselves for the Civil Service examination in May last, we understand that Fleming, Wither, and Ashcroft succeeded in passing both the senior and junior examination, and Harley and Andrew the junior only. When

the Gazettcia published con-fainiufe the nimes of all the successful candidates we- shall learn the comparative standing taken by the above-named youths with regard to the others from various parts of the colony. The Government have determined to employ a large number of cadets, and t\Vb ol- thtee ol those metitiontea tthoVfe have already received offers of tippointmeuts, and one of* them, a \%Za ur Mr A. Harley, of Stoke, has, We understand, accepted. Fleming, who come 3 from Westport, and gained a Provincial Qovetomeut scholarship iti .''conttectiori with the Nelson College has refused, as he intends studyihg for a University scholarship. A correspondent supplies the following with reference to the week's services in the Wesleyan Church: -"The special services in connection with the .Wesleyan Churbh have been continued with growing interest throughout the week. The addresses, rather than sermons, by tbe Rev It. Bavin have been both interesting and profitable, and deep impressions have been produced. Night after night there bave been some enquirers, who have made profession of faith in Christ. The mid-day meeting, has been continued, and requests for prayer are sent in daily, aud there is chceriug evidence that there is a widespread religious awakening in the community. On Friday afternoon a most interesting meeting of the children of the Sunday school was held, when there was a largo attendance. Mr Bavin addressed them on the subject of Christian discipleship, and a subdued and delightful feeling seemed to pervade^the meeting. Sankey's hymns were sung, Mrs Hadfield presiding at the bar-' moniiim. The special services -frill he continued throughout next week." Residents iv tbe Moutere, Motueka, and Waimea West will be glad to learn that there is at last a probability of that dangerous water course known as Stratford's Creek being bri.lged, the Chairman of the Waimea Road Board having reported at the last meeting that he had secured, at the sale of the material used in the old Wairoa Bridge, a quantity of useful stuff at a very reasonable rate, thus placing it in the power of the Board to undertake this much needed work. • We hope soon to be in a position to state that the public have heard the last of those narrow escapes from drowning which have so frequently occurred in this stream which in a flood is so difficult tG cross. The Auckland Star learns that Rewi has accepted the Government offer to erect a new house for him at Waitara with a snug pension of £500 a year. It is expected that I he will accept a seat iv the Legislative Council. A cablegram from Wellington in the Sydney Morning Herald states that " Mr Reed, one of the proprietors of the Otago Daily Time*, will probably be called to tbe Upper House." A joint meeting of tbe committees of the different football clubs (says the Post of Wednesday) was held last. evening at the Star Hotel, when arrangements were made to send a team over to Nelson. The team, which is expected to be a very strong one', will leave here on the evening'of Friday, the 19th inst., by the s.s. Wellington, returning on Saturday night. There has been a great gas riot in Barcelona iv consequence of the resistance of the people to the municipal tax on gas. Private and public establishments ceased burning ' gas for forty-three evenings and the shops closed at sunset. Crowds collected in front of a few houses which continued the use of gas. The city authorities endeavoured to compel the shops to keep open, and the Governor issued a proclamation to that effect. The local journals are fined aud suspended i for protesting, aud tenare under prosecution. The Minister of the Interior supports the municipal authorities, and the agitation is j increasing. The affair led to a long and j stormy debate in the Cortes. [It is greatly to be desired thattheenormous price charged for gas in Nelson would lead to " a long and stormy debate " in the City Council, result- . ing in a sensible reduction and consequently an increased consumption.] '

A circular memorandum which has been ! issued by the Government to the chairman of ' the various school committees throughout the colony, will be read with general interest and approval. It is as follows :— " Memorandum for the Chairman of School Committees — In view of the numerous vacancies likely to occur for cadets in the public departments of the Civil Service, the Government is desirous of giving every encouragement to youths attending the public schools of the colouy to obtain such appointments. The chairmen of school committees are therefore requested to forward to the Hon. the Minister of Education, as soon as possible, a list of youths over sixteen years of age, at present or formerly, pupils of public schools, whom they can recommend for ability, good conduct, and general fitness to fill such vacancies as cadets as may be open from time to time. By order, John Hislop. Department of Education, Wellington, 20th June, 1878."

The Sydney Evening News says:— "The friends of the late Mr Robert Craig, who, met his death by violence at Smithfield, Queensland, some months ago, will bo. glad to hear that, though his' policy of assurance with the Australian Mutual Provident Society for £500 had lapsed some weeks before his death, the Directors have most liberally made a gift of £400 to his widow, for investment under trustees, for the sole benefit of herself and children. When it is considered that Mr Craig, at the time of his death, had been a member of the society for less than three years, this generous act speaks well for the liberal management of the Australian Mutual Provident Society."

The first fantastic jink of the seasons was (says the Age of 6th instant) held las : t night at the Melbourne Skating Rink, ■ Stepb|nstreet. Over 100 spectators arsembled/and about forty competitors; entered the lists. Lady Bowen and the Misses Bowen, accompanied by Major Pitt, occupied seats udou a reserved dais.^J and remained interested spectators during the greater part "bf. the rinking. The skaters appeared in fancy costume, and a prize -was offered to the rinker who shonld display the most fantastic dress. A well got up Chinaman was much admired, and a fantastic unknown being, presenting a cross between a Will o'.-tbe-wisp and an aboriginal carrying his wellknown firestick, who burst in among the skaters when the room had been placed in seinidarkness, created quite a sensation. Of the ladies, an Indian Princess, richly studded with tinsel beads, Mrs Beecher Sto we's, Topsy a Normandy peasant girl, and a neat and pretty lady's maid appeared to be the most generally admired. A feature in tbe programme was the Rinkomaniac quadrille. Other dances were successfully Sone through, and the two Misses Lowe (Indiau Princess and Topsy) gave an exhibition of fancy skating. The spectators had. tickets supplied to them, and marked off the number of the card worn by the rinker whom they deemed worthy of the prize. When a" poll of the votes was taken, the Indian Princess was found to rank first, Topsy second. The prize, a silver locket, was presented by Lady Bowen.

Jaundiced views. The bilious and dyspeptic subject takes "jaundiced view" of eyeryting, always looks at the worst side, fie is despondent, gloomy, full of forebodT Dg *. S ' J" short M a raosfc wretched individual. f<et him take heart of grace. There is a certain remedy for his depression, *? r . h -» gastric tortures, for all the ills tnat a disordered stomach and liver inflict. LfDOLPiio Wolfe's Schiedam Aeosiatio Schnapps.— Advt.

It is stated in the Wanganui papers that Mr Edwards, the pedestrian, is likely to make a professional tour through the colonies, first showing in Victoria. His great feat will be to walk 1 1 o miles in jtwenty-f our hours. His wotidfetfiii *j-»Bwei?s of endurance, and pliick will carry him through successfully, to the satisfaction of the spectators and to his own •personal advantage.

The Age, in a warm article on Henry Manders, M.ILR.j saysi— "There are several measutes wliich, the . dpiintty 3flds tequires, and to which Mr Mandei*s will,' we' ttUst, devote his_ individual attention. Among these we may enumerate a Bill for the abolition of Imprisonment for Debt; a Protection from Castaway Housekeepers Act; and measures , for , the dlsf rati'chljetnetit and the punishment of pertiririciotis duns. These are but a sample of the reforms to whicli we gladly hope . the member for the Lakes will turn his attention. Should he carry them out his political life wili not be altogether an inglorious blank, and he may possibly -have the pleasure of handing down to his children's children an autobiography" of which they will not be ashamed "

The New York Correspondent of the Leader writes:— Levy> the cornet player, bas arrived in New York t He styles Australia 'a -land of thieves,' and gets up itbprottlJJtti ddntinciations of the < blasted tioUntfjr ' on the 1 side walks. As Australians; notably some of those in the show bdsin.ess, Save totade the name of the colonies ritther .unsavoury here, he gets a few sympathisers. Thatcher, his late agent, who caught him in Honolulu, and got 150 dollars out.of him in. Sah Francisco; put hini down with-d veiy. {Mm .talato the Californian papers, but as he is leaving for London,, the Levy.-^then will have it pretty - well all' his own "way." ' However, it does' not' matter mlich, for there is no ohe acquainted with him who will. believe a word he says, or trust him for a cent * ' -■

A correspondent of the Grey nicer Argus, gives the followi g description of a decaying diggings township frfHhat 'locality T« The once-flourishing township which rejoices in the desiguationpf.NoTown, preseuts just now a woefully different appearance to what it bore some eight or nine years ago, The diggings which used to be in great activity close at hand, are. npw deserted, and only heaps of stones on~whiob the lirst germs - of vegetation have settled serve to mark a scene of former buty industry. The township itself loqkk very dilapidated,, probably '•; about half the buildings in the place are unoccupied and falling to decay, whilst the grand promenade of former days, Brunner Parade, has forfeited all right to such a designation,, the, ' parade' itself having been nearly all washed away, and its formerly well- painted, if dot architectural row of buildings, presenting^ very melancholy aspect, And yet, spite of all this, the few people left do not seem to complain; they expect, like . a celebrated character in fiction, 'something to turhlup,' and their faith iv this respect is wonderfully Scriptural, in that it is . the , substauce of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Just now the chief anxiety of this A-Vest Coast •' Erewhon' js the critical position in which the township is on. account of the rapid encroachment of the river or ' creek. Some feeble attempts have been make todivert. the stream from making an inroadat tbe upper end of the township, but 'at , present the protective works have nearly all gone, and now something more permanent mnst be done, or , at some greafc flood No Town will literally fulfil its designatien and disappear altogether." - - -

Tbe'.Melbourne theatrical managers are seriously considering about opening on Sunday evenings in .sacred form. Emma Hardinge Britten has been clearing over, £50 on Sunday nights with her Spiritualistic lectures at the Opera' House more nor less than a performance. The Melbourne- Waxworks are opened every Sunday eveniug at a shilling a bead, with an anti-spiritist lecture by Madame Lotti Wilmot thrown in, and likewise sacred music by a brass band It is easy to perceive that all this is but the thin end of the wedge, and no oue can doubt that Melbourne will be like San Francisco in course of time. : r.

A contributor to the Wanganui Herald tells the following story : -The land craze seeuis at fever heat just now in Wellington. The auctioneers there must be reaping a golden harvest out of the crop of new townships they are continually putting, up for the highest bidder to be the purchaser of. Io thia Oonneotion a good thing occurred not a hundred milea frouvhere lately. One of , our f settlers a keen eye to busifaess,.laid7p^Ta portion of his estate into town lots, and showed the plan to a Wellingtoa speculator, who at once made him an offer for the lot, which was accepted, atid my friend chuckled to think how expeditiously and inexpensively he had worked off his township, but his joy was somewhat lessened on learning that his astute client had traded Toff ihevphole lot at & profit; of some £2000! - He 1 " won't jrise so quickiy to a Wellington fly next time he has u township to sell I fancy;' ''■. '■ -The Japanese habits of -reversing every •!- thing, if we may regard our, own way of doing as proper way,: is said' by the Paciflc.Press to be curious, and in .some of its details very interesting' |Mr Griffiths in his work ou Japan, discusses it thus : :'* Another man is* planing. He pulls the "plane towards him. I notice a blacksmith at Srork. He pulls the bellows with his --?eet,7while he is holding and . hammering 'witfa,^both his hands. He has several irons in the)fife, and keeps his dinner pot boiling with ithe wast-5 flame. His whole family, like "generaiiona before him^seem to get their living in! the hardware line./ All of ;them"sit;dawa -while they do Ttheir work. Perhaps this.is;an j important difference between a'Eur6peau|aui ,an Asiatic, due sits down to his? work! thi 'other "stands up to it.- Wijyis it tlsat ( we db itbings contrary wise to the Japanese?,' JAre we upside down, or they? The Japanese say that we are reversed. Theys, call! our penmanship " crab-writing" because saj- they, "■ it goes backward." The linesin our liooks crossthe page like a craw-fish, iOstead of going downward properly.?' In a Japanese stable we fidd the horse's fl&nk'whjere we look for his, head. Japanese screws screw the other way. Their locks thrust to thti left, ours tb the* right. The baby-toys oi the Aryan' race squak when they, are squeezed; the Turaniar gimcracks emit' noise When pulled apart. A Caucasian, to injure his ; enemy kills him ; a Japanese kills himself 'to spite his foe. Which race is 'left handed? Which has the negative, which the postive, of truth ? What is truth ? What is down ? Whatisup ?.* ■*

* A contemporary states thafc a Christchurch gentleman now in England, has purchased some valuable thoroughbred horses for exportation to the Colony. Amongst them is the valuable stud horse Leolinus, by Caterer, out of Tasmania, who carried off many races, as a three-year-old in 1874. . Aftter running fifth in the Epsom Derby, he won the AscOt Prince of Wales's 1 Stakes of £2860, beating Atlantic, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Lemnos, and five others. At the same meeting, he also won tho St. Jameses Palace Stakes of £800, and at the Newmarket July Re-union walked over for the Midsummer Stakes. In the St. Leger won by Apology (which is the fastest on record) be ran second, beating Trent, winner of the Grand Prize of Paris, Atlantic, and five others. He also carried off the Doncaster Stakes of £590 Caterer, the sire of Leolinus, ran second to The Marquis for the Two Thousand of 186£, and his dam, Tasmania, is one bf. the most distinguished brood mares, as may be giie's3ed from the fact that her last ybiingster''* Duuedin," was sold,.for7£]i6oo., .Leolinus will be he most valuable sire in New Zealaad. j

Thirty pure-bred bulls, foe property of B&V J. A. Gardiner, have been poisoned on* tlie Macquarrie, it is supposed from eating a poisonous herfr "Tlie loss is aboufc £1000. A. traveller from Watagahui relates to the Register k mbst am rising incident that* occurred at one of the smaller sfatiohs On the Wangauui and Foxton railway, just as the train was starting the statiou master remembered that he had forgotten to forward some important papers, and quick as thought he darted into his office, seized the papers and give chase to the train. He kept at it , for alfoft'i $, (-/-barter of a mile, when lie got alongside the gtiar'-u's' van". His success is a good illustration of the rate tit tohicrj* the trains on that line travel, and we are not surprised that he laughingly suggested that it would be an advantage to the public if he wets to undertake the carrying of the mails.

At a committee ft-i-ifettqg of the Ballarat Juvenile Indust.iial Exhibition, held recently, j it was stated tbat the balance at the* bank was £2466, accounts amounting to £100 or £150 had to be paid, and about £100 was due to the committee. It had been proposed to apply the money in hand to founding an Industrial Musetim, During the exhibition seasort 50,600! pefsons7travelleci tby rail to Ballsirat, ahd al like liamb^r Tf rom it. 7 The distance tftitelled by excnrsi 'n. trains^ was 19,000 miles, and the gross receipts amounted to £4300, an aveaage of 5s lOd per train mile. The railway authorities are confideut tbat this sum paid expenses, and left a sufficient balance to ctover afll wear and tear, a result that is somewh-lt astonishing when it is known that the. charge pef head for children was only one shilling each, for which fare •juvefiiles carried f ronti the most distant parts of tbfe 'colony. - This 'exhibition has been a. most tfompiete success in c very . particular; it is sure tb'oe others on a similar plan, held in soih'S Ol -tfee 1 other principal cities of Australia; and wh^ boi in New Zealand? . '' ,' '. " ' TTElis Honor Mr Justice Johnston (says the , Press of the 2nd inst J had quite an exciting day at the Supreme Court yesterday. There were no less than four serious interruptions to the conduct of the judicial business during the day. The first was hy a woman who is; - known $s having often interrupted the busi-. nesa of the sessions by appeals for justice,! which she claims has been denied to her., Two other interruptions were by two wit-! nesses in a case, who get so excited that they could not restrain themselvesjand the fourth' and most serious of all was by an individual who was suffering from the effects of a .severe over-dose of something stronger than water. He interrupted the Judge in the course of his' summing up by making a com-: ment upon bis speech to the jury, and the effect of this unexpected interruption coming in at a time when the Judge had the closest atteutidnof the jurymen, was to distract attention from his review of the case, and to completely stop the current of his Honor's thoughts. It was no wonder that his Honor remarked that he did not know' what_ Courts of Justice were" coining to, and j that-in his five-and-thirty- years' experience of Courts of Justice-he had never seen such • things as occurred to that Court during* the ..day. It was. quite new to him, and he could ; hardly think that hie wasin a civilised country.. To add to his-Honor's annoyances, he had to .act as court crier, and call inThis loudest voice, on. one occasion during the day; and.at another time.when, despite the host of officials all round, no one appeared to know what was proper to be done, his Honor had to ask, "Do you think I am to come down from the benchlto put that man out of Court ?" His Honor, under protest, performed the duty of crier, but evidently drew the line at the duties of bailiff. The Dunedin correspondent of the New Zealander telegraphs as follows in reference to the libel case in wbich tHe plaintiff is Mr C. E. Haughton, late Uunder Secretary for Immigration, who is said to have occupied at one time tho position of chaplain on board H.M.S. Euryalus :— " In the libel case C. Edward Haughton v. Seed and Fenwick, set dqwn for Monday, commissions have been issued by the Supreme Court at the suit of defendants for the examination of the following persons:— Admiral.Sir Augustus Leopold Kupar X.C.8., residing in England, formerly Rear-Admiral on board H.M.S. Euryalus; H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Naval Cadet on the Euryalus; Commander Horace W. Rochfort, Coastguard. Service, now stationed at Carrickfergus, formerly Lieut, on the Euryalus; Captain. Henry J. Stephenson, formerly Lieutenant of the Euryalus; Richard R. A. Richards, Paymaster of the Vincent training-ship at Portsmouth, form3rly Clerk and Secretary on board the Euryalus ; Richard Williams, Paymaster turret-ship Thunderer, of the Chaunel Squadron, formerly Assistant - Paymaster an :the: Euryalus;: Commander M. R. M. Griffith', formerly Lieut, of the Euryalus, and Helmsly H. Stamper, Secretary on the Duncan flagship at Sheerness, formerly Secretary on the Euryalus. The commission is returnable on- the Ist Jan., 1879; The case will not therefore be tried ou' Monday." I , Indiscriminate massacre is the result of the Chinese victories in Kasbgar. Tbe British Minister at Washington has a list of every Russian ageat and every representative of the Irish element working in the States in Russia or Fenian' interests. A* Fenian attack or feint on Canada, it is said, • is intended if Russia and Euglaud -engage in war. A Fenian commander has been discovered near Buffalo, close to the Canadian line. 1 .. - .