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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 210, 14 October 1878, Page 2

The Po^t of li'qday says : — The House last night settled down to business in earnest, and cleared the Order Paper of something like 20 biils. Of these, three— the chief of which was the Local Judicature Bill—were withdrawn in consequence of the lateness of the session. There now remain twenty-one bills ou the paper, with four others of a local character to be introduced tq-cjay. Qf th,e^a njue haye to pass tl^eir secqnc| reading, a,n,d njne are ijown'fot: com.mi'ttnl. 'I'he engagements, of the Australian cricjteters in America are as? fallows j-^They will plav the St. George J s Club, New Yoik, on the Ist aud 2nd October; the Gerrnantou Club, Philadelphia, on the 3rd, 4th, and sthat Toronto, 7tli .-tudSth; Detroit, 9th and 10th; Chicago, 12th and loth; St.- L^wis* lGth and 17th. They VfilJ perhaps make pnn day's iiait y S^alfc Gi'ty, and' finish up nt .San Erancisco on the 24th, 25th, '.ind 2fith. They expect to leav'e for Australia on the' 28th October," aud "bv that time they will have travelled sooie 60,006 mile's during their,

The Banks carrying on business ia this Colony, during the twelve months ending June 30th last, paid £19,086 in the shape of duty to the Government. JAt Manuka Flat, not very far distant from the Lyell, some good finds of alluvial gold have been made for some time past. It is said by those who know the locality that the flat only needs prospecting to prove its capability of profitably employing a large number of miners. This is ihe flat that Dr Hector once declared would prove the Ballarat of New Zealand. — G.R.Argus. ■ At present (says the Dunedin Herald) there are a large number of schools without teachers, owing to the fact in many instauces that not a single application has been forwarded for the vacant positious. The question was recently broughc under the notice of the Education Board by its secretary. From the discussion which followed, it appeared that there is no lack of applicants for schools where the salaries paid range from £200 to £300 a year; and that young men who have just finished their course of training are wanted to apply for coiintiy schools, at salaries rangiog from £130 to £150 per annum. Some of the members thought it would be advisable to advertise for such in the Australian Colonies. It was, however, memtioned that inducements had been held out to young men in Victoria who had undergone a course of training, and that a number of them intended coming over to Otago.