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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 282, 5 December 1878, Page 2

«•»'■> i.»g;wt> .-tiw.aei!Mg.".ii'i'Bijag'ißg»«!.jgj l . J i IBB ij. B i|n 3 i It is rumored (says the G. R, Afgyis),ax\& apparently with some authority, that the Union Steamship Comptmy, of Dunedin, hy whom, the steamers of Messrs, M'Meckan and Blackwood have heen recently purchased, are interested in the purchase ejected a short time ago of the property of the Greyi mouth Coal Company, and that it is probahle they will enter. largely into the coal trade to the extent at least of supplying their large steam fleet. For this purpose steamers are to be built suitable for this poit, which will not only carry a large tonnage of coal, but provide excellent passenger accommodation as well. Should this report prove correct, the benefits to he derived by this district can hardly be over-estimated. They would also be mutual— the Union Company would save enormously iv the cost of ita coal supply, and an impetus would bo given to the development of ou.r coalfields. . We (G. R. Argus) are informed by a correspondent that six German families at Jackson's Bay have been existing f or ( the past three months on neighbors' charity. By j the b.s. Waipara, which visited the settlement

ago, the unfortunate people for;< .tfanreg urgdht.tel^gramsHoUhe Governmeft'lii' iiipd $$o to their (fonsul at Nelson, begging jthfitfajjstenmerlbe sent to t.J)ke them awayj'ijjia* i tn ?y^'f° destitute, aud^ca'nnot pay passage's) -heeler cah they live huy longer with(% r^lfet. There is work 40 miles away on'^ife Hnast track, but circumstances will liot enable them to take advantage of such employment and the resident agent refuses to give them any relief, so their case is ttuly deplorable. ■/Responsible (Joverilment in 'Victoria &6bbrdiiig td the,''i J eripatetie Wiildsdphe't '*■' of the Sydney Mail, is assuming a i\W fafiety of that excellent institution. The newspapers commence now to. strain every effort to.se-. ctit'e a i'erMfc of \yhrtt transpires alt the daticiis rHeetiug'S,- as' being irjfinitefy .itiofe tttomentous 1 'than the debatesa'n Parliarfieht.The condition of affairs seems now to be that the measures to be approved in the Pjirliam'ent are debated and decided in the Ministerial osticiis'j and ttie way things are to be decided iv the Ministerial caucus is settled by the Reform League, atid whrit the Reform League is to ordain is fixed by a patty by the name of Mirams. Considerable impatience is evinced at the publication of the proUeedingg and discussion in the caucus, and it appeal's intivitttbie that before long tub Miidms will intimate tlittt tlio Jieform League shall pfdyLiii that the caiictis shall decide t&rtt Parliailieni sliaii legislate to make thfc publication of fefiorw elf the debates in caucus a breach of privilege. A capital joke at the expense oi a Civil. Service Is thus i'ec'orded by the Home correspducleut Hi Mi Aitsirdliatt 'paper ;— '' 1 mentianed last month. aoriifi Suddessftil Ira.iidß iit the Admiralty, due to the cavoless manner in which documents supposed to be merely formal are signed there without perusal. I. have, pince fallen iv with an illustration oil this carelessness which seems droll enough to be worth mention. The facts date some years back, and belong to the ' larky! period when' the Admiralty clerics were truly ;said to be like the fountains in Trafalgar .square from 10 to 4 at the public expense. A certain Mr C , a disappointed patentee; had published a violent letter.against Mr E, J.ltead and Admiral Itobinson (then respectively Chief Conductor and Controller of the Navy), suggesting, inter alia, tliat these, two dignitaries should be, ' put into a glass case on the wooden side of the Admiralty.' A wicked wag, whom I must not name, though he has locg quitted the Civil Service, conceived the happy thought of getting this suggestion ami the letter containing it formally approved by the two officials. Mr Reed; happened to be acting for the Controller/which made the hoax easier. Th.c offensive letter was scut him, duly stamped arid' numbered, with, '.the instruction 'Controller N, to report ou that part of Mr C 'sletter which relates to the building of a glass construction with reference to Mr Reed.' There was appended the foot-note : "There >h large glass case used at the Exhibition, in which the model of the Queen now stands at Somerset Housej whicbj were the model removed, might bo adapted for this purpose' The document is now extant bearing date • 3rd October, 1863,' and signed below the note by the Chief Constructor, <E. J. Reed, for Controller.' I need 1 hardly &dp that it was not duly laid before ' My Lords." A Glasgow telegram says:— Tim city is absorbed in melancholy contemplation of the terrible picture of crime and ruin presented in the official report of the examiners on the broken City of Glasgow Bauk,, The figures and facts «re so overwhelming that even finaucial minds, familiar with figures and cash books, seem utterly to fail to grasp the situation. A review of the effect on the Sobtch. trade since the disaster shows a dreadful extent of damage. The list of works stopped is not extensive, but includes the iron works of Henderson, Dymock aud Co., the Heatherykuowe colliery and brick works, Miller's spinning mill of Dundee, several pits in Ayrshire, Hanuah, Donald and Wilson, engineers, Paisley, with liabilities of £70,000, and Beverarbuilding yards. The following is a ;li§Upf ttig< ; 'reductihriin wages'al ready intijijatfid asdedded l upon : - Clyde shipbuilders^ ■"■') '£'■ per : cent ; Edinburgh masons, id per hour; Dalkeith ironworkers, 10 per cent; miners, Gd per day j laborers,- Is petf week ; Baillieston miners, 6d por week; Shotts ironworkers ; 10 per cent; Merry and Cunningham's tradesmen, 10 per cent; Edinburgh joiners, £d per hour; furnace men, Is per day. The Ceylon Observer of the 13th October has the following telegram's relating to AH Musjid which has since, been taken by the British forces.' From these be seen the action taken by the Indian'; Government up to tnatdate :—Ali;aiiaiiAd, October 8:— The s.tbrmiug of AH Musjid was fixed first for the sth and then for to-day, but has now been indefinitely postponed by orders from head-quarters, as our force is considered inadequate,, and it returns to Peshawur.— • October*) : ' The ."pipneer'e. Peshawiir correspondent, telegraphing on the 7th, , says that all time-expired men have been' ordered to give an additional year." The following is the force now at Jumro'dd /Seven regiments and three batteries, includiug aforty-pounder battety; General Ross is prepared to assault aud take Ali Musjid;, but his force' is 'not strong enough' to hold it, and he. is therefore ordered to wait for reinforcements. Detachmentsof the 9th and the 81st and detachments of the Artillery, have arrived from Cherat. — Lahore, October 9 : Ali Musjid has been strongly reinforced by the Ameer's troops. The arrears of pay due to the Ameer's troops ■ have been paid up with three months' advance added. The Russians are said to have offered one crore of Bokhara tillas for a footing in Herat, >ahd to be purchasing grain for troops \a large quantities. The Indian troops are 1 massing on Peshawur. — Gctd'beV- 9 : ; Large reinforcements are ordered. /.to Peshawur., -, Ampngst other troop.s, the 72nd and 10th Bengal Lancers. The Civil and Military 1 qazefte. publishes the • following reports, namely, that Russia has offered a mlilidnj tillas, equivalent to £690,000 for a'fdttting' at Herat and Tujttapbol,' on the road PfStween Balkh and Tsshkurgan ; aisb that'Yakub Khnn, being released, has enlisted in defence of KariUabar. Ahmed Ali Khan has/departed i i-om Kurn with a large force. ' Ali Musjid is strengthened by 10 regiments. The Civil aM Military' Gazette published a special'telegram from Pestiawur' {hat the : Ameer's heavy guns are firing in the Khyber. Jutnrob'd is being put in a state of defence.— The commander-in-chief , Sir F. Haines, will cony mand the Peshawur force, which will amount; ios&,6ob troops, all available artillery being brought into requisition. Invalids have been ■ recalled from the hills. It is reported that the women,' children, and. sick have been ordered from Peshawur to Nowshera forth- i with. Troops and artillery are' passing through daily both for Mboltan and Peshawur— Oqtbber 10 : The Pioneer's Peshawur, correspondent, telegraphing oh tlie'sth says: — " A uine-poupder battery, with ammunition fromFerozepore and treasure, passed Nowshera for Peshawur this morning under a strong guard of the 27th N.I. The Envoy Nawab Ghoolam Hoosein has returned. There are guns at Ali, Musjid and on fboth side's at the 'Khyber. Od commissariat is defective. ; The Ist Sikhs, the Guides, and a mountand battery reached Jimrb'dd yesterday.." it repprted. / tp haye i Ibeeh reinforced, — Si Ji'£a/ T)ct()ber 9 : *"* Nawab Ghoolam Ilopsein, o'\ip envoy,' is known to bo ■ well, biit'other^re'pdrts* here about him are I discredited. There has been a considerable ! movement of troops pti ,both sides , of ,, the I frontier. , . . Aj, recbqnajsdance, ■[ 'pr'qvos ' Mi Mus^idto' be stronger in guns'thaii' was, expected. '••■•■' .7 , .; : ll