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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 10, 11 January 1879, Page 2

A firm of auctioneers in San Francisco have erected saleyards in the form of a circus, with a large rinsr, around which horses or cattle can be moved in full sight of the surrounding raised seats. In consequence of the scarcity o£ grass, milk is raised tosd in Christchurch. In New Zealand there are lit newspapers, or one to every 3635 of the population. In Victoria there are 15 1 newspapers, or one to f very sfi2B of the population In New South Wales there are 118 new9pipers, or one for every 5.T57 of the population. In the Australasian colonies there are 47^ news papers, or one for every 4932 of the poini ation. There are now four Ministers iv WHling ton, (says the Chronicle.) viz : Sir Geori;Grey, Mr Bail lance, Mr Macandrew, and Mr Fisher. Colonel Whitmore will also he in Wellington iv a few days. Mr Macan.lrew is not on active duty, beiutr suffering from a temporary illness. Sir George Grey a;> pears quite hale aad hearty after his trip to the 2<Jorih.

The celebrated race horse Guy Fawkes has again changed hauds, this time for £535. A Dunedin telegram to the Chnnicle of last I uesday su> s :- A brother of the late Mr Giliigau's, employed as draper's assistant, wns st-rving a3 .1 common juryman yesterday, v. lieu he received news ot vis brother's death, and was allowed by the judge to leave. Ou inriru! at his warehouse he was first condoled with on his bereaveniHit and then congratulate. I on his fortune, which, it is anticipated, will be something like £70.000. A Tauranga tt legram of ihe Sth inst. says: — '1 humus Williams, a journeyman tailor at Well ing ion lately, and Secretary of the Foresters' Lodge, was arrested to-day on a charge of embezzling the funds of the Order. It appears that he bolted away as soon as he got a hint that his defalcations had beeu discovered He was arrested on a warrant issutd at Wellington. Miss Jones (says a "Wellington paper) whose name was receutly somewhat prominently hi ought before the public in cou-iiL-ciioii With a charge of lunacy, has couimei ced legal preceedings against iVlr Kenue'li \Vil.--on, the Piincipal of the » olltge, from whom she claims the sums of £24 aud £50 for wages and damages respectively. The lighting of railway carriages in Vic♦oria by has been perfectly successful. Tlie gus is ioiv.ed into rusti'viois bem-ath the cairinges. The li.ht is brilliant, and the cost in less than that of oil. A j.-w flier's shop at Hath was robbed on the 1 lght of the 2(Hh November, and property \ allied at £-100 was stolen. The entry was tificud from the roof, and, a3 no one sle;>t upon the premises, tue thieves had no dttlieulty in carrying oIE the entire stock A cabman in Melbourne, who drew Calatiiia in a sweep, fell back in his cab in a " dead faint," at ihe close of the race which made him the prospective posstssor of £'Juo. It was a quarter of an hour before he recovered. Tise expensive aud bloodless expedition from India to the Mediterranean is uickuamud " the Malta picnic." The transports taking the troops back to India cost £13,000 per month. In a ft;\v years the Cape weed promises to be a greater nuisance in Victoria than the thistle, inasmuch as it kills grass, clover, and all sons of herbage with which it comes in contact.