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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue XIV, 15 July 1879, Page 2

The following advertisement appears in tbe West Coast Times from the lion W. Gisborue:—To the electors of the Totara Dis trict. — Gentlemen — I have accepted a seat in the Ministry in the hope of advancing a policy which I believe will be conducive to the interests of all parts of the colony —I retuaiu, gentlemen, your obedient servant, W. Gisborne, Wellington, July 5, 1879. We (W. R. Argus) are informed by telegram that Matheson and Party, of Kumara, washed up for five weeks on Saturday last, and obtained £800 worth of gold, and have four or five years 1 work befote they can work out their ground. There are several parties on the Kumara who are making from £12 to £20 per week, and two shares have chonged hands at £400 per sh:re within the last month. At an ioquest held at Westport Dr Thorpe gave information, the publication of which may tend to save life in future. He said that it was the common practice, when ap parently drowned persons were rescued from the water, especially in the case of children, to immediately rush away home with them, holding the child with the head elevated. This was wrong. During the time search was being made for the body, a couple of blankets, some warm flannel, and a pair of scissors should be provided, and immediately the person is taken from the water the clothing should be ripped up (as it presses upon the chest), and the body wrapped in the flannels and blankets, and vigorously rubbed. If the person has not been in the water more than two or three minutes, the exercise of these precautions would probably restore animation. One very curious result has already followed the residence of the Princess Louise in Canada. Already all the vacant houses in Ottawa are occupied, not by Canadians, but Americans, who have come across the border to settle close to the Princess. Upwards of a huudred Yankee favorites have arrived for this purpose, and rents are rising daily. Some cf the American ladies have actually come from San Francisco, and brought all their jewels with them. They are very anxious to show the Princess how much they possess. To the uninitiated the columns of the London Era teem with amusing and extraordinary advertisements, but the following offers one of the sweetest chances to lady members of the theatrical profession. It appears in the New York Herald :— "Niblo's Garden — Wanted — Society young ladies, petite, pretty, and shapely having the accomplishment of swimming expertly, to enter the aquarium tank with the crocodiles, water snakes, &c, in company with Professor Swan, the Alligator Man, in the speciality act of the ' Black Crook.' Salary, tempting. Address by letter only, with enclosure of photographic likeness, Manager Niblo's Gardens." The religious newspapers in the United States occasionally offer little gifts to those who will suoscribe to them for a fixed period. These otters are, however, made, as it is generally explained, not for the pecuniary benefit of the proprietor of the publication, but for the spiritual benefit of the purchaser who cannot fail to derive good from a perusal of the columns thus pleasantly brought under his notice. One of the papers, the Church Union, is now endeavoring, in its own words, "to extend its usefulness," and with this object offers "to every new subscriber, on payment of three dollars, a genuine sevenshooter revolver, full nickel-plated, rosewood stock, steel barrel and cylinder, and finelyrifled." The revolver is uot intended to be used for the adjustment of difficulties in an offhand fashion, but should, it is suggested, be only used for "tramps and burglars." The publisher of the Church Union thinks this offer is not inconsistent with " the spirit of its columns ; " and certainly if the spirit of its columns is of a kin to that displayed by some of the religions papers on this side of the Atlantic, there is no inconsistency worth mentioning in the offer. of a "sevenshooter " to subscribers. Referring to the settlement of the long pending claim of Mrs Meurant against the colony, the Government having recently forwarded to Auckland the £2000 for that pur pose, voted by Parliament last session, the Auckland Herald remarks: — " The Meurant claim figures very early in the history of constitutional government, and the wrong inflicted on her was one of the scandals that disgraced an administration which was only possible wheu New Zealand was • a Crown colony of a severe type.' The unjust judge at last yielded to the widow's importunity, and redress has been accorded after a lapse of a quarter of a century. Mr Hugh Carleton fought the widow's battles in the House of Assembly and out of it, amidst much obloquy nnd ridicule. It will be gratifying to him to hear that • the wrong that needs resistance,' is a thing of the past; and there is little doubt that the tidings will give him a new lease of his life." ~ A writer in the Derbyshire Courier suggests to promulgators ot public entertainments of the penny-reading and musicalevening class, the Conundrum Bee as an inexhaustible fount of fun and consequent attraction and remarks that no one who has taken part in the now defunct Spelling Bee need be deterred on the score of incapacity. As every town and village abounds in wags capable of constructing a respectable conundrum, we think that if the Conundrum Bee (an original idea, by-the-by) were to be attempted, either in private or in public, it would obtain for itself, at least, a transient popularity. Tbe Inangahua Herald of" Saturday says: — The Justin-Time Company have experienced a most agreeable surprise in the result of the cleaning up just finished. It was known that the stone reduced was poorer in quality than the main block of quartz which will be broken down in future crushings, and the anticipated yield was estimated at from six to eight pennyweights per ton. The gold when retorted turned out, however, much more favorably. A total quantity of 40? tons of quartz wa3 reduced, and the yield of gold is 272 ozs 17 dwts, or within a fraction of 13 dwts 10 grs per ton. According to the body of quartz exposed, a return of B,dwts per ton will cover all expenses. The result is most gratifying, and we congratulate shareholders upon tbe promising appearance of this favoured mining property. The present number of hands employed is twelve, but these will be at once increased tt> thirty men, when fifteen heads out of the twenty-five heads of stampers at the company's battery will be continuously employed upon stone from the mine. The company will now enter upon a long terra of assured prosperity. A New Plymouth telegram to a contemporary says :— The Armed Constabulary camp at White Cliffs is going to be largely reinforced. A native near Waitara being insolent to a European, the latter gave the Maori a severe shaking and threw him on the ground. The native picked himself up, and ran away without another word. On Wednesday, a native was conversing with a pakeha on Te Whiti's supernatural powers, and appeared to be quite confident that the bullets could not hurt him when he had the prophet's protection, whereupon the pakeha produced a revolver, and asked to try the experiment. The Maori most emphatically declined to exhibit the prophet's powers, and was doubtful if the experiment would be successful.

It is understood (says the Westport Times) that negotiations are almost completed for the amalgamation of the New Zealander and new Zealand Times newspapers. The terms have not trauspired, but it is said the New Zealander will be the surviving paper. The Timaru floods washed hundreds of young trout atfay. They were found dead on the banks of the river. A young and rising cricketer, named George Bonner, the other day threw the ball 124 yds 6in for a wager of £20. Previously he had been backed to throw against " the demon bowler," but the latter now declines the contest. B nner stands a shade over 6 feet in his stockings.