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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 211, 4 September 1880, Page 2

jgßEßaa-M •mitrrritv «winwgjßagaßM»H"i'iii '."ibwmmw There must be a strong tendency to rbym» as well as reason in the bucolic interior i of California / The following. ii the,.diirection put 'upon! thie ' box" containing the Ligurian bees; forwarded from Los Angejoato , Mr Creighton, en route to New Zealand <:~ - ■ '* Expressman, handle with care, For you have -Italian beetrioj there, Out of the suna'nd in the" shade, Or low in death they'll all belaid^. "Robert James CHi§hws WbitrHhey' gos Who lives in the 7 City of Francisco. *•* Hto;tb^r|jth^fle^Js t @l^bß)surjß;to;roeet, At' No. 2, Mo^tpomery^itreet. " v ' The bees shouia:haye sstumtned5 s tumtned sweetly to thfe^boW^pretty^Oi/orglo on their* Voyage across the Pacific.

pit is said if the privilege of recbrdingjheir^ votes for members of Parliament is graptedU to women, iv England, it will' add aboiflr 500,000 to the electoral roll. : A Cleveland Inwyer, defending a handsome young lady charged with larceny, closed his appeal to the jury thus i— " Gentlemen, you may hang the ocean on a grape vine to dry, lasso a volcano, skim the clouds from the sky with a teaspoon, throw salt on the tail of our noble eagle, whose sleepless eye watches over the welfare of the nation ; paste ' for • rent 'on the moon and atars, but never.f or a -. moment delude yourselves with the idea that this charming girl is guilty of the charge preferred against her." The jury acquitted her without leaving their seata; Four returned diggers from Temora say that there are 46 claims there equal to any in tlio world; but thdfc where there is one good tjlaihi thfei'e tti'e twenty duffers. They also say that scores of miners are leaving the field unable to get employment. It is rather a singular fact that the Tublel of fidiidbHj Cardinal Manning's organ, is' op-, p-osing tite disestfibiismiileut oi the Anglican, Church oh tile ground that j;he Church of England i* a v Serviceable birtwark" against j the agrcssive spirit of tlin JifoilcOiiformists. j Marking clie game of billiards by means'; of electricity is one of the latest novelties ! and triumphs of science. It will be "with great regret tliat inauy will hear of the possible extinction of the billiard marker, endeared : to them by so many kindred social quantities..' The/etc of ilie distribution! of : colours to the French army >vHs n'ela oft; July 14 at Longchamps. The oaith taken by the troops j on that occasion was as follows :— " In the , name of the regimental swear on my honour to remain faithful.to the constitution and to defend this flag till death." . Victoria' possesses 141 newspapers; New S6uth Wales, 115} South. Australia, 36; Queensland, 49 j flew Bealftnd,lls ,; British North America, 55 ; Ontario, ; 22& j Newfomndland, 2 ; and Fiji, 4. In England 1834 papers are published, and of that number 365 are'issued in London. . The -following advertisement appears in a Home paper :— " New Zealand.— -To Farmers, Gentlemen's Sons. with Capital, Guardians, &c— A. block of land has. .been set apart within the ' Manchester Special Settlement/ 75 miles tiorth of Welliugtonj for the settlement of a number of young gentlemen with .capital of from £2000 to £10,000 each, on : fivorable terms.J Good opportunities will be given for the purchase of land, and facilities for gaining colonial experience.— For further paniaulara apply to the Secretary, 'Emigrants and" Colonists'-^ Aid -Corporation, Limited,' Chairman, His Grace the Duke of Manchester, 25, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster' iS.W.V ■ • *. - -ii^rj ;..';. • And^No Mistake !— Ail Irish cadet,. on being asked what was meant by the word " fortification,'! instantly answered, with the utmost confidence, "Two twfentiflcatioris make a fortification." . . i It is hoping against hope (says the Dunedin Echo) to get a good Lotteries and Gaming Bill pasßed. For-five or .six years the-As-■embly has been attempting to legislate on the subject, but- always something : Btopa}the way. Why is this i We believe because people who- do; not take a sufficient interest in social legislation. Two of the most important bills— in their social effects— -that -.were introduced were the Gaming Lotteries Bill and the Licensing Billy but both of them will be abandoned. Gamblers have "too much sway in Parliament, and dealers in alcohol rule the House, of Representatives. It were time for the -people to see that though political'machinery is necessary, unlesß social reform follows political reform, little good will be accomplished. The Westporfc. Times of the 24th August states that on the morning of the 20. h an explosion of gas, occurred in the Wellington Company's coal' mine, whereby three men were injured, though not seriously. The accident occurred through their using naked lights. A horse working in tho mine was alio scorched. A bill has been introduced into the House of Commons providing that no clergyman shall be compelled to re-marry a divorced person as long as the divorced husband or wife of sueb person shall be living. Women servants (writes the San Francisco correapondont of the -Herald) are a* iittle worse than they are in New Zealand, if^possible. They are dainty-r-excfeedingly to sea their Bleepiog-roq.tn before "engaging at a place, and frequently- wanting the use of the parlour once , a. week for their friends. A friend of mi»e told me a cook came one evening to engage herself . Her husband happened to b« sitting in the room, and w&a^irjjflnit'ely amused at the question? of the, woriian. Such as •< lithe" dinner il way* over by seven-?" "Can Igo out three tinioi a week ? " "Can I attend church on Sunday ? " "Can. I see my bedroom ? " " I can only sleep in a room With a, northern asp.eoti"' &o. - " I' will -- bliow you the. bed-rooih," said the gentleman, and rising, the *' help "followed. Arrived aji a large, handsome apartment, he flung open the door, "This is the only room with the aspect you desire. It isimiuo, but I shall be but too happy'to vacate it in your interest."; 'That II help" turned, and .walked so quickly- away that a lamplighter would have scarcely^overtaken ber. I have hada similar experience, but then I have had also a Chinaman-rrsb "high toned "that he took'the blankets offcmy'bed to put on his own, because,. he said^'they were "heap whiter" than his. But so far from John going, it appears, at present? very like his being the conquering hero in Mejv years' time. ; .. „ • ; • We (Post) have received a letter from one. of the men who. recently left here for,. the Okari'to goldfield. He cays that .the.storekeepers on the,, diggings are about to stop credit. ; There, are old diggers at . Hoki.tika ; who will not go. near, the place, and ' those Who went there in the.flrsfc instance are:leaving, every day; At .^present the.re;.are ism)Ji 150 men on the field: The writer, ad.ds.4hat it 1« no use for persons, to goto OkaritPiw^o havanot money enough to last them, at least; four months while they try their luck, ;*and even then he Bayi he would not giye ; much for their chance; A water race is. needed before much good can be done. ;Our correspendant, in conclusion, states that? he is now on his way back to Nelson. a ;.:.«.. -. . :-., In connection with the recent; eartbqvalce: at Manilhvthe JPds<flays:-^hia:. is. the third, ahock, we believe, which has occurred, during ■ tho last twp.or three months, andnow, we are told, the destruction of, the place is completed. Manilla was a magnificent city, of about a quartet of a million: inhabitants,, (including th« suburbs), and possessed many fine public building»i About. 20,000. peraonsi w.ere en-.; g*gfd in the tobacco manufactories: alone.-r . Manilla cheroots being famouß.aH. . over ins world. ,, The site of -, the city, is most pictur- j eiqiie, ' placed, as it w," "'on tne i beautiful boy j which bears its name, and surrounded on all sides by the most luxuriant tropical flowers and vegetation. Manilla, however, has always been subject to visitations of tfiis "kind. A frightfully destructive earthquake took place in 1863, 3 thrqwing. down the, cathedral (built in 1672), all the cEurcheß, aaye one, together with the palace of the-'Spanisfi -Viceroy, the British and a ; large: number of other buildiugs. The full number of victims who perished on . that occasion wasf never , accurately aßcetairied, but it is known that at 'least 2000 lost- their " lives. Tho^f earful i catastrophe, as may be imagined, almost i ruined the city. Latterly it bad begun to ( recover itself from the dreadful blow, and ! now as the inhabitants were hoping to see : their beautiful city again prosperous and flourishing, this further calamity, has occurrrd, ■ and probably will have the effect of compl«tely crushing the commerce of the city— lat any rate for a longtime to come. We, in ;New Zealand, when, we i feel the \leaztytremblei ments de terre, to which we are occasionally ; subjected, may well feel profoundedly_thankjful that yre are,spared bucu frightful qoinv,uli sions RJi that which h^s ju's^ converted the I populous ctty of V Manilla i into a howling wilderness of ruins and devastation.^ ii The Chinese residents here (says the'Duniedin. Times) are having a good laugh^ at the expbnW;of the police or sdine of flteir, cinis^ ! sariesV i; Wlt f hin 'the f past ? f eWdays placards ■have been posted atnaygcing the reward for the discovery of tho perpetrators ofjthe Kyeburn mtirde^ audfhe placards iapiaTib"srin ted in BDglißti ; and-Gh*iDeße> ! ln sever'a'Pcasis the Chinese oneß are -posted upside, down, and the ! Celesti^li)^eiln-aineCgp|hMj^I g , c , boasted enlightenment of s the "barbarian" j Briton. ; The^wpnianitbat maketh a "good pudding ;in silence ig better tI.Q l she who makctli a i tart reply.