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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 224, 21 September 1880, Page 2

At a batKjaet givSP to Mr Seddou atKumara, Mr John White Is reported in the local papertohave thUS'spoken in'rcspbndlng to the toast of " The Mining Interest "i- --'" He (Mr White) had been accused of Boma times seeing into futurity, and acting on that peculiaVgirt. he he would pfedict that in fire years f roni hence Mr Seddbn would be Premier of New Zealand. and applause.) Ifi the year 1845 a most wonderful planet appeared, and on consulting his horpseppa ho found that was the ye*ar of Mr Sedddn^s birth. If they go back.to the discaveryißf Kumam, they would find it was five years ago, and, in fact the numenl V was the most ax traordinary number. From calculation he had made, Mr Seddpn. would burst forth and astonish tfae World in the same year this - planet tathered all the star«=of leaser magni- . tude about it, and that would.be in the year 1885." ' tfc aa g^ er O ' A Dunedin contemporary wfites that if it is ,to credit the statement of one of the speakers at the inee'ting of railway employes 1 the encouragement of local iridustriea ' by Government io nbt witbo.H its drawbacks to the engineer-drivers. He stated that iho use of native coal compelled- the driver* *o,' stuff their mouths with the " cotton wasta »». used on the engines while they were passing through a tunnel, and that before the end was reached the'drivers were so overpowered by the sulphurous fumes as to Ibe Unable to . eaße off steam, even when running down the inclines, in whioh several of the .tunnels terminated. , . ] -. A correspondent of the Griet/ Riber Argus at the Seventeen-mile rush gives the following description of the township there)— Fosberry, which I understand is the; name. 'finally chosen for the township, is situated in the bush, about half a mile from the sea beach. But a very small area of it has yet been, cleared, and, here we ha.ye a very moderate number of , ju'mbleid to-gether-.somewhat disorderly ; several of them are encroaching on the streets by many feet^, they having been- built before. the township was surveyed. Nearly the whole of the business places are erected with rata timber, proofed in with galvanised iron. There art no less than six hotels; but only ope of these —Gasperi'fl All Nations— deserves, to jbi designated by that -name. Besides ..tbcac, two of. the stores ha Ve had wholesale ior bbttielicenses issued to them.- v i There will; soon have to be a. Wedding ReformT Company in London, as there J bas long^been a Euneral. Reform Associatioa. The attendant expenses increase every eaa^on : and if they, continue in the same ratio, oiily the favoured few wiil, after a wbila, bo able t<f afford lp get married: Going to thi, altar willsoon be as dear as going to law. ; '■* A rather good story comes from a town in the Auckland district, and fortunately jita truth is vouched for". A number of the repidents last summer were put. on atindof fishing picnic, and the.weather being intensely hot they met with but indifferent success iin angling. The ladies soon strolled off py themselves, and went down the creek. This ■ *vas onlyintend.ed to mislead their Jpr^sJ and masters and prevent them from following, |a» they really intended having a quiet bathe. They made a circuit, therefore passing fye camp unnoticed, and' after-going some distance up the stream found a quiet nook, afid were soon paddling about; in the water delighted. They were nicely sheltered* as the bank on one side was steep and precipitous. Meanwhile the gentleman of the 'party also . grew tired of angling, and one of _ them 'BUggested a bathe. •We can , easily .^avoid the ladies.- ; They thave gone down the river, j I know a nice shady water-hole with a Bteep bank.. We can undress under some", trees, not far off, tak« a short run" to the b'ank,.apd jump in.' They did so.. One after ivnpther they arrived at the cliff, and sprangloff, co ning down like so, many thunderbolts in, t lie midst of their better halves, who' cannot to . this day recollect how they got out. of th» difficulty. — " Thames Advertiser.'' • ■ \ . On Tuesday, at Hanover Square, ' Miss : :Sophia Arkright, of Sutton, Scarsdale, wjiu married to the Hon. Evelyn Pi«rrpont, second .son of Manners. Ostri »h feathers formed a new feature in the trimming of the bride's dress. Those of tie bridesmaids wero far from becoming. Tae dresses were so scantily made that it Wjßs ; Avith some difficulty, that the wearers.struy- , gledfto and from .their knees. The hsjte were of /the new poke shape, ani a pie'»» was, cut out from the back to show the .ha: jr. The ;. sh'ape^ is r.inpst" trying' to'ihe'face. I noticed tHat^wpepf, the^- bridesmaids — the ite • were-BiFaitbg etlieif— had jensiblyjturned^tht .poke:^ brims :^fc ' S( X^ io '. riiuch betterj ■' J Th||6(flpr^bi s botn dresses ai id was pale ."SlU.^tp^^abnc^ti^. Among \M dresses of fee luewl wereiipme : effective^ cbnApln^tipns;^brjgh| : ,mJuye^yil h, :i paiest blue; pale'bitie, with green brocie .and primrose with: silver. greyv A profusu n. > "of lace was worn'with^most of the dresses.- - LondomTruth. ) ■'.'.-■ In addition to> the relatively enormous sum which Reef ton annually, contributes I o .the'multitudinous colonial and intercoloni il racing sweeps (says the local TVimm)"-*'' 8 e]1 " tleman leaving here in a few days for Melbourne has commissions for private f rient s amounting to several hundreds sterling, fc r investment in the various events on the Cuo. A~company_ with a large subscription" listbi s also been- formed to Bpeculate in'j Mifler a mammoth Melbourne sweep on the WR.C. Summer Meeting. Who dare say that Ree: !- ton does not contribute towards the improvi - , ment of the breed. of horses ? - The Lyttelton Times, referring to .certaih episodes in the Assembly, makes the follow- . ing 'plain-spoken comments :~ " Several members ihaye made themselves remarkable during^ the s 'session by. appearing in thejr places in a state of intoxication. As for the general. bad behaviour, the members-impl-catedought not to be itfllowedto forget i-thf 4 their •■■ proceedings have branded > the' > Ne] r ZealandX.egislature • with; an indelible , staii l. An excuse,, has been made for them, thit hay ipg beei ; kept co» stantly at work- f^« r '■ had to resbrt to stimulants, but the excuse ft worse than none at all. If members of Pai - liament cannot 'always (retain the power t f self-control, the sooner they ceaoe to hi members ; the f , better: :Theabqlitipn. ; pf Bellamy's 'may be an effectuaL remedy." *'I| i i not tb^e/ojbly .resource, howeveV. A rigoroni •'application ; 6f penalties wpuld. be. , equally effective, and would possess" theTnerifc df'rok . making the innocent suffer with the guilty." The receptions held byMrMi,lner|Stepheni , the " bealing'mediuta," in'Sy'dney, are attended by from 150"and 200 people ever/ day. vffliscmodns'opera'ndr is Either 'tb^orde • the disease awaypor i to breathe on or todco t he u fipot^ . „ .Abpuji,;. I.OOOi ,casea,,baTa bee treated^ and'the Sydney papers cbttaia man: • testimonials, including those of persons wh [declare ,tbat ( they wore, blind, oodl.ljavsv.iiiw i toolr Biffut rcfltoioQi ■ •

Spofforth's absence from the match between the Australian cricketers and the. AllEngland Eleven ia accounted for by; 'the following telegram to the Sydney papers, and which is dated London, August 24th:— " The injury sustained by Spofforth in, the Scarborough match, through the throwing of one of the bowlers, is more serious tharf was at first anticipated. ' His hand was severely cut and bruised, and caused him much pain. He will, it is feared, be unable to play in the representative match. Loving.— At three years of age we love oar mothers j at six, out fathers; at^ 10, holidays; at 16, dress; at 20, oUr "sweethearts jat 25/ our wives; at 40, our' children, at 60, ouraelved. During last year Netf South Wales sent abroad produce of her own territory of the value of £10,381,885, and Victoria produce valued only at £8,060,857. Man for man, therefore, New South Wales exported produce to the valui of £14 10s 9fd, and yic- [ toria (o the value of only £7 Is 4fd, a difference o± more than one half in favor of the former. I We give the following advertisement, on account of its unique character, free inset* tioD. It is taken from the|Dunedin"£tarj: — " Matrimonial —A widow lady (with one child) desires to meet with a gentleman with a v^ew to matrimony. Is 29 years old, and possessed; of £1700, left by her late husband, over, which she haß Bole control. Is a native] of Guernsey, fairly educated, and prepossessing. Has lived for the " last seven years in jthe . bush. Strictly confidential. Enclose photos. Particulars, etc,, also £1 as a guarantee of, good faith, which, with the photos, will be returned ,td the unsuccessful. Address ' E T , ' . care of. Manager Private Inquiry Office, 17, Manse-stre6t,;Dunedin." i Lord Derby, in' presiding at a dinner given by a Lancashire volunteer regiment of which he is honorary colonel, said that volunteering was fl powerful stimulus to the sentiment' of patriotism, without which no community could hold together". > \ \ A Melbourne telegram says that the notorious Mrs Greer left the hospital on the 7th, and her friends arranged for her passage' Home by the Chimborazo. Captain Frank, however, reftised to permit her to remain aboard among the other passengers. J It is reported in an American journal that* a sfallitra called Morgan Black Hawk is still living ; .afc Milton, Delaware, thirty-seten i years old, and that a ntirober of his colts near by are over twenty years old. j It is calculated by Mr. Greenwood that within the limits of the city of London alone an array of male and" female thieves twenty -thousand strong finds.daily and^ nightly employment, the juveniles not being, included in the computation. This means that roughly estimating, the population > of ; London j at ; 8,000,000 there is to be found one person j in : every one hundred and fifty who is a forger,, a. house breaker, a pickpocket, a shoplifter], a', receiver of stolen goods or what not;j"a human bird of prey, a, wily cunning man-^ wolf seeking w bom he may devour." The Post Bays that.it has been decided to arectlbreak-winds along the dangerous port on „• the Rimutaka incline, and .that the work °s be commeuCCd forthwUhr^o^serj^us difficulty is anticipatea iv carrying^ ou^ this plan, which is expected; to piC7 e ' entir^ successful s. ■ ! .'- Referring to the representative crisket., match, and telegraphing 1 on the. last day jof the match j the London correspondent, of the Argus says'; J— J. 1 To-day all animosity;: agaiflst'i the Australians lids' disappeared^ rtnd themost cordial relations exist fltfldng ■■the cricketers. At the luncheon, . the chairmjufl of the Surrey Club presented Murdoch with a bat for his grand innings; and Lord Harris, at the conclusion of the match, called. | for three cheer,s for the Australians, wishing them a good' voyage home, to whicji thqre was a hearty>response. The general impression is that /if Spoffqrth had been able [to play the Australians" might have won. -Tpe following arp the complete scores of eajch team in the seebnd innings (the scores made' in the first innings have already been published) :— All England : G. F. Grace, p; , Hon. A. Lyttelton, b Palmer, 13 ; E. M. Grjice, b Boyle* 10 ;A. .P. Lucal; \o Black-, Palmer, 2 ; Barnes, cMoule/lb Boyle, 5 ;"W. Or. Grace, not out, 9 ; IV Perm, not out, 17s 'extras," a. Total, f or ,6 .wickets, 58. JLuitraUanß— A. L. riot out, 15*3 ; ■ Banrierman, c Lucaß,\ ( VShaw, 8;* Groube, c I' Shaw^ b Morley, c (h •M'Dprinpllj il.b.w., bW. I G; Grace, 4>j; Slight, -c /Hams; 'b W. &. ; Grace, 0 ; >Blac£ham, cE. M. Grace,! b liorley, 19 { Bonner, b Steel, 16 ; Boyle, rjra out, 8J; Palmer, c andib Steeie,4 i Alexander, I « Shaw, b Morley, 33 ; -Motile; b Barnes, 34 ; extras', 14. Total, 327.. .. ' ■ '"• ' • j (The Dharwar corf espendent of the Bombay Gasitie , states\that a thunderstorm; which occurred on March 24 last was ushered in by j the fall of Bomcextremoly heavy ha\l) several ■of the largest stones, which were spherical in shape, measuring no lees than"9in or loin ;in diameter. ■ ' „ .' .": . . The United States census/shews, that the attractions by the Western States havje been io great that the agricultural districts in t^ie East have had no increase of population whatever, and but for the. growth of cities through increased manufactures there would have been, an absolute decrease; in the Euat«rn States since* 1870, due to migration West. .As it is, Memphis is the ; only city jin the Union thati.exhibitß an actual -decrease, and tfiat is due" to yelloW;,fever. J i In the course of his address at the Kumara banquet. Mr Seddpn said :— "There were, a number of old members in the. House wip great experience, ■'. which, they presumed on, inasmuch as if a young member didinptcoip • ; cide with their views. they "said -"We, haye been as m^ny jears in the .Hpus'e. as you ; haye months," and then they ,quietlyjp^typu^pw t n. They tried it onwith; him '"'(the, .Bppakecj^but ypu : ;.knbw,,they cpuld not pij't, 'me.^bwn-r---(Laughter). 1 Notwithstanding all, these littje diff«rehces,"he believed, t^er^was no't"a;man in tb« House who would not i.b.e* glad. "to. see him back next Bession.., The jWes^Clbast, he , considered the healihiQS.t. and^ sbiipdest part of tha colonyVas duVing hit ! late fr.aveis,; her had icon men ofEeriag tbemaelYes for, 10s ]a' week and.'theiriboardrarid ' he' k elt that n^ori'e co'iild^be foundjtp.dpthatro'n ,tjje { - CjOast^and they 'should .ne"proud:pf 'their dißtribi as compared ; to pthers- ;' He "hoped , yet tp'rjt able to congratulate/theny'bn'the West Coait ,r«ceivipg justice from Governmen|;. Th« Press; he was aware, often gav.e him some hard knocks, but lately ,.there a gentluman in Christchurcb, the editor of the?£c/ib, who had told his 'readers that if "Mr Seddpn came down t6" ; .Chfis^ch.uroh guairantee him dieat'fbr'ihat" A.t tHe present, hb we ve*( !he intended' representing "this district, ahd^be truVted tbat'le^B^puld always do it in a manner'lha^yfbUld ensure him I ' the hearty^^iTepepjtibn'he.had.. received "that evening.— (Applause)/ 4 : "* - ~ ■- . Mr Bastings, one of the candidates for thje Waikaia vacancy in the House of Representatives, addressed the electors on Saturday night, and expressed the following-pinion $s to political parties t-^He was not greatly in love [with the present, Gpvernment.f and was tiredtof both " Blue aridGreyi" He believed that pre long a now party .;«? p.nJ4 a.dministe.r the affairs of the couptry quite as v^ell as the men had bald positions in the Government so ldng. They did not want men with th«oretical : political 'knowledge ep much njs s pracllical.busineßß men. -He had of fie n lookeid ■• at members of the Government and said " |f I wanted a wan to run a hay and corn store at £50 a year you wouldn' t suit, and yet you run this country." Men who got tbeir education not 'from experience but from John Stuart Millor Herbert Spebcer found wheja £ they Attempted to apply their, knowledge that 1 it wa« not serviceable. , Practical men wete wantidiand such would be the leaders of the new' party.- " ,'' ■■ ; .■' -'„. j ' \Count. Mocenijo, the head of jone of t^e^ most ancient families of Veriicei-has put forward a somewhat noVel claim,' which, if r< - cogTjiae^r shy Hhef British 5 GoTernffi|nl, wi 1 pja¥e-hiraiin possession of^vast tractiot lan 3 i •ompriiing the'whole 5 " of the mosg high|V v ' favortd and' best portions of the island of Cyprus. 'The nlatter has "already been the ;j fipurce 0% communication, with^ tlje^Wiisli Iftoxernjnint r jMd;ithW^oujt,isJacfi^v»^ liitinary correspondence with the authorities, has placed the affair in the bands of his London \Bolicitorsj >MeßPr«- Goldberg antt L*nidb^^2E]^Cci|ini;ibaßep mdjim upoja the fact that he i» the direct lineal descendant oflGatherjrfe'Carnaro^adgught^riof^thfxheli Soge 'oi Venice, wb'onnd^esWafriea tfiusiguau, thereby of Cyprus! and of Cardinal-Marco" Carbaro, the original .•purctia^etii of theUlandi from the anoieat Order of the Knights Hospitallora, .

"Science terahed us,"' says Mr Proctor/ i«tbit millions' of^yeifs 1 before iheealfthjjwfi s fitted to.be thelabode of 'life r otir companiob planet;; the moon/ which is ' now desolate/ must have been in a habitable condition." ) Sir Garnet' Wblseleyseemff (says the Jfof/rf) to have paltered, his views^ a/) littfe regarding the war correspondent, since he described^ him in his, Soldiers'. Poc.ke^book as a useless fdrone. who .eats, a good' man^s rations > and'dbes no\work for it. vHe now, it seems, believeß'that "no men have ever done their dufy with greater honesty t and greater zeal than the special correspondents." Cjf this variety of the journalistic species Sir . Garnet further opines that " the most active and efficient of military have been the special correspondents." The model of a monster floatiqg, railway station has ; just been ; made b^ o Messr|B Palmer's ' Shipbuilding" and J Irbh'Company, Jarrow, ,from the plans of^one .of* their dVawghtsmen? The, Wea^cojpsista'in' cobrjeceing E'ngiarid, With '.the French capitally raij--1 way; J theiEloating station tieipg so c?onstructed as to carry trains 1 across] the i Channel at thjs rate of fourteen knots :per*;hQur/ tn.Us minrmisinir sea sickness, and' obviating 1 the necessity of unloading 'goods, ' Each tiain woul^ provide accommodation for^joo'cf passengers. The motfel has! been "forwaVded to London . for the. purpose of being thoroughly examined L by the Admiralty officials. j An extraordinary occurrence has -taken place at Egremont, a populous suburb of Liverpool; 6Tn' -the Mnks "pf t^e, Mersey. It appears that. fhe supppsed^dead body of a man was found lying on ' the shore'; nnd^wagj, iii due course^ ''conveyed to- 'the* d6ad hSuse, the supposition being that' the ; hian'had* been drowned, Having^ been deposited in th£ deadrhouge, the body ;Was>left^pr ; .some i t\me , while inquiries w,er,e made; The police theiji ..returned, and .one of them; ; commen i ce.d f to searcti" the .clothes ? of :.|hej supposed' cbrpse. Scarcely had; he J 'begun v tp do so howeveil when the '^corpse !".K ? ca v m'e .rapidly to life^ JandxisingAip pnthettable, called out in a somewhat vigorous tone, "What are you doing ?" It is stated that- the searcher was so astonished and alarmed at the spectacle o^ the " dead" mdnfcoming-'ta lifeVthat Jhe^ran iaway from .the 1 chamber; in terror, Avhereupon *the' w c6fpVe'^ began' to follow. It was ultii mately found that" instead of having beei^ idrowned the man'.hadiSimplygotlvery/dr^nl^ and fallen Helpless on: Jthe'.beaSsh akthe'C'spot where he wasjound. .^.'He^.had^had, howeverl a narrow escape of- hisiiife,^or,had the tides been spring instead of^ neap/ he* would have been.coyer.cd at high, water. i; ;>i( j , In the course pf his' report on the Grey Valley goidfielils, ¥r. Mackayj ,the Warden} says: —The Chpese msners ar§, t in. my opiniori increAfingin n.iuQ.berjwit hin;the jgrey. Districtl Their favourite resorts are.Greengto'ne, Duni ganville) iimfi'. Gully (Arnold}, Notowni Moonlight, and BlackWater> Tl\ej;.are patient] plodding workers in'beds of streams or riversl or in shallow and Abandoned ground ; but they appear to- be" averse^ to -tunnelling or driving operations. As a riile/ they are in| ofEensive and law-abldirigr/ I would here beg r to point but, ; that there being nb n 'th6rbttghl^ competent or reliable Chinese interpreter on the jffhple pf theiWest Coastxrenders the ar] rangem'erit ,','of. disputejj between Chinesej miners/ or betWeeri Chinese and European rainerß, very difficult to .settle. .Where Chinese alone are concerned, the plaintiff actsaea check on the, defendant,, and vice versd • but where the question at issue 19 .between aTChinesa and ; a ,perp6n ofc'Eurtigean *race, a%bbd interpreter-is ah absolute Jieces} sity. If means taken*t6irecift6|the setvicea of i some duly- qdalifledfinterpreter, I fear ther,e will besome cases in which there wilt'jbe'a aeripu^misc^rriage of justice. On th^ flu^stipn of interp'retattdtt of foreigr languages.'Xjiibpe'ie'Wili not' be,,deeme,d pre- ' sumptuous : ! on' myrparf to' state^thit^hjive a tolerable' knowledge of "the Wabri fr language . and' thai during my official experience as 4 : Resident; Magistrate in'-'ihe'-'^orib^lsland, I have, on seTeral ! bccaßi6nß/sat on the magisf Serial bendb, perfectly MounWaUhe mis] representations, and mistakWmado^by sworn interpreters of ttheTMaori:langu*ge;iJfcThey , could^ut my queßtidni.:from V) Englißh intb ; iMaori>(a.tongueivrhich>manyiof'tb¥m under- , stand better than the language-of' ttieir Eurof BeAn^:pare 4 ntß) ; jbut, Sl when t itucame^stcf the rendering of Jhja BMao8 Mao v rtinjio^p.iKhßhi they their ;imnemct Knowledge ot^the latterf mentionedjaijgnage^^^ * {.