Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 119, 20 May 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

Tins resignation by^Mr^Oliyer of his;yseat in the Cabinet j^Mipistefr for Public Works : is announced tb-dayV This will not cause regret^ to aqybody In bj.ou^ pf the # House.' <jN%df^th^.w J i|e.Bj;#&B with which Mr QUve> : is to b"e credited within .the last two years is th'|t i .^hic!l jhe^^fprtqed yesterday. '■• Had' hjffl'iresigdfittiohJbeed ivdiuritary instead -of compulsory, as we are told it wsa, the wisdom would have been yet greater. Still, it it something to have performed in twenty months even one act that will meet, with, general approval,* j£n<pMr Oliver is fully' entitled to alUthepougratulations that can be showered upon a,maQ who has succeeded in doing bo', i'.j:r.J>:. :].:>: ; - ■< The second coursing match of the season took place at Hope yesterday, Mr Hugh Gray having offered aTsilyerciip as a prize 05^iocQasipo,,f£^er^,waB a, ; vory large "meet," "but unfortunately the, sport, was poor, as hares were scarce. Only- four were started, and in each .-case rPuw prpt%dv superior to the dogs, nbkill being scorecl put qf the^dur»runß.' : ■ -'/ .' -'• > : J ■'■':< The concluding portion of the evidence in the Tararua enquiry appears- in pur .telegrams to day, and the Bench has .reserved its. judgment, .which, we understand, will probably'be delivered ihk day weeks [" . The name of Mr Bolton's Half Caste was accidentally omitted from the list of entries fpr the >Subarbaor North. Handicap [published yesterday:- " ~ f - " ' A strong serviceable saddle with buck-. ski.Qifeeati and hogskin /.flaps, and : patent ; stir rnp... bars., is; >nqw> q.nl ! vie.<y:im,;the< shop Vraaaqw of Mr Jones, who, has, made, it to. the, J-pßrer r 6i the Cotomtftee' as' a prize, f or jone of , $%hp;eytitil'§ at-tbe i -raeea at W^kapurfka '' on' Tuesday next. The saddle is an excellent piece of workmanship, and will be well worth winning. •, + , _ .. , i ....,- 0 ; Ji A '^mvßfvi-ot. shates, in ' the' Panama 'Qoid - Mining. Company fere to'bei offered ; for file. by Mr Mjabihito-njbtrow. ';• i .' . ' .'-."-:. It is said that Mr WTpplcock, .who has, b^en ; loal'ib' sight and" sound 'of late, is again coming to theforein politics^ and that' be is likely to contest the Grey Valle"y election . with Mr Fitzgerald. r . . < 3 kt Xf hetetig'oi a eaWat Greymoufch the othflrj day, it Uranspired that the' average earnings of ; •«s .tamers; id 1 the 'claim whicli formed the subject.of litigation were £4 7a 6d per man p*er week. ' ' ' ■ *g&K#»gpan says .that a person in' Greympu.th,waß,a,greabJy. surprised ;the other day bytbe"news that, he, had been, left £32 000 lTi& : TO*i bfc says :-It has been deeidect to erebe-'a White stotre : beacon .! in;,thp ;,6n) the northern side, where the shore is low and deceptive. The beacon will be a cylindrical column, some 20 feet in height aba, 10 ;feet in diameter, ,and will be distinctly visible on- any night when the weather is clear enough for it to be safe to take the Pass at all. .The high bluff on the opposite sid_e is already sufficiently cpnspicuous, sp/longias there is an unmistakeable distipg^ishing n)iir|con the other sidei of the narro^iCh^rineJi^L.Aiipariy, of men • leivd in thd-Stella this evening to construct the work., .^ „,,„.„ -...-.. .C^' w ■:-.<