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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 126, 28 May 1881, Page 2

The second coursing match for Mr Hupb Grey's Cup will take place at Hope at 10 30 a m on Monday. ' George Darrell's " Transported for Life '* is a bovfling fiasco at 'Frisco, says the Syduej Bulletin .It was literally laughed tff. the stage. The Australian author-actor is now musing on the mutability of human affairs, and it is at length beginning to dawn on bitu that all of his success as an actor and as an author, and very much of his popularity, he owed to his late wife, Mrs iiobert Heir. For the past few months, says the London Titties, the hero of the march upon Candnhar lias been a, more complete centre of attraction than tbe most celebrated sorelist or poet, or the most illustrious orator. If cheers and shout a of welcome could be massed together, the applause which has saluted Sir Frederick Roberts since Christmas would be enough to waft the Balmoral Castle to African shores faaer than steam. All he has received he has earned. A giant of world-wide renown has lately been laid low. « Old Moseß," cne of the mightiest sylvan patriarchs of California, was mercilessly cut down a few weeks ago, and the greater portion of his venerable remains have already been sold to the timber merchants of San Francisco. This colossal tree, judging by tbe number of rings con tamed in a sound section of its trunk, had attained the amazing age of 4,841 years, when tbe fell fiat was issued for its destruction. The hollow portion of its huge and massive stem afforded standing-room for nearly 300 full'grown men. It must have been a •• brave green tree " when Noah built his ark. The Parihaka correspondent of the iV. Z Timee writes :— Te Whiti has a large bouse erected, which only requires finishing inside to be complete. It contains nine rooms, and has been built and the timber sawn by the Datives of Parihaka, under ibe direction of a European carpenter. It is expected that it will be completed by tbe 17th of June, when a house-warming feast is to be given. A great deal of sawing is being done by the natives, for the purpose of building houses and Btore rooms. The majority of the returned prisoners are retnainiDg at Parihaka; and although some of them have returned to their various homes, it is but for a day or two, when they will return to Parihaka. Tbe influenoe of Te Whiti and Tohu is as great as ever, and the imprisonment of the natives in the light of a punishment is a failure. The argument Is that they willinglj relinquished themselves into the hands of the Government to show that they bad no intention to fight, and that they knew that, as they had committed no crime, they could not be punished The laws r.re a dead letter, they say, because many were imprisoned illegally, without trial, whilst those who were tried and sentenced are liberated without serving; out their sentence. Ashmead and tbe Baroness are just as happy as two sucking doves. Aunt writes us that ha calls her " Burdu," and she keeps her teeth in his shaving mug.