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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 246, 15 October 1881, Page 3

A wild bullock lately caused soma consternation in Newcastle, N.S.W., by rushing through the street and charging several persons. It gave such a shock to John Eodgsrs, a tailor, and an old resident of the town, that immediately on entering his house, he fell down dead. He had been Buffering from heart disease. A London art-publishing firm have initiated au exhibition of Christmas card 3, which was held in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The firm offered £2,000 in prizes for original designs suitable for Christmas and other festive anniversaries. Two Boyal Academicians and an eminent fine-art printer have "been th« judges, and have distributed seventy awards, in sums ranging from £150 to £20, hetween nearly 900. Each design contained at least three separate pictures, homogeneous in style, under one frame. Some Maoris were charg'd before Mr Ward, E.M., at Foxton with a breach of the Act, and one of tbem banded io the Bench this ratber cheeky letter: -•' It is not good to demand money under the Dog Act from the Maoris, beearm we are all under tbe authority of our King Tawhiao, and because it is not a good thing for us to have two kings— a European and a Maori king— but only one, and that one our king, Tawhiao . Lat your laws apply only to Europeans, for to us it is not good.** Mr Ward told tbe defendants that the letter was a very wrong one, and should never have been sent to bim, and warned the Natives to be careful. A fine of 10i was then inflicted all round. Twenty-four thouand lay members of tbe Church of England have signed a protest against tbe toleration in the Church of England of any doctrines or practices which favor the restoration of the Romish mass, or any colorable imitation thereof, any re-intro-duction of the confessional, or any assumption of sacerdotal pretensions on the part of the clergy in the ministration of the word and •sacraments. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in acknowleding the receipt of this protest calte it "an important paper," and promises to give it his serious consideration. The Bruce Standard tells the following story of a zealous ranger :— lt came to his ears that certain lovers of the sport of fishing were in the habit of enjoying themselves at the expense of the Society in a river a considerable distance from Milton. Furnished with his authority and information as to tbe locality, he immediately proceeded on his errand of vindicating the law. Safe and sound he arrived at the river in question, bufc, unfortunately, on the wrong side, as he soon ascertained. No bridge nor ford was near. Here was a dilemma 5 But the energetic ranger was eqnal to the occasion. Unnoticed he carefully made his way to the hanks of the river, immediately stripped, and, with his authority in the safe embrace of his teeth, heroically swam the river. Arrived at the other side, he triumphantly caught the Jaw-breakers, who were, as may be imagined, somewhat astonished at peeing the Acclimatisation Society's ranger suddenly approaching them robed in a garment similar to that first worn by the primitive Adam. The Bishop of Wellington in addressing the Synod recently, made the following pointed allusions to a class of persons somewhat numerous in. this colony :— " There are other persons who might attend divine worship who are seldom found in the House of God. I refer to educated men who read and profess to think. They seem to imagine thai£«ome peculiar light has been recently obtained through philosophy and science which, has superseded a revelation from Heaven, enabling tbis generation to dispense with heavenly light. These persons for the most part, have a very superficial acquaintance with the subjects they deem especially their own, and usually have no accurate knowledge of Holy Scripture. I caunot but think that if such persons could be induced to attend divine worship with regularity, many of the imaginary difficulties which disturb their minds, and distract their thoughts from religion, would vanish away." Most persons, says the Sydney Her-ild of the 2Jth ult., who have paid attention to our shipping reports must have noticed the large number of passengers tbat arrive by alrbost every vessel from New Zealand. Not only do they come by steamers, but by sailing vessels also as opportunity offers. For instance, by the barque G. M. Tucker, which arrived afc Newcastle yesterday from New Zealand, there were forty passengers, all of whom no doubt have been induced by the prospects which New South Waies offers as a home, to become permanent settlers hpre. The steamship Hero, which arrived on Sunday, brought 45 steerage passengers; and the Wakatipu (s)., which arrived on Friday morning, brought, in addition to her usual complement of saloon passengers, 90 in the Bteerage. Commenting on the Protection v. Pree Trade controversy, the Wairarapa Daily says- —" Tbe great charm of New Zealand to the dwellers in the Old Couutry is tbe belief that it is a land where a healthy natural life' may be led without the strain, the anxiety, and the worry which attend the earning of daily bread in the thickly-populated countries of Europe. We would like to retain for New Zealand this characteristic rather than stamp it as a commercial and manufacturing colony. We are very willing that England should make Bpades aud eborels for ns provided that we c*n -supply tbat coontry witb meat rb4 bettw i^d ekem"

The special correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald "thus describes Titokowaru : — "Heli >ks active and strsng. He ia rather [ below the medium size, but wiry ; would not be bad looking if it were not for the loss of , one eye. He says should there be fighting , the Maoris would not fight in a body, but scour the country in small bands. For bis own part he has had enough fighting, but would go with his people. The old boy's favorite liquor is ginger wine when out, but when at home he likes rum ad lib. Some years since he begged sixpence from mo, yesterday a shilling ; so great a wan ior, so mean a suppliant ; cl'ldlike, so bland in time of peace, bloodthirsty in war, and cunning." It would seem "Ouida" is not dead after all. The London correspondent of the Brisbane Courier writes :—'• How did the rumour of « Or ; da's ' death arise ? I handed to a friend of hers, ior transference to Florence, -where the nov -ist was last week playing happily amongst her dogs, a highly laudatory obituary notice clipped from a Sydney paper. ' Ouida ' will never be young again in this world, but she shows no signs of decay yet, and has nearly finished another novel. « Moths,' abused and denounced, has been an enormous success at Home and abroad, for some of the characters, notably the b?i mother of the heroine, are sketches of well-known living individuals."