THE PELORUS GUARDIAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 1890. LOCAL NEWS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 5, 7 February 1890, Page 2

THE PELORUS GUARDIAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 1890. LOCAL NEWS.

The s.s. Waitapn left Nelson at 6.15 p.m. on Wednesday last; called at Admiralty Bay, landing Mr and Mrs Turner; came on again to Moitapu, landing Mrs Rufifell and child, arriving here at 6 a.m. yesterday, coming alongside of the wharf at 8 a.m. Her passengers for here were: —Messrs Short, F. N. Jones, Wett, Goodwin, Hunter, and Fama (2). ? At a meeting of creditors in the estate of Mr A. Bums, of Blenheim, the liabilities were put down at £2Bdd, and assets at £338. The largest unsecured creditor is the Colonial Bank, £1,500, the others ranging from about £2OO downwards.

The Evening Post considers the management, of the : Railway Commissioners for the past twelve months has been a failure.

We heVAi to • thanik the. •: Reefton Guardian, Wellington Herald, Manawatu Standard, Wairarapa Daily, and Kaikoura Star for their kind wishes for the success of the Guardian. The San Francisco mail arrived at Auckland on Wednesday morning, and the Havelock portions may be expected on Monday. We direct attention to an advertisement in another column with reference to the sale of Crown lands, An advertisement will be found elsewhere from the Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria. Mr H. M. Reader aivestises Romney marsh and Lincoln rams for sale.

Nominations for the Pelorus Licensing Committee must be_ sent to the secretary, Mr W. T. Erskine, not later than the 12th inst. The election will take place on the 19th. Mr Gongdon notifies in another column that he has dancing boots and shoes for sale.

There was a large bush fire at Cullen’s Creek yesterday, when a house belonging to Captain Levy was struck by a falling tree and smashed. It is fortunate that the inmates of the house had cleared out the night previous, taking all their effects. We direct attention to Mr Smale’s advertisement, relating to a sale of bankrupt stock. GENERAL NEWS. T. W. Bnsst, a well-biown champion bicycle rider, has been disqualified from competing as an amateur fur two years, for an assault at bicycle sports lasi Saturday. The disturbance arose because 'iusst was believed to have allowed bis brother to win a race in wldcli both competed. He then as saulted Mr Holiiek, a member of the Fernside Club, and tin* same night tin two brothers, nc etingMr Holiiek again, furthi-r assaulted him. Mr W. J. Morris, formerly accountant at the Union Bank at Geraldton, and since in the employ of a grazier named Naim, in the Northern District of Western Australia, has been found dead about 300 miles from Geraldton. In the beginning of December he left camp for Mr Nairn’s station, but lost his way. A search was made for him, but he was not found until he had died from exposure and thirst, A movement is on foot in St. Petersburgh for observing Sunday as it is observed in the United States and Great Britain, It is said that 1200 St. Petersburg!! ‘merchants have already declared themselves willing to close their places of business on the first day of the week. Over 200,000 acres of land in Canterbury, south of the Rangitikei, will shortly be offered for sale or selection. With the exception of a few blocks it comprises the whole of the land in that part of the country not already sold or leased.

At Wellington recently a mine was successfully exploded in front of the Armed Constabulary barracks, Point Halswell. The mine had been down since September, and exploded without a hitch, throwing a column of water 500 feet high, The experiment was chiefly to see whether mines would remain any length of time under water without leakage, but the explosion was utilised to shelter a rock lying in an awkward position. Similar smaller mines were also fired.

Some relics which have been found at the Auckland Isles by the party who visited that locality in the Hineinoa have been on view in the Weilington Post office, and have been identified by Richard Maceyoy, who was in the Derry Castle until she reached Melbourne, but received his discharge at that port immediately before she sailed on the voyage that led to her destruction. He recognises the cotton material as being of a gay coloured dress which was worn by the vessel’s cook in the festivities connected with “crossing the line” on the voyage to A ustralia, when he fulfilled part of Amphitrite, the wife of Neptune. It is evident that in his extremity some member of the Derry Castle’s crew had torn up the old costume and used the strips to lash himself to the skylight to which it was found attached.