The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. In the cause of Truth and Justice we strive. WEDNESDAY , MARCH 27, 1872.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 954, 27 March 1872, Page 2

The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. In the cause of Truth and Justice we strive. WEDNESDAY , MARCH 27, 1872.

We have authority for publicly announcing the following alteration in the days of arrival and departure of the Reefton mail. The mails -will leave for Reefton, Christy's, and Lyell every Monday at 6 in the morning, and arrive at Reefton on Tuesday evening. The mails will leave Reefton on Thursday, and- arrive in Westport on Friday at five o'clock in the evening. An excellent sample of coal from the Ngakuwaho has been left for inspectibn at the office of this paper. The coal is a dark lustrous black, very brittle and similar to Brunnerton coal, but the sample is no doubt inferior to the great bulk, as it was obtained quite near the surface. The p.s. Result left this morning for the Ngakuwaho. Capt. Leech, our harbor-master, accompanied her for the purpose of buoying the channel. It is reported that there is now at high water 10 feet of water on the bar, and a straight entrance; if so, the Ngakuwaho will prove much more accessible than either the Grey or Hokitika; and as vessel* can sail right up to the mine, coal will be cheaper there than at any other p6rt in New Zealand, for that reason the port may be much frequented, and the name frequently written andj>ronounced iu charity to future generations. We would be glad to record another ,narae for the place; one for instance not quite so unpronounceable. • The steamer Kennedy made but a short stay in port to-day, having arrived from Greymouth about eight o'clock, and left for Nelson at noon. The Charles Edward is telegraphed as having loft Nelson at eleven

o'clock last night. No account of the Mur ray, which was expected to leave Motueka for Westport on Saturday night last.

Several'of the up-river cargo boats have arrived, and others departed. "We he'ar that the water in the Grey is "so shallow that the boats can make no way. To show the benefit of advertising we may may mention th'at Professor Stracban's advertisements have been copied, Vith " steam " additions in many of the colonial papers. ' Others ' likewise is receiving similar gratuitous announcements. port is certainly the slowest advertising place in New Zealand. "Sleepy Hollow" is giga,ntic compared to it. "We trust that this hint will stir Up the people in the right direction. It ie stated that on the arrival of the steamer Wallabi at Greymouth on Sunday, speculation was rife as to the Captain's reasons for lying over at Flagstaff Point; but when the horses and cattle were discharged there speculation ceased. A. shinglebed is not considered a wharf, and no dues are demanded, therefore Messrs Seatoh and Davis intend to land all their stock there in future. A child has died in Nelson from the bite of a large brown-and-red speckled spider in a hop-garden, where its mother was engaged. After leaving the garden the child shrieked, and on the shawl being removed ■ a large spider was found near its hand. A few hours afterwards its arm swelled. Medical aid was called in, but in vain, as the about three days afterwards. Mr McD nogh has given up the postmastership at Wanganui and accepted the appointment of travelling "Commissioner to the Government Annuities and LifeTnsurance department. The nomination of a candidate to fill the vacant seat in the Provincial Council, caused by the resignation of Mr Mackley, took place, on March 22, at the Court-house, Cobden. Mr Whitfoord, Returning Officer for the district, read the writ received from the Superintendent of the Province. Mr James Thomson proposed Mr Alfred Sneyd Kynnersley as a fit and proper person to represent the constituency in the Provincial Council of Nelson. Ho believed he need scarcely remark further than mention the name, as Mr Kynnersley wes so well known throughout the West Coast. No one could be better qualified for the post, as he knows the requirements of the people, having resided so long in the district. Mr Tobias Glennan seconded the nomination. No other candidate having been propos d, the Returning Officer declared Mr Kynnersley duly elected. At'the Hokitika Supreme Court, William Pothani, whose trial we gave the other day, convicted of cattle stealing, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labor.