COLONIAL EXTRACTS.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 400, 3 January 1872, Page 3

COLON IAL EXTRACTS.

Permissive Bill.-— The .following-' is a listof the, petitions and number of, signatures* thaf were presented to the Rouse of Kepres.fntauvMs in fnvor of a Permissive Bill: 1 ' The number of -'^natures is f'ullv double rhat which has ever been attached to any o'her spries of petition-' on any one subject in this colony :— Frcm 6o& resi flints o| the electoral district of H >ki£ika, presented by Mr White; 13 inhibifcants of AiK-kl nd, Ity Mr Creiuh'bn • 79 settlers at Wai «pu, by Mr Mnnro .518 adult males, Wanganui, by Mr Bryce ; 432 adult females, Wnntfanui, by \lr Brvee ; Presbytery of Wellinatqn^held at Wanyanui, by the Hon Mr Pox"; 1.75 residents n'i the 'Hiitt, by therlon. Mr Fitzherbert ; 302 females, Christchurch, by Mr Reeves ; 627 inhabitants, Chrisichurch and neighborhood; by Mr E. Richardson; 39 resiHen's, Drnry and heijr.hborl'obd, Mr Clark; 87 re>idents Papatura and neighborhood, by Mr Clark'; . 38u residents Wairarapa Valley, by Hon. Mr Fox: l6o3Te>idt i nt.-< Gity of Wellinoron, by. 'Mr Hunter; 54 peoons, Tti'-akina «nd Kanuitikei, by Hon Mr Fox; 200, resi dents llar^i'ikei and Torakina^ by rlon Mr Fox; 32 IVmale. inhVii.iri.nt.^ Port. A'lbei-i,by Mr Clark , 62 ele<t>rs and others, of i'ort Albert, by Mr Clark; 458 residents, . Auckland, by Mr Williamson; 1148 male and 776 female re.'id rrs pf Dunedin, by Mr M'G "••isluin ; "6GI, Taieri, and oTber places in Ut Vgn, by Mr R.-id ; 31, Vernon. in rlawke's ßh'y, 1 - by 'Mr Ormond ; J, from he Presbytery of Wellington, by Hon Mr Fox: iotal, 9.323.... The. Victorian R>i] way. department has a new d m Me- bogie waggon tunning. The waygon was built at the Wllliamstown workshop-*, as an experiment, for the con lev.in'-e of long 1 and he^vy * timber. Jt possesses large carrying- capacity, and can hear a load between three and. four tim^s the weight of the ordinm-y waggons. The following- brief description is from the 'Argus': — The waggon has light br s ni'mr cross srirders, and stanchions, for keeping the log* from falling-, so arranged ;i< to be c i-rirely clear of the platform.. The \ hole «pa c is 'bus let; available for the loading-. These stanchions, instead of re quiring to be lif'ed into and out of tht~ockei,.are hinii^d so as to lift tip and lown, being secured by a hook when up, md l\inj» snugly out of the way wher, • lown upon a bracke'r riveted. fqV/he site. I'lih waggon liasH large surface o'toilaffonn. h is suitable for rhe. carriage, djfi railway and pig iron as well as su;rar.i/and has one S'tne service on the Williamsrow 11 line. The traffic manager has sent the wau'O'on to JEnhuca, to ascertain whether it will unswer sa'isfamorily fi-r the conveyance of heavy loads of wool. The advantage which one lame waggon hus over two -mall waggon--, tog-ether equal to it in '•apaciiy, is, that it can be more easily d r» w n . Wrecks in New Zealand. — Th« Secretary of Cus'oms, Mr. Savi. in his annual report of the Marine Department, states that 'he number of rnsualties tha r occurred during 1 the year 1869 70 was 38 ; the ai>-greg*te tonnage, 3297; and r/ie number' of lives losr, 12. la 1870-71 rliere were 28 casualties, tonnage, 2322 and number of lives lost 28; of these, 18 were caused by the foundering, after collision with ihe Enterprise, of the steamer Taiiranga, in July, 1870. The wreck statistics of each of the p:i<t years show that fe.wer casualties have happened in these, years tli.ui during eirlier of the two previous years. In 18(33-09, 33 vessel-; were wrecked, of 4254 tuns, and 28 lives were lost. In 1867 68, 52 vessels of 5514 tons, were wrecked, and 26 lives were lost on our coasts. Wi'.h a view of presering an accurate record of all wrecks, and of showing at a gl irice the localities at which they occurred, \lr Se.ed h-is h id a wreck chaVt prepared; it is modelled on the plan of those that are. annually issued by the Board of trade for the United Kingdom. In addition to th'p wrecks, it shows also the pb-iiion of the New Zetland li.ihthoti-sHs, ami the character of the different lights, whether fixed Or revolving, &'•., and the distance at which they can be seen. Native Industries Wanted — The Gve> River Argus says: — "From tbe import, export, and shipping* returns of the coloiiVj we find the following balance* of imports over exports against ihe, colony fir one year of articles which can lie dug, irrown, or manufactured by the colonists Coal, £128 901— can he' mined; wheat and flour, £80,802 — can bfc grown , mal', £54.907— can. he grown'; fish, dry ami [totted. £21.1 72— can be caught, dried, and por^d; .bags', sacks, an. l scrim, £98,453— ("an be made. from our own flax ; cordage and twine, £1 6.391 — can also be made here"; sugar, £246,126— we fan grow bset and 'make it"; woolens, £162,044 — why not' weave .our own wool? paper and stationary, £78,068 —why burn our fiax tow ? Tbese. are some of the aricles we import which we ought to produce and manufacture, oh which aontially large sums are expended and seftt from the col .>nv.. .Even tobacco pipe-*, to 'hg value off £9,894 were imported in 1870. IV cannot be for the want of clay that they are not made he>re." 'Discretion — There are miny more shining qualities the mind of man', but there is none so useful --as discretion ;it is this, indeed, which gives a value 'to all the rest, which sets them ar work in their proper 1 times and places'j and. tiir f ns them to the advantage. pf the person. who is poVse-sed 'of tirem: Without it, learning is pedaniry, and wit impertinence; virtue itselfiluoks like ••veafenessj the best parts only qualify a rnah to be more- sprightly in errors, and active to^liis own prejndice:~Addisoa. WliiSt* is the elevatidti bf the soul? A promfTir'lelj'caTe; cpr'taTn" feeling for all thai 1% -oeViikifnli : all thar^is grahdV a \uick i'esolutidn t«i do the girea'tesi good by the smallest means; a great benevolence^ joined lo a great strength and, great huriuhty*