LOCAL SEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 82, 9 June 1866, Page 2

LOCAL SEWS.

By the WalUiby we hear tliat a considerable quantity of. stores are now being forwarded to the Little Grey arid luangahua diggings by the way of the Buller. A boat formerly takeu to that river by the Wallaby, rrmde two successful trips up stream with goods. Storekeepers are finding out the advantages of this route, the saving being one day in the boating, with less labor, and two days in packing. The diggers are also approaching the navigable portions of the Inangahua. In the Resident Magistrate's Court, this morning, Robert King Turner was fined 20s. and costs, for allowing two horses to wander at large. A game of Chess between Nelson and Christchnrch by telegraph is about to take place. The Christchurch club having accepted the challenge of the Nelson club. Mr. H. Pitt was enrolled a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, during the stay in this city of his Honor Mr. Justice Johnston. Telegraphic intelligence from Canterbury gives the final state of the poll for the election of a Superintendent of the Province. The numbers were : — Moorhouse, 1,604, Lance, 881, Travers, 186 ; majority for Moorhouse, 723. Mr. Moorhouse was honored with a complimentary banquet in the evening. The Otago Daily Times of the 28th May informs us that the Criterion Company at the Arrow, had just had their first washing. The result was a splendid cake of 145 ozs. of gold from less than 90 tons quartz. The quartz was not picked, and the manager, who is an experienced quartz miner, anticipates that the next washing will prove still more satisfactory. ■ This splendid yield has caused some, excitement in Otago