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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 68, 22 March 1867, Page 2

The Wellington Evening Post says : — The necessity of taking some steps to institute houses of refuge in this city becomes every day more apparent, and we trust that the authorities will do something in the matter, as the Police Magistrate) is often in difficulty how to dispose of persons applying to him for relief. W. Bishop, Esq., has received the following letter relative to the protests against the amalgamation of the N.Z.S.N. aud Panama Companies from R. J. Duncan, Esq., manager of the former company : — " Sir —l have to acknowledge the receipt of your note of Bth instant, forwarding a protest against amalgamation adopted at a meeting of shareholders held at Barrett's Hotel, signed by 72 shareholders; also 88 separate protests on same subject, which I shull lay before tlie Board of Directors at their first meeting. —l am, &c, R. J. Duncan, Manager." At Wellington on the Hth iust. Henry de Leon arrested in Wanganui on a charge of embezzlement in Canterbury, arrived in the s.s. Wanganui, in charge of Constable Burke, and was conveyed to Lyttelton by the Otago.

The Marlborough Provincial Council has been appointed to meet on the 2nd prox. The estimates have already been published, and show the revenue for the current year, to be £17,002 155., and the estimated expenditure to be £8250. We (Marlborough Press) are informed that designs for the window proposed to be placed iu the Picton church, in memory of the late Mr. Downs, were received by the last mail. Mr. John Morgan, of Wanganui, has imported fbur Hampshire Down rams direct from England. Tbey are from the celebrated flock of T. Paiu, Esq., Cobham, Hampshire. The Wellington Evening Post has the following : — Tbe agile acrobat, Barline, who lately took a hurried farewell of Wellington, its storms, its earthquakes, and its unsophisticated inhabitants, is now entertaining a gold fields population at Hokitika, by his performance of wonderful feats on ropes both tight aud slack ; but somehow the Press at the other side are not over enthusiastic in their comments on the doings of the "man-monkey." Having, however, witnessed his many clever teats, we can assure printers aud publishers the greatest feat is always reserved by him for the last previous to his departure for fresh fields and pastures new, when, without much ceremony, he vanishes, leaving not a shilling behind, aud his many creditors in a mystified state of consternation. To the wise, a word is sufficient. The easiest and least expensive method of puttiug down native disturbances in the interior of this island (says the Wellington Evening Post) is to push forward civilisation as far as possible, and this is being done rapidly in tbe Waikato. It is proposed to adopt the same course in the Province of Hawke's Bay, Mr. Davies, the proprietor ot Cobb's coaches in tbis proviuce, aud Mr. Petre, a gentleman connected with tbe Melbourne branch of the firm, having made arrangements for an early visit to Napier, there to place themselves in communication with Mr. M'Lean, Superintendent of the province, relative to the establishment of a line of coaches between Napier and the outlying settlements. The advantage to the country of the scheme is too apparent to require comment from us, and we wish the gentlemen about to enter on the speculation every success. Mr. Walter Taylor, editor of the Wanganui Times, one of tbe unsuccessful candidates for a seat in the Provincial Council, in his address to the electors says: — Can I, or any of us, shut our eyes to the fact that Wellington is tbe only solvent province in the colony ? With an increasing revenue of £140,000 per annum, our paltry debt of £95,000 might be paid off in a few years, aud leave us but little the worse, but that must not be doue. We form part and parcel of a Joint Stock Company, in which all the otber provinces of the colony are partners. When tbey throw over their enormous debts upon the Central Government and abolish provincialism, we will be saddled with a proportionate share of their debts. The Hawkes Bay Herald of the 12th inst. says : — On Sunday last the hon. J. C. Richmond arrived in Napier, he haviug come overland from Wauganui by the new road via Manawatu. Mr. Richmond, as one of the executive, will be present at the approaching native meeting at Wairoa, whicb is expected to take place iu a few days, and which will be quite a stupendous, affair — natives from all parts of the province having intimated their intention of being present. The Lyttelton Times, of the 1 3th inst. announces the publication of the programme of the meeting for 1868, and adds: — Compariug it with that of last year, it will be seen that the £1000 prize is reduced to £500, aud those for the Grand Stand and Jockey Club Handicaps are increased by £50 each. A new prize is added to the list in the shape of the Ham Stakes, a half mile race for two and three years olds. There are other minor alterations which wiil attract the attention of owners. We see by the New Zealand Gazette, that a township has been laid out at the mouth of the river Waitara, to be called the Town of Raleigh, and that it is likely to be soon put into the market. The upset price of allotments ranges from £30 to £10 each. A silver cup, value £25, offered by Messrs. Seccombe and Son, of Auckland, for the best sample of barley grown inthe cttlony haa been woh by Messrs. Glew, of Taranaki.

General Chute makes Melbourne his head-quarters as soon as the 12th and 57th regiments are sent home. We see by the Auckland journals that the ship Maori has been engaged to take home the 57th Regiment, aud is being rapidly prepared for their reception. Orders have been received by the Admiralty Transport Officer in Auckland to take up a vessel for the passage home of the Military Train early in May. It is also we believe, understood that arrangements will shortly be made for sending home the 2nd battalion, 18th Begiment, in which case we shall see the departure of the last Imperial troops left in the colony. The Taranaki Herald, March 9, reports a narrow escape. The uufortunate man Brady was murdered some time on Thursday nigbt, and early on the same night Mr. C. Messenger, Mr. F. C. Wilson, and some Maoris passed the spot on their way to Warea, and the next eveniug about sunset Mi. A. S. Atkinson aud a Ngatiruanui lad also passed the same spot, without knowing that anything had happened, and fortunately without falling in with any of the rebels. Tbe Daily Southern Cross gives the following caution to exporters : — Several fireproof safes brought to tbis port in the Oohn Duthie, from London, were unpacked a day or two ago, in the stores of Messrs. Solomon and Co., when it was found that one of them bad been relieved of its contents. It was packed in an oak case lined with tin. The back of tbe case had been wrenched off with a chisel, and part of the tin cut away. The sides and front of the safe were of thick plates, but the back was made of two separate pieces of sheet iron not more than the twelfth of an inch tbick, and about three inches apart. About half a foot square had been takeu from each of these, and thus an entrance was effected. The work was done in a very clumsy manner. The thieves seem to have made a horizontal incision with a cold chisel, and then to have used a powerful lever, making a fulcrum of the bottom of the saie, which luts been forced from its proper position. The opening at the side is torn, not cut. It is common to pack such safes with jewellery, but in this instance the robbers were poorly remunerated, for the case contained only six empty cash boxes. Tbey carried three away and returned tbe remainder, which they had forced open and destroyed. The torn iron was then beaten into the safe and the outer case restored to its original appearance. It is hardly likely any depredator would take the trouble to pick an intricate lock when access could be so readily obtained iu another direction by a little force. The maker's name did not appear on the safes, but except he intended them to be built into a wall it would have been better to have made xheir backs a little stiffer to prevent the dishonest from taking au unfair advantage. The total quantity ot coal exported from Newcastle, New South Wales, for last year, was no less than 615,615 tons, giving the enormous increase for a single year of not less than 183,613 tons. Melbourne telegrams from Syduey state that Robson, the notorious convict, had arrived from Western Australia. The poet sings of the deeds that shall be. He imagines the past ; he forms the future. Paishauce alias wai yo see yer way clear, then pusbin along when you do. Put off bad habbits, and pray at they may be fun soa poor at they'ie not be wuth puttin on agean. Yaath it's true will hav its fling, but when it duz it suddant be at foaks' windas.