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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 115, 18 May 1867, Page 2

The public will be gratified to learn that his Honor the Superintendent has this day determined upon sending out another exploring, party in order to ascertain the existence of the track from the Baton to the upper bend of the Karamea, known as Hough's Pass. The party will leave as soon as possible, and will include Messrs. G. Snow aud J. Woodhouse, who ; are believed to have traversed the track in question, and also Mr. A. S- Collins who accompanies the party en amateur —,-^ As we have already announced, the first moonlight parade ofthe two companies of Cadet Eifles and Artillery Cadets will take place.this evening. The members of the two companies are to meet at the new Orderly Room, in Hardy-street (the old Post-office), and not at the Depot, as before stated, at a quarter to 7 o'clock. We are informed, on good authority, tbat in consequence of the frequent interruptions to telegraphic communication which have occurred through the fall of trees on the line, especially in the province of Marlborough, the Government has given directions that all timber lying within one chain on either side of the line shall be felled. It seems, however, that, so carelessly has this order been carried out by the men employed for the purpose, that in two or three instances during the last fortnight the suspension of telegraphic communication has been caused by the injury sustained by the wires, through the falling of the branches of the trees thus in process of removal. It seems the preseut visit of the Government Engineer, Mr. Balfour, has not for its object, as was geuerally surmised, the / settlement of the mooted point as to the / expediency of constructing either a dry/ dock or a patent slip at Nelson, but simply the examination of Cape Farewell Landlspit, with a view to the erection of a lighthouse there. Mr. Balfour, however,. will shortly revisit Nelson, when we may ' presume that the important subject to which we have alluded will receive his undivided attention. . J At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, Ann Conolly, who had been acquitted on a charge of robbery at the sittings of the Supreme Court, just concluded, was brought up, charged with drunkenness, and was fined £1 and costs. Arthur Bradley made a complaint against John Cockram, for cutting down willows on his premises, but it appeared that the complainant had given the defendant permission to do so. The case was therefore dismissed, the complainant paying £1 6s. and costs. An interesting event occurred at Sydney on the 26th ultimo, which deserves notice. We allude to the arrival there of the ship Queen of the Nations, having on board several clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church and religieuses destined to assist iv the vast missionary undertakings of the Marist Fathers in the South Sea Islands. Amongst them was the Rev. Father Joachim Gata, a native of Tongataboo, who was sent, .11 years ago, by Bishop Battallion, to be educated at the College of the Propaganda, at Rome, and who now returns to his native soil, the first native of these islands who has been ordained a priest in the Roman Church. It ! is stated that during the prosecution of his studies at the Propaganda, both the Pope and Cardinal Barnabo, Prefect of the

establishment (which includes students from every known part of the world), took the greatest interest in his progress ; and that, besides succeeding well at his •studies in a professional sense, he has* mastered the French and Italian languages, and speaks English well.