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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 280, 26 November 1868, Page 2

It. is staled, on good authority, that Governor Sir G< j orge Bowen has auuounceJ his iut.e»Mon lo pay his promised vi.iit to Nelson about the lUtli of next monih, and will be couveyed to tiiis port in H.M.S. Blanch. If this intelligence be correct, as we have every reason to believe, the interval which will elapse >>efore the viceregal visit to our city will uot be more than sufficient to carry out th« requisite preparations for the fining reception of her Majesty's reptvsentaiive by her loyal ! subjects in this province. The Court Journal says -that H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's ship, the G;daU-a, is ordered to be in readiness by the 10th of the present month, but it was antirip-ited that the Prince would not sail before the 16th. The Duke was expected to be ab sent from England about two years, and would revisit Australia io about, 12 months* time. Sir James Ferguson, M.P., the newly appointed Governor of South Australia, accompanied by Lady Edith Ferguson, (a daughter of the. late Marquis of Dalhousie), was to leave England early in the pivsent mouth tor the sent of his Government. Mr and the Hon. Mrs Ducune were to leave for Tasmania on the sth of Ociober. On vSunday afternoon last three boys, aged between 12 and 16 years, were amusing them -elves at Motueka hy paddling about in a din<»y with only one oar. A sudden wind arose, and the boys were involuntarily carried out about 7 miles in the Hay, Their terror may be imagined, as well as their relief on discovering that Messrs Frnnklyu and Lovell, of the ketf.h Polly, having perceived their perilous situation, had 'immediately set out to thei«' rescue, which they accomplished, bringing the youngsterjs safely backto port, though much frightened by the danger from which they had so providentially escaped. The following conversation is said to have taken place in the street: — ' Well, what is the Provincial Secretary gone down west for?* * Why, to help the P«o---viucial Eugiueer.' ' Aud what id the Provincial Engineer doing?' * Why, iryiug to ! keep out the ocean with Mrs Partiogtoo's j MOP-* .1

We would remind our readers that the consecration of the New Anglican Church, at Apfyjehy,- dedicated to St. Allittn, the protomartyr of England, takes place on Monday next, the 30th inataut. At the termination of the morning service there will be a public luncheon, followed in the afternoon by a parochial tea meeting, at both of which ihe Bishop lias kindly promised to preside* the whole proceedings concluding wiih the evening service and a sermon at the church. Conveyances for th« convenience of persons desirous of attending the ceremony are advertised to leave Mr Newton's stables on Monday morning in tim; to reach Apfdeby before the. commencement of the consecration service. Tlie funeral of the late Mr Thomas Bird took place j'esterday afternoon, and was attended by a large concourse of the friends of llie deceased, who not only as the sun of oue of our earliest settlers, but also for his own intrinsic worth was inuuh respected in this community. Amonnst those present we obs.-rved a large number of the m.-mb'-rs of the City Artillery Company jmd of the Rohin .Hood Lo Ige. or Foresters, to both which bodies the deceased belonged. On reaching tie Old Cemett-ry, off Colliugwood-street, the funeral service of the Anglican Church was performed by the Ltev. K. J. Tiiovpe, who at its conclusion, addressed the mourners present, tnakin-r especially touching reierence tv the sad circumstances afteudiwg the untimely fate of their deceased friend. Our readers will perceive from an advertisement, in another column that tiie Moutna will make another excursion ou Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock to the Rabbit Island ami Richmond, and also at 9.30 on Monday morning, returning in time for a moonlight nip at 7 o'clock the same evening* We learn that a challenge has been received by the Nelson Cricket Club from Hokiiika, proposing that a match be played duriug the present season at that place, the return match to come off next, year at Nelson. According to the usual etiquette observed under such circumstances, the first 'match would be played at Nelson, but the Hokiiika cricketers ■ ffer, liberally enough, to contribute towards the expanses which would be iucured by (heir brother knights of i he willow at Nelson in visiting the West Coast, and we cannot doubt that many members of the Nelson Club will be found ready to avail ihemselves of so favorable aii opportunity of displaying their prowess and also of reciprocating the kindly sentiments of their Hokiiika friends. The Advertiser, in reference to the authority vested in the Governor to send the Wellington Militia to a distance from that cily, says that the Act 1865 would really empower his Excellency to proclaim the headquarters of any regiment of militia at any part of the Colony, and would then enable him to compel the attendance and service of the men almost at any place where they were required. This Act. however has not yet been proclaimed, and is not now in operation, although it appears in the Statute Book. The militia will continue to serve, as they did when when their .service s were last required, under the Act of 1858. The Provincial Secretary at Wellington, Mr Halcombe, Las received information by the Panama mail of the shipment I per Wild Duck, of the following birds and game: — 11 tame piwasnts, 8 hares, 15 partridges, 100 starlings, lOg til rushes and "blackbirds, 84 skylarks, 50 he Ige sparrows, 78 robins and while throats, 36 liuLOts, 36 chaffinches 84 sparrows. The death of Mr James Carroll, one of the oldest inhabitants of Blenheim, on the 10th iust. is noticed in the Marlborough psipers. Th« Advertiser states that an agent of the Pacific Mail Company arrived at Wellington by the Matauni, and went on to Sydney, his object being, it is asserted, to i see Captain Vine Hall and Captain Hluue, the Directors of the P.N.Z. and A.U.M Company, with a view to negotiating for the purchase of the Panamn line. The musical folk at Blenheim, encouraged doubtless by their recent successes, have united themselves iuto a properly < organised public society, and purpose giving a concert early in the mouth of January next. ]t appears that the petition from the inhabitants of Blenheim, praying lor its incorporation, has not beeu grunted, owh.g to the provisions of the Municipal Cor- , pbrafcionsAct not having been complied with, ihe petition asking thai only a part j

of the town should be incorporated, a proceediug which the Act does not recognise. The Auckland Evening News of the 16th inst. say«— An ekUrly man named [ Dodd was walking al°"g the edge of the Queen-sireet whnrf this afternoon near the Customhouse Quay, when he waaspen to fall over into the water. The third officer of the Lord Ashley, Mr Furlong, " observing the accident" Mini tluit. the man sank, pulled his coat ami hoota off, and with great courage jumped inio the water after him. Captaiu Williams, who was also near at hand, pitched a life buoy over, ' and- by their united efforts, and the assistance of a rope, o-e of the falls of ihe Cufions-houSH boat was let down, and this Dodd was aide to . lay hold of; he was brought on to the wharf, nothing the worse for his ducking. Dodd, we understand, is v settler at Maliurangi, and ia subject to these somewhat fiis of somnambulism. 1 New Zealand fl^x is about to receive a fair trial as to its capabilities for ropemaking. A rope walk is about to be established at Wattle Flat, near Castle-m.-iine, in which the phormiuin teuax will be I lie sole material employed. A singular phenomenon is reported to have occurred lately at East Melbourne. During the thunderstorm wtiich took plnco there, a shower of worms, varying from two to two and a half inches iv length, fell, and in one instance, the windows were covered, and the yard filled, with these unusual visitors. The recent disasters in the New Zealand \vnr are reviewed by the Hohartou Mer cufy. in an article which concluded with (he following remark!-: — Seeing then the weakness of the colonial forces, the character of the foe, and the immense British interests at siake, it becomes a question whether Imperial troops should uot. once more be called upon to take the field to put down tliis rebellion. It is not enough to pay that in another generation the Maori question will i.aye settled itself by that peculiar rule under which aboriginal races disappear before the face of the white man. The presence of the Maori, in a state of hostility, is incompatible with British oocupaiiou of the country; the policy of conciliation has been strained to the utmost, hut has failed to meet the difficulty, a settlement of which seems only to be attainable by the exiirpation of the hostile vibes. The attempt is now being made by colonial authority to deal vigorously with the difficulty upon this principle, but the forces at commaud are too small aud too ill disciplined to strike an effective blow. Unless this is speedily administered we may expect once again to see an Imperial army take the field in New Zealand. The Tasmnuian Times calculates that the value of the clip for this year in that colony will, in .consequence of fluke iv the flocks and the decline in the price of wool, show a falling off of £100,000. The Tasmaniau Government have announced that they will pay rewards according to the following scale for tjbe discovery of a payable Rol'tfield in tlmt colony: — £1000 for a gold-field yielding lOOozs weekly, £2000 for loOuzs, £3000 for 200. >zs, £4000 for 3Ooozs, aud £6000 for 400ozs.