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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 18, 22 January 1869, Page 2

Mr Tonk's tender of £1750 for the lease of the wharf, Wellington, has been :accepted by the Provincial Government. — OEvening Post. A great number of tons of wattle bark, •suitable for tanning purposes, have been shipped from Bor-t Albert durhag the past lour or five months. Leather has also been forwarded per steamer in large quantities. The superior quality of the bark obtainable has something to do with the great demand there is for Gipps Land leather. Three tanneries, one a very large one, are now in full working order, and a fourth has been commenced during the past week on the banks of the Tarra river. — Melbourne Aga. An exceedingly prolific sample of wheat, of the Golden Drop variety, has been exhibited during the last few days at the M'lvor Hotel, Maryborough, Victoria. It consisted of a sheaf about 6 feet in length, the ears of which were bursting with grain. It was grown by Mr Popple, od the Talbot-road, and it is estimated that the crop will give 45 bushels to the acre. — Melbourne Age. A theological student, supposed to be deficient in judgment, in the course of a class examination, was asked by a professor, * Pray, Mr E^ how would you discover a fool?* 'By the questions he would ask-.' AFrench paper mentions that a gentleman whose cellar had been greatly infested with rats, found that they disappeared very soon after he placed a cask of petroleum iv the place. . A dominie, examining his scholars on the Bible lesson, aaked a young urchin the question,- ' Who was Jesse?' Without hesitation the boy answered, ' The flower o' Dttmblane, sir.' Jones .says a person's character depends : a good dem upon hia bringing up;, for v instance ''(says he), a man who has been brought up j>y the police seldom turns out ' , „;- ■ ! r- ..■■■■■■■