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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 263, 8 November 1869, Page 2

Provincial Council. — The nomination of candidates for the representation of the Grey district in the Nelson Provincial Council, took place at Cobden on Tueday last, when six candidates were proposed, namely,— Messis. Harrison, Payne, Mackley, J. Wilkie, Boase, and Franklyu. The Returning Officer, having decided that tho two former gentlemen were not duly qualified, as their names did not appear ou the electoral roll, called for a show of hands for the other candidates, which resulted in a majority for Maokley. A poll was demanded by Mr. Franklyn. Fire at Charleston. — By our West Coast files we learn that the following properties were destroyed by fire at Charleston on Tuesday- night last : — Perrot's shop, Mirfin's Black Bull Hotel, Behan's Commercial Hotel, Taylor's, fruiterer's shop, Hibernia Hotel, and M'Kee's stables. The fire, which was caused by the bursting of a kerosine lamp, ori»iuated in the Commercial Hotel. The loss is estimated at £900. On Saturday last the large dam on the flat belonging to " The who would have thought it" Company, Charleston, was carried away and did considerable damage. The water swept down the race with the force of a mountain torrent, destroying the race, breaking down the bridge near to St. Mark's Church, and doing other mischief. The damage is estimated at £200. Earthquake. — A smart shock of earthquake was felt at Christchurch about one o'clock on Wednesday morning. Cricket. — It is said that an offer of advantageous terms is likely to be made to induce the expected All England Eleven to visit Dunedin. The Green Pulp of Flax Suitable Food for Animals. — In a paper recently read before the Agricultural Society of Auckland, by Mr. T. Robertson, of that city, that gentleman stated that, with a view to ascertain whether the green pulp left in the operation of flax dressing was suitable as food for animals, he had given some to several horses, which were at the time being fed on oats. The result was most satisfactory, inasmuch as the horses at once left the oats for the pulp, which they appeared to relish exceedingly. There is a pauper now in Paddington Workhouse whose history is a very sad one. He was at one time a director of the Marylebone Bank, and when it failed was served with a writ for £150,000. He subsequently acquired a large fortune in the Southern Stat s of America, returned to England, and was again ruined by the downfall of Oyerend and'Guroey.