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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 67, 19 March 1874, Page 2

Mr H. J. L. Augarde quotes New Zealand Bank Shares at £17 5s per Share. Business done this day. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Mai y Ealy was this morning brought up under the Vagrants Act, and sentenced to fourteen days" imprisonment. Bevision of Jury List.— As the first Friday in April falls on Good Friday the meeting of Justices for the purpose of revising the jury list, will be adjourned to the next Friday. Cricket. — The Nelson team appear to have made a gallant stand against tbo Wellington cricketers, the match which was concluded yesterday resulting in a tie. Our telegrams inform us that the greatest excitement prevailed as the last two men were at the wicket. Para. Para Iron Ore in Dunedin. — A trial Bmelting of ore from the Para Para was mnde yesterday at tho foundry of Messrs Kincaid, McQueen, and Co., Dunedin, which was attended witb the greatest possible success. The trial was witnessed by a largo number of influential gentlemen, who expressed themselves highly satisfied with the result. We {Greymouth Star) understand that Mr. Mackley, who formerly represented the Grey Valley district in the Nelson Provincial Council, will be a candidate for the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Frank Guinness, Esq., lately appointed Resident Magistrate of Golden Bay. At the christening bf some new machinery at Charleston, v ,tho proprietors, Meaara. Parker, Thompson,

and Sullivan, staged that they were really sanguine of boing able to clear £100 per week per man now they had proper machinery for woi king their claim, and that it would be years bt- | fore their ground was exhausted. This speaks well for Charleston. Tho following paragraph, from the Otago Times will forcibly remind old Duuedinit.es the state of the streets in that city twelve years ago : "A waggon, loaded with about six tons of goods, got stuck in Princes street south, near the Cricket Ground, on Saturday afternoon, one of the hind wheels sinking to a depth of three feet Seveu horses were tugging away at the waggon for some time, but failed to move it— even after screws to raise the wheel had been brought into requisition. The number of horses was then increased to 21, means were t-jken to make a successful move, and in little more than an hour after the waggon had got fast, the 21, by n powerful effort, got the waggon oufc of the mud on the firm earth. This occurred in the city of Duuediu." J We (Auckland Herald) understand that a company is being formed for the establishment of chemical works on a largo scale, and have already secured land for their operations. Tho company propose fo m-nufaclure a variety of chemicals — powerful and cheap manure, &c, — and ns all our chemical* are imported at considerable cost to the consumers, the advantages of manufacturing works with : n the colony are apparent. At Camptown, iu Westland, flocks of Californian quail in thriving coudition are frequently observed. Theso are the desendants of a pair introduced eome few years ago. The Australian Trade. — The Australian trade appears to bave been improving of late ; for the value of the British and Irish produce and manufactures exported to Westeru Australia in tho first nine months of 1873 wop £102,706. as compared wfth £98,552 in the corresponding period nf 1872 ; tn South Australia, £1,380,399, asainst £935,171 , fo Victoria, £4,471,800, asrainst £4,050,053 ; to New South Wolpp, £3, 175,589, against £2,259,429 ; to Queensland, £572,063, nsninst £356,426 ; to Tasmania, £180,490, against £135,535 ; ond to New Zealand, £2,097,864, against £ 1 ,479,609. Considerable exports of very costly railway materials to New Zealand, however, may account, in some measurp, for the great progress observable in the returns from tbat colony. We find in a corner of a later American exr-hango the foiling telegrams: — A London despatch says of the Royal wedding in St. Petersburg: The festivities are generally postponed until the arrival of the bridal couple. Except by special services, salutes, and ringing of bells, London took little or no notice. The provinces manifested greater joy, and in most of the provincial towns there were bouquet?, processions, peels, bonfires, and gatherings Edinburgh was brilliantly illuminated, and in many cases Crimean trophies were removed. In thiß city (New York) the marriage of thc Duke of Edinburgh with the Russian Princess was recognised by the British and Russian consuls, the unfurling of the flags of both nations from their offices, and the shipping of England and Russia in the harbour are fully decked with bunting and bannerets. A writer in Chambers' Journal says that cortain facts have been made known which show that lime is a good preserver of timber. Ships and barge.i used for the transport of lime last longer than others. A small coasting schooner, laden with lime, was cast ashore and sunk. She was raised, set afloat ouce more, and remained sound for thirty years. Again, a platform of nine planks was used to mix lime on during three generations} then, beiug no longer required, was neglected, and at length hidden by grass that grew over it. Sixty years afterwards, on clearing the ground, it was discovered sound and well-preserved. It is stated, as an example of newspaper enterprise, that next session of the British Parliament Mr Bennett, of the ITeio Fork Herald, means to havo his own reporters in the House of Commons, and to publish a daily report of the debates. A facetious senior asked a freshman to tell hira the difference between a facsimile and a sick family; but the laugh was on the senior, for tbe freshman instantly replied, "No difference ; a sick family is a family that is sick ; and a facsimile means tho same." i