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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 19, 22 January 1877, Page 2

-.-- "< : -i t/.:r a JJJ< ! There were ,145. male and. v 3&femaleprisoners in Auckland gaol i^st;Satuf day.' ' M The Argus regrets very much* to learn that Mr Nancarrow, Inspector of- Steam --Ma--' chinery,!is;s.eripusly;ill.at; -Lyttletpn^ suffer-.,*] ing from congestion of the'lupgs. ' MrsNapY carrow has proceeded, to. Xyttelton to join him. ■; j ' . .'_ ; . ,'. ''; ' ; ";^ ' ]V, !'"-'*,' ! ' *" : li is rumored, says^tli& Ly tteltoii .' 'TJimesf) that an official connected with one of "\sb '.] public bodies in the vicinity of Christchurch! has decamped, and that serious defalcations"! have;beeudiscovered;ui;hisaccountso..- v i «---, • The G. tf\Argui~ siy's ' tyat information, has been received by the police tbat Powell,-' who escaped from Nelson :prispßJa -few -weeks' ago was seen on the 31st-ult. at Noble's in the Grey. Valley, whjere.he. w?is enquiriugjpr cjne Dau Riley. He is ' supposed" ib "have sjtayed at Ree's bam oh'tlie night of the Ist inst.Vand to have lit a fire .Vhefc£ arid ta tfave ' boiled some,r|>o^toe3 v^d J Qj{^)n8 A -,aga> l to have procge^gd m the morning towards Bell Hill and the Christchurch road, by Nelson Creek qr Greymouth. _ Powell travels -principally at night, andrjs probably toying- to make his way trfOkarito. J - i " '-> jq_ J\ ;Ip the.courso pjc in ,tbe* legislative Coupca- lately -(i&ya W kwsj W <m& of the clauses bf'the'Publtchouses Bill, Mr Reid, one- -of. tfce; raepib^iii^fg^f^jiiorthEastern Province, saidlthere was a "great deal- pf^talk^about .drunkenness prevailing ¥*e,,.Dat q^^;;iji>4 J tjatfd;ieouV three years ago; he"skw "more drunkenness in one "week : in the town of Stirling than he " clvep;s|i^tpg9th«?!i!fiAußjtrgi_t()Y':>] .. i j-_ j The "Intelligent Vagrant^ Wites :-J_;| friend in Otago writes to. tell me of what he is pleased to deception. He - «M*4W HPf^^&£JfyWßW§iNEg -ftgyf ( home to Scotland somewhere aboiit the beSuperintendent apd . ex-Sxperintendent ,of , Otago is only a gMenkW f ms.^dJ^i%' sjtage language has itv^O represent the original. I&sajQ-fthat ihejo^je^pfrU^jgequine M ? c . in , .^oing. Hpme. |Was to raise f und&l qe prasecutidnYbf,' t that , appd' to 'tiie'buTdh fn person; which he aho* Sir 'Gsbrge^&r&y-lre i * B b Q ttp undertake. As a proof that^M 1 / 1 Macandrew is likely to be success? ur|n " ting the necessary ; r money,rmy frieiufe-ior-ward§ me thb tollowihg^roiJ lhe Abkdlen Daily Free Pren pf September 10th^^rof McAndrew, the! S^tti-.h'ebhju-'er-Uin Aberdonian by^the-way^-gav-e another «_£ his piagical performances 7fn the Athenamni Hall, pasfl.e-sfpe^ I*%st night. The entertaipmept consisted of the usual trib^:bf,.leg^demaih,'ienUyehedr;hynseverat dexterous.' featSy'inven'ted; by Professors rMad~; ■■ [ Andrew."; -It will.fee «amisteci,.l think, s that . Mr M^cfeiw m tafeep^ that 1 the "show business^'ifeßY-fei^chithe'^s'inibst 1 3 , eminently qualified.' ■ mi* -'I'a-i Jnll ,«_«-•._ lm •• The Mji< correspondent* o_*%-*J?almai__Bff'--i • papfer, the* 'LdmteitaH'i EmtdinS^tii^-i—i • '•There are many rumors about the.«mMl- i service, wtothgi^Msj-going to catt^j|a^avau or not r _I^has*'heen^rtedt_iart^*^oats aye \o*)p%smp.i&sxsmisszy *rqn %m_ such is .the casq the spape^thejistpp sqnniijg-, | theihetter for themselves at all events, and I think for us too. Because if -this line omittedto call at Kandavau there would be some chancgofgefctingja steamer toeome f®Lt>yuka-< dispt from Sydney. .Having "had some coi-§ tersatlqn with the n^nager of the A.SENT " Co.- he iaf mined' me $baf. It w#Jfrs?sless/-f u_fa- ! i ning a boat to Fiji wh|ie the mail steamers werecaliing,.,at.anvparVofit;'but if they ceased to call, -theVA&£..<G& with* aHmall au^.!Ldy IfPm the Governments would be able to make it pay to run a boat to Levuka aa^-. h, -?» bufe j t^? attempt would -pa {.useless I whilst the mail hoats . c^l'e'd. at ;'^_aniavad; i thus, in my oginion, ijhe Pacifio mail service CJ^ffliffiJ. tpEijiujs^ead of au.adyantage--, . The st-ftemerit pf revenue' and expenditure pf the colony for 't^e _jalf year ending June 1?76, has just heen pulbisfted,! and v a§ 'psu^{ shows a tidy balance on the wrong side. The receipts, j£l£,4Bgß ; \ pj:p^i^ure, £32,266—"' " The question pf ffag site of. -the .capital is a }}}\ F&WyWP' and.causes,, agreat deal of disdom&rf^ana j diss-.tisfabtion. ci jis I not'eare to build iri*Levnka iunto-thbyWw-* f whether it ifltoh^the;seatfbf«Go*veih-_-eiMor£ •■ jjot,*" '-'-i.s •r-.-f'i .*':.i-/?-sr;*./i hah ,j ' '*-'■ i .' a::«.-».i ?.fi frirv-t'-i _v\ wittta J&te-l.

The Otago Guardian understands ll&fc the t^^Bt red{i S|^ aix sb S ,gs Jb* evenlglast, he^idac^ing fcP the liangittkei Advocate's report:— ln connection with the election day, as he observed ' it in San Francisco, he was surprised at the apparent absence of drinking, and compared Sit^tli election scenes she hM witnessed* du|ffig hi&y lsit to Englanf. fhe ablenceP ! drili^ngfhlhd rioting fi-^ai_ C i^a&cofhe ,,l found was due to the publichouses being by -i_i^fliil±2!i2aJ_# s » aQ d the law thou^t the Americans were a much more •YsbMsfeeople than the English. He failed to see a drunken man in America, but in the city in the course of oue hour on a Saturday aightT 3*4i*|Nf one portion of the town. a •SjThe Auckland corres^pent of the Poit tetegSaphs f—iOne of Smith's *£W> loaded^vith scoripah, while proceedttfcHjtreet, faut stopped for a ?W e . wheimyoungl^aiiiied Clare, about _£i&3__p.rs of age; jumped-up, behind^the cart, winch immefely.tipp&edip, traSMng the boy s foot, ate -burying MiA underhfiltth the contents. who was staridipg near Mfce s tune, .fashed foiwr^d, aawO^e poor litFe fellow'SOaiir just qfcove the socria, and, with a presefi^ of jmindTiM oromtSmute to which the la&^dohbteffly3owes hi^ge, Mr 5a f 1 _S v J cleare f« wa^ fcedria h ith Ms hands, Mjged the I&PS mduth m% cleared that and yu&aostnls, ivffich *rere<also fiill of-istones. srffethen relefeseSl the litgfellbwlg^ot, and S^V^^^S* WM p#s :-A •zmfikn feiraerbbard*_from the |$aintopgallaut yard oLthe AnoS sailor and one o^ithe officers who witnessed the _.^^ nt ' S PW tO fche aWHataftce cliche unsffiPpate matfj-Jwhd had' struck something in *%# ll » or was stunned^gKcontact^Wlth the s fPf ™ nd 0 - to the -TOwe qui^fßsensi- - 3J^ Th l s . t l^^ ob,e fel *2s who h^Jjumped s?||Wer him|.got to his -Ude simuttatieously, e _. d hix *% A 'Jle^buoy wShrown sMsm placod*round thUfcfelpless ■ » SK^ body, and he was<jgKen on bbar& But t_s&Bn|h_s brj^ety the accident would un- , hav e> been a fatal one. * s^^risba-^-tplegram,jlated December 29, | Four men have irriyed overland from "Pdr^Essmgton, having travelled for nearly three months. They did not see a white • --^iran^^rwtolr^ottrae^^ . travelled^eitimated at a thousand miles. • U. hey desgnbe the country pass<_#;fch»ragh as being ve^^ouj_ta®is^d _$0?q& best (and w&fltan^i^ They r^g^m-^msf^&m^y a small quantity bY-fboo? ' S Blanks %ere very .troublesome, andiitgwke^ themseveral- • times. •- i lir / obfe ( -bf the* blacia M.&ris-Hltey, found the remains of~a— white human beingf partly eaten.^r.m* the coast, along which _th'ey digcovered a number pf wrecks. One. vessel of-four hundred tons" P*d aeen*roken up J3& the tilacfc., and the ■ peach was-strewn -with copped They found ' a;freah*J:Tjfater..riverr;tbirfcy miles north ofl ,Cooktownj running through niaghificent rich i laud suitable for sugar or coffpfi_pi aa tations. i • Mne «f~the- four -men-is garbed Thompson. i He says„he was formerly the qhief officer of , a| vessel, but he was decoyed from Maur&. po takercharge. of -the^La§epede IslaWlor ■ the sake af_ the. guano, on behalf of -.the ! captain of the brig Alexandria, who. iinstead pf going,to,Sputh Australia, went to Mauritius (to sell the cargo. Thompson left the island in aa; open boat and went to Port Essington, the journey occupying two! months and a » half.. j-.-*.; ! .^ { ; Tlie tabVlt nuisa_ite : in Otago-Still niain- ; tains itg serious -proportions. jThe' otlier day : 16,0.10 i^kins - M?ere ;sent by j waggon, from j txallowayiStatiotf, Manuherikia. Thirty-seven i gales^Amaiife noS-jtying ajt Castle Rock ! f-tatipji^'.Southlttpd,-, where , over 130.000 i r jrabhits *have been killed during the past > year^ _. I j * ! 1 1 Lively In Ehgiahd'a jury wi^s summoned to I te^lSte-^'Cfose of death of lugusta I jVYUliams r age^ two mouths, *\7ho was suffo- ! ff«^ f f, b efns^^.latn_. For the conveaienpe ! Pf M* Cotober: Garter, andh to save theicoonty > epensgrthe^mptherwas^cbmp'elled tc> carry ' hfer dead ; Baby:.in-i-s eoSn &> the tavern where 1 S? T^E!^_Leourt|^.^gthnceofFhalf a fiule, for thepurpo.se of-showirigiTto the jury, af te£Ato;shfe :h*i .tbrcaiTy her iirdin back again: K - " z, £ > 1 •> i