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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 69, 10 April 1882, Page 3

News baa been received by th« South Australian Government to tho effect that emus.kangaroos, and black swans, which were taken from Adelaide, are doing well iv Canada, with the thermometer Bdeg below zero. . . . ■ As showing how Great Britain may be supplied with grain, except from America, Australia, and New Zealand, we make the following extract from the Pall Mall Budget of the 10th Eepruary last : — " The trade and navigation returns for January, issued yesterday, were confirmatory of the hopeful views that trade reports from day to day encourage the public to take of the trade of the country. Both exports and imports 6how large increases over the previous January. There is an increase of about £800, 000 in the value of the wheat imported ; but it is partially neutralised by a decrease of ovre £400,000 in the value of imported flour. In regard to thi3 branch of trade, it is very noticeable how thoroughly other nations are able to make good the deficiency of the United States. Operators there are still intent upon ' cornering ' the grain market, aud the result thus far has been a great benefit to India, which sent us £420,000 worth of wheat more last mouth than in the corresponding month of 1881 ; to Russia, which sent us £400,000 worth more, and to other countries. Our home millers are also, without doubt, reaping a considerable advantage. Wheat, it may be noticed, appears to come as freely from California as ever." Under the heading of: "The Licensing Aoc " the Sydney correspondent of the Auckland Star writes :— Drunkenn:ss in the small hours is increasing. Tbe first weeks that this meaßura waa in force there was doubtles3 a diminution in this form of BOCial offence. Now, the supply of touses illegally opened uf cer hours, and of Bly grog shops is fully equal to the demand. Ths present result of the Act is tbat respectable publicans are deprived of doing a legitimate business, aud houses which are not respectable are tnakiug a harvest, the people bting poisoned with bad liquor at these. This is the sort of thing oue s 03 cow, if one wants a drink at 2 a.m., afttr lsavicg a newspaper office, if you do not, happen to belong to the so-called Literary Club, which count 8 so few of tbe journalists of this city emocgst its members : — A byeireet in Woolloomcoloo, a pub closely shut up, uot a gleam of light to be seen, a man smoking hi 3 pipe on the kerbstone, and two otber" men lonfing at each corner of the block. If you are known, the man with the pipe opccs the dcor with a latch key, and you are led by unseen hands along a dark passage, tho myEtery as to whether your cicerone is young end prct y or old and ugly brightening the er.joynunr, utilii you reach a large room in the rear. Tho door being opeaed, by tbe light of one gns lamp, "fifteen so twenty men will be found drickhu?, tbfi bar being in a kitchfn dresser. Some of the bigge&t sccur.dnl. in Svane.y may be seen there. It is in such places that men ar c poisoned with rad whisky, end "plants" t n teapb and rob nre « put up" on the unwary