LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 180, 16 August 1845, Page 94

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Militia. — After a delay of upwards of ten weeks from the time the Police Magistrate first received instructions to embody a portion of the Nelson Militia, debentures have . heen received sufficient in amount (if they- could in any way be ruade to realize their nominal value) to pay 100, men for a, period of. about three weeks. Notices were in consequence served on the men, requiring them to assemble on the 26th instant; but a difficulty has since arisen which is likely to cause a still further delay. The majority of the merchants and , storekeepers having become alarmed at the prospect of the settlement being deluged

wjth the Goternment^lcon^ertible £aJQfc ttiih,- mtyv at length wisely Resolved to resist its furthJer; introduction here, and have come to.tbede^rWinati^ to $«*t with v theii goods for" cash feiily. "We were yesterdaf shown a document to this effect, intended to be sent to the Police Magistrate, which there is every probability will be numerously and respectably-signed ; and we have since heard tbtat it is the intention of the Police Magistrate to defer calling out the militia until he has again communicated with the Superih'tetfcTent. ' ' .New Magistrates. — The names of the following gentlemen have been added to the list of magistrate's in this settlement :^D. Sclanders,' Esq., A.. Macshane; Esq., H. Martin, Esq., and J. Mackay, Esq. t Stocking Machine .— An ■ ingenious stocking-weaver, named Gibson, living in Waimea South, has just completed, with the assistance of other mechanics living in the same district, a machine for weaving sbqckings and other hosiery. We have seeir»a» specimen of the work which the machine has produced ; and we have no doubt but in a little time Gibson will be able to supply this settlement with several articles 6f hosiery, at prices considerably below those at which they are now imported. The work which the present machine produces is of the coarser kind ; but it is also calculated to manufacture goods of the very finest description.

• Agriculture. — We hear mention made from all quarters of the increased quantity of wheat sown this year. It would seem from the activity which has prevailed since last season, that our produce, of every kind this year will be nearly doubled.

The schooner seen in the Gulf this morning has proved to be the Bandicoot, from Hobart Town. A sale of her cargo will take place on Tuesday next.

We have printed in to-day's paper three of the Ordinances passed during the last session of the Legislative Council. The Militia Ordinance we printed some time since. The remainder, viz., the " Ordmarh^ for Appropriating the Revenue," the " Ordinance for imposing Fees on the delivery of Crown Grants," the "Property Rate Repeal Ordinance," the " Ordinance for further Appropriating the Revenue," and two Naturalization Ordinances, are of so little general interest, that we shall not reprint them. . . .

By the Star of China, we received Wellington papers to the 6th instant, Auckland to the 26th, and Sydney to the sth of July.

The settlers on the Hutt are again disappointed in the expectations held out to them a week or two since of getting immediate possession of their lands. It was said that the intruding natives .were about to N depart, and those who had come from Porir'ua actually left. Ranghiaiata has, however, since, staked a line across the valley, through Mr. Boulcott's section, beyond which he will not allow the settlers to locate themselves.

A second' box, containing one thousand sovereigns, was recovered on the Ist instant, from the wreck of the Tyne, by Mr. C. Suisted and Mr. D. Scott, and deposited in the Union Bank.

A smart shock of an earthquake was experienced in Wellington on Sunday, the 27th of July. Nothing was known in Wellington of the defeat of the troops under Colonel Despard, until the Aurora arrived from Auckland, on the 7th instant. '