NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume XIII, Issue 1339, 26 July 1870, Page 3

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Boabd of Wobks E lection.—Yesterday tooi place the nomination of candidates for four vacancies in the Board of Works. There are eight candidates for four seats, the new members being Mr. Wigzell, Mr. J. Hounsell, Mr. Bush, and Dr. Squires. The last-named gentleman proffers his medical and icientific experionce for the purpose of preventing and abating nuisances. The others say nothing for themselves, but possibly their supporters will say something a.t the poll this afternoon. A correspondent^ in a long letter, for which we have not space, Bays that " Mr. Black deserves the support of the ratepayers for his endeavors to secure a fair and just apportionment in the expenditure of the rates in the various districts."

The Chables Edwabd, after undergoing a complete overhaul and repair, will sail for the West Coast on Friday next.

The Waimea Quabtz- crushing Company.—The promoters of this company, all the shares of which are bona fide subscribing shares,; are proving very successful with thiß company. A meeting was held at the Star and Garter, Bichinond, on Friday evening, Mr. Barnicoat in the chair, and there a liberal share pof support was given to the company. On Saturday r evening, at a meeting at Mr. Palmer's Waimea West, : although the night was bad, and the attendance only „ limited, names of subscriber* for some seventy shares <£irere put down. At present, over 720 shares "have been applied for, and not a few applicants express their readiness to double their subscriptions, if that be found necessary. The fact of all this having been ;-jKJOOjnplished in the course of a single week, is decided evidence, of the promptitude .'of the promoters, and of the enthusiasm of the public, particularly of the "Wajmeas. The above figures do not include the ifotueka Valley district, the Wangapeka, and other

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Accident.—On Friday last, while a little boy named Davis was playing with his schoolfellows at the Catholic scbool, one of the boys in the legitimate course of the game, gave him a push, which threw him down, and fractured his arm at the joint.^ The fracture was rather severe, but 6urgical assistance was at once obtained, and the lad is doing well. Fire.—We are sorry to hear that Mr. Jacobsen s flax mill, at Takaka, was, on Friday last, burnt down; but the full particulars we have not yet received. Mr. Jacobsen states that he has made some important discoveries in the treatment of flax and cabbage tree fibre, the application of which this unfortunate occurrence will no doubt retard.

Jewellery.—Mr. Salomon, from Dunedin, is advertising au extensive stock of jewellery, watches, &c, for sale, and is exhibiting the goods in tlio club room belonging to the Trafalgar Hotel, situated over Mr. D.arby's shop, in Bridge-street. There is a private approach to the room, unconnected with the hotel, and ladies can, with every facility, inspect, this collection, which is one of the most valuable, extensive, and elegant ever ofiered in Nelson. Gems of all kinds in every variety, and in the newest style of settings; diamond bracelets, costing £150 each; diamond earrings, necklets, rings, and brooches, are amongst this fine collection, which must be seen to be appreciated, as it is too extensive to be adequately described here, or even in the course of an ordinary Advertisement. The Adjottenment 03? the Supbeme CotrßT.— The Westport Times and the Charleston Herald complain bitterly about the adjournment of tbe Supreme Court sittings. The latter paper says:— " Through what can only be characterised as inexcusable negligence and lamentable want of forethought j the public money has been wasted, and a large number of individuals have been put to inconvenience and loss. The authorities in Nelson seem to us to have wilfully saddled this expense upon the public, for as far as the witnesses of this district are concerned, there was plenty of time even after the adjournment was found necessary, to stay their departure. A shilling telegram would have done the business, and saved the Province hundreds of pounds, for the paltry sum placed on the Estimates for the expense of witnesses will go but a small way towards paying those expenses ; and the loss to the Province in that way is nothing compared to the loss that is caused by the alterations of civil service arrangements, and by the prolonged absence of public officers from their work. The loss upon individuals is greater still, for in many cases payment cannot compensate the loss caused by an absence from home."

The article in our last issue relating to the late Mr. Charles Dickens, was taken from the Melbourne Daily Telegraph. To show the state of matters at Paddy's Q-ully, the Grey Valley Times states that a large building, either suitable for store or hotel, with a shingle roof, sold for the sum of eight pounds, on Friday last. The amount realised would not pay for the labor much less the timber used in the construction of the fabric.

Wheat k>e England.—During the month of March a quarter of a million of bushels of grain passed over the Ohristchurch railway for shipment to England. Levanting-.—Bernard Mendelsson, the levanting creditor from Hokitika, was captured on the 28th ult., on board the ship Crusader, bound for England, sixteen miles down Hobson's Bay. Accidents. —Two mining accidents have occurred at the. Greeenstone, County of Wetland. On the 15th July, John Bin, a native of the South Sea Islands, was killed at Maori Point by a boulder falling on him. —On the following day John Bloyd had his leg broken by a quantity of earth sideling giving way while he was sluicing on the Duke of Edinburgh Terrace. He is now in Hokifcika Hospital.— Grey River Argus. Sudden DEATH.^-On Friday, June 15th, a miner at the left-hand branch of the New river, the Grey, named Kobert Wynn, thirty-nine years, and a native of Jersey, suddenly dropped down dead. Deceased died from heart disease.

DISCOVEBY OF A SUBTERRANEAN OUTLET TO G-reat Salt Lake.—A telegram dated Corinne, May Bth says:—A subterraneous outlet to the Great Salt Lake has been discovered opposite Corinne and between Fremont and Kimball Islands. The schooner Pioneer, Capt. Hannah, sailing in the vicinity last Tuesday, was drawn into the opening—which is an immense maelstrom or stupendous whirlpool —and the descent and circular motion of the water were so rapid and violent that the vessel was made to spin around in it with frightful velocity, and it was only by the high wind prevailing at the time that she was enabled to sail beyond the influence of the chasm. Captain Hannah reports that he has no doubt whatever that this opening, never before discovered, is the grand outlet of the lake. A party of scientific men will leave here immediately on the steamer Kate Connor to investigate the subject.