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Colonist, Volume XVI, Issue 1661, 19 August 1873, Page 3

[!■"- ■■■■'■ ■ ■'■ v• ,■ ■> '■■ - - ■■■ -^t--.'- v, .'., ■<'.'■ fcto%blli mm mmmnm pii b6M »h [brUte fastis yeirti tm Matto! living 6ii the Island, hail to le&^S M theft canoes} several 6f tnetr pahs hare been washed away, and a large atnount of stock has also been drowned. There hare been Bomb Tory heavy land slips on the Pelorus Road, completely stopping the traffic on it for a time; and the Nelson mailman has been unable to leave to-day With the mail on that account. No very serious damage has been done to the town by the storm, ftlthougb the creek through the middle of it rose to a greater height than the oldest inhabitants recolleoted having seen it before. Mr. Davis, the brewer, had all bis beer washed out of his cellar down to the sea, and Mr. Brommell's store was partially undermined. One >r two houses had part of their roofs blown off, and >thers Buffered more or less." Discoveby of Moa Bones.—The West Coast Times of August 6, says: —We have been shown lome bones of a moa, which are now lying at the White House Hotel, Weld-street, Hokitika. They »ere found at Greek's Gully, No. 2, by two miners, md being all in one heap together, there is every •eason to believe that they all belong to one bird. It vas supposed hitherto that the moa had not been at my time one of the residents of the West Coast, but his discovery would seem to dispel that notion. Impobtation of Coal.—A return laid on the table >f House of Representatives shows the total import >f coal during the past three years; to 1871, 93,048 ons; 1872, 93,815 tons; 1873, 108,523 tone, the rear ending on the 30th June in each oase. Papeb tbok Flax Tow.—Two excellent samples >f paper manufactured from Canterbury flax tow >y the Sydney Paper Company, may be seen at the ■ooms of the Flax Association, Cashel street, Christihurch (says the Times, of August 12th). One lample is of the kind known as the grey and the ither is brown. Both samples can be landed in Jhristchurch at 3id per lb. . The Stjpebintendbhot.—Mr. O'Conor, M.H.R., b to be invited to come forward as a candidate at the lext election of a Superintendent of the Province, lis candidature is favorably received in the settled listricts, where a requisition is in course of signature, aking him to allow himself to be plaoed in nominaion. In Westport, Charleston, Brighton, Grey Galley, ReeffcoD, Lyell, and Central Buller his name s favorably spoken of, and in due course numerously igned requisitions will, we believe, be presented to lim from all portions of the Province.— lnangahua herald. Pbesebvbd Milk.—Mr. J. 0. Stratford, of the Vhau, near Auokland, preserves milk in a fluid state. Ie says he has severely tested the article, and that he milk is preserved without any chemicals, and will eep in any climate, always preserving its natural lavor and freshness. Eight of the rifle shots of Taranaki have had a latch with the same number of the Armed Contabulary. The scores were, Provincial shots 411; Jonstabulary 392. Gbyoebine tob Boilers.—lt is stated by M. lustin that glycerine mixed with the water in the oilers of steam engines prevents the deposition of he lime salts, and consequently protects the boiler ma encrustation. About lib. of glycerine to every OOlbs. or 4001bs. of coal burnt is said to be sufficient ar this purpose. The tenders for the ereotion of the new Wellington Jollege buildings were opened this afternoon, and bat of Messrs Halley and Ewing, £3796, being the )west was accepted. There were nine tenders, all ut one very similar in amount. The buildings are 5 be completed within nine months.— Post, August .4. , . The Canterbury Philosophical Institute has voted be Bum of £25 for a history of the Province, to be rritten by members of the Institute. House accommodation is reported to be exceedingly earce in Invercargill. Bibd, the pedestrian, started to run ten miles rithin the hour at Melbourne on the Ist inst. He in eight miles in 53 mm., 27 sec, and then Btopped. Child Dbowned.—Oh Thursday, Mr. James [oldaway, who lives on the lands below Blenheim, tartedtogoto town, to reaoh which place he took boat rith a view of crossing the river. His three little hildren stood on the bank watching his departure, rhen the youngest slipped down into the water efore he had got far away. The others tried to jach the little one with flax stalks, but as will "be ntieipated without any u=eful effect, and the child ink before the father could return to the place. The ody had not been recovered yesterday afternoon. — Express, August 16. ..■■... Ammonia yon Flowjjbs!—Any of the salts of mmonia, it is said, will stimulate the growth of lants; the sulphate, nitrate, and carbonate are amed as most successful with summer flowers. For anqing baskets and house-plants suoh solutions have een strongly recommended. An ounce to two tkllons of water, applied once a week, is specified as ir within the limit of safety. A fine specimen of that very rare bird the green akopo was Beoured at the Haupari. The bird is i the possession of Mr. Whiteford at Abaura. Mr. Vhitefoord intends if possible to effect an exchange jr this bird and a fine kwi he has with the Victorian Lcclimatisation Society.—Grey River Argus, August 5. "Use and not Abuse."—A new temperance ociety has-been established at Cadrona, Otago. The irst rule of the society allows its members to take wo wineglassfuls of alcoholic liquors in a day, and a ourth imposes a fine of 20s. for every infraction of he first rule. The «otto of the sooiety is " Use, and Lot abuse." Entbbpbise in Otago.—The Bruce Herald in lotioing a Mr. E. Doull's steam flour and oatmeal nilli, situated at Balclutha, says:—"The mill is onstructed of wood, and built upon piles of the heart ifgoa. Its entire length iB fifty feet by twenty feet' ride and nineteen feet high, with three floors. The ingine is one of Gray's of Uddingtbn, horizontal, rith two ten-inch cylinders, and of twenty horsepower capable of driving four pair of stones. The juantity of flour which the mill can run "through at >resent, is from four to five tons pe.r day, but Mr. £)oull intends erecting a large silk dresser, some ten eet longer than the present one; then the daily jroduction will be considerably increased. The jatmeal mill whiph is only in course of ereotion. is iipeoted to be completed within a few weeks. It will 50 fitted up with one pair of stones of the same lemensions as the flour millstones. A barley mill is \\to intended to be completed by about January, 187 it. Che machinery for its construction has arrived at Port Chalmers, from the Home oountry." Thbbe Hobbes Bubned to Death.—The Otago Daily Times of August 6th states: —A fire ocourred under the following circumstances on the farm of John M'Master, Saddle Hill, early yesterday morning. Donald M'Master, a brother of the owner of the property, had taken a broken lantern into the stable for the purpose of oleaning the horses, and by some means the piece of lighted candle fell on some loose itraw, and blazed up to the roof, which was of thatch, md rapidly spread to the barn and cart-shed. Unfortunately three horses were burned, they refusing bo .be driven out, although their ropes had been cut. Ehe amount of damage is estimated at £500, and none jf the property destroyed was insured. At Christohurch, a man named Wm. Horseman has been so severely gored in the left thigh by a bullock, as to cause bis death. Pbbambtjlatobs.—" The Loafer in the Street " writes in the Canterbury Press:— "l look upon perambulators with loathing and horror. They are an empathic nuisance in the street, and a blot upon » civilised community. What more horrible object, in an artistic point of view, pan be imagined than a Vehicle which looks like a newly-fledged young buggy VTitih a dasbV of the hansom cab'containing one or jiaoM sleeping innocents— innocents who usually appear to want pooket handkerchiefs, and who always Appear to be in imminent danger of dislocating their flecks.- The vehicle beiog piloted usually by a Qamsel who.has the misfortune to take sevens in boots, to bare a phsiognoray like a Fiji idol, and whose object in life appears to be when moving to run her 80-car^ over your poor feet, and: .to flatten her own Sou against a draperywiftdoyr whenever ghe eleots. tohwea spell, PerwubuJ&tors may be necessary, but let them keep MfigTfrora the buiineu mart* and the. baiy ton o! weft, Man w '^ hum fljlj wntf|t