THE COLONIST PUBLISHED DAILY. NELSON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1883.

Colonist, Volume XXVI, Issue 3756, 30 April 1883, Page 3

THE COLONIST PUBLISHED DAILY. NELSON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1883.

The Late Me. Jno. Fowleb.—Regarding the late Mr John Fowler, Benr., of Eiwaka, whose death we referred to last week, a correspondent writes as follows :—"Allow me to correct an error which appeared in your issue of the 26th met. relating to the age of the late Mr John Fowler, ienr,, of Eiwaka, who died on Tuesday, the 23rd inst. . He was not 95 as stated but 91 years of ago; and for the infonr af m of those who knew the deceased gentlem? ', I may state that he had living eight children, 63 grandchildren, and 38 great grandchildren to mourn their losb.—Yours, &c, D. B." We may -add that the deceased gentlemen was a colonist of over forty years stanJing, he having arrived in Nelson by thesbip Indus on the 6th February, 1843. Intebestino to Fabmebs. —In another column Messrs Griffin and Sons intimate that they are prepared to supply Nelson farmers requiring (ho beat class of seed wheat with Mold's white premium pedigree wheat. This wheat, which is a very heavy cropper, has been grown for the last two years by Mr B. Condell, of Stoke, from a parcel of seed imported by him from England, and Messrs Griffin and Sons have obtained from this gentleman 160 bushels of seed with which they can supply farmers; but the quantity being very limited, early application is desirable. Footbailu—The opening game of the season was played in the Botanical Reserve i on Saturday afternoon, and we were glad to | see such a good muster of footballers. The i ground was in spledid condition, and a most enjoyable game resulted. The play on thq whole was fair, but the game was rendered a little uninteresting, both to players and spectators, owing to so much packed scrimmaging and not enough passing. The only touch down n-as obtained by Wigzell, who made a brilliant run half the lengih of the Held. We noticed several new players, whose names we do not know, who were playing in good form All Saints' Church.—After his sermon,, delivered at this Church last evening, the Bishop of the Diocese took the opportunity of congratulating the congregation upon their having enlarged the Church since his departure from Nelson. His Lordship, in effect, said that he had been very glad to observe in the Old Country increased activity on the part of congregations to aid the clergy in enlarging the Church, and he hoped that they would continue to do so in Nelson by drawing their friends and acquaintances towards the Church, and in this manner assist the clergy in their labors, and enlarge the Church in the broad sense of the word. Another Bank at Motueka.—An advertisement in this issue announces that the Bank of New Zealand will open a branch at Motueka to-day under the management of Mr R. W. Gibbs. The establishment of two hanks at Motueka within a week is a pretty good sign of growing prosperity, and we hops that it may grow with accelerating speed, Something- about Hops. —In another column we republish, under tin above heading, a letter from the San Francisco correspondent of the ' Otago Witness.' The correspondent in question gives much that is interesting as to whac is being done in America, but he evidently knows nothing of what is being done in New Zealand or of what has been done in Nelson in the way of hop ou^ure for several years past. Synopsis ov New Advertisements.—ln our advertising columns this morning the following new announcements appear:— That a branch of the Bank of New Zealand will he opened at Motueka to-day in charge of Mr R. W. Gibbs; a smart girl of about 15 is wanted, apply at Allandale ; Messrs Griffin and Sons notify they have 160 bushels of Mold's white pedigree wheat for sale as seed; the Fidelity Company announce £2000 on the Queen's Birthday meeting, and about 82 prizes ; Messrs Sharp & Sons intimate that they will sell by auction at Rostrevor on the 23rd instant, the furniture &c, of Mr Canning ; the same firm add to their stock sale advertisement; the subject of the nej.t address at the Church 1 Christ will be " The Shadow of a Great Rock." Five bacon factories in Oamaru (Otago) cure some fifteen hundred carcases per year. The industry is on the increase. This year 2,135,418 more pounds of wool, in value £72,499, were exported from Wellington during the wool season, than the quantity last year. The figures for both Beason were— 1882-11,791,7211bs—value £493.270. 1883-13,927,1391b5-value £565,769. Last week the following grain laden vessels left Lyttelton with the following number of S£cks of wheat:— Sam Mendel ... ... 11,199 West Riding 12,896 Carpathian 11,085 Warioek 10,599 West York 10,599 Loch Bredan ... ... 10,599 Total for six vessels ... 73,977 Ihe wheat is being'sent to England. A BAND of Socialists bas been discovered in Spain, which is styled " the Band of the Black Band," and it has 49 910 members. A number of them have been arrested. I The inhabitants of Cairo (Egypt) have presentod Lord Wobeley with a costly and magnificent sword, and SirD. C. Drury Lowe, X.C.8., with a brace of pistols. Both the preEente were of excellent Egyptian workmanship. The Wetherstones Cement Goldmining Company, in the Tuapeka dietrict, Otago, is getting good yields of gold. Tweatyeight persons are employed in the mine, and the battery is kept going twelve hourscdaily. :; The Government of ISew South Wales have accepted the tender of Messrs Cammell and Co., of Sheffield, England, for seventy-'wo thousand tons of steel rails at five pounds (£5) per ton. Loed Stanhope has brought a bill into the House of Lords 'for prohibiting the payment of wages in public houses. The Bill passed its second reading by 58 to 20. It is stated that a number of witnesses in Dublin are willing to give evidence that one thousand pounds of the Land Leanue funds were granted for other than constitutional and peaceful objects. The last vintage in' California yielded ten million gallons of wine. Last year there were 207,336 Volunteers in Great Britain. - , H . Loed Wolsemt is named by 'Vanity Fair' as probably being tho next Governor-G-eneral of Canada. .The Ehip Dundee, which is a new vessel of 2012 tons, and ha» four masts, is bringing 565 immigrants from England to Adelaide. The Victoria Line of vessels trading between England and Australia, has been converted into a steam line. The pioneer steamship, the Glengoil, left Plymouth on March 3rd, with z35 passengers.