NELSON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 16, 17 November 1852, Page 4

NELSON.

The Examiner of thu 23d ult. arrived by the I.iat imiiil. We find our contempornr omployid in a patriotic appeal to ihc sctilt'mcnt in favour of tlie " Paknwnu Coal Mines," from which we make the fol'owing extract: — " It lihs now been satisfactorily nscersained that this letllemcnt at bast postered fonsidernblo mineral wt*hh. So far m & mere unscientific aurrej may be depended upon, it has liccn ihown tlint tho conl field it of great extent — that it may be profitably wrought at lest tliou (he ordinary cost, and with leu than the ordinary difficulties that are usually encountered In such undertaking!. It it rlcnrly proved that the coal itself is in qunllty fit for every economical nail manufacturing purpose, that tlicrc i» every probability of a lurgc mid increasing demand ; and it therefore on'y romaim thnt wo should take advantage of so impnrtnnt n nDiirco of wenlth. Wo regret to find that the company organised for the purpose of winning find working thil coal field it not supported as It should Im. Wo regret to find our fellow settlers plungod in lethargy upon a subject of such importance. We nre now nt a very critical point in the hi'tory of the settlement, nnd it behoves nil who have its intcrcits really at heart to bestir themselves." Our contemporary, remarking on ,the Alterations effected in the New Zealand Bill in its progress through Parliament, states that those changes were" received with much approbation by the | friends of colonial, reform, and may certainly be looked upon as additional moves in the right path. During his Excellency's stay he was present at the anniversary merting of the Nelson branch of the Wcsleynn Missionary Society. In the course of the proceedings, the Rev. S. Ironside stated " that Sir G. Grey, although not feeling equal to the taak of addressing the meeting that evening, permitted him to say lhat his Excellency could bear testimony to the benefits conferred on llieso islands by the Wcsleynn Missionary Society," In the Examiner of the 9th ult., we find the following satisfactory paragraph : — 11 If our fnrmi is are suffering from a srnrcity of labour, they have no cause to be dissatisfied with the prospect of their crops, though the question how tl.ey arc to bo saved may woll cieate some/misgivings in their minds. The past winter has been singularly favourable for agriculluial pursuits, and the spring, so fur as it has yet advanced, is most encouraging to vegetation. Nothing can look boiler than the young wheat, which we ere plad to 6*y has been pretty extens : vi'ly sown ; and really in these gold digging days a tide across the Waimea is most encouraging, for on every side fencing and building is progicssing at a rate which promises soon to bring the whole district under cultivation; and, before another year has passed, we believe that the lino of road from Nelson to the Wairoa liver, a distance of 12 miles, will be fence. l throughout on both sides."

Audi Altera?: Parthji. — A letter in the Daily News, signed "A.nelia Bloomer,' 1 puts the following pertinent question :•— "May 1 be allowed, iv your columns, to ask why the British public nre so horrified nt the ideu of women dicsring in trainers, seeing th.it Ihuy hivo for no many years tolerated n number of men (fiom the North of the Tweed) in wearing petticoats — and shockingly short petticoats too i " Misconception— As a cannl boat wag passing under a bridge the captain jrnve the UEual warning, "Look oat " when a littla Frenchman, who was in the cabin obeyed the order by popping his head out of the window, which received a severe thump ljy coming iv contact with a pillar of the bridge. lie drew it back in * great pet, and exclaimed, " Due Americans say look out when (Icy meant look in.''