The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 236, 3 October 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1872.

Some Flax that was sent home from Wangnnui in the Malay, although damaged by rain before being shipped, brought £37 per ton at auction. Magistrates' Court. — An information was laid by She Inspector of Nuisances against John MeGaw for easting nightsoil into the gutter in Collingwood-street. Defendant was fined £1 and costs. Steamer Albion.— This steamer, .which arrived from Melbourne yesterday, has been engaged all day in discharging cargo, of which she lands a large quantity here, tbe state of the weather having prevented her transshipping it at the West Coast port?. She will not sail for Wellington until to-morrow. Perseverance Mine. — By the Lady Barkly, which is due from Collingwood at 9 a.m. to-morrow, the result of the late crushing at this mine may be looked for. The yield, wo believe, is not expected to be very large, as the stone that has been put through tbe battery^ was not 'taken from what has proved to be the richest part of the mine. The following is from a Wanganui contemporary :— The Nelson cricketers intend visiting Welliugton and Wanganui duriug the coming season. Bearing in mind the cordial reception given to our team last summer by our Nelson friends, we trust our local club will emulate their confreres in " Sleepy Hollow," and give them a specimen of Wanganui hospitality. Mr. Saunders and the SurEßiNTENdency. — Some doubts appear to exist in the minds of many of the electors as to whether Mr. Saunders is or is not willing to become a candidate for the fc'uperintendency of Nelson in the event of a vacancy occurring, and we have heard of several persons who. have declined to attach their names to the requisition to him on the grounds that he is not likely to go to the; poll, and that he would not be willing to become a resident in this, province after having settled in Canterbury. We are, however, able to set both of these doubts at rest. Mr Saunders has stated his willingness / to contest the election if such appears , to ; . be the wish of the electors, and addV that he will as a matter of course remove with' his family. to Nelson if, elected. ,We have been shown a letter addressed by .;Mr. Saunders to a friend in this place in which > he' 'briefly states his views i; of the duties J that would devolve on a Superintendent in, the present state of affairs, and as lie expresses his willingness that his opinions should he made; public^ we have great pleasure in culling 'a'f^w^extracts from his letter. t He commences ,T ; by , slating that , : he is, p'r*'conrsej "aflier^he^'absen'c'e ofra few years, not thoroughly -cognizant of what has; 'fceejßi.dfln^cr/jyhfttvis requirbdxin ■way of public adds, ;bf time on horseback; before^l^ould^speak. swithanyM^^ :; Glearly,^.;^ sji(oßedvi-i^ requirements, but is prepared to devote.a.ll

his energies~aud, those who remember Mr. Saunders must know what thatme.anS; —-•to iri^lapgjhirnself acquainted with jtli'ej positiod jjof affkh;s throughout the lerigifc and'breldth o^the^province. On the qfoes^ •tion of the Foxhiil railway we will let him speak for himself. He says : — " Wiihregard to the railway it is quite evident that its prosecution or nori-prosecutiori is purely a General- Government, question, and if tiiey decide to carry.it on I should try my best to get authority from them to watch over tho expenditure and make the best of if. Myown opinion is that the money is sadly wanted in. the province for , many far more useful "arid- remunerative works, but if the majority of the Nelson ejectors. think qtherivjse,, it, would be my jduty to; carry out their wishes in that matter to the; beßt of my ability." to : the : w6rk that lies before' a Superintendent, and. the way in^whjch he. should set about- it, Mr. Saunders rspeaks. out honestly, sensibly* and to tbe point. ■'-'*-' The first great duty of a Nelson;^Superintendent," hei says, " would be to personally;; .ascertain jjhe wauts of all the distant dependencies, to find out the cause of ihe'present universal dissatisfaction in. ail- the. outlying districts, and to.make.^6tronuo.us.effqrtj not only Jo unite morally and physically tbe fragments of the present Province, but to prove to those portions that have separated- from it that a union under one strong, equitable, and strictly economical Government,' would greatly promote tbe interests of all. The interests even of tbe City itself , would, be best served by fostering the minefaf, agricultural, and pastoral; pursuits. I have long ago said that nothing- could be worse for Nelson than- /a - Superintendent who knew of," or cared for, nothing but tbe City and suburbs,,as it is the obvious and most important duty "of a" public officer, elected by .the whole Province, to.watch over and protect' thqjnteresjs of theweakr ly represented, .districts, and, impartially., to keep fbeir just' claims "^before the Provincial Council,*' 'while be mayr safely^ and even ad vautageously' "leave the City ani its affairs in the bauds "of locally wellinformed and locally chosen, municipal officers." Of course, if the electors, of the Province, in a numerously-signed requisition, invite Mr. Saunders to come; to Nelson and contest the election, he will lay bis views before them at greater length, but in the meantime the programme that he has llius briefly sketched out for himself, if elected, will, we believe, meet , With the approval of the public. The entire population of Australia (exr elusive of aboriginals) is not 1 two' millions, and there are nearly a thousand .miles of railway in the four colonies, of New Spu.th. Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia — 50 miles of railway for every 50,000 of the population, in a country not yet civilised a century 1/ . ;?• Canary Seed. — A...Cant,erbury paper says t-^" The large amount o f canaryi seed" annually imported into the colony, and the. high price at which it is sold' are deserving the attention of .our agriculturists. Canary, hemp, Belgium;raillet;.and sunflower. have been successfully grown on a small scale for the last five years in the Acclimatisation Gardens, and. the appeal* well suited to Our climate;' in fact, the" curator reports the produce to be better in quality, and quantity, with the exception of , one bad season, than the English grown. The Australasian ow the late Debate. — "The long want of- confidence debate in New Zealand has ended^io the overthrow of the Government, and Mr. Vpgel, likeanother high contracting power in the Californian mail agreement^ is now exiled into Opposition. On this .occasion Providence was on the 'side bf the biggest speeches. ,Mr. Yogel spoke for the Government five hours, but; Mr. .., Fitzherbert spoke eight against if, arid carried the day. It is to be hoped " that the decision of, the. Assembly was a right qne,.but, it-is too much to expect that there was much active intelligence left in the Chamber by tbe time .the ydte was arrived ajy Lis^en,|ngy for five" hours, and then 'again for eig'hVto* the dreary discussion, over ,the : Brogden railway contract, and the way in which the calculations of GoyemmeritiW,erefup.setj by the rise in the price of railway iron, must have ,redy:pe;djthe, Assemblylnot only to despair, but to a condition of mental torpor, •bordering iOtf imbecility. The long orations of New Zealand statesmen, if they :do not always persoadre' or 'convince, must exercise great jpower of ; uMoo,..and produce a disposition ;fo xot&for alriyltuing for 'the sake of quietness. In connection with this news, we also gefc^thV plaintive item^ that Mr. Webb telegraphs to his New Zealand agent that,, having heard, of tbe tall of Mr. .Daffy, he has altered tbe dpstina*^ now take part in the New. Zealand service." i |:A; -.pew .'.agi-tatprs , at^Pictoa*recen^y; calh3a"a.Ue6tln^ ? of^he electors ftfWr/sld'ef the action of their representative, Captain Kenny, in yotfng confidenceires^^^ tb^e bid story of/ ;Bal^ o^ejr^gaif^fo ; palled l to, condep^n^aptairi ;geony, passed ;

ihe following resolution :r—^hAFyia, (he opinion pf^thislimeelicg, the;, conduct of Oaprain Ke|inyi|as|member^ofr:the House o|l^epre;Bef tatiyes for the of^lPictb¥,?^haf 'been" such' asVito entitle him to the continued confidence^ of the electors."

The Ballarat correspondent of the Argus,- writing On a recent date, Bays :-— "The pumping-engine and machinery of the City bf ! Ballarat Company was duly Btarted and christened . this afternoon, in tlie presence of a small and select attendance. The affair .was rather a novel one, * and shows the weak, side of Ballarat, a little. Instead of good old times when champagne and. hock ;and other wines were the orderjOf the day, the ceremony to-day was quietly- got over by the engine being christened the Good Templar, with a bottle of—of — soda-water !" The Government of South Australia is making a praise worthy endeavor to lessen as much as possible the inconvenience caused by the defect in the cable between Port Darwin and Bango Wangi. Tbe . Chief. Secretary of Victoria on . Monday received the following telegram from the Chief Secretary of South Australia : — "Adelaide, 9ih September. The cable ' between Port Darwin nod Bangb Wangi having now been silent for over eleven weeks, and as there may yet be considera•blc delay before it is repaired or replaced, this Government invites the co-operation of New Sou.th Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, 'and Queensland in placing a small bat fast steamer to ply between Port Darwin and. Bah go Wangi, to carry telegrams to Bnd from Europe,,, thereby reducing the period of communication from Fix weeks to twelve; days or thereabouts. Proportion of charges for Port Darwin, and Java section will go towards defraying cost of steam sevice. We will contribute ooe quarter the expense, or enter into any 'equitable arrangement. Please reply by wire. Mr. Francis replied that the Victorian Government would be glad to bear a portion of the proposed expense. — Australasian. The Fiji Planters are beginning to appreciate the fact that the Polynesian labor trade is not being conducted in a satisfactory manner. They recently held a meeting at Levuka, the Mji Times reports, at which they disclaimed all sympathy with or knowledge of the kidnapping operations which are now so common. The following resolution was passed: — " That this meeting is of opinion that any evils that may have hitherto existed in connection with the introduction of Polynesian laborers are not attributable to the planters of Fiji, the laborers in most instances being introduced by foreign vessels. But that the provisions of the Foreign Labor Act, passed at the late session of Parliament, will, it is fully believed, remedy the evils complained of, and place the introduction of Polynesians on a perfectly mutually beneficial footing.'' The .Leviathan of. Cricket. — The Daily Telegraph in a leading article on Mr. Grace,: after his wondrous scores in the two matches, Gentlemen v. Players, at Lord's, and the Oval, says :— As for the leviathan of modern fields — the redoubted Mr. Grace — diis enemies are only too glad if they can get rid of him at or about the "century." The custom is for his own side to put this gentleman in at the first wicket, so as to give him "all day long" with a scientific " ball-breaker " like Mr. Ottaway at tbe other end to keep things steady; and when once that ." demonbatsman "has grown warm and thoroughly sighted the ball, it flies far and near like a thing bewitched.- Bowl fast or slow, bowl shooters or twisters, volley e, halfvolleys, or lobs — all is one when Mr. . Grace "has his eye in;" and the important missile which now skies to the zenith over the head of the farthest fielder, and now •worms its , way past " point," is driven with such commanding force, or else tickled into a run with such judgment, tbot the past week has seen the great cricketer in, question score three hundred aud odd runs, without giving more than one single chance to his antagonists.