THE WEEK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 238, 5 October 1872, Page 2

TH E W EE K.

A more than usually drill week does not render his ta'Bk'a'pleSs'aiJt rr 6r"arf 'eUsy- one; who- is opposed 1 t& sitr^wn ].arid '^fiil; a; ; column with comments W'tiie,eYent^V tn a* have occuri,edrwithin.;t&'a(;^period; ; ! In 1 the poli tioal world* therej* has : ; been lit }W i: bii t j the ordinary routid'e'^f Viiig^sjqf^lajit; * night, when Mr. -Vogel^aß^W^jle^Jv" fin^efforit-toiregaipj^:- rdns; of ;: power, 1 .; ! but I think I may venture to; assert; on . , "good, authority " if ariy' ? 6'n ! e indf^Wuaj ' catf 11 * be^cbilideW^sucfi^in'Wese^ appear to "be : "' t -p^ableras! ; t|ie shade by the light quivering aspjn made," that the , Stafford Govern s ige ! nt;w^jt|eroain in office until next ,g^^n^l|^*'*lXo.OppiDßitibii'

"Eave received a severe. blow.in the defeat, by a oq'i^derabWmajcTityvof 'their candidate :in the Eginoht district^ and the G-overwnoßthave^ icrcQiaßeqaence of that election,.; received , an: accession to, their ranksr 1 Tn the meantime, a general .wail .is wafted, along tha wires /rqm:all parts of " the oofony that business is at a staad'Still, while the besiegers.. and defeuders of the Treasury Castle krel- try ing their strength. , ; But this 4 is one of the blessings of ;r«pre- " seutative government,; and'«B such we must put up with it. I find that tbe-idea-F broached a fortnight ago with reference to a Tramway Compauy-' for ; - "1b.6 "■ BulleY Valley has created- some little stir, which is beginning to show itself in the correspondence columns* of r the iiews'papers^ ' but, what I look upon as a far more healthy— Big-ay- -it • is -not 'confined to the letters which* ffppea'f ia print, but is much talked of out of doors,, and people ore'reaily l'o6"kiDg about arid making enquiries whether some such pjan is really feasible:" "For my own part I think it is, and that if taken up by one, or two practical men' with'^ ifc through, it may yet bo accomplished. Uesolutions Jiavo. been passed at public meetings to the effect that Nelson is the natural; empjoriiuma for Coast Ir.ad«, -but- one fact is wortli a hundred such resolutions, and I think I am in n position r tq>sid.duce.fiuch.iaa;one.j At the present time we have lying ou our wharvesj and ia our stores between;, two- and., three hundred tons of cargo which have gradu4 ally accumulated not only from Melbourne] but frb"nf" "other "parts of the colony, foij transshipment .to the Coast;. .What jf there' We^e\a^i'aiJ.way^from'3S > e^B6!n.;to(i c<invey these goods to" their destination ? Is it not clear that, with ojir t excellent harbor, nearly the whole of the trade woultl pass through this plnce ? r I gthink there can be, nb.'doubl; or this, but while it is ,{c be 'feared that a permanent railway is at the present moment beyond our reach, it! is not bo with J r6gar3"t'o a temporary tram-j wayi > whiicK if onee 1 consti'iicled^ must; inevitably leacLtothe -more durable work' being^ undertaken. -/ Canterbury jaadiMarl-; borough will attempt lo.tap £ ,the vast trade that is open to us if we will but exert ourselves. Roads from the Coast. to the Amuri and Kailcoura are td he: comrnie'need, and, depend upon itj-if oar business men once allow themselves to be superseded by their Christchurch 'erethfen,' shutters' Will be in large demand in- -Nelson to "protect the ■windows of the empty, unoccupied shops. If .oar leading merchants' andtradesmen coijld only be induced to 'recognise the importance "of immediate action"; if one or two of them were,! tp, open branch stores, ; say.at _4be "LyelJ, and in theiinterlying districts, -and thus become .personally- and immediately jnterested.-in .that. portion of ; .the.country ; if the whole population of this part of the province would bring theniselves to believe that in that district, from which we have, within 'the last "daybf two, fecelveid such glowing- accounts of the wealth that has been, extracted from- the on aor two-reefs that have been i tested .in a country abounding with reefsV^ifJ in short, we would but realise the gratifying change that at no distant period must accrue to the town and suburbs from the openlng.up of communications with our'minerixldistric^, I venture to^assert -that, ;this tramway of which I v havei-spoken/' or "socaeth-ing of a similar nature, would not long remain a bare idea, but speedily become a wholesome reality. I am fearful of tiring my readers by \ harping continually on one .-string, but I am< -heartirly- in earnest myself, and have a strddg'ide^iretointeiest others in a, matter which, ho w'evol* -crudely I may have placed it\befpre; them,;is, I am convinced* capable ojp.beingi worked up and put id to a 1 nabre shapely and serviceable form thair'thafc of which I hare only attempted to sketch but a rough. outline..!- ..<-. - .xV- r Candidates for the Sup^rinteDdency ata r . spoken of as being likely to prove exceedingly plentiful. Indeed, if rumour is to be relied upon-r-which Ivdonot think it is — it will be necessary, if justice is to be dpne v .bxth,e the.jaspirants to.; office, for each newspaper in the town to support at least three candidates. But, I daresay, when the -dectionT day comes, it will be fpund to bear a strong resemblance to our Nelsbn races/at we occasipnaliy i see:-o r n :> ihe; i card i^'^eri'^orvtwip i oi !i horses 'ißiotefe'3' : 'fo>'!;so^./pAr&colar'even t, of^hich number pjily^twq.qrsthr.elac.tualjy cqniejT; tpx Jhe ;posti .the: .remainder: being: scratche^jsv:^lfy<&ot~iF all respond ? tbi the" .delightful. 'Haiiing'^ manib^ ttie : --. \Vhq:wilil^^ bjbthe. first to : .catqh-: .:,eyef • iwhoj)wi|il;".^e:-' Jln ; :^the ; :;r racfe?-^;;^Ectq^iby©rß^byer^tbje'stfeets^bf' ■;:vSn#l|M^ ; u§k^"tga^B'r^ . ;fito%iQeitireaome

sisfer Eumour, for some days past, but neither of thera vary even to the extent of a semitorie, XtHeir] nioriotiono.Uß cry.^fWlfb Who?" '.'-VAtl- Jl -CrL F.

Of nil the birds that please us with their lays, the nioßt popular ia the hen. ■„ . Sign oka Cor has been presented with a silver card case, containing a £50-note by Borne of her Melbourne admirers. A Monster, Aixi.GA.TpR, .known for. past -years tfy \£l>e-Wferi^ueVo^<Vßig Ban* was shot a few weeks since near Rockharopton, Queensland. As showing the voracity of theae creatures, if; is stated in the Northern Argus that, on being opened, there were found stones, bones,v yetrifiej wood, aud other hard .snb^st&nclsJSfl jWckWtogether in his bag or stomach as tight as the little pebbles found sometimes in a hen's gizzard. Some of the stones were as largo as a man's head, and many of them had imbedded in /hair amhyoo^. they weighed alidgfethilr^^lctfy A cwV nod amongst them were found pieces of fish, flesh, and fowl, and numbers of small feathers. Neither heart, lungs, bladder, nor kidney could be found; there was one huge gullet, a large., bag, or Btoraach, find two '| p f t ' B S'^ li:1 * f 1 0! <P*her sides of the*Bpine,*nffd%buaf sft long"; there "was nothing attached to the ribs. When the blacks heard "Big Ben " was killed, they held a corroboree, aa they were dreadfully afraid of the monster, jdeclarbg?"thst.|h'e carried oft black Maryjjf ani& wtn^eHjtarys-; and piccannhiieg.. 'J^py'Jfeall. kiiJL. heJ originally belonged to Kockhampton, 'but that he was frightened by the steamers and took up his abode at Taamba, where he has comrailed numerous depredations. He has been, seen .toloVaa down ajfbogaed cow, andt>ne of^fr'Bridffbns'horses bears a ecar on his hip where he was bitten by the monster. The blacks tell a story that once when thpy were busy getting the Lulbs from the wnter lily j made a dash at a child which was ou the ■ bank, the mother rushed forward to save it, and just, as she.had got 7 it s iu her^ arras,, the alli^ito^'6p8 v n|d &s encfrnfous ja%| and} carfie'(Poff v b6th Tfiother anl child.