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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 252, 23 October 1872, Page 2

Railways' "Bill.— We "take from the Evening <:I*Qst the> folio witig>r'eport *bf« the debate on this Bill,, ; t wfaich -tppk place on Friday night. Mr. Qrmond, having referred to the various lines about to be constructed^; wentontorsay' :— lt'was'the^' intention and wish of ; j,he Government to push these works on, but that was dependant _on ■ th~£ {sMtfc cjf) completion of the surveys, and obtaining reasonable contracts.!:';. lT:h'ere'WQuld'"be a total of 764 miles of railway, the total k cost of which, including^ Foiling gid^fistations, &c, was estimated. at £3,886,900, requiring an iaiiditio'nar^ap^Foppiation of £1,167,890. The average cost of railways was 1 £5090 pW'ißtfeU He asked the House 4o adopt the schedule as .a whole. The Government had authority to speud two millions, and -there *was »o jieces&itjyi tp-ask fojr aa incfels^^yyetiri'- 1 4t was urtended /to aßk, howeyer,,for £10,000 to sneiid on, fearveys'of^W-^if^td^lii'afc^foiiS'k/r^ Waikato, down the West Gbast, and J other lines, .^hej^pv^nmen^weijld also ask authority to purchase the Dunedin and Port Ch^ajmjeps^ejf y^ they ;<p9npj^redj( it necessary to have the line in their posses* B ion.-r7Tb.fi House then wjßptrintQ GoßMnit^ * tee D&tmml VW the - r rbf JrYitfg l Fto] the Port Chalmers-line, Mr. Stafford objected to the^ powers, jphicb/t|fe G» f fernment soug^l to ebtftin'iiiith'ia'-ESatter-. *- If it jwas so necessary the Government should nqth'a've permitted' 1^ by a private company. As a majority: in, the HpdsS ifM 3 beamr a'^eTi^re'sisieniiil machinja,^r^the.Mipist]fy, it was yeryHiftle asp .6K|e|fi^^tili '^e>w9ui^ :: .record; his prppoaQdaaQ^ameDdmeii^ byAKhi«h}J!.thQ^

purchase should he Eubject to appeal to the Parliament. Aftsr some further. d^ecussion, the clause was pfised withou|«m^'rH}ment — o^%e qfe%ionp>f |£]g 2nd|eeli^ i ule, tlie lifSol ra^waysPrevroiaaly |eferrea to by IVlM^rm^^ tlreNHWMlrYjßel^fpressed the strongest objections to sueh^ agpVopiintions in block. He believed that unless "th«~<j^«n?bWn r t-wa <Ar money they would spend during the year, and what amount of contracts would would- -forfeit-^the-jco n fiden«e-,of , ? the xio|t>py T , r r <Grt eat - iati ttrd c 1 h. a .^ "originally^been : .^iV^'.lthe'im r 'Jb_uV "b e_ 'hpped the House wo^i Id peyer give r . ; suf brfiow-'ers. ol Tfie'arrangemenl;- Was cmi- " [nently unsatisfactory"Xo~hjm. He pointed iout'^that^'tiifeugtf^he rfoSr^mßiiODS^' 'doff, | asked for exceeded the original "'estimates'" iby one half, yet there- were three large | gaps }n3Ch<s; yufik^li&jß 'p'otwe'elh ChristIcjmrch and In ver cacg.il l>:.rße wished to llmaHLwJbai_amoji]it-of-jnoney:.tlie-Gavern--oaenj rr wer-e g^ing iO tp speßd during-rthdl Veces?, and in what direction. He repeated 'that unless the TVfiuistry^ announced jthis, l itf or wo i iild ? be'Tn ' the' h'igfielt"; dej •'"* For continiiation'of news see foutth pagii ', ;i

gree unsatisfactory , : and would reeult yinv in the confidence of the colony in , the Government being destroyed. — After similar objections beingexpressed by Messrs.^ Eolleston, ; Calder, Gillies, I^eynoids, Auckland, and M'Glashaip,, the . schedule of the: Bill was passed, and the Bill reported, to the House. — ;In spite of the protests of several members, against the indecent haste with which the Government were pushing through the House a measure involving several millions, Ministers insisted on taking the third reading immediately. Mr. Stafford spoke strongly against the proceeding, but Baid he saw from, the temper of the House that it was useless attempting any; opposition. He said that one result of the last three years' legislation would be that within the next two pjr t three years he Bhould make such arrangements as would enable him to leav^e the colony, :and he might then be qualified to 'become* a New Zealand fioanr cier.-rr- -Messrs. Reid, Reynolds, Gillies, Rolleston, and Parker, spoke against the third reading, but it was carried. A Ladt Tabbed and Feathered.;—., An incident has occurred in the beautiful city of Topeka, in Kansas, which should operate as a warning to all. fascinating married ladies. It seems that a Mrs, Neiswender, the wife of a farmer, residing a: little way out of the city, had the misfortune to be inordinately admired- by several married men in the neighborhood. We are not told how many bachelors fell under her bewildering glances, but this is of no consequence, as such sufferers are entitled to no sort of pity. The married ladies however were bent upon revenge; but instead of wreaking it upon their own husbands^ which they would have a perfect right to . do, they resolved to make Mrs. Neiswender feel the weight of their accumulated anger. Four incensed matrons accordingly met by appointment one morning, and, as the report, in a brisk, businesslike tone observes, having provided themselves with " tar, turpentine, feathers, ropes, and cayenne pepper, started for the residence of the seductive Mrs. Neiswender." Unfortunately that lady was alone when they reached the house, and of course she proved powerless against such terrible odds.. She was not only stripped and tarred and feathered from head to heel, but it is alleged that her unwomanly assailants rubbed cayenne pepper into her npse and eyes. Two of the women, who appear to have done the lion's share of the work, are now awaiting their trial in jail, and the reporter naively observes that the whole gang have earned a reputation "■such as few respectable Kansas ladies would care to acquire." - If incensed ladies will participate in demonstrations ;of physical violence, it would he much more becoming if they would select their -victims, from amongst the baser ccx. If they would leave their fairer sisters alone, and concentrate their antipathies upon wife beaters and other miserable sinners, we might perhaps reap some benefit from their masculine activity. A Successful Poultry Breeder's Advice. — Mr Warren Leland, a most extensive and successful poultry breeder, says: — " I will show you bow I manage my poultry yards. I have found that for every hundred . fowls you must have at least an acre. But rough land is as good as any. Hens naturally love the bush, and I lop young trees, but leave a shred by which they live a year or more. In such places? they prefer to lay. I have great success, and it depends on three or. four rules, by observing which, I believe a man can make a good living by hens and turkeys. ,1. I give my fowls great range. Eighteen, acres belong to them exclusively. Then . the broods have the range of, another big lot, and the turkeys'go half a mile or more from the house. -•The -18 acres of poultryyard is rough land, of little use for tillage. It has a pond in it, and many rocks, and bushes, and weeds, and sandy, places, and ash heaps, and lime, and bones, and grass, and a place' which I plough up to give them worms. < 2." When a hen has -set 1 take; her box, throw put the straw and earth, let it be out in the sun and rain a fewl days, and give it a good coat of whitewash on both sides. In winter, when it is very cold, I have an old stove in their house, and .keep up ithe/ warmth. 7 There is also an jjpen fire-place where I..bu ild _.a . fire in cool, wet days. dry themselves, anji CwheS the fire goes oat there Ms a bed of aßhes for them to wallow in. Sumrierrjan^ v?interi=;my£ hens have all^ "the j, Another; reason why I have such Jubk is, .' ■■beca^^B^poul^jrara j^ci^j^s^ii^h'e' scraps frptoa lar^e hotel. 'Eggrjmaking is. ■'", .'^Tof.:iHvV|.^^&V^sfe^^^;"V T^y.: : nee^ "just } - : S : We^fMdi ; i ;^at<:}-! ; Eyen;r;^ '• v:^biead; i^ide^;|^^eijeve. ; ,in ,• 'feedib'g'^it;.; toj ;^^DS;i{ :^^As^:to^rbreeds, ; v. Ih-;:prefer^ the : ,chang>;- ; /;;%mfhasino:o^