AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Sir George Bowen is to be invited by the Representatives and Speaker of the Assembly to a banquet. The Castlemaine railway tender has been accepted for £38 000. The L'Orme, French transport, put in with Communist prisoners. One escaped, and the authorities refused to restore him. The Alardus, Gt-rman immigrant ship, for Queensland, has put in. The passengers are in a deplorable condition, and many deaths have occurred. All are landed in quarantine. Mrs Steele, the actress, joins the Sydney Company. It is understood that Judge Williams retires shortly on a £ 1 500 superannuation pension, and that the Attorney-General succeeds him. Kabat has been committed on another charge of altering a bill from one to four hundred pounds. A gas and -water pipe foundry is being established. A shock of earthquake was felt near Melbonrne on the 22nd. The Government proposes to allow drawbacks on all dutiable goods via the Murray. The antagonism between Mr Parkes and'Mr Francis is increasing', and the border question is virtually shelved. A memorial has been sent to the Privy Council on behalf of Mount and Morris. An application to wind up the Polynesian Company has been refused. A magnificent present has been senttoßismark by the Germans of Victoria. Top price for wheat 5s Bd, oats, Tasmanian, at private sale at 3s lOd to 4s. There has been a great panic at Sandhurst. The Hustler's stock has sustained a heavy fall*

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As a schoolboJu^^^Po look forward with pleasure t(jlßfljgj|gyß. There was the half holidavJHßflraEPgurnd of cricket, or hockey, or jflWwißimome Hi tie excursion into the c jsjfjJHß|p t a^ events there was less wnr^™^lWßff l fuR °n that day that upon au yJfPf®ij§f I don't like Saturdays so we 'p^P^^^As the end of the week draws* fSrafiHsbegin very often to tliink abou| j ig|||padful column, that, I must confei j i||||i!casioDally been built up of notji I |J§|ip to wocdor to Djyeelf •how on esj||| j xxsfflso be made to present a respecfcahjfjl j |j||wance on the day on which itj||||l l§lpd ie readers of the EveninjgsgMi me Id this predicament I (lad m ypW^^iP present moment. Those paragrj|j|fl|j|Hyffl bear the heading "Last Nightjj»&|nlH" have already commenced to maiei^r appearance, and I don't think that people care to read much, more about our Lilliputian Parliament than is to be found in them, and yet, besides the opening of the Council, what event that calls for notice at my hands has occurred this week? I was congratulating myself last Saturday that my next" Week " would be written without aoy difficulty whatever, as the demonstration at the turning of the first sod of the railway would be sure to supply plenty of matter for remark. Bnt the fates are against me, and even in this I am disappointed, my only consolation being that the easy lask I had anticipated for to-dsy iB in store for me next Saturday. But I must at once commence what little I have to say, and not devots the whole of my space to a preface. The business already transacted by the Council is not very large, in fact, if I say that the session is to commeDce oa Monday I shall not be very wide of the mark. Still there has been enough done and said to show that the political atmosphere is a little breezy, and $1 few clouds that have been visible on the horizon seem to indicate that a heavy storm is hanging about. I remember when a youDgster seeing occasionally at country fairs a large cage in which were confined cats and canary birds, terriers and rats, owls and mice, and various other birds and animals, which, though naturally antagonistic to one another, had been so well trained that they dwelt together as amicably aud lovingly as a bride and bridegroom on their honeymoon trip. In large letters over the tent, in which the ct;ge was on view, was a notice to the effect that therein was to be seen the Happy Family. A strict regard to truth would, I am afraid, prevent any such, placard being placed over the entrance to the Provincial Hall. I only speak from I have seen within the last three or four days, and I hope that my apprehensions may prove groundless, aud that the Council Chamber may not become an arena in which the gladiators of the province are to display their skill in killing and wounding one another, but For remainder of news, see fourtfi page.

that the Councillors may recognise the fact that they are Bent there to decide in ! what manner the welfare of their constituentsi may best be promoted. : There is - plenty of work to be done, so let us hope that the little breezes to which I have refered may have cleared the atmosphere, and that henceforth all is to be sunshine and smiles. The news that Mr VogeL will be unable to attend the ceremony of next Tuesday, will be received by everyone with great regret. "We all of us felt that we should be exceedingly glad to see the Premier of the colony amongst us, and give him a hearty welcome, and to show him that we entered with spirit and hopefulness into the work of opening up the country by a system of railways, and at the same time we were well aware that the Superintendent of the province was paying him a delicate compliment, which Mr Vogel seems to have fully recognised and appreciated, in inviting him to take the part of chief actor in the ceremony- It is a great disappointment,' I fully believe, to Mr Vogel himself that he is unable to attend, and it ia quite as much felt by the people of Nelson, the more so when they consider .that a painful illness is the cause of his . absence. We must do our best however to make the evening pass off pleasantly and successfully. Should the weather prove propitious, the demonstration is likely to prove - a thoroughly popular one, and Nelson will then show that she is fully awake to (he importance of that great work of which the turning of the first sod of the little line between the town and Foxhill is, we all of us most earnestly hope, #o prove the commencement. The animosities-burying part of the business which Mr Vogel had requested might be included in the programme, will, unfortunately, have to be struck out, owing to his absence, and for - this I am sorry, because, as a peace-loving individual, I should have been glad to witness the ceremony of placing them under the sod. It will be a disappointment too certain waggish individuals, who, I am told, were busily engaged in preparing a. miniatnre coffin which was to form a conspicuous feature in the procession. Two nominations in one week is an amount of dissipation to which we are altogether unaccustomed in Nelson, but Monday and Friday next are to be devoted to this purpose. I remember, at the last nomination of a member of the Council for the tows, seven persons were present, and the. whole proceeding occupied only nine minutes. Of course I don't mention that as a hint to be adopted by those who are to take part in Monday's performance, but merely as an instance of the rapidity ' with which these matters are sometimes disposed of. That on Friday will, of necessity, be a longer affair. The honor to be conferred upon the successful candidate is greater, and three seekers after senatorial honors have to be listened to instead of one. Now that we have adopted the system of voting by ballot, is it not high time that the farce of a public nomination, was done.away with? F.