The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 13, 10 June 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1873.

The Education Bill. — The discussion in Committee of this Bill will be resumed this evening. Bankruptcy. — The Gazette of this morning contains a notification that Charles Friederich Wiesenbavern, innkeeper, has declared his inability to meet bis engagements wilh his creditors. Wiltchire, who undertook to walk 1000 mileß in 1000 hours at Christchurch, completed his 500 miles on Wednesday last. He is in good health and spirits, and very sanguine of successfully performing the difficult task he has undertaken. Up to Wednesday last he did not appear to be much worse for what he had done. Concert at Stoke. — A concert will be given at Stoke this evening, in aid of the Public Hall Building Fund. Money is required for fittings and other conveniences, and it is hoped that a considerable sum may be raised by this means. The last concert passed off most successfully, v and there is every reason to believe that to-night's will be quite equal to it. Nelson City Loan. — Tenders for £7000 of debentures under the "Nelson City Loan Act, 1871 " (Gas and Water Loan), payable in 30 years, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent., were this morning opened by the Provincial Government. There were in all twentytwo tenders, the total amount applied for being £29,300. The tenders accepted were for £4200 afc par, the Government deciding to refuse all those under tbat rate. We understand that tenders will ...be at . once . invited: for the remainder of the money required, namely, £2800. The terms thus obtained form a -striking contrast to-the price at which the debentures of the Corporation of the City of Wellington were disposed of about three .moo the ago, tenders for £12,000 having been accepted at a rate. of at least 15 per cent below: that .at which the debentures, of our own city have just been sold. Inland Communication Committee. ■ — The Committee met last night, when Mr . Sharp, the chairman, said that the object of their being called together was to recommend some person tothe Superintendent as a companion for Mr Calcutt in his trip.. through the country. The Superintendent had already appointed $ir T. Mackay, but had said that he had no objection to send someone else with him if the Committee deemed it desirable. On the motion of Mr Pitt, seconded by Mr Blundell, it was resolved that the Superintendent be asked to appoint Mr Sayle, in addition to Mr Mackay, to accompany Mr Calcutt. — Mr Sclanders said that before the Committee separated he wished to call attention to a matter that was personal to binself and the other members of : the deputation that had recently visited Christchurch and Wellington. .On their return from Wellington the deputation hud met the Committee and. explained all that had taken place in their absence, and had received the thanks, and an assurance of the cordial approval of the Committee of the action they had taken in their negotiations with the Government, and he had no reason whatever to doubt that the pubiie took . the - same view of the matter. . It _ was not without surprise, therefore, that he had seen in leading articles which had appeared in an important newspaper published in Nelson, unfavorable comments upon their action, aud a. statement that they had been aimlessly floundering about, had made false moves, and were entirely 'indebted to Mr Vogel for assisting them but of iheir difficulties. Such a statement was most unfair to the members of the deputation, and calculated to place them in an awkward position with the public, and was moreover, quite the reverse of the truth. He wished to state what had really taken place. The deputation had received in

Christchurch telegrams informing them of the conference between the Committee and the goldfields "tnembers, and seeing that there was likely : to be considerable disagreement with regard to the disposal of the auriferous lands, they had at once determined upon altering their tactics, and proposing to the General Government the scheme which was npw before the public *' On arriving at Wellington, they, found Mrf Vogel perfectly willing to meet them in any way that lay within his power. He asked them to put their case clearly before the Cabinet, and to state what it was that they wanted. They were quite pre-, pared to do so, and although fully aware tbat they were taking upon themselves a heavy responsibility in asking for 'so large a loan to be raised for the province, they hod at once put Mr Vogel in possession of their viewe, and asked the Government to undertake the work. From this, it would be seen that the proposition had originated with the deputation, who, so far from making a false move, had made a most proper one, and, instead of floundering about without knowing what they were doing, had gone straight to the point at once. He could scarcely think that the articles to which he referred represented the views of any member of tho Committee, which had been unanimous in expressing its approval of all that the depu.-. talion had done, after receiving a full explanation from them of what had occurred in their interviews wilh Mr Vogel, but he was surprised and hurt at finding that one of the leading newspapers of the place had so entirely misrepresented their actions. He must apologise for having taken up the time of the Committee in referring to this matter, but it was due to himself and those who had acted with him on the deputation that the true state of the case should again be placed before them. — -Mr Pitt corroborated what had been said by Mr Sclanders.— On the motion of Mr Shephard, it was resolved: — That a Committee, to consist of the chairman, Dr Ren wick, Messrs Fisher, Rout and Akersten be appointed to draw up a memorandum to submit to : the General Government, setting forth the advantages of the Port line of railwny, A pleasing instance of of willinguess to lend friendly assistance in time of need j occurred directly on the arrival at Grey- \ mouth of particulars of tbe Buller flood, and the probality of distress arising, when Messrs Thompson, Smith and Barkley, telegraphed " We will subscribe £5 for relief, £10 if distress so great as reported." Other Greymouth firms also expressed readiness to follow so good an example. — Westport Times. On the 20th May a thunder storm v passed over Hokitika, the like of which had not been known since the first settlement of the coast. An enormous piledriving mschine used on the quay was riven, and the chips scattered fifty yards distant. All the crockery in a cottage near was smashed, and the operators at the telegraph office had to suspend operations. ' ■••■ • ■■' THE'Canterbury Deep Sea Fishing Company are pushing on vigorously with their smoking operations, and intend exporting to Australia, by doing which, in addition , to the almost unlimited demand, they receive the . bonus offered by, the Government on the fish exported from the colony. At an extraordinary meeting it was resolved to extend the capita! of the Company by £1000, in £50 shares at £20., each.

Thb Brunner Railway.* — We give the following extract from a letter, written, we have reason to believe, by one who is fully capable of forming an opinion, relating to this railway, which appeared in the Grey, River Argus of June 5 :— " I. think anyone who walked afi far as the gorge of the river during the flood to-day must have been convinced of the impossibility of carrying out the railway in accordance; with the present plans. These plan's, as np doubt most of .your .readers-are., a ware, provide for an embankment extending from the breakwater at ; ! the quarry over the shingle bed and on tbe very edge of the river bank. ''This* ehbankraent, for a length of five chains,, is ,23 ft . high, apd is to be carried over a shifting shiuglebed which, to-day, 7 is -covered 12ft deep with a raging sea of water. Beyond this, for a further distance of seven or eight chains, one side of the embankment will have tobe made outside of the river bank, and through a still greater depth of water which jis plunging along at a speed of eight miles an hour. No saiie : man -would 'attempt to make an embankment in such a place, and it can only have been designed in ignorance of the state of the; rivor<iin'.a fresh] f'lt is therefore .evident the^inevis (o be made as at present intended, some other mode of construction' must be adopted. I would by no means infer that the difficulties to be overcome are beyond the reach of engineering skill, but I do say that the cost 1 of any wOrk t which wjl;l withstand the scour of the rivei* in' the position meditated will be enormous." The. Printer s Register !,Blßy_]i inat the Australian Associated Press is paying £18,000 a-year for telegWms, which sum does not cover the £4000 per annum paid to the Baron for agency,; * TPAJPERS'are tb be laid before the' Ofago Council relative. to the. defence of Otago from ext.erD.al aggression. ,If the port could be defended kt ah ouilay of £150,000, the -expenditure would be f justified;/ said the Superintendent in his address to the Council." '