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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 12 June 1873, Page 2

Cobden WHABF.-~We have been requested to give the division list on the motion^ofjMf Giphs thiat' -jßgrn yt t y£5QQ be placed --o^i'the supplemWt'ary -esHAales for a stone wharf at Cobden. It was as follows :— - Ayes,' 10-j f The 1 PVoviu'cial Solicitor, Provincial Secretary, Messrs Donne, Macmahon, C. Kelling, t *Baigent,*?Gibbs, O'Conor, Tarrant/ WdAßurn. Noes, 6; Messrs Shephard, Reid, Ivess, Guinness, Pinkerton, and A. Adaihs. I Lodger Franchise. — At the weekly meeting/off the 1 Artizanß] ; AS?obiation held J last I night» the question -of^tbo^- extension f of the franchise to lodgers was discussed, and met with* thelw&nh apprJoVal itjf the members, a resolution to that effect, proposed by Mr. Bond and seconded ,by.Mr, t ' Hamil'tdn, being tiba'niniOusly ridbpted; * A c petition to , the -will at ; once be set on foot. ; Decimal Company.— - The Lady Barkly, which arrived Afrom'CollingwbodA this morning, has , brought, over a cake of gold,.. the , sight of r which Jm ust ; proye cheering indeed to the shareholders, who for a long time have been' patiently toiling on without receiving any for their outlpy.v The^.jgpld, of r which there are 240 ounces was obtained from 150 tons of stone crushed at~the Perseverance battery. Some magnificent specimens have also been sent over, and are now on view at the -store ■'■<a( -MeWr^ Biixtoidand Ccv Altogether the prospects of this mine are most.encouraging.! ■ = yyy, Yri ..-.yyiry The Anti- Separation Petition. — Mr Ivegs ;has . giy.ep { : that-. he-^ill move to-night-:—" That this Council strongly, disapproves, of the. expenditure, under" the head of .Contibgencles^of the item ** Anti separation £187 17s Bd,' as it appears that this sum was : ,ejxppnded ? for^a, purpose entirely foreign to "the functions of the Executive Government of this Province, and had for its object the simulating of constitutional) popular* action a by y k V means calculated to cast discredit upon this Province;' ■- : kad ; To'sterl within' it r a f feeling of distrust in our institutions." Some of the "members 1 "whd"have a slight respect for grammar are not prepared to commit ' themselves to the- bold assertion that the " sumfi pfj£lß7|l7's 8d " had for its object the simulating .of constitutional popular actioh," &c, in fact' they do not clearly|understand what it means. ■■■ One or two unimportant verbal and. literal amendments ; , have been suggested t ,vwUhin .■ our hearing which, if carried, would cause the resolution to read thus :,— -That ;*;t]»js;Council strOngly approves of the expenditure, under the head Conjiogeqciep^of, the ? ; item "Anti-separation, £187 17s Bd," as it appears that this sumiwaa expended. for><a*f. purpose demanding the closest attention of the Executive of thiß^Provincei and had forks object the stimulating of constitutional popular action by a means calculated toA bring credit upon this Province, and. foster within it a feeling of* Trust in our institutions. ., A Meeting of shareholders in the Petroleum C6popany f at Poverty J Bay was lately held at Gisborne. According to the estimate read tb the' meetingyHhe ccißt' bf w.orlcing ,|he company r would be £1900, the monthly wages'," ' Sic.y £ 1 ! 42; ! 'an ! d, ; after they hadi-'.'jst'Ruck 'ilei"Aa's follows : — Cost of constructing tramway from Gisborne "to J Oil' 'Spfih£'B : , : '25 ! tniles, at £600 per mile, £15 : 000j. rolling stock, £15pQ; , .bridges, .-£3opo; cr ,laying r; downpipes four ricdiles td fetch?t"ojl from top *^f|[ hill, £155^ erecting.r.efi^pry hPu^es^and all necessary plant, £5000 ;'* receiving depot atTGiabbrne offices; £1320. ;*r total, £27,375.. .(T.he cost of refining and casing the oil and delivering at the ship's side, ready tfofi shipmen t,y -will "fbe j Q.^d : pe.^;galr lon. Jfjhp ; price that co.uld ba jgot for the oil in the 'New'Zealand^ market 'woUld bo 2s 4d per gallon,othis would leave a profit ito the company, of, ,ls -6|.per gallon. A Big Tunni^.— The Americans have ; Bome reason to boast That 7 next to the ;MountloeniJJ|iun)je], they hfave fhe largest tunnel in the world. The'Hoofac" fountain standi i ih/ the n'brth-wes^ corner of the Stat,e/jof Massachuset^ >and .-flocks the ■direct *wi»y from the great port o'flßbßtcm ito the West. .VSojlongiagoas. lß4B a company was incorpprated^tp parry a railway thrqngh K the by a tunnel .five ncjiles %%) |nj[[s|yer v sib^e Hhe Hoo-fal Tunnel has been in some Bori of progress. The process of > drilling Hihe tunnel has been very^ijji^.to ,that,pf:;Mo.unt Cenis. As at Mount Cenis, too," it was'begun at j bothj * enHs, : Qffl rathef /at oheilehHl jSh'dWa short distance from the other, and the skill of the epginpers^ias. Jbeen. "sufficient ; to, bring them to meet at theWi'ddle. The two J^e^djnls^ 'ffieet' aimbst^e^ptiy^as 1, tfiby wereViia^ant to mpetjj engineeri' hopo to complete a ..GJppfl w^ through the mountain, in Oot^'clhextl/ The total length of Hhe tdnnll/is 4 - 25;031 j feet, and the bore will be 24? feet. wide by 20 feet high, an,d ,§*■ gradual an^, slight., incline from both sides of the centre of the mountain, as in the great Alpine tunnel.