THE WEEK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 155, 28 June 1873, Page 2

THE W E E K.

Under the heading "Seaßonable,"_P*mcAin one of its last winter, numbers had- the following meteorological notice:-— '"'Meet me at the gate love,' has been changed : io .' Meet me at the gfate- love.' The late, weather has-necessitaied -the change." ; A: similar paragraph might be written in Nelson, where, within the last feW days winter has fairly set in, and even the mos-C T love-sick swain would find alengthened tele a tele at the gale somewhat trying, to his feelings, and likely to produce a longing for the welcome glow of the grate. Trees, flow ers, and shrubs have been fairly taken in this year by the mild month of June they have experienced-. Almond trees and strawberry plants have been induced to appear in blossom, and hawthorn hedges have been budding, but this week they have received a hie t from !he venerable Maungatapu to re-consider their position. When those knowing old mountains by which we are surrounded begin to wrap themselves in their winter mantles it is high time that all descriptions of -vegetation should, put away their spring dresses. It is to be hoped that' those plants which were, so easily deceived will not feel the consequences of their credulity in the, enaping summer. . ■ * The busy, aspect of the streets, occasioned by the several ., gaugs of men engaged in digging trenches for the gaspipes is something quite refreshing. Where the contractors got their man from nobody aeerus to. know, most of. them being strangers in the place, . but they certainly have-, :been fortunate in securing . thero, for a fihor lot of fellows seldom stripped to work, a*nd the majority of them clearly, are\not, now -handling the pick and shovel for the first- time. It is an unfortunate thing tha.t the pipes could not have been obtained earlier in the year, but there was a great difficulty, I am told, in getting the 1 Bt^amers to bring th^rn/ down at all, as freight' of a more paying character was always obtainable., As it is, the work is likply to be attended with much delay and inconvenience, owing to the brokeb state of the! weather, the ! water occasionally standing in the trenches at an uncpmfortible depth. g " , *.--•, If public opinion is to carry any weight with the Governmenf, there /should be little doubt about the ; route "likely to be adopted for the railway between Nelson and Stoke, for never was there a more unanimous meeting than : that V.beld on Monday evening. The most powerful argument to my mind adduced against/the Jenkins' Hill jih^' is one that can- only be _

knoWrv to thpsa who bave;: ■resji3(?"d:vlnVytfio^ placa^ for somb years-, •nannely,; tfieVi^U^nv n&ture .".'of the; ground,^^ aa3 .its li^biUty: fr6> formi«3able^;; lan'dsiij^s^ ''-' efFeefc "'/ '_,oj: meddiipg with tiie Surf ac^hjaß,b6(?a pjaiipfyl igeencm Mr JenMirisVfarin^wliqrelhe-m^re^ ploughing of the land at the :i6rAinat-yi d epth "v^as foil owed by Hbe most; ici iaastrpus: results. .: 'What then '-may^; ; he.^ex_pectecl;: from heavy .Side cuttings ? The" , decision; of 'the Grovernrhent will be anxiously? looked for. ? : - - The party despatched <o examine the country mtheßuller and adjacent valleys do not appear to have, lost much time in getting to Iteefton, although their journey has been by " no. ntieaos, a -pleasant one. It .is unfortunate, though of course it could not have! been so arranged,. that it wns not undertaken, a -couple of months, earlier.. We may hope that the rapidity, with which they travelled id Beef ton' is a good sign, Mr Calcutt having seen quite sufficient: «.to satisfy him of the value pf^ the land without, requiring to examine i ■ jail the smaller'- and jess important of the valleys. Tjie Tararua, which arrived ; at fbe Bluflf on Tuesday, brings the intelligence that the proposition to ajainex the Fjj'is was. lost by a majority of 36, Mr Griadstone having stated that England did not desire to extend her -territory. By the same boat we receive the news from Sydney that Captain Moresby, of H.M.S. Basilisk, has taken possession of New Guinea in the Queen's name. This is an impdr(ai>t step,, and, presuming that Captain Moresby was acting under ■instrurtibns/. -dbcFs not exactly coincide with Mr Gladstone's statement.. New Guinea is one. .af the largest islands in the world, and is £nown to be almost fabulously rich in gold, timber, and pearl fisheries, although the climate is far from a pleasant or a healthy one. It will be interesting to know whether tho acquisition of so vniuabie a tcrriiory will be acceptable to the English "people. • As the cold -weather, comes on,.householders' thoughts naturally travel occasionally in the direction of coals, the supply of- which, both in Nelson and other purts of the colonyj is both limited and uncertain, and I am sure the question must arise in the. minds of many; when are we going to bo:self dependent in the matter of fuel instead -of being compelled to rely upon another colony, to which we di/spaich yearly ever so many thousands of pounds, in payment for tfchat which exists in inexhaustible quahtiiies within our own boundaries. The Albion Coppany appears to be now established. upon"a|firm basis, and will shortly, it is td bej hoped, .' commence operatione. I don't think there is any occasion for the Otago people to fear that the climate of Nelson. will be attended with any deleterious effects upon the success of the Company should the delegates from the various provinces meet here, as was feared or pretended to be feared by a facetious shareholder at Duuediri. At all events," should, the temperattrne continue. as at present, hermay depend uponXit, that the Nelson people will be found fully alive to the necessity of some steps being taken to ensure a regular Bupp!y of f .he "black diamond." Should the deleaaf.es exhibit 1 any symptoms of negligence or carelessness, it would be a good move on the piarjiof the more energetic, among them to insist upon holding their • meetings in the Court-house without a fire. This would bring them to their sensesand produce an alacrity and determination in their proceedings that would : astonish- the gentlemaa who, affects to sneer at the, Nelson ' climate': To show what a regular coal trade would do for us, I may state that p was yesterday reading a late Newcastle paper in- which I saw in the shipping news that thirteen ships, twenty-one barques, four brigs, and three schooners, representing ' an. aggregate of over 25,000 tons were then lying in the harbor waiting 1 for freights; And; this was nothing exceptional. We have the Brunner miri^the Ngakaw.hao mine, and; the Collingwood mine, and yet the New? castle shipping list included the names of several vessels loading for New 'Zealand! When shall we fiod New Zealand in her turn despatching the produce of her enormous and numerous mines toother partß of the world ? ; F.

Mr. Trollopb on Colonies Borrowing^ Money.-—" It must,, I think," Bays Mr Trollope, in his book on 'Australia and New Zealand ' "be conceded m reference to, new countries, such as our Australian Colonies and New Zealand, that it would not only be impossible that they should develop their resources without borrowing money on the security of the wealth to be prbduced,— but also that it would be unjust to the present generation to make the attempt,' were it thought possible that Bueeess should 1 be so achieved. In. an old country, such as our own, — -or at any rate, in the old country which is our own, -^ the" Government "is not. called upon to : develop its* resources; I will take railroads as an instance^ what I mean when I speak of ; the resources of the country. Railroads:: with us have- been made by private com pan iesj the members of which have considered that they saw the means of turning their capital to good account iv such enterprises. Whether they have' been right or wrong in so considering, the capital and the spirit to spend it have been sufficient, and the railways have been, made. But in the Coipnies such a state of things is out of the question. The capital, does not exist, and the fact is patenfcto all men that the railroads when made would not pay a fair intereßt,-~very often they would pay no interest; :whatsoeyer,r— on the money to be expended, on their construction - It is ; equally patent ' that .nothing tends so -quickly to enrich a country and to -enable, a people/to use the wealth which God has placed Within' their reach, aa a ready ., conveyance for themselves and their ? goo3s^^ Wheat i^ not grown because it cannot -be co [ to market. : popper and iron aiyd coal ;ar^f : jPor remainder qf kew^««^^rtt < |jaje.'!:'~s:f

l||^a^S^lofei^b^^:mexi.riß which its l^l^'^^'^it'V^b'ec'atnes' apparent to ths CMi##^bpt^iha^ • even] were ih '^poai^\oi6p:s^le.^i county :im T tmep^p^^i^ufficieij^foi^the purpose, ; |^^bui|^!irfo^ut)j list p • do r spr; ; .W by stru^gli^gf h^re^tp^a^ benefit^ofHhostJ IproblfeilliyK^i^ better able, fco" I b§t|t]^e?cpenß6s P^The same t !^pp])e^'^f ba'dSi bridges, publi<^ $B«il^Jngsj ;: aD4i:all;in';Btiiu lions as to w>ich' IfKlrp^lKs wiiUp^sl^s^vthejcomplete prb;j. Iperty^t The)ffpr^the;OTbn% is i borrowed, tafld|th^prieseifc -gener'atiod ; feels that it |^j|t^Js>fßi^si&are: 6f:tbß: burden; by, pay-; as ."it-accrues." -■..,.' -.'>■ '-■ ': S^^kß;s4r^M^ia;a iecent 1 issue, naentioned; i:ia!;teporftaß^c^^^ Russian" Go-; ninen it i*wnere^ rr aking:^,arrangemea ts for , '^ayirig^d&i:': tetegraphv wire across -the; tjliejwesfccoastof 1 America ; 3witK?:^he : ;tKß^BJ3ian^ pbsaiessioßs 6n the ; the Jelejjraph l;-;.Hos' ; already ' W&o,^carried •4'icross Siberia, placing the j : o^tbjq .Russian , territory ,in \ i^san^vihlc^iimi witKcSih . Befcersbnrg,, and .' ||^n6^w^)i^^#teTtti;Europe, and (by |n|||^^fj^h^^itianiic icable) with America, |||?B^iy^emli)ar to;iay a enable across _':the Pacific : : -to'.: complete the |l@i^^,uiD^t|ef r :world..-;;, 'The XArgus colonies that they : ?are ilifliferested '^ia- tbjesuqeess of '.the; enterfjjifise^ Eiince feyery n§ w route increases •'vife|lu^-:js3Satgeß./: ; : ;%V ; K is^not likely,'' says' y^uri^n^mp^Sry^" that: a company un^der,^the^^ofS ;weii haveJ^Ofliaibebpnt^^ as: its sxetixii uu.B^', : ltiw : 6.ul q; assii red ly - ex ten d its |^^e^d^ti>?the^cpSßt t to ; Hon|^^png-:to ; tlie HDgiish company, .which I'at : pr|ieiH lias a;,! monopoly, in ; the Qhina |S||||- ;tfience ftqf Bin{ia pore, and Vso little '^io}^^oX:^P^^^^^^ a the shores of |jNor;tKe'rn^ustral|a^/, The tendency npw'"•^ohffli ■'\atopngi?ji;v' : -'tele^raph'''^^compauies" ; • liqS.;be a to wa rds ain alg» ma tion . is on . ibot to; amalgamate; it^e^thre^; bompaniea L which own the ? ®tjaniic cables, and thjeßritwh Australian •^pfi^fapS^G'bnapauy is apparently tP. join China Com panies ?00~t}fe i t^ !ppl^6m4d arejio acquire the f^asinajai^ It is the ~; : igiei|r.ijj^ East, . t»jid|T inipfir j^art<pfj:;the^ wor Id, will sop n^g^ £ifli^thV«f B a)iiuo ; ;; !^ perliaps it^is ': just as Jmeti :thut',jtbece^ -"'is^ a remoie- prospect of; Icb^ii^titibnV'^-v- .'■■-■'■■.', •. .- % -.<=.- ; :-;. '.•.;''•"-. ¥ .V ■ -• l^^i^^w^a;; graphic; description of a ■vj&slfiin|f^;excq ' IdayH fishibg. Returned ; "walked % thirteen imy^ig|t^aj|^jwatch^:B^ained:iK by sitting yi^^lKofi^myj^ tfnchePn^ and caught ; a one; p'platoes : are " \ -^oj^i^§fS.Bi|^{i(Jap ., ; 'in "EiTnsas" as I ' iiot to be jl^'drtStjdiggipg.^A Saratoga county, New jflp^^^rpieT" re^b^ejredj; BQOildls./ of a: fneig&bpK jPpr/BJa'h'<3e.F',::and.\wasjhimself'sant |^e|y if .drsVtp^Stiftte , Pr i son for per j ury cP m ? ?imit|e^urinß^e'iri^i.-^^ Obw^ |;iJß|i?gi^itig|3^QticeV pf a churfeh ■meeting ; r^.tljretf reraai am gi'.'-^Enpn'biby / j^A^iwflli'regnrj&'led:; . Newark i iiftfm^yj^atP ; ibiv^ break fast in 365 '■^A\Siji&i^MX^^' f \h^'^4^'^'i the mother s lsj:^^ofis^u^m^vfejpble^ ; tb blow" her e|y^d^fe^A 6^, n^ n^J^ rc hie/. l^f^j&^^b^iontpfllce^at: Washington ; was ; -i iHjeMO theT>f3 aty by the r ec.e ipt of ifjfe/ipllp^mg^pmmnnication from a Ver|SS^nti^r^:~^';^^ye:;iny'"oam!B dropped from :^|e^pen|iipiD "rpjisi as v l ' can nearly do sis |^Qdbl^^k v as^yerjTand'l feel iq my heart !.ffiat;^ . |;(3pvernm|ip4fca^^ GaUfornian P^ri"ies";^a't\:4h^y^-Ihayo' : fire-fließ' so large in \H^^i\^sv^t\^l.^t&i^-thk%lt\ie^- use them set; the kettles on their ci legs , : twhigh;t are i bent for, the purl^sW liki^ppirhooks.— There are various r^k^sv^pt /iscertaining whet(b.er\ a guv is y||ided^ but:\blpyying in at (lie 1 muzzle an d |^teii'iffgf|"thC'h'ammer''.baek^ the foot at rs.nbta good way. A young |man^m*New..P^ adopted Itlbisilpii^n;^; ff3^ days ago, and though theiip ed ; ; Hfaat "„ th c giu n was iibaWed^the^nfoVnaation was of tio, use td /[■-■ -■••. ■• ;""■,. '

Arrives at Me bourne Leaves Melbourne. "' .July 1 July 16 - „ 29 August 13 •August \ 26 September 10 -September 23 Ocfc>bev 10 October 21 November 7 TSoVember 18 December 5 December 1 6 „ — 1874. 1874. -, January 13 January 2