The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 158, 2 July 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1873.

It will be remembered that, in the last'session of the Assembly, an'attempt was made to slice off the the western territory of the Province of Nelson, with the -view of amalgamating it with the model County of Westland, the arguments in favor of such a proceeding, being, . of course, that it would tend to the better government of the mining districts. That kind hearted, benevolent, and impartial politician, Mr Fox, was the instigator of the -attractive scheme. In him it lived and moved and had its being. It would be uncharitable even to hint that the hostility of the 'then Premier to the ''"Superintended t of Nelson had anything to do with the' earnest rnanjner in which he ; took the matter up and pleaded the cause, of the « neglected -.dwellers on .the.,, West Qoast,- Let= us 'rai,her suppose ; that) be bad devoted? much study to the- 'subject, and after carefully considering; all the ; pros^and, cons, had arrived at the, conclusion . ttiat,.the great panacea for all the ills to which the diggers, storekeepers, and goJdfields camp followers were exposed was release from the rule of Nelson- and the" power "fo~ govern themselves;; It is 3 treasonable* to 'suppose that Mr Fox had carefully kept his eye upon the proceedings of the County Councillors and members of • t! otHe'r public bodies in W^stlan'df^nd that he felfr himself justified in believing that the success that had: attended this Solitary ibstance bf gpldfields ' sfel^go.vernment'.wßS; B,uch; as .to. lead to i a desire to encourage the spread of similar, institutions. Perhaps Mr Fox,; with the knowledge he then , possessed, was right. We merely desire to say. .t^at... these remarks are intended simply r asja ; preface to a quotation v?~e wish to !li make from, a Hpkitika paper. The JYestlafkd Register of a receuit date, in commenting upon the; public men and bodies in the County, says:. —Our Councils, our. committees, and public bodies of every : descriptions, are falling into the .hands and under the guidance of men who haye ido business what, ever to show themselves in the front rank: at all. Boisterous, incompetent, and, unprincipled, they are everywhere, and erelong we'shall bitterly rue their presence. Already- institutions and corporations fire falling into disorganisation and disrepute from no other causes than those we have indicated, the paucity of good and the; multiplicity of unfit men who are members of them. Against these evils what is the remedy? It is a simple one, but one which demands self-sacrifice and discomfort on the part of those who apply it. It is for the respectable, substantial, and educated men to come -forward and pit themselves against the talkative, loafing demagogues, who by dint of brass usurp all offices of trust and responsibility. It is for them to endure the pain and ridicule of, for a moment, putting themselves on a. level with stump speakers and bar politicians, and endeavoring to drive them back to their proper obscurity." Beyond commending the above extract to the notice of Mr Fox, we do not feel • called upon, to say anything more on the matter. We should like him; to observe that in the County of Westland "stump speakers and bar . politicians " carry the day against '" respectable, substantial, and educated men." :.' ■•' -~-:-. '■'• ' _. . - ■■■ '!>■■ ■

Nelson College. — A^urge of lectures : ojbt chemißtry a|id-botarif^op;en\to the pub- \ c oni^men^ 'M a isrMj |cc, is to be ? given*il?jr Dr Btfor. 'TS&iffli ow < evening has been appointed for the first lecture, which/will commence at 7 o'clock. Government TKpEi^s.p-T^ follow-, jng tenders^r jfae fyiUltjltyXotyffti ah|as-^ holder wter'4 openei! 'at the Provincial Secretary's office to-day : — Daniel Burn, £132 10s ; Moutray and May, £325. The lower of tb.9 two was accepted. Sale of Stock/^JVIt jS. J.iLJAu^arde 1 reports a sale of Horses and Cattle at Mr Raulings, Fox-bill. Cart horses fetched £21 to £2J; Yearlings, £5; r Trap. horses £lOitoi£l2i'CowS7£4'?tVJ£6i • #or |upsfonding horses there was a ready salej ? i; " :" -if \ X r;n/ \" & \ ; Tp^N JJbGAp- ..Qoiitexw da? FducaTiON.—At the meeting of this Commit tee, held yesterday, Mr Wigzell was- reapppiuted:;Secretary ,<ania ißi^JappbintWent as representative at the Central Board confirmedrnMrf'E^cylwas elected as ;thej additional representative under the arabo- 1 ded Act, and Mr D. Burns appointed,, chairman. : iMißsWa;^2;uidre|w^aß assistant mistress at the Hardy- street Infant ; School,, in. the of Miss Whitney. ' ' ' j i — ' i ■■ ■ .i - ■ — . j — ■;

i i We notice by/thp jNew Zealand Tablet. that the following coflections for his Ho|li,-f ncsa the Pope have bepn made : Hokitijcaj!' £10; Greymouth^ £55; Invercargill, £7; Nelson, £2Q 1752 d.,., , , „ ' Most I^ppbopriate.-^— Tne women in Utah, says a Chicago paper, have recenjtly,altered the tfrthographj^ -of their creed. They now spell it " Moremen " insteadlof "Mormon." ..., I : ■!:.■■■•. ■> ;/•. :; -•.: ; ,'!■:;]-'?■•'.• - r\v.) f, •;.' i vi The Lodger 'jFranc^se.— .The Q.Ri" Argits in 'a; recent ' article On things Sin general, and Public Works and Immigration- jn particular, torches upon the necessity of introducing into the colony women of a superior class to those upon whom 1 "the yotith 1 of Grey mouthy in •coro'm'otf with youth and simplicity, generally wears out " his elbows and his., stock of small talk, and then goes on to say: — The . element v of utilify might judiciously, and with co|n-j siderable Eocial advantages, be added {to., that of ornament^ and as this is being done in other. '-pact's at the cost of the ■ Gqlony^r there; ;are[ gpqdvgrpuds for.. I . some representation on the subject emanating from, W,estland ? v -Wpre. jtbat^ dooe ? ' and,. Boiie 1 effectively, tVeVe" woulcf probably be, 1 less necessity for the agitation about (be 0 Lodger's Franchise, thepresumpticin beiilg 5 t that any decrease in the number pL ; lodgers-r-a consummation deyoutl^ 1 Hti' 1 be , wished for— wotkld —be exactly propor-' 1 tionate to any increase in the number -of' marriageable( wbmeh 5 ifaVobii -mi'd^-(2n%^d it is not an unreasonable belief that, if ja^ Lodger's Eranchiee were ever to beconqe' 1 rt sk. fact, its first exercise, wo.uld.be mr favor 1! .of Ffemßle- Immigation. I - In descrihing^jan entertainment recently' given at '(Tfeyrooutii under the auspices of j the Literary Society, the Argus , says j; « : TH3'tffcdfflr ß Piri %u¥ftt^ local- i social-political ,^amfi), >f7 L r}it£en by Mr R. 0. v Reid, and^ijep^esftniingj^yrithjß^aid of prophecy, and in the spirit of burlesque!, \ " TJbeiOpening.-ofi the Grey andoßrunner I Railway." It -seemed -to be a thorough isucqess. ,~ ItJ§ imppssible^iiaajsliOßtrigip^cfe ] to indicate the plot, if plot there was, or need hejn burlesque.. Sufi^Be^lfcKtha^She incident of opening the railway is sup}posed t& be the occasion of cong<regalrn^ in Greymoutb the new Governor apd Ladj i Fergusspn, the«PPemier,Hli9' l^u'p'e r riH 1 l;| I n| dent of Nelson, the County Chairman', the Mayor, andfSlXHKe^m^r'afgM^fftsi ! with their attendants, and of course, ,-nO Governor's visit or party of "distiifg^Mied persons, would be complete wi^qut the presence of "the host of the" Melbourne j Hotel.-, .Mis^Mary J ,Gi-rejr >( o,ne iI pjf characters, is the embodiment, and, as i . was, a prVity* 1 6n'e, v -!'of 'th^idea of tb^ interests of Grey mouth, and the movement for/annexatibQ(iß^ypified-'B^ Hls v !H3n\)f of Nelson endeavoring, to effect r ,£. ncLatnmo-t Dial alliance with Miss Grey. In this he is thwarteiik<;by.rthe'i Premier, and, in the; last scene, while in a warm Btate of revenpe', he'tflakea' a'lu'nge i at the Premier; with a magnificent stage dagger, but thd hostj pf j j^he MQlb^urfle,|l|ptel beopme^-.thef victim. <3jb receives atatab in his mist; undone, but, as usual in burlesques, he] is nQfevY&'Hiexlj .ifoa^llsitnplyt^ilbotched.i ciently relieved by the strength of the; Qastyo,a;niltf JhaaaxceJieriif H :maba>siu.pT"A of] ■?"& A t|:# r ife e^^ B ' nr . al | attractions of the Grey distncta, and thej innate modesty/ fbut^afaloUb'ted ability, ofj its inhabi^n^^were^^eo.uat^y repre-; sented by Mies Mary Grey, and Lady Fergusson may " coTtisider herself complime?|ted^by itjie «|ipea*ancO"of#H)ich bj worthy representative a/\he lady who, for her, christened' fhetengine with a bogus bottle o ( f cham.pagQeu on,, ocpaeidn^ T^ief Sri| A^yMlf JNelson I was at once. recognisable- by, the excellent! fit in physique which his' representative! made, although any more complete disguise i in ; th 6 Cw'o^ wA-{ ceived. , j .-ftp^T-spi • ;