The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 312, 18 September 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1874.

>-*.'' ,' ' 1 '. J . . 'I fe .^i,Si«z Mah,.— The JLMMjortjaed to leave here-otf tie 24. b inst., will" convey the outwaru^mail via Sues, bat-* supplementary mail will he despatched by the Taranaki on the - 2ft_l : :-i. . <tM-^*?!M>J>; Tia^j^BSy-T-A pablic meet.■ij m§\m connection with this Order was Agricultural Hall, Rich- "'- m6_d,^t evening, after which a lodge b -..-W Jostit^ted, and t-^*^ following officers were -eieoted, and installed : — W.C.T., Bro.^. Doidge; W.V.T., os Brd. W. B. Condell; W.S., Bro. J. Yoapgj P.W.C.T., Bro, C. Noble; . oW.T«*-B>q..J. Hammond ; W.M., Bro. -J. Sutton j W.LGr,, Bro. S. Adams j V .WjaOr.Bro,- T. Mercer. Bro. J. on Youn^ was recommendedjtas Lodge Depnty. The new lodge (was named * ! the Progressive Lodge. ■ y ' City Council. — A meeting of the Council was held this afternoon. : " YrktknX all the members. It was decided to accept Mr Akersten 'a offer „ to repair the sea wall at Mary-Ann- "* street for £74. — On the motion of Mr Fell it was resolved, "That the Mayor Jn. requested to write to the Provincial (government, accepting the terms offered *-.by .the Government for the transfer to the Corporation of the entire : /. inaflagemeat and control of the gas and ;/ waterworks at the price agreed to ber 'tween the Government and the Council, 57 aWd tliSt a deputation consisting of the i&M&sr:y r \> -Bora, . and : tbe mover, bo to. attend to the completion **4l the tr_u__fer. ,> — Messrs Adams and J

Kingdon were, by the casting vote of the Mayor, appointed solicitors to the Council. — Wq shall give a fuller report of the proceedings to-morrow. Abolition Re.o__u_.ions. — The Dunedin Tablet says of the Abolition Resolutions: — "But granting,/ for the sake of argument, that all the Premier's propositions, as embodied in his resolutions, are enacted into law; nevertheless Otago and%anterbury cannot hope to retain tbeir Crown lands long. In a short time tbe entire io terest of our colonial debt must be paid out of colonial revenue, and not as now, partly outof borrowed money. WiU it be possible to do this without having recourse to additional taxation? It is not necessary we should answer tbis question. The public mind has been long since made np upon it. The tide of prosperity cannot be expected to flow for ever. We must be prepared to encounter depression sooner or later, aod to find the returns from all the present sources of taxation insufficient to meet tbe liabilities of Government. The Minister of the day will have to ask Parliament for additional means, which, if the compact of 1858 is to be. maintained, can only be obtained by the imposition of new taxes, or by new loans. Is it likely that Parliament will feel itself justified in imposing new taxes or increasing the debt of the colony, whilst two of the provinces are in the exclusive enjoyment of a large estate, made up entirely of Crown lands. If so, then, all that can*_ttsaid ia that human nature hak been, revolutionised in New ZealandV-3 Ndtjjtag appears clearer to ns tha\ that Otago and Canterbury may but farewell to the Crown lands, if these resolutions be enacted into law. The security proposed to begiven to these two provinces as to these lands is, in reality, not worth the paper on which it is written." The Canterbury Times says: — "They involve a resolution, and tbey are the first step towards tho spoliation of tbe two provinces tbat bave anything to be - robbed of. Mr Yogel has so far been 'successful, but he has only as yet placed bis guns in position. The battery will be unmasked by himself in' due timeto. a- certain extent it, has been unmasked already by hia followers — and . the assault on tbe Canterbury and . Otago land fund will be. made- openly instead of covertly. It is idle to talk about "securing " the land revenue to the provinces in which it is raised, and .^ridiculous to throw out the bait of ' local distribution.' " Tbe Province of Otago does not appear to be overstocked with teachers. There are advertisements for ten, in the Provincial Government Gazette, wanted for different schools in the province. v The Sub-Committee appointed from the Kynnersley Memorial Committee received by tbe last mail a series of designs of granite monuments from Aberdeen, some of which are very appropriate for the purpose intended, and at a price within the means of the Committee. >