The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1875.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 149, 21 June 1875, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1875.

His Excellency the Governor will leave for Wellington in the Luna at noon to-morrow. ■ The Cmt Corps and Naval Brigade will drill this evening, and march to the Botanical Gardens, where there will jbe firing with blank cartridge.

\A prisoner, -named ; Benjamin Strachan, who has been committed fbr trial; at "Westport on a charge of committing an unnatural offence, was brought up \to Nelson ; by the Wallace yesterday. /'- vs ' v " -' y v - The following telegram, dated LonI, don, June 7, appeared in the Melbourne [ Argus of the Ilth instant, but, strange to Eay, was |not forwarded to Nelson j S|ir Julius Vogel's substitution of \ promissory notes for a free Bystem ofj immigration, is causing great dissatisfaction. A deputation from the Laborers' Union, headed by Mr Arch and Mr Holloway, waited on the New Zealand Premier, but in vain urged a continuance of free passages." This is the first intimation we have received of the stoppage of the free immigration -nolicyY .- ._ -.. ,<■ «-_ .. -, \ The townspeople were, disturbed; at their Sunday dinners yesterday by the ringing of the firebells/ and a heavy smoke hanging over the brewery of Messrs Sharp and Co., in Collingwood- ! ;street^at once showed where the danger lay. The Brigade were very quickly ; on the spot, and found that the fire had broken out in some outbuildings, and ,; they at once set to work to prevent the flames from spreading. In a very short : time two powerful streams of water were pouring on the burning building, ; but the hay in the, loft having ignited, it became /necessary jfcof,, knock, the roof j off, which was soon done by the hook and ladder men, and then there was no > difficulty in subduing the flames, which at one time were burning very fiercely. The members of the Brigade worked , well,' >and their, discipline, activity, and >' smartness in arriving ac the scene" of ; the fire, were commented upon in very flattering terms by his Excellency the Governor, who was present. The damage is estimated at £100 none : of which, is covered by insurance. Sir George Grey, who, in the days gone by, before he took to writing insane letters to the Wairarapa\ JStandaid, was about as able a master of the pen as was to be found, never gave either a subordinate or a superior 1 a more severe snubbing than that he has . received at the hands of the Earl of; Carnarvon, for, what in a man of less distinction would be called his imperti-; nence, in addressing a petition to the English Government, [requesting them! to interfere with the action taken by ; the New Zealand Parliament in its last session. (Whether as Superintendent, 1 member of the House of Eepresenta-' tives, or ex-Governor, Sir George Grey; must have felt (remarkably small as he perused the reply from the Secretary of State for tbe Colonies, which appears in our telegraphic column. The port was quite lively yesterday, . there being; no: less, than ..eight steamers moored at the different wharves, in addition to the English, Australian, and New Zealand sailing crafts to be seen in various parts . of. ihe harbor. The Alhambra sailed . for. Wellington and southern ports punctually at nine o'clock. A petition lo his Excellency, pray- , ing ror the commutation of tbe sentence of Newman Boseley, at present iv gaol for killing bis wife, is being largely and influentially signed in the town. It will be presented to the Governor to-morrow by Mr A. J. Richmond, M.H.R. for the suburbs. , The funeral of Mw Atkinson, who has been long and favorably known as the landlady of the Custom House Hotel, took place yesterday, and was largely attended. As a mark pf respect to the deceased, all the shipping in harbor had their flags at half-mast. Christ Church. — Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen's accession to the, throne, the , service, .'specially appointed for that occasion was usedi An admirable sermon was preached by the, Bishop of Nelson, who took for his text the first verse of the 13th chapter of the Epistle to the Eomans — " Let every soul be subject unto the highest; powers. Eor there is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God." His Lordship gave an interesting sketch of the great social improvements that had taken place during the reign of Queen Victoria, quoting from sermons preached at the time of her accession to the throne, and from the Greville memoirs recently published,- to show how corrupt, immoral^ and licentious was the ; Court at that time, how great were the temptations to which the youthful Sovereign was exposed, and how, by the example she set and the influence she exercised, she had brought about a great change, the benefits of which were experienced by those who lived in the present day. The sermon, which had evidently been most carefully prepared, was listened to with the greatest interest and. attention by the large that ''was assembled, and, at its close, the Bishop, in the place ot the customary doxology, read a portion of the benediction used at the Coronation service. The National Anthem was then sung, ;the congregation joining in it. in t the, most hearty manner. The solemn service, the impressiyeness of which was greatly enhanced by the manner in which the musical portion was conducted, and the excellent . sermon will not soon be forgotten by those who were present. Collingwood.— We are very glad to learn upon good authority that the new dam belonging to the Lightband Gully claim has been re-erected, on a greatly improved plan, which affords a sufficient guarantee of the permanent naturo of the work. The dam will hold a supply of 1,500,000 gallons of water, covering nearly eight. acres, sq'thiat the Company will have an ample supply' to drive the machinery and wash the dirt. Tbe prospects obtained are exceedingly good.

and give d3r,qnf»ise of an excellent return fot the capital and labor invested. s It ;is hoped that 1 the enterprise displayed by this Company will have the effect of [leading to, tho establishment of others of ■% similar, nature, as there is a large 1 quantity of ground which is likely 'to prove amply remunerative if worked by machinery. The dam referred to was constructed under the personal supervision, of. Mr Betbwaite, of Nelson. •■'' With reference ..to .tii Nelson dnd West Coast Railway, the Westport Times says: — The line from Nelson to Foxhill is but the commencement of the iron way .which it ia proposed, to extend through the centre of vtherpro- . vince to Greymouth, and thence, as our Hokitika neighbors hope, right across to Christchurch. But there are many difficulties to surmount, and not the least among them the' engineering difficulties of making a line to the Inangahua by the route as. at present surveyed from Foxhill. The Nelson Inland Communication Committee^ as also tjie .•Nelson Government, appear to have overlooked the. possibility of; finding a more available route to the West Coast, and yet, if practical bushmen are to be relied on, it "does exist, and thro tigh most valuable country. The line from! Westport to Ngakawhau is noy* approaching completion. Its extension, to the Mokihinui would connect another 1 wide tract of Auriferous and coal bearing: country. Thence, crossing the river, may be found, if, as- before said, the reports of bushmen are correct, a country of easy gradients 1 and with few intervening streams, ; stretching right across to Nelson. Some day it may be thought worth while by the Nelson Government,' to obtain engineering reports oh this.' The Star says the establishment of a co-operative butchery in Auckland has brought the price of meat down 20 per - cent in less than three weeks. V The Inangahua Herald says that its subsequent facts show that Mr Oxley's loss by the late fire had been considerably ; understated, and also that of Mr M'Lean. Mr Qxley's loss, is, it regrets to learn, considerably over a thousand pounds. The Mr Oxley referred tp was recently a resident in the Waimea.; We take the foil owing from the G. li. Argus of the. 12th instant : — Tbe bitter weather of Saturday and Sunday last seems to have been severely felt in the Inangahua idietrict. At Reefton, snow lay a foot deep on Monday, nnd the surrounding dountry was similarly clothed, and a hard frost accompanied it, making travelling difficult, Jf not dangerous. The Inangahua limes states that a man travelling frond Murray Creek to Reefton was for; sixteen hours in the snow, lost his way several times, and only after great difficulty succeeded in reaching the Buller road. His sufferings must have been' intense, for at night, says pur contemporary, the enow encumbered everything to a depth of from 12in. to 15in., aud the cold was intense. Clearing the ground for a space of a few feet; he broke down a long sapling, and, using this as a flail, he, hour after hour, thrasheJ away at the snow, and by this means he kept from being frozen. Several timea, when feeling sufficiently warm from exertion, he felt a strong inclination stealing upon him to sit down and dven go to sleep, but with' a proper sense of tbe peril, he refrained from doing so. After .spending nine hours under the circumstances described daylight appeared, and the wanderer about an hour afterwards reached the Buller road near the cemetery, feeling but littlo the worse for his adventure. The Auckland Star writes thus mournfully of the consequences ot the knighthood conferred upon Mr Vogel:— ln iho acceptance .of this distinction, we cannot see much assurance of the return of Sir Julius to New Zealand. If it is so, that the House of Rothschild has signified its satisfaction with the negooiation of the late loan by any token of favor to Mr Yogel, which by the way would only be after the fashion of ordinary business in such negociations, the new dignity could. bo better sustained by. the new knightremaining in England and giving the honor of his connection, say to some business firm descended of the ancient race, a comae whioh would be doubtless as much appreciated by that connection aa it would be promotive of Sir Julius's future distinction. In the colony the title, if not sustained by resources such as those indicated as ppßßtbly supplied by the prince of bankers, would be not merely barren but ruinous, for it would absolutely preclude hina when removed from office^ frotn applying himself to the ordinary courses of industry in which Mr Yogel, witbout the wbite elephant of knighthood,- . would f probably _ be successful. Whereas if be came out with this titular distinction; and at the same time with means calculated to sustain the dignity, colonists would be nasty, and give him no peace about the profitable nature of his recent trip to England. Every thing considered, we fear we have seen the last of the father of the •'Great Policy;" but while sorrowing as we probably shall sorrow for some years to come, over the disastrous embarrassments of thacojony, it will perbe some consolation if we are ablo to take reflected glory from the distinctions won by fche father of that policy, in the loftier sphere of the British Parliament. The amusing performances of some of the lucky Australian diggers, who never possessed property before, are scarcely credible. The best story we bave heard is of a digger who came down with £700, and paid a man 8s j a day as his companion to spend it, j