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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 191, 2 August 1875, Page 2

The , Wellington correspondent of the Auckland Star states that afc the close of the session Mr Reynolds will retire from the Ministry in order to make room for Mr Stafford. We repeat without endorsing the statement. In the Auckland Star there appears a telegram regarding the late interview of the Nelson deputation with the Colonial Secretary, re the proposed £50,000 loan, :under the heading, " The Nelson Little Pig Killed." / I Otf Eriday last Mr Curtis introduced a Bill to authorise the raising of a loan of £10,000 for the extension of gas and waterworks in the City of Nelson. Second reading next "Wednesday. Mr Bakxicoat, fche Deputy-Super-intendent, has received from Wellington for distribution a few seeds of the "black walnut," the "American walnut," and the " hickory." TnE following was telegraphed from Wellington to fche Christchurch Press : — The Nelson members of both Houses had an interview with the Colonial Treasurer this morning. Their object was to ascertain the intentions of the Government with regard to granting, by a loan or otherwise, £50,000 fou the

wtorks itecommendpH byS the Provincial GgjinpU? d£<gNielscs during fche latej; session.; Mi- jDuffci| explained thafc fche?: works for which* the money was re-v quired..'were in connection with th;e •■■ ojfcße£;wprks^nj)w being' carried ombyl tti&jS-eneral otf?emment on the Wee|fe v Coast, and with those being constructed by the province out; of the £50,000 granted oufc of the consolidated revenue last year. Would the Government support li Ipati for the qr] ' wduld fch§y do -the «ania 'as last yeat*,j and make a grant out of the consolidated fund? Hon Major Atkinson fepKeßTfKafc the Government were as" desirous as anyone to push on ; , the publi6 works throughout' tlie colony but, they could not disguise the fact _ thafc their J)qrrowi.ng,powers had closely reached their 'limit, -and tlh'ey could not spare anything oufc of their loans- for other than, their jownypurposes,. nor did they aee jtheir way to further borrowing. Mr Curtis remarked that if the Bill authorising the -£5O;OO0 "confined "the bdrrowibg -to New Zealand and Australia, it would- nofc interfere ,with the 'colonial finance. The Hon Major Atkinson replied thafc some time ago the Government / placed ; £300,000 on ;the-; Sydney market, but after four months only £00,000 were taken, and they withdrew the remainder. He thought they had no chance of raising money in**' Australia for anything, the interest ; of • which was nofc payable in London. The Government were advised from London and from Australia thafc they must hold their own,. if they hoped to maintain the credit of' the, colony. Mr- Ourtis : . asked if .he brought. in a Bill; would the, Government support ifc. The ', Hon Major Afckiqson replied certainly not, for the Government intended to pursue a' prudent policy, which. he had no doubt the House would support. The Roman Catholic Bishop pf Wellington has issued a pastoral addressed to thp ; members of that, church throughout the diocese, soliciting subscriptions towards the erection of a bishop's residence, ih . keeping with the importance of. Wellington aa the capital of New Zealand, the vast extent of the diocese, and the amount of business to be transacted in.it. The Dunedin correspondent of a;: Wellington contemporary telegraphs: — Thp. Times has a very severe article on the discourtesy and annoyance of 'a bank manager here. Ii says all rules which usually govern gentlemen in their intercourse have been deliberately set at defiance in the parlor of the. bank. The power given to the manager is not to be prostituted to pay off animosities and private grudges. We have been accustomed to regard a baok as a bridge to carry commerce. There are bridges and bridges, however, and in this particular instance a crash is imminent. The article has caueei more excitement in the town than anything in the paper for a long time, ias every, one knows who is meant. . The New Zealand, Times ia rather rough ou Mr Bunny. It says :— Her Mojesty's Opposition was announced yesterday by Mr Bunuy., Ori Obis authority it is more defined, and better < organised : than that which turppd Mr Stufford out of office in 1869. We regret to say that, as Mr Bunny's political !»ooounceraent9,are rot generally received with the J implicit credence which his blusterous mode of making tbem would seem to de erva, we, whiUt by no me»ns doubting the existence' of an Opposition, ars scarcely inclined to take the details of its constitution ; from him. It is pretty certain that the position he occupies in any parly is not about the head, and therefore his words do not come as if from a leader. They may be received as emanating from the tail end, perhaps, and are L merely of a thin and whiplike character.