THE WEEK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 261, 2 October 1875, Page 2

THE WEEK.

!■ I „ ,- ? Deep and universal must ftavd' been/tlie regret experienced by newspaper readejra on learning that their old friend -"iliq Ahblition7BiH, with' whpaq >ve,ry feature they have baen compelled to make such intimate acquaintance of late, had passed away for the time being jleast from t the political stage. Sir Georg^lGre^ protested*. indiMr Mtzi herbert protested, and Mr Macandrew protested, but their remonstrances were of no avail 7 and ao far as the presedif 5 repre.BgoJat.ivea are concerned tbe Bill | has become law, with the understandj ing that its . provisions shall not be enforced until e&e da? following the j prorogation of the >a st session of P«rI .lament. The leader of the Opposition anjl; those whd7 follow bim evidently' entertain the hope that before the next election a change will be worked io popular opinion, and that the majority °-f the next House of Representatives will be pledged to appeal against the bill, but how thoy can oven imagine this in the face of the almost universal con? damnation that provincialism has reoeived it is not easy to understand. All tbe public meetings at which resolutions adverse to the Government i were passed simply ended in a demand ihat the question might be deferred until after the nest election, and at none of them was any desire expressed that provincial institutions should be retained, so that it is scarcely reasonable to suppose that abolition will be successfully opposed hy ths next, Parliament. Still lhe Opposition have succeeded io delaying the inevitable, and ifc is to be hoped that they are satisfied. The next we are likely to hear of the famous Bill will be when. Sir George testa its legality in the law - courts. Until then we may hid it an affectionate, farewell. Quite a day of dissipation of a mild description was iast Monday, what with the football match which attracted so many to the Botanical Gardens in tbe afternoon, and the Spelliog Bee which packed the Provincial Hall in the evening.. I ara bound to say, however, that the principal part ofthe fan was during (.For continuation of News see Jourtk page)

74h^ -2ay, whea th^re was no lack of 7~*d*pß*^^ and active fifteen eoiftended so plackily and f sue 7 cessfally with their bigger brothers 7>;fromj|he North. 7, Tb_re is perhaps too great^a disposition to sneer at the 7. Aucklauders for haviog ventured to 7 make a tour of the colony wheb, as the event -provad, they were inferior to jnet; b.us they surely desa-rve considerable credit for their cosrage jn on^rUking iha, campaign. It wsa no lighl matter for th^ci to play fiyo matches in ten days, meeting on 'y eaoh occasion fresh oppOtfeblis; -while fihey.ah^^lm were Stiff and sore froffi thoh- previous battlea. What sort 7 of trim t ßmsinm have bqae in may [be imagined from the appearance presented 7 by oar owg Tglayerq.* some rqf whom were to be seen limping through the stree^for two o^fhr/ae .days .after tht . . : .in4tch.7 j 'l6 is then" barely fair to sneer at ; or to underrate -the powers of our . V latao^itora^beeaase. thejr? were not sape4a^fdl.i kOae ; prayer.;-, ttey may 7 feinteQtl'f breathe . before, again setting put on a; similar expeditioa— " Saye ' asftoEQ oar (rieads." To the "blowing" '." ;*^» *wfe^" *f word that ' is now cominij into common use— -of one of their local papers, is to a very large estebfc owing the general gratification with which .hdllriacc^ssi?& defeats we're received. 7 i_Sidther jtiosie they should be allowed 7to d^art more quietly, the drums, flags, and trumpets being reserved for .y their return; 11 : \ 7 i'^-'TJC^I-L^--*- 11 !? 8 !,--?? f^ 1086 who were P|f^ D vr? t (j*. ,?^ Spelling Bee ou , Monday night mast, haye come to the conclusion that the enfertamoient is not 1 fitted for a largeiapdience^ or to occupy^ whole .'*, eirening. In a small room where everything can be heard it would serve 7^'fiy^lfetol while away half an hoar, quite sure that five or sue hundred people will never again assemble In' the Provincial Hotel to sp^id bver two hours in wishing they QOUld discover -what;; was. going: -on on the ptolforoic I see there is to be another Bee, on a smaller scale on Mon,da^ tlighti r When owing to the shorter I tistiQio be devoted to it, and tbe smaller i dimensions of the Hall, it will probably pro,yet^sqeceßS. * . Aa a kindly sugges> tion to those whe are to take part in it, I will mention two words that might be propounded quite fairly as thejr recently appeared in the London Times; &xi& Standard. They* are ftNitrophetjylenediamtae," and "Polypbrasticontiboraime^aloadation." In 7 b-fetPitig- these words I do so on the distinct aaderatanding that I am not to be aaked to pronounce thero, or to Y'Y explain their meaning. Proper nanie3 ' l79T*aßa*me,,will ba excluded, or the followiog" aaroe of a Spanish officer at present engaged in the civil war in that^unhappy country might discomipbse aodae of the competitors-^-" Don <Jush de Barionagonatorecagageazoecha, M '■"" *If nobody .should be floored over these I have a few more of-' the aaasekihd which are at the disposal of ■the competing parties. One little word given oat the other night I see caused ,: .some .dissatisfaction, and gave rise to a newspaper correspondence. The writers •.,*wore, not contented with the simple 7TJQ»rct jbut they fecame quite |lesrned over the matter and went into the derivation, t and told us that the original 1 word was"bour,"or "burre," 7of '.' bure," and ao on, bot as the corwhich was not particularly ginterestijDg,, dragged its weary length ls\tys*Js?W7*P&' e^e> r ybody who read it, ..a bapp^ tbpught struck me tbat per. 7Jh^pV the., most correct, spelling wouidS . I wonder if the umpires "wbqid, pass that. ; 7p*or. the. first time since a Fire Brigade has been established in Nelsoo tbe annual dinner was given upon something like a proper principle. Hitherto the Brigade funds bave had to supply - v-the wherewithal, and any deficiency V had to be made up out of the pockets of I the imembers This was rather a curious way of recognising the services of 00 Useful a body of men. On this „ occasion, however, one or two energetic r.citizena took the matter in hand, and very soon raised a sum sufficient to cover all the dinner expenses. This was as it should be, and the result was 7 that there were more visitors than usual,, and that the whole affair passed off with greater spirit. On the whole it > was: a decided success; Whoever „ had the arrangement of the toasts and / music deserves credit for the very ap-* proprtete chorus be selected wherewith to honor the toast of "The Superin- ; tendent and Provincial Coupcil." A delicious^ sense of humor mußt have : pK6"mpt'6d him' to invite the toasters to ; ard the toasted as belonging to a bygone, age. " Auld Lang Syne," as applied to Superintendents and Provincial Councillors, was a political if not a musical gem. Fortunately Sir •jfOeprg^;-* Grey was not present, or it would have broken his heart to hear 7 sucha toast supplemented with •' Should ; auld acquaintance be forgot l" I am * oure he would at once have entered his protest against *• musical honors " as heipg both illegal and -unconstitutional. jr- t