THE WEEK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 89, 1 April 1876, Page 2

THE WEEK.

I daresay there are few who will read thesjie lines who did nob peruse with a conpiderable amount of relish 1 the cprrespondence...between the two doughty 'Jsnighta 'Sir Gteorge and Sir Julius. I

confess that s oa thfe fiMt^tne-of readtlig it l«f(|a|my ie|}by«^but>l%^ alsofatlra^ thatpn agfecoga 1 perust| (forjijl wjU|bearfr|adinJ|fwi|eh the ,J Q jmint was noj#nall6y M Swith jrafjgf Id gehfsJiS man such as is Sir Q-eorge Grey— one \who has served his country well on more than one occasion, and in more than one of Great Britain's dependeni < rt^ s »ffffd" < W(ljp'npw^iß actuated solely-^by isalseijsjLof cpiAijag out of his , seclusien and taking part in public affairs — it was painful, I say, to find hinf losing himself, rand Writing in'Sonre * instances wildly, in others weakly, and it was equally annoying to read the Premier's bantering, cutting, sarcastic replies.' "It was uncalled for that" he {[should excuse hiraselfj^one who^as bij|.:a jfew years ago a master o'f-his pen forJ deigning to answer his earnest and thoroi|ghly ,rhone£t, rem|>nstranqeß ( on the,ground thatiie was 3 detained at Wan'ga"nai by bad weather, and having nothing else to do amused himself 'by taking notice of Sir George's telegrams. It was crueDto placed on the i shoulders 'bf'' : r the telegraphist the blame of not making >it>r. clear c ]thafc ; ; sopalejof'^Sir \ George's most heartfelt appeals were L but quotations from a work on political ecjonomy. j .The nleasure -l afy first experienced ' iia ; re^dirfg ttfe correspondence ysvears off as I reflect who are the oppos-'---''ing parties — the one the late Governor, the otHief the preaipjat Premier of No)v Zealand- — and gives place to a wish that it had never been written. _.An.cL many others, I believe, take precisely rthe samefView of it.,, „. •-. - ,: ; , n y-i. I always, enjoy a really good 'story, | and.l. therefore '/feelluniier, ,'ari .obligation: to; a correspondent in the; Grey "VTailey for having^ forwarded me one which 1 ! will not be selfish enough to '.lceep to . .myself, " , 'jlfrjjpp.ears iHat the ibewly appointed iW"ardeii Iqf ; the- .Grey, ( ,: Valley was ithe other day' ivisiting the of. Ahaura, having as his guide and companion a certain hotel proprietor, r , between whom. v anc| the Warden, there,, was some similarity in personal appearance. " At the same time there was in /the same township a genuine" " back gully " .miner 1 , wh6rha& i riot Tieen 7 ; too as to the number of brandies,, he! Haiiswalipwed: f ''^n^io^us ' to' ; kfiow-" with whom he had' to deal.mthb event of his ever, appearing in v Court He naturally : enquired ''Which of the gintlemen is the ( new,vWarden. r " r ,He- was. pointed,-, out, but Mick (as we will call liiin)'; gazedi;at both in a npfc very sage manner ..until_they became rather mixed in his ..mind, an^ at las^he accosted the, wrong., one, arid r after' a' timjej e^tereii irii6 ll a ! confidential con versatibn with him regardingr a ,^pme f s. disagreement ■■.rbetw.een,J^itnsel^ and his mate^nd-WQund up by requesting advice as to how he -should 1 ; '»a"ct for the : future. „, The gentleman v lie r adjires'se'd uncierstoo'd' the situation, at a glance,, and being a. bit of a wag hej his questioner that should another misunderstanding ; arise i the / proper; for him to adopt- was to hit his qukrrelsome mate, a. bltfw^ with;' the flat"' ; part 'of 'hiii lbug-handl^d .shoVel, 1 be sure, n^t ; t6^ usVthe;ed|ge ;,of it.; ! Mibki'. was deligntea, 'l'eturneii to 5 his .Glaim, and on the first occasion of his mate's ill-temper showing^itaelf acted, upon the advice given 'birri. The indignant *and astonished -mate-immediately summoned^ his; ass'ailant.ta'CJourt. i r Tne complain- 5 ant's case was heard, and the defendant who t Jiad nofeyet discovered his mistake r \yas called upon" for his. defence; w;hen headvanced with r a ! confident ,smile,and a; : half-wink of the " eye; rafld: said, '",J jist give him a bit of.^clput yer worship,,: as^ye did:.advise m>, not. with. the ; "idge at all, but jist a gintle pat with. .the flat." It was some time, before .'i order could be restored , -in that. - Court," . |.and when the laughter ;subsided .poor Mijck got fourteen days for "a serious /assault, and as be was marched pfft.heH .was heard to excjaim that ;he?d..be the ; * reverse of blessed i|!;iyer,he paid any again to what a warden ; told ; liiirh out o* coort. _ ? Isn't law occasionally at variance with justice, or, at all events'; seemingly so? I was reading the 0 other day about a certain will case, in which a married woman; 'knowing that all his property :was to be left td^er'^y^her husband,, made '&'■ \vi\] ! bequeathing all 'her'eiiecfe - as she wished them to distributed. She . 'survived her husband, but saw no reason to alter her will, and .'so left it as -originally made., 3iit, on her death, the legality of the H document is contested, notwithstanding the 'fact that it faithfully represented her .wishes,". oni the ground(that ; when she signed it she had no power to dispose of what was then her husband's property, but which i became her own long before her, ; death. I suppose it's all right; looked at from a .lawyer's, point of view, but ignorant laymen when they ponder over ifc, as some of -them do, think that' there's something wrong somewhere. I was 'accosted in the street this morning ■ r by' i a 'person— l use the term advisedly and contemptuously — who said, " I believe, Sir, you are connected, with the press-'.'. v ," l,, am,'' I replied .courteously J' <l And; no d ; oubt, you are anxious. t,o obtain : early, jand. authentic infprmaiion on all matters of public interest."' ; « { "I am." H Weil,, Sir,. no. , doubt you have seen a surveying party at ; work. ; . on the Port road, and I can giviß you an, inkling on good, authority of what ig to.)be the, outcome, of it." I-„ pri|;lied up my ears, and pulled out my. uot'e-book. " Indeed," I said, ■' I really shall be. obliged to you for any inform a- > •tion on this subject, which is one of the deepest interest to Nelson.?' " Well," : he said, "I was in Wellington the other day, and I overheard Yogel say to a fellow-JMEinister,-,; * Now,-, look/here, we,, must; do ' something for the Nelson * people. ! are : firni : Bupporters of ours, and we . 'must extend their

r^^a^to^fcheXv^fc IpW>b and tta, PMt, ||p yre jwijl|| he&iij 'with tbej| I:#pr ji^d thitik f||ouj|lhe' former.' '§ "w?|iiß^s, indeed, intelU-s gfncglpi rNempke&lpFi jotted downi the¥|i«flda olNyJfjfPHl' Lad said in mjf memorandum book. " And pray, Sir, can you t«ll me whether the Minister addressed endorsed these praiseworthy sentiments." Receiving no reply, I Ijoo^ ul)RframTmy|bosk>j and to my* .surprise !fdun#.thafc: my Informant hacH vanished, and on casting my eyes up the street I saw him striding away as : fasH "as" His* legs would 'carry " Him, ' while ' ; he just found time to , turn,- round jand, shout out ; at'tne top of ni'sr 1 voice, < <<s Oft, • you easily made Apnrj,Eo,oii>!i',,JEin^j reader, look at the very top line of all onT fhislpage, see whas\day of what ■ month this'is, and think ' What were the feelings I entertained,,to that person at, I me* a gentleman the other day who had arrived from England, and in the" course of "conversation he re.mark^d >? 'SThis appears., to, r . be a {fine; country for the" development of the^ muscles " t « Jt. ,ip A indeed,'^ f TepJieC and a glow of pride'suffused "my ?c6untenanpe as I thought ot what our, Nelson boys had done in the football Cand cricketl-fields^'*? I question "whether! , you .willy find a stronger and more active body of young men in any part of the worldi than are to^-be seen- here."-; " was not A Eluding to human mUscle," \ was the quiet rejoinder, " but rather to t^fc'whieh is so visible and so tangible in your mutton and beef in New Zea- ; ) iaud.^ If t ; '; havV'; 'Sobf^ scientiously up line cudgels, ,on' iOehalf of the-iriut.ton and i: beef I'r would, ■mot have cared so much, but, as it. ii3{' it seem's ( t6 l '■me ! 'that'l•'haVe;Ka r d^toV;?UDmi^; t! „to a. series. t of sells,, this^week.^ ' .... '.' .\ .,.;,;',,, Probably many of iy ou, haye .witnessed a grand funeral in anuEnglish t6wRUThere are the six br eight .'.horses w'itlf' their velvet trappings khk "ii'odilifig 1 plumes,- and the hearae as ornamental as such a vehicle cpn possibly,! be pjade, the whole ' making so ' impo"sing x a show that you. are^apjb, to^forgef; r sia.t. after all it is,. melancholy, 5 occasion that has caused" ''its* "appearance 'in the .streets. Some such thoughts as these ,would force themselves on^jtnyr'.niind "this morning as, : ;seate)J.o'n v/Hb^erJs .. (?oach^ a&3 ; watching _^ith .ad miraj&Q& the deiterbus .ffianfl^rlfjiiaw-^iSir .he vhandled the ribbons, :I^accompanied Kini on his last coach drive" tm the Waimea Road.. ,The. horses looked, .gay with their hedds !.orn'amen^p.d l /with '.'tasteful ,. little flags,, and tn,e, g'aily^d.re^se^,' bfl|ach"* had.a jbrigbit' "and' cheerful 'appearance^ m tn f e'mßrhihg s stifti !J still/" e'tijo'yable'^s 13 rit was to.^it >r on the,roo~f,"and..] i i s ten ; to i the clatter ;bf ' the, I;w\o^ ( an^ !: tliipty! ar^yj/ ; shoes on .the jhard; road, Tlyi and i L believe < most'r of: ■> my fellow "passen-* .gers, felt n6t : 9, little sad ''to thiiik', that we. ,were^ab6u!t to part;,iwith'an old' friend, with. whom we* had had,! ,many ; a ; chat' i as we . rattled* 'alongl through the plaint of the Wainie'ai" t&at , pao it . t must be as : ' ; ciyilizaj;i6.n^dVaficHs.V ! ' : Many, r ,p'f '.us./.have . jogge'dl'falpng: tfetafc" t same, road behind a steadyrgoin'g s team. : pf bullocks,' •' iittlßvthinkihg ' ! that * we / should ever se'e^a/co'a'ch f q,n3 fp'ur rutinipg', regularly bait^ a'ndt}ien^|^w%njthecoach , came, ; we, ; dared,, not even dre'aovof '1 a; railway, but how the'raiiwav' has takeVi;, possession of^tb'e '. ti*aflic; and S^e''mUst-, shake hands wiitii'S.^erj'/wisliing^as^.l-. ■; am , sure. .;we • all „clq, tnat every success imay attend him in the future. -^^'