The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1877. PORT EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 175, 26 July 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1877. PORT EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY.

From the following telegram, which we received this morning from Mr Richmond, it will be seen that there is at last "a probability of this work being. undertaken • — "The Minister of Public Works, in reply to Mr, Sharp's .question with reference to the delay in constructing the railway to the Port said that the delay was principally caused by the municipal authorities wishing to widen the Port road, which caused the railway to be carried further, out than was originally intended, thereby increasing the cost The Government wpuld ask the House to vote the necessary amount, and the work would then be proceeded with." A coach and four will leave Twist and Gay s stables to-morrow morning, convey W ; the Naval Brigade shooting team to Wakefield. There are a few vacant seats which j may be bespoken. Tickets for the ball to : take place in the evening, may be obtained j from. Mr E. N. Jones. . i TWe have to acknowledge the receipt from : the Government printer of a batch of Par- : liathentary papers. : Wb understand that Messrs N. Edwards < and Co. have disposed of the Avondale run in Marlborougb consisting of 60,000 acres one-third of which is freehold, and 15,000 sheep, to Mr Charles Teschemaker for . £23,000. Greenwood has resigned the position of Sergeant-at-Arms in the House of Representatives. For years he ha 3 held the appointment to the satisfaction of himself and of the House, and ha will carry many good wishes with him into his retirement. jAlajor Paul, an old resident and well-known icitizen of Wellington, succeeds Dr. G_ ii- eeiWOOd.—Post. wow* i

37 \ tSWk' WI takejha feltbw_%fEO__ the report v of M|Bowlidsf'i|eSsM on thajgdii? f _?- ? JS. ffl P»*»PP*«d in laat n»f . Fatti— Tha hbn ihambeflSsxt drew atteftjbn ] tOfOrie of the,' mosfc^mjorfant elements i_&ho ! propoted system ofaaftonal edncatioftc¥n I praci. v ofMe|uwEffliatanal, remarMngWlfw outset that>e_^*i&e difficulties had§_i_eh in consequence of tha well-known difference of opinion on the subject. He instanced the feeling which had existed in England when the clergy in a great measure had the education of the peoplein their own hands. Times, however, MB gß&tlyi changed since.fthbn.l apd.i^ tbiajQol&jr. tfiioga had varie&i-o ? they had not a State Church, and therefore in inaugurating a system of national education^ jtt. was, -not,ta.j)e JT ezpected^ thafc-theg. . _hould-T5-ake it other than of a Ocular character.;, Although religious education v, howeve^Was td be altogether ekci&ded, he I- .™? n^ se e any necessity for excluding from the schools of Ibe colony a bo6_rwhic_r_«fnnght say nineteen-twentieths of the colony had a reverence. foj-^he meant, the Bible^ 9_¥ 5 * W l h li Bill thkige should beWpenß faty mornin|4y , tkekeadifc#or„tbe :LoM'a Ei_ayer, althd_gh t no child was required to be present either before or daripjgJha^xedLtime of thereading,abd thedbs^j^ji-ldfriJe overgS-i ; The hon memjk£heKi Ifrom Pilis^r ■ Hq?|ey,.m[re|er^nj^^di ; M Bible, anffi eE pressed- ia /hOpec'^that. ,^bn lblmbers JbuM pause Before they attemp&<f.o substitute fer _ii?®_;_i-_ taxt.booka maxims the words of w__xrfPwohfd ggrino r in at one ear and o^at the other— an observatien^whipl^wa!!.! _n-i.with around of applause-Alk fire, af^-' .thejsessicb. Vwe h«ir that Mr Baker, ti^&ptMte^ tl^Hibei|nicon, haa bicome the,landloßi,^f a'w.li-knawn hotel in WanganaV.;. x *• c I,.^^ a tl Miaia S Bill, as intmdnced^hy thei-Hon.JMr Reid in tho House of-ReJreSfen- • te.liivei od Friday last, itEagser.an exteasivferr dooumenfl, and cotopriieV m fewer fifianTSli 1 ■$Mm* _*__Mwk_-J_ «ehedttles_a.tac__.d. It :iSrinteM«d:JM^t&e:hflpßSfnld^W_fe into operation on the lit Janaary, 1878. be .a parti^i^fry.BiaifcSF'piadb. ;_prhb:^«ardia« f_sa_&' thktHrieM-. no|4 Bupeient amount bf bhsi^sa therelto potr ardißpensa_y,N__d •& the soffiy druggist of the town^ has departed, , ■jjWfcs a^Cpcr^e^ _SiMj,\.\&?s^is^am 0 Aromatic Schnapps appear to be too potent ior tha regular drug-trade. »&£ h A% I Wi>»!** *& ,W^ington?His T HA^.j^r Cusk-^Ric-iaonavdi'-V^tfeatioi- 1 to jthe fact that a case which had been reported in the Jurist, and relied on as an that" publication, and he had bade~un~ hia " mind to ;piace no reliance oh it in f ut^e al an authority on legal matters. He considered It, altogether, absurd to depend upon the rei ports, unless supplied by a barrister or some other duly authori_Rdl»pabie~ person. i ■r;, a s-i„^ 0 -|:-i#S* r£et(er < retK_.tgr a n accident which illustrates the danger;of piayl . 109 with %earms.; Sam Creighton, a native] had a gun in his hands, and having snapped several-caps merely~for pastime,~cbnclud"ed .that it was not loaded, ..Putting .on,aaothei. \ cap, he»aaid-to a Maori who waa Standing ' near him, "Nqw, you're a sorcerer, and I'wiU ■ shoot you*- SuUing the action tothe ;Rordj ' he tqok aim. The gutf,. much to the surprise i of both, went off, the charge of 'shot hitting the-man in the fleshy- parlrof the armTand also knocking a hole in the wall. .The wound is said' to be very slight. ' ' - • •_• , . ; The Karamea correspondent of the Butler. News, says j— One of the b.achfeo__b_rs: •Secured a prize- here recently*. ■• -*A catf ;whale was washed ashore alive on the Wanganui B&ch, just in front of the honse 1 of Mr Chaileß Hopley, who grasped the opportun-i ity, secured the prize, and boiled down the baby mammal, or at least all of hint or her; containing the essential oil, .of' whic&vhe ex- 1 traded fifty galloni. The "" evenijag this, infant prodigy was -washed' ashore 'preceded! an awful night, the like of wiiich I never saw this ten years on the coast. The- sea was runnibg L chaina*into the bush; tearing everything before it. ' The Cahfetbury Press, says;— Mr Travers takes credit to himself for having been thei instigator of a Parliamentary inquiry into ! the matter of adulteration, but that inquiry ' 03 read- B,™8 ,™ .of the results recorded in thei Gatetti tbust have ascertained,' -*fa_ a'; farce! and a fiasco." Their sum total'tva. Utile more! than a supplement to the general belief* that Hennessy's and Martell's best brands of ; brandy are hot- bad liquors of "their "kind.! The> inquiry revealed •' nothing; ; Or -next' to! nothing, aa-to' the character, evil,o_: other-! wise-, 'Of the spirituous liquors' which the! humbler commoner ,} consumes at city taps,! racecourse; booths, or roadside public-houses ! in remote situations; andif 'it ia possible toi protect him against himself or -against the j " quids" or other adulterations of which he is compelled ; to ,part?_ke, it jvptrfdrhe \visdom I to introduce a measure which would do so '■ more perfectly than is done by the existing ' laws of the colony. At present, the unlimited • competition which is permitted in this particular tirade ih some parts of the -colon-y j and the high license fpe3 whichr hava/tb be' : paid, are simply a premium upon the practice ! of adulteration. ...... . The following items referring to mining r matters at Reefton, are from |he latest 1 papera to hand:—T he" large v body b_ stone! recently meton'6hel_ff-f lev'e_ l in'-tti6" , __rier- ! getic didnqtcontioueits iD___ei_-e dimenSidha ! as far w;as anticipated. -Jt- has,, hosyever, i disced sufficient, stops*, both , overhead ! underfoot 'to warrant a constant suppiyf or a i very lengthened period. Shares' 'havd re- I cCntly been purchased by mea eihploydd' lm ! the mine at the advanced figure of £6 10s. I This alone ia an. item which, warrants the \ sterlifag value of the mine.— The Hopeful; will clean. up. to-morrow morning, and. the '■ gold will probably- be brought' into tovPn'^in i the Afternoon. Oloso' upon '900 tons of stone • will have passed through the battery by to- ; night, and it is believed that the all round 1 average will come, np to ,t?vo and a half ounc«s to the tonr. The reef in the.^idze still maintains the average width and qu^ity - ! The quantity of anialgam collected f at H tiie ' battery of the Weatth of Nations for" the | week ending Saturday, the 21st instant, was : 30 f ounces.— The quality and general appearance bf the stone recently struck in the • Nil Desperandum admits of no doubt that it I ia a continuation of the Hercnles block, the j crushing from which, ; jsome- two ..years*' ago 1 gave an average yield of 2o?;s sdwts per ton' i and enabled the directors, after paying off i the company's liabilities, to declare a first ■ dividend of 2s 6d. Shares are now in demand • at 3s 6d.— A fourteenth dividend of three ' shillings per scrip, amounting to £.ob, has : just been declared in the Energetic. Work : on the different levels, driving and sloping, is going on -as usual.— A large quantity of ice has gathered on the Wealth of Nations water-wheel during the week, but not sufficient to stop its running, excepting only for a few hours, when hands were engaged: in stripping away the ice. There is a plentiful supply of -stone on hand. - Occasionally blocks of quartz are found by the contractors in the new lower tunnel, but nq defined reef has yet been struck. With a loaded pistol at your head you would not trifle with a footpad. Why ttien : trifle with disease which ia often as much to be dreaded aa the ruffian who demands " your money or your life" with hia finger on the trigger. Recollect that a cough is the harbinger of consumption, tbat a trifling kidney disorder may develop into Bright's Di-eaie, both considered incurable . maladies Apply th. remedy while it is yet 'time, and remember that Udolpho Wolfe's Schie- I dam Aromatio Sohnapps.— Advt. -,j. I

aA -Bteantgr hasvbeenrput on td rnn between -wwta Thp propirjet6_i promise to?cdntey ;goodKb|t?f^ the placeajat afc-least half tha •&$ Ml^J 0 * j-^w-V carriage, in viawjof <$rbicfeste£W>ratf% (say^— Several busihess#f Q . Wf^red-the|c^oVfio".be skiff tim 'Chnstchttrch by her,'<'inst.ad v bf hy rail as heretofore. In responding to the toast of the House of Representatiyes at the banquet giveu at the opening of the new Town Hall at Timaru, te Hon. E. W. Stafford 13 reported-1.0 have L j /?s_So far aa fche - Ho ¥ B of'lßenreisefit^-rea-Was concerned; he 'though.- !hat it represented very fairly the whims of the people for the time being. That it did not -represenfejrcontin-ityiof "thought was'due to the fact that the people of New Zealand were not yet settled down into a settled groove of thought. — .The.-Grey mouth Evening. Stai haa been reckoning tip the " total" amount of money expected to be invested in West Coast art •nmoßa-during.rthe, next three months, and giyes iV!aa,' 1 ..£1*-,?00 The Star suggests [tha.ii if^each. ticket of the value of U&bnty- shillings required a Government stamp of one penny to make it legal, tbje Upiintry-wpuldfbe, in receipt-of-a considerable I; revenue, .whilejiione, saife prop. rly conducted. art; unions, vwould be allowpd^for it would bbI iweasy* piatterito have str^ngeh. laws bearing I^A_any\Ta_s_ $hat waa ifot__d-to be a mere swindle. j Our letter-carrier (say the Marlborough Express) has bean cutting a dash this week: rmrhi^ne^api^orm;-^ We don't know who i. j- responsible for mal-ft^'an 'otherwise extremely qnie t t,andrharmless,yoa.eh" into an object. •Hia^a^-aranee is I_ofoeth.rig between that bf -fcG.pgral-O^Drvisibn aridCaf French private "ib a fdtft Wgim-ntf bhly there is au excess df B^-^npJ&aQds^nd collar. If atl -.Ke'Gifr^'nmenf officerawere rigged out in h 3almilarr-^bion;fPivoSh|*n6_!matter so much, and one mighf get used to it. The boss ought not to make the letter-carrier the solitary exception. j The_GK_rd{a3 is responsible, for the folVM$ :^?;\ a qi«i?3f>»3>eld at Nevis, ih tMCfomjsyeil^di3trict,;lasWe^k on the body .°F ¥l^„l.un^a^lDhtp.6«^ .digger. The dd-' ceased and his brother resided in a hut -together and recently Ham showed sym3tomkvbf^&samy.-- On the lst instant tto brother went to visit some friends, and op returning a few days afterwards he found : Ham hung to a rafter like a flitch df bacon. A verdict waa returned that deceased committed suicide while of unsound mind. He died intestate, but as he left no effects to administer. - : The quarrels of the session have begun (saysjthb "intelligent Vagrant). On Thursday a person' with the- Jrowsy appearance pf a gfoom. who had slept fn the steamer (who clafrned connection ~wiHT the loca. Press), and c an- "Own correspondent" of distant -4<Waa«3,hlackguarded each . other in the _e> pdrters^g„U.ry bf the'Honse of Represent!*tives to the amusement of some, and the disgust of those who hadYiwork to do in the came gallery. The matter culminatedJn the representative of distant journals challenging the local representative to; fight and thb local representative declining^ The sooner the ;sergean-*^arms, or sjomebne; delegated by, him, haaa chair iu-.'thd rebbrters' gallery the better. . ! " ; J :It seems (says the Post) ithat the Opposition have r nojt„y;et settled upon & political programme.- Sir George Grey and some of the Auckland- members have been waiting the afjiVal of MroMicabdrew md others from the South, in order to have a consultatio.^nd^jfe joint lineiof action can be agreed upon. Possibly during the present week ; some -arrangements: in the! direction indicated may be effected, but meanwhil^ everything is -in a chaotic and ; undefined condition. • With Auckland interests tending in one way and Otago interests in another the formation of a strong Opposition by a combination of.the North and South does not appear- to be;a particularly feasible or pronounced development of tt\e aspect of affairs. At present, .things- political are by no means possessed of any degree of 'interest or excite*** mgnt.~ They are as tame and stagnant as the Frice-I^egal Speech, and that is saying a good: deal. 'Nevertheless, as time goes on, all this will, at -least to a certain extent, be changed; and the game; of party politics assume some of its wonted interest alike to the piayera and" the lookers-on: •The Gkicago Times says' -.—« Missionaries ate getting scarce in the Fiji , Islands." Those left there must feel Jfijity. : I