AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 153, 26 June 1878, Page 2

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[Pek Aeawata.] :' n „ , MisfcßotJßiTß, June $6. Parliament will meet oa the 9th 3uly; , when a stormy session may be Anticipated! , ponie rather startling revelations as to the , aoiogit Itjf certain members of Parliament , HftVe been made before the Lands CommisSionj now sitting, which will probably lead ' to a similar regulation herfe td that in force , m Sydney, prohibiting ihembeß of Parlia* ment ajctin&aij land agehk At the inauguration of the new buildings at Trinity College, the Bishop of Melbourne maae an excellent speech, answering a supposed objection of wealthy men ,that . recent events had created a doubt whether Victoria was & country where men of prudence, sagacity, and fortune could permanently cast their lot. He said that he had the greatest hope for the future of this colony. We had here men of the British race, and men who were gradually beedming possessed of property and* though they aright become the Victims of adventurers* it Was utterly impossible that they should remain the dupes or such meh permanently: . Young Fearee, one of thfe survivors of the Loch Ard, is being lionised, and money is being collected for him everywhere. Miss Carmichael still remains at the station. Capt. Mandeville, commanding the Naval forces of Victoria, recently made an extravagant proposition to Mr Berry that the Cerberus should be stripped for action, and run the gauntlet of the batteries at the Meads', allowihg herself to be peppered at by the guns, in order to test the valua of the batteries, and to ascertain whether it was possible that an ironclad could run through the Heads uninjuredi Mr Berry accepted the proposal, and the necessary orders were given, but there was such an. outcry in the press that it has been abandoned. The steamship Cuzco broke her main shaft when 38 days out of Plymouth, and had to come on under canvas, which accounts for the delay in the passage. She sailed well and there never was any danger- from the accident. . The^team of Gentlemen cricketers will leave London by the October mail for the colonies. They play their first match in Melbourne on Boxing Day. . Sydney. The Rev. W. B. Clarke, the geologist, is dead, aged 81, He had a large funeral. There have been snow storms in Various parts of the colony, and the weather is colder than has been for years. Parliament stands further prorogued to the 1 3th August. H.M.S. Wolverine has gone into dock, having been found slightly leaky.

charitable aid upott: other shoulders than ; their own, and in order to include other gbjj vefniiig bodies to accept it they hold dutf-a' proitiise of assistance without any guaranty whaterer that it sliall be permaheM This a&sistance, like niatiy bther promised duijsiales", will very soon be withdrawn, and tha opprobrium consequent upon the sudden stoppage of aid to those who require and deserve it will be found to have been cleverly transferred from the Government to those of the City and CountJ-Councila which have b'eeii unwise enough to iean upon that broken reed, a Ministerial promise,A gsbat disturbance was created in Col ■ lingwood-street about 5 o'clock this morning by a maniajG named Midmel Murphy— said to be an Irishman — who came to town from the Buller some three weeks ago, and has since been employing his time in drinkiag himself into a fit of delirium tremens. This morning, about the hour mentioned, he left Mrs Corrigan'o boarding house, wherejie had been staying, barefooted, and vfrifch nothing on biit his trow'serSj ran up the street and smashed through the glass door ifljfco Mr Kelly's^ shoemaker's shop, through the shop into the kitchen, and thence into the bedroom, howling and yelling and th'resltening to fakeß^elly's lif e| and nearly frightening to death" Mr« Kelly,' who is in a delicate state of health. As may be imagined the occupants of the house were much alarmed, and scarcely knew what tj do on being awakened out of their sleep in this sudden and exceedingly unpleasant manner. However they contrived to pacify their unwelcome visitor, and by providing him with & coat atid a jjair di boots they induced him to leave; and he returned tci his lodgings. Mr Kelly than ran across and . informed the police, who at ob'ce went and arrested him, atid this afternoon he was removed to the Asylum. We have received a circular from the Telegraph Office stating that, on and after the Ist July next '-delayed telegrams" will be received at every Telegraph Station in the colony, the rates on which will be sixpence for the first ten words and a halfpenny for every additional word These messages the department undertakes to telegraph to theit deßliiiatitiri 6n tile flauie day -that they are lodged at the office. The City Valuator's report showed that during the year 1877 there had been built in Wellington 47 1 new houses, and over 69 business premises. Sergeant John Nash has been gazetted an Inspector of Weights and Measures within the Borough of Nelson and the Coudtioa of Waimea and Collingwood. _' The Registrar-General's report, just published, shows that during the month of May the number of births in Nelson was 18, and of deaths 7, The proportion of deaths to the 1000 of population in the boroughs 'named was as ±ollows:^-Thames, -55} Dunedin, -72; Nelßon.l-06) Wellington, i-36 j Auckland, 1-38; Chri3tchuren, 1-1 9;, Hokitika, ;l-54. There were during the same period five deaths in the colony of persons over 65 years of age. One female of 76 died at Wellington; one female of 91 at Nelson; one: male of 67 and one female of 77. at Christchilrch} and one male of 70 at Duuedin. A sudden death occurred at ttiwaka on Monday. A man named Staines, living at Marahau, had been ailing for some time and went to Motueka for medical advice. He ■was staying at Mr Dodsor.'s Hotel at Riwafca, and complained of feeling unwell on Sunday night, and on Monday morning was found dead on his bed We understand that he leaves a widow and large family of young children. A ncmber of cases were set down for hearing in the Magistrates' Court this morning, but what with settlements out of Court and adjournments arranged between contending parties, the list was gradually reduced until not a single case was left for the Justices to deal with. We have not heard whether they were presented by. the Clerk of the Court with the customary pair of white kid gloves. The entertainment in aid of the Institute funds will be held at the Provincial Hall tonight. Doring the month of March hist no less than 11-810 inches of rain fell at Hokitika. In Nelson the total Ml was 1140. The Wellington Ppii says that ah attampt will shortly be raadeSto send a football team to Nelson. Messrs Augarde and Eadford, have commenced business as auctioneers &c, in Wellington. Mr Augarde has plenty of energy and should make his Way in a flourishing place like Wellington. This action brought by Mr Travers against an auctioneer ia Wellington named Macdonald for a breach of the Legal Practitionera Act in acting as^a conveyancer, lie/ not being a solicitor or barrister, was heard in the Wellington R.M. Court on Monday. defence was that Mr Macdonald knew nothing about the preparation bf the lease in question. Mr Travers replied that Mr Macdonald must be held responsible for the acts of his clerks. The plea of the defence very much reminded him of tha tale of the sailors who . were charged with stealing rum . They all pleaded that " they had no hand in it." The fact was that the men had rolled along the cask with their feet until they came to a nigger, and they made him tap it. He was afraid that if Mr Macdonald bad not "had a hand in this matter he would find that he had "put his foot in it."— Mr Crawford said that after considering the evidence he had come to the conclusion that he must dismiss the information. It was not proved that Mr Macdonald had been paid for drawing up the deed, but rather that he had been paid in the way of commission. It was true that Mr Macdonald was responsible for the acts of his clerks to a certain extent, but it was shown that he had not in this instance instructed Mr Best to i draw up the deed;- and the preparation of such documents was clearly outside the ordinary duties of Mr Best, and under these circumstances Mr Macdonald could hardly be held liable. He.. knew nothing of the matter, and the responsibility rested with Mr Best. Biitas there had undoubtedly been some irregularity in the .preparation of the lease, he should mark his sense of this by refusing to allow costs to the defendant. Premature decay. i>om inherent weakness, overwork/ continued exposure to ' unwholesome air or sudden variations of temperature, from business cares, sorrow, or other causes the constitutions of many persons prematurely decay. Under such circumstances a wise discrimination should be" exercised in selecting the material wherewith :to rspair dilapidation and restore 'the human edifice. Remember that the sanction of four thousand physicians .has been accorded to Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Akomatio Schnapps.— Advt. General Grant aays he saw a good deal of the French ladies in the best Parisian society. We have always protested against these awfully decolleiee evaning dresses. — SanErancisco Newsletter. • Aprops of the colonial departments at the Paris exhibition, Truth has the following: —I hear from Paris that the Prince of Wales deserves the gratitude of England for the pains he has been at to make things smooth for the Colonial Commissioners. He made them fael that they represented an extended Britain, in whose welfare he took as keen an interest as in that of the nucleus Kingdom. Owing to the tact and good feeling of the Prince, and his well-known courtesy, they and the British Commissioners are .on . the friendliest terms. When our material hold on the Colonies i 9 so slender, we surely ought to congratulate ourselves on the successful efforts made by the Prince of -Wales to bring them to identify themselves with England,

/Sir Julius Yogel is atranglng to send put. A : ngora; goata to New Zealand, at a Coat of 1 JE4O a pair. ; thereat .tlie 5 Timaiu Herald,: thus diactrarsesi :— " THe^ question ia, would' the gadte be' the candle ? Is not tie gifass whi^h the. goatfi Would eat more profitably consumed iv the production of highclass wool? Angora is a place in the mountainous interior of Asia Minor, and the breed of goats which are found there are remarkable for their beautiful silky hair, eight or nine inches long. Of thia the stuff called tiaralet is tiittde. Thi3 ariimal, therefore, has, , iv its native stat^ several tery important and profitable peculiarities. The unfortunate thing is, howeter, that these peculiarities are probably- produced in a great, measure by the climate of Angora. Other animals basides goats possess them there. Angora dogs, Angora cats, and -Angora rabbits all hare the same soft plant skin and long silky hail' , but they are found rapidly to degenerate into, mere _ everyday bowr.wows, pussies* and bunnies when remodel to other parts of the worldi It would be a decided .' sell ' to bring Angora goats Out hereiat £20 a piece, and spend a lot of money in sheds, paddocks, &c, for them, and then to find that they were no better in two or three generations than so many common Billy and Nanny goats*" , Under the needing; "What we saw on the Queen's Birthday at ttanedia," the Volunteer Serv cc Gazette says : — We Saw a Cadet Corps drawn up which presented arms to two meek -looking officers as they passed, and the " Present" was like the action of stamper-heads in a quartz-crushing machine. We saw a member of the head-quarters band: wearing a large white wollen comforter to 1 keep out the dtfmp air. We saw the conductor of the Cadet band Wowing a flute, with a blue cloth great coat on and a brown fur cap as if he were going outside the Otago Heads. We saw the battalion oioye off with-, out its Major. We saw a double line of armed men "present " to a lady l and two gentlemen at the laying of the foundation of the Town Hall. We saw another body of armed men " present" to a handful of City Councillors at the laying^of the foundation stone of ;the new. drillshed. But last of all, we saw two Bands ttiarch on down Georgestreet and tip Moray f lace in blissful ignorance that the battalion had been halted and dismissed in the Octagon. i The Post thus summarises certain despatches which our telegrams on Saturday mentioned as having appeared in the Gaze tie: —A series of despatches which haveipassed between his Excellency the Governor and the Secretary for State for the Colonies have been published in a Gazette. They would ocoupy eight columns of space, so; we can only giva some of their main points. The first batch of tfaeae despatches refers to the appointment of Mr J. N^ Wilson to the Legislative Council and to the breach of privilege committed by his Excellency in decliuing to make that appointment while a motion of no confidence was pending. .. Lord Carnarvon adopts the view that the action of his Excellency was right, and that tha Ministry, and not the Governor, are solely responsible to Parliament for the Governor's acts. Tha next lot of the series refers to tha refusal of his Elcdlency to grant Sir G. Grey a dissolution when he applied for it in November last. His Excellency argues in a lengthy despatch, that he was justified in refusing a dissolution, and the Secretary of State in effect replies that he (the Governor) was empowered both by law and practice, to refuse a dissolution if he thought proper to do so. Then on the question of the desire expressed by, the Ministry, that Sir Wm. Jervois should not vist New Zealand.' the Secretary of State for the Colonies, without expressing auy opinion as to whether such a visit was advisable or not, refers with approval to the attitude taken by his Excellency iv his correspondence with Ministers on the subject. Next, the attempts of Sir George Grey to get his Excellency to veto the Land Bill conies under review. His Excellency, in writing to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, says that if he had consented to veto the bill "he would have been lending himself to something little short of a trick upon Parliament." SirM. E Hicks Beach, in reply, says briefly that his Excellency did quite right in refusing to veto the bill. The next part of the correspondence consists of a memorandum from Sir George Grey to his Excellency the Governor, in which he protests against the latter referring a number of questions to the Secratary of State for tha Colonies, and says that great functionary has nothing to do with them. His Excellency replies, declining to discuss the question of the extent of.the powers of the Secretary of State for tho Colonies. He then goeß into other phases of , tha subject, which we cannot at present allude to,-owing to lack of space, but |t may be said that the controversy is carried on with much vigar. The outcome of the whole business is that both controversialists mutually a^ree to cloie the correspondence, and to publish the whole of it in the Gazete. The Paris correspondent of the; Sydney Morning Herald tell 3 the following story of the great cantatrice Madame Patti:— The admirers of La Patti will regret to learn that the diva haa just met with a disagreeable accident. Nicolini, considering: that one of his comrades was becoming too-assiduous ia his attentions to the lady whom-, he has carried off from her husband, and who carried him off from his wife, set to work to inform him of his opinion on the subject with the aid of a walking-stick. The other defended himself and the lady who was the object of the quarrel, having rushed into the fray with a view of separating the combatants, received by accident a blow from the stick which broke her little finger, and Bhe was carried fainting to her dressing-room.