The Nelosn Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 190, 10 September 1878, Page 2

The Nelosn Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1878.

We were very much struck with the closing remarks of tbe Governor's speech at the Dunedin banquet on Saturday night on the occasion of celebrating the opening of the great southern line of railway. '• Gentlemen " he said, " whether you come from England Ireland, or Scotland, you are all New Zealanders; you are all founders of a couutry which I believe in a few years time will be a great oue, and your object ought to be to cherish that country and make the best of that which a bountiful Providence has given you." This, we are to'd, was received with great applause, in which we presume the whole of the members of the two Houses of Legislature who were present joined. Having expressed approval of this sentiment, we trust that they will suffer themselves to be influenced by ifc when discussing the public

works proposals of the Government, the tendency of which as they now stand is to make a very large section of the settlers in this colony feel that they are nofc New Zealanders; to lead them to believe that, in the opiniou of her Majesty's Ministers, New Zealand consists of Otago, Canterbury, aud the North Island, Nelson and Marlborough beiug part of a foreign country with which they have nothing whatever to do beyond extorting a certain amount of tribute money wherewith to promote the welfare of what by them is regarded as New Zealand proper. We can scarcely think that this is the kind of feeling that it is desirable to foster among a large body of the colonists, but, that it will follow as a natural consequence if Mr Macaudrew's Droposals are carried out, there cannot be a shadow of a doubt. Therefore we ask those members who applauded the sentiments uttered by his Excellency on Saturday night to pause ere they become a party to inflicting so gross an injustice upou forty thousand of their fellow settlers. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this inorniug T. JI. Nicholson sued J. Stagg for .£lO 5s lOd for sheep supniied. Mr 11. Adams appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Pitt for the defendant, who paid £9 7s lOd into Court. Eor this amount judgment was given for the plaintiff with £1 9s costs for taking evidence iu 'Wanganui. Mr LrxGAiti), the advance agent of the Cheevers, Kennedy, and Bent Minstrels, arrived by the Wellington this morning to make arrangements for their appearance iu Nelson on Tuesday next. Of Mr Bent it is quite unnecessary for us to say a word as ho is well known and is an immense favorite in Nelson. Messrs Cheevers, Kennedy, and Campbell are spoken of iu the highest terms by ihe press in Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington, where the troupe has been performing to crowded houses. The fact that Mr Simonsen is in charge of the musical department is a sufficient guarantee of its excellence. The tea and public meeting iu celebration of the anniversary of the Wesleyan Church will be held to-night, when addresses will be delivered by the local ministers and friends. The hearing of the case Wiesenhavern v. Kerr, which commenced a month ago and lasted then for two days, was resumed this morning, and has occupied the whole day. The bone of contention is a horse, valued at sums varying from £10 to £30, which is likely to prove a precious dear animal to the winner of the cause, while the loser will be saddled with costs enough to buy balf a dozen such animals. Two of the witnesses to-day have been brought from Matakitaki, one from Reefton, and one from Mahakipawa in the Pelorus Sound. Thb monthly inspection of the Town and Port Volunteers will take place this evening at half-past seven. The monthly meeting of the Southern Star Lodge of Freemasons will he held this eveuiug at 7*30. With reference to the scholarships recently wou by Nelsou Collegians at home, the Post says that Nelson College may well be proud of the successes achieved by her pupils against some ol England's most promising talent. AVe take the following from the Wellington Chronicle :— " Rodich Lloyd," a Welsh miner, writes to us concerning the working of coppermines. He says that the yields and dividends in coppermines in the colony have been much higher thau at Home. The yield in New Zealand ranges from 30 to 60 per cent., aud the dividends from 10 to 20 per cent, on paid-up shares, whereas at Home the yield is only from 3to 8 per cent., and the dividends from 2 to G per cent, on actual shares. o ar correspondent thinks thafc these advantages will more than compensate for the higher expenses of working the mines in New Zealaud. As regards the Duu Mountain Mine, there have been certain parties at work for some time there. The lode averages from 3ft to 26ffc wide. The yield is 2 per cent., and if the manager had done at the time of the collapse what is beiug done now, our correspondent say tbat ifc would have beeu better. He goes on to assert that the serpentine rock is only to a certain extent an indication of the presence of the metallic ores. Our correspondent, who is au experienced Welsh miner, thinks very favorably of the D'Urville Island Coppermine.

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