CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 209, 2 September 1880, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

, .. PRO BONO PtoLICO. , To the Editok or the "lEvening MaIl."; Sie -I would like to suggest through the; medium of your widely-circulated, journal; the advisability of holding a parade of ital-j lions at some central ,place> say tho, first; week in the season, as is done in other. provinces, thereby affording breeders an, tpportiinity.of inspecting the different horaesl . aud stock, if any, on the ground. ■' I am, &c, ; .'-.-• - ..-•■<■•■• .' QfISEKYBB. ! Spring Grove, August 30, 1880. V ;. ! [The idea is an excellent one, and if the; matter were taken in hand by a few of those! , most interested, there should bo, no diffl-; : * ; cuity whatever in carrying', it' out.— Ed.! ■ ' n.e m.] ■'^ : '-'" : .•-•■■ ' - ■ ; ■ . '' " ■ .-■■ ' ■ -mni

The near approach of the closing of the session" (says the. N. Z.^ Times, of /Monday)' was indicated unmistakeably at the evening! sitting of Saturday. . The House presented ' aVremarkablcappearance. iThe disposal of| Mr Pyke's indiscretion of the, morning was, followed by the "order, of Jthe Say, the House going into Committee of Supply, and business proceeded satisfactorily. "Breaking up " was, however, imminent. Two steamers!' were to have sailed about, midnight, ; the 'Hinemoa for the North and the Hawea for and by both many merqbera. Had 'decided to go.\ Consequently the House wag''strangely restless— a low Sum pervaded the ! chamber, members flitted about' the benches! and 1 in and but; there were whisperings and: hand-shakings, and one after the'other qt the! departing 'ones enacted their concluding parts in 'the Crania of. the session. ' JPolitical dif-j ferences were laid aside, and tHbse who had; been^determined opponents foregathered -for i the noncein friendly leavetaking. Ministers ; ..found themselves in the singular position of' gripping with -the utmost empressment the handaYpf .{those, whof but a few short hours i prevfously^were ragingj a'gaihst j them war ' o /'ou/rafrcc.i.That;doughty champiori,.the junior -member -for Hokitika,. was quite demonstrative in ; his. ■Ministerial "greeting, and had; evidently buried.the hatchet fathoms deep— i until next Bession. Aud so whatwas pro bably the'last evening 'sitting of the session; terminated in a very thin house, and the j verdict, " glad it's almost tv*r "iwas generally agreed t'pi f . . - - /;■"»'=•'' " When discussing the financial Arrangements Bill on Saturday morning, (says the '■ W.Z^Time*) Mr Whitaker mentioned that the Government hoped next session to bring in admeasure permanently settling matters of local government, the Bill under discussion being a merely temporary .. measure. Mr Waterhouse observed he was glad to;hear an admission that a Bill was only temporary,; because "ever .Bince he had;been in the; colony ; there Had been, .year 'after year, a succession of arangements, all" of which were to be permanent, and of the Medes and Persians', character, and so they were^-till the foHovving session.' Mr Reynolds said he s did not expect' to see anything put. on a proper and permanent footing either in local or general government until come strong man came, in the Oliver Cromwell style, and turned them all but— «n -event, which he,:. peVsonally, shoufdV be\ Very," glad to see. A £%*><:* °* Councillora here eagerly asked," Who - is to be the Oliver Cromwell ?" and paused for an answer, untill Mr Miller's stentorian >bass exclaimed, « William Hunter Reynolds." A resident in Wellingtonp6eived a letter by the last J niail from ~a gentleman in the timber,trade,in London, in .which .^e thus speaks o'f 'New Zealand 5 woods in th6',-Hda|e market ':-^-" The New Zealand' wood- 'is now in -the market and has been for some time, but sales are slow, business . ! in°ialU' timber being slack just now. It will nave, therefore to take its time. It ia^weU recommended here for cabinetvworkiand'ipolishing, and a gentlemen is now in England introducing more, jn^e market, andsplicitipg^grdersjagd establishing agencies. My optniohls that {in abou^three^qr four years cargo . after car go will^be^in : akm|f'its: way bvorl i-T^e -wood is so hard that it .willrdo fog -yacht and ahipbuilding.and co^.purpbses." r v Kauri gum" (siys ttio'Pioton PrW) is' hot generally supposed, to bo a product of our