Nelson Evening Mail. "SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 138, 11 June 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. " SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1881.

Another Bession of the colonial Parliament having commenced, we must again call attention to the faot tbat Nelson is not sufficiently represented in the Upper House, We may he tod that the Council is not a representative body; of course it is not, but at the same time it is essential to the welfare of each Provincial district that it should haye come one In that Chamber to watch its iv« teresta, to giro foformatwa witl; getpeotj?

it, and to take cbarge of Bills, by the paesßge or ejection of which it nay be specially affected. At present tbe only member from the whole of the Nelson district is Major Ilichmond, who, whatever services he may have rendered to the colouy in its early days, has now arnved at fuch an ace that it i 9 eearoely to be expected from Irini that he should be present through all the lons hours of an extended sitting. We wonld impress i*p.nour reprcsei titives. the desirability of bunging the matter under the notice of the G -vciiiinent with a view to the disa-lvaniago un-Jcr which Nelson labors iv thia rf.sppct being removed with as little delay as 'possible. The name of Mr Curtis ia the one that naturally suggests itself to our minds in this connection. Whether or not ho would accept a seat iv the Council we are not in a position to say, but that a better man ecu' d not he found to fill it we thoroughly bf-lievc, and tins opinion, will, we imagine, be endorsed by mott of the residents iv the •'.istrict. But whoever it is to bo, the sooner the appointment is made the better for Nelson. Tht? flour mill recently erected for Messrs Peart Brotheia near the railway station commenced operations on Weduesday, -when it entered, wo trust, upon a prosperous career. The btn'ding, which 13 a great addi" ion to that part of the town, is 80 feet by 24 feet, and is on piirs soma three or four feet above the'ground, in order to be out of the influence of the moisture which frequently prevail on the low-lying laud in that locality. The gra-.ary i-.s 50 feet by 21 feet, and with sufficient heisin to allow of tbe storage of a very large number of sacks. The buildiDg is three storeys high, in each of which a distinct portion of ; tbe pro&ess of, converting wheat iuto flour is carried ou, the grain or meal, whichever may be its condition at the time, being removed from one t'j the other by elevators somewhat similar in piinciple to the Californian pump. A description of the various arrangements would fail to convey a correct idea of the manner in which tbe work is donp, and we would recommend those interested iv such matters to pay a visit to the mil, and to inspect for them selves tho dIT rent operations It is sufficient to state hore that all the latest improvements have b?en adopted, and that it will be n> fault of the ra-.cbinery, which is worked hy a 12-horso p.nver portable double-cylinder engine-, if the flour turned out is not a first-clns-i an iel?. Mr Bethwaite was tho contractor for the erection of tho building, and Messrs Moir ray and Crosbie, of the Soho Foundry, supplied the greater part of the machinery, which works smoothly and well. Mr Peart, senior, has erected a very neat dwelling-house close by, whore he will be able to listen to the music of the machinery, and, we hope, ho cheered by the reflection that it is bringing grist to hi 3 mill. TnE Rev. VV. Lee having r< turned from Adelaide v.il preach in the Wesleyan Church to-morrow mon ing aud evening. Notice has been given ln the House by members of the Government of the introiue tion of the following Bills : — " Hospi'als and Charitable Aid;" "Licensing;" and "Chinese Immigration " A labdek for use in cases of fire — made by Mr W. T. Good— has been presented to the town by Mr J. It. Mabin On behalf of the lloyal Insurance Company and will ha kept at the side of hU auction room where it will ha available when required. Mr T. S. W»ston, one of the candidates for the Grey Valley seat, has been talking a little wildly on the education question. He is reported to have said: - " Speaking from personal experience, he could honestly say that the children attending the national schools of "he colony obtained ara fine au an education as waa to be obtained in the collcgfs at ChiiMchurch and Nelson." The Grey Valley election takes place on Thursday nex . There are three candidates in the field — Mr I'il/gerald, brother of lhe Comptroller of the Revenue, late Resident Magistrate a-- Hokitika, and now editor of the Wanganui Chronicle; Mr T. S. Weston, late District Judge for the West Coast district, at pre^nt a barrister and eolicitor iv practice at Christchurch; and Mr Morris, a bom fide ciiiiger, and a renowned Good Templar. There are uo less than nineteen polling places in the district, which includes Reeft.n, as well as the whole of the Grey Vallsy. The ligiiiil, which in Wellington iudioHUoa through tho corporation pipefi, and charged for uudr-r a water rate, is stated by a contemporary to be of " the color of coffee, the consistency of psa sonp, and of the odour of what is politely termed on board ship eau de bilge " A Southern contemporary states that many of the drowned bodies from the Tararua may bs seen floating entangled in the kelp come little distance from the shore, but that the want of a boat prevents these bodies being brought to land. Meanwhile those whote vocation keeps them in the vicinity have to daily witness flocks of sea-birds hovering over tbe spot and gorging a hon id banquet. Writing on the session just commenced, the Fost says : — " With reference to the position of political parties, there is nothing fresh to be said. The Government, presumably, meet Parliament with undiminished strength, and with the strong points in their favor thsfc they have effected large retrench ments, restored the finances to soundness, promoted settlement of the land, and bo far terminated the native difficulty as to be able safely to release all of the political prisoners. There is as yet no sign of a compact and organised Opposition, the wild utterances of Sir George Grey and Mr Macandrew haviug tended still further to disintegrate what remains of a party. The most probable outcome seems to be that members opposed to the present Government will agree to act together generally against Ministers, leaving the question of leadership to be decided when occasion arises to render that indispensable. If, however, the opponents of the Government fiud tbat they can positively count on the votes of the new members for Nelson and Grey Valley, it i 3 not unlikely that they imy assume a more united and aggressive front. All this is as yet pure matter of speculation, and only time can tell the course of eveuts.''