Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 170, 19 July 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail.

TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1881.

We publish to-day a portion of Mr Saunders' ?peech on Mr Speight's motion relative io the pension "ranted to Dr Pollen, and all who read it will be of opinion that there are j more pension arrangements than the Doctor's that lequire looking into. Mr Saunders has succeeded iv doing that which he says Mr Speight should have dviie— he has made his speech very diverting — and his description of the manner in which the pension business has been worked, the required term of service made up, and the age of she claimant arrived at (including the solemn opinion of the Attorney General on this latter point) will be found exceedingly amusing. But thera is a very serious side to the question <ia well, and it is high time that the House looked into the matter. Mr Sanndors, after giving his account, derived from official papers, or" the manner in which Mr Filzherbert qualified for a pension, asks, "What name should we give to this arrangement if it were a private company and not the Government that this pension was oblained from?'' To this question, if Mr Saunders has stated the facts correctly, there can be but one c.nswer: It is a rank swindle, and one of the rcost disgraceful jobs ever pe> petrated. Onit Wellington correspondent telegraphed at 330 p.m. : — " It is understood that the Government will treat Mr Sheehan's Abolition Rcp.al Bill as a want of confidence vote, and will refuse to proceed with any 0 her business until it is disposed of. The debate begins to-nighfc." A new time-table for the Nelson railway, to come into operation on and after Monday oc-xt the 25th iust., when the line will be open to B llgrove, has been drawn up, and there is one alteration which will be welcomed by residents both in town and eouitry, namely, the ru ning of an extra train on Saurclsyn, which will leave Bellarove at 8 p m arriving in town at 9 30, and will start from Neison at 10 p.m. arriving at Beilsrove at 1130 This is in addition to the extra trains which now run en Wednesdays and Saturdays. From the date mentioned the Sunday train will be discontinued aa it is very little used,- and always runs at a ! 039. The at'ition hitherto known as Foxhill will for the fu:ure be called Wai-iti. TnosE who are in the habit of joining the train at the platform Btations will be glad to learn that the obnoxious regulations for issuing tickets only^as far as the next ticket station, have been cancelled, and that the old order of things baa been restored. The annual meeting of the Nelson Carbine Club will be held to-morrow at eight o'clock at the Nelson Hotel.; <Froni the great interest taken in this C.ub by Volunteers and civilians last year there can be no doubt that with good entries a similar success will result iuring the present season It is expected that the first handicap will take place on the Ist of Augu3t, ami as that is a statute holiday a large cumber of Volunteers and others wi 1 probably avail th natives of the opportunity of fasting t h<- i - capabilities as marksmen. The first half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the J hnston's United Milling Company was held at their office on the 13th inst., and was fully attended. The retiring Directors reported that all preliminaries wore now completed for the vigorous working of the claim. The Company was registered under "Th- Mining Companies' Act, 1872," with a nominal capital of £20,000 in 20,000 shares of £1 each. Of these, 13,344 were subscribed for by the present shareholders, leaving 6CSC 'in the hands of the Company. The lease had been surveyed by Mr Rochfort to fix the most advantageous site for a tun eel. The following gentlemen were elected Directors : — Messrs Bunny, Parker, Eranzon. Anderson, Johnston, Jones, ami Palmer. Mr R. S. Lucas was elected auditor. The shareholders unanimously decided to drive a tunuel at a lower "level than any of the old workings of ihe Perseverance or Decimal Companies, tenders to be called to drive 400 feet. It was further decided to offer the balance of shares held (0G56) to the public for 3s per share, the proceeds to be expended in developing the Company's property. The editor of the Manawa!u Herald appears to be altogether above being diaturbed by Bubterratifan commotions, tinder the heading of "Earthquakes," he published the following last Friday:—" The market is still overstocked. A very fair sample arrived at 1 a.m. yesterday, and another at 12 16 p.m There is a general feeling amongst importers that, owing to the recent glut in the market of 'shakes' of a superior quality, further importations sro unnecessary. Producers might take the hint with advantage."