Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 194, 16 August 1881, Page 2

Nelson Eve ning Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1881.

We are glad to find that our Nelson members are fighting their constituents' battle so bravely in the Houße notwithstanding the heavy odds against them. Mr Pitt appears to have made an excellent speech last night, and Messrs Collins, Hursthouse, Gibbs, and Shephard have also spoken on the question, and Mr Levestam will do so this evening. However, they have the most difficult and disagreeable portion of their dutiet still to perform wbeu the Bill goes into Committee, but we have no doubt that they will be equal to the occasion. The innocent Mr Dick, we notice, although he is afraid to trust a lady to bet a pair of gloves bat considers it necessary to legislate in order to prevent her committing so heinous a crime, is yet willing to trust Mr Maeandrew and the Southern members generally with the enormous powers that the Representation Bill will place in their hands, and feels sure they will cot abuse tbe advantages conferred upon them. In a House of 91 members Otago and Canterbury are to have forty-flve representatives, or, excluding the Speaker, just one-half of the whole, and yet the very verdant Colonial Secretary naively Rays, " Oh, you needn't be afraid of that; it's not likely that they will ever pull together." As some of our readers may not be aware of, or may have forgotten, the fact, it may be as well to remark in passing that Mr Dick himself is an Otago member, so that of course he is not afraid of a preponderance of Southern members. It is evident that there is a very great diversity of opinion on the Bill, and we siucerely hope that the non-contents will so sturdily oppose its passage that it will never in its present shape find a place in the Statute Book. Mr and Mrs Hart with their little company will appear to-night in their entertainment appropriately styled " Happy Hours." There is a capital programme advertised and this with the recognised ability of the performers should, and no doubt win, eDsure a full house. Particular attention is directed to the novelties to be presented this evening, consisting of the highly amusing pieces '' Woman's a mystery " and King Henry's little game." Our Motueka correspondent ''Horsebreeder" and many others will be glad to learn that arrangements have been made for a horse parade to be held at Richmond on the 7th September. Those who intend to exhibit their animals are requested to communicate with Mr Mabin.