Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 226, 22 September 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1881.

tfuoM our latest telegrams from Taranaki it would appear that there 13 every likelihood of a disturbance with the Maoris, who seem to be most completely under command of Te Wbiti and Tohu, and ready and willing to obey their bidding at any time Excited as they must be by the speeches that hara recently been delivered, it is highly improbable that the present state of aff»irs will last much longer. There are all the elements of a row, and the slightestUndiscretion on either side must create a blaze that it will not be easy to extinguish. We can but hope that wise counsels will prevail, and an outbreak .of hostilities be averted, although it cannot be concealed that the outlook is about as bad as it can be. There was a very fair Attendance at the iheatre last night when Pinafore waa repeated for the third time, and appeared to afford as much pleasure and amusement as ever to the audience. To-night, on which occasion a violin solo by Little Bsiftrcup will be introduced, it will ttb p! ayed for the last time except at tha afternoon performance on Saturday. To-morrow evening the charmmg Sp&ra of «• Les Ciochea de Corneville » or The chimes of Normandy, will be produced for the first time in Nelson, and looked forward to as it is by so manyj there is every probability of the house b"ein» crammed* " LtEtrt.-CbtoNEL Ltos arrived by the Wanaka this morning, end will hold an enquiry into the disagreement between Capt Drake and the Naval Brigade in the Committea room at the Drill Shed, commencing at ten o clock to-morrow morning, ahd continuing, if necessary, daring the evening A meeting of the members of the Naval Brigade in connection with the matter is called tor this evening at seven o'clock Messes Sclandera and Co, tha agents for i the England's Glory, have had a letter from ' the Mauritius dated July 26th informing them that when about two months out she encountered a heavy westerly gale with high sea, «hich caused the vessel to roll so much taat some heavy iron in the lower hold broke adrift and in order to get at it some cement nad to be thrown overboard, and also the content3 of the magazine— consisting of gunpowder and fireworks. Ab it was found not possible to completely secure the shifted cargo it was decided to bear up for the Mauritius in order to discharge and reatow When the mail left, all tha arrangements for discharging &c. were completed, and the vessel was to leave within a month of the date of the letter, so that shs may be looked for here in about ten day; from now. A considerable amount of space is devoted in our Parliamentary telegrams to-day to a discussion arising out of a complaint msde by Mr Sed* don that a scene in which he had played a prominent part had been incorrectly descriDed by the correspondent fef the Cnr.stcburch Prm. As so ftti&h has been, niadfl of the affair, the paragraph complained of will probably be read with interest :- Ihe next scene of that week was one in which a pair of Goldfields representatives brought our Parliament down to a level we once thought New Zealand would never descend to. It was at that early hour of the morning when scenes will often arise, and when the representatives of the Press are not there to record them. Mr Seddon had voted after pairing with Mr Rollestoa. The chairman a attention w&s called to it, ind he had said m usual that he had nothing to do with pairs, they were Bimply a matter of individual honor. Mr Seddon ros«, and in his usual dialect said— "Hit is true, sir, that I had paired on the Bill with the Honorable Natire Minister, but not on this here Mem. Mr Pvke thereupon remarked that the Bill was made up ofhitema" and that it only showed how much dependence there was upon what he called his honour. This produced from Mr Seddon two adjectives ahd a noun which are never heard in any decent society, and in return Mr Pyke's stick was raised in the air with a view to inflict grievous bodily harm on Mr Seddon's face. The blow was averted by the fatherly Turnbull and the fussy Hurst, who rushed in at the risk of their skins "What—what— what," said the enraged Pyke, " have you got to do with me if I choose to smash him ?" " Nothing at all, I hope,' said the smiling Turnbull, "but I have something to do with this House. You can make as great a fool of yourself as you like anywhere else— hut not here." Mr Pyke and his stick were hauled off into the lobbies where he was loud in his demands for satisfaction on the Herculean Seddon, who could have pitched him out of the window. Next day Mr Pyke paced the lobbies inquiring for Seddon, with his stick in one hand and a list of bankrupt J.P.'s in the other, which had been furnished to an order of the Legislative Council, and in which his enemy figured conspicuously." A Christchurch telegram of Sunday last says : — A strike is imminent among the railway emplojeg here. It is stated that the 10 per cent reduction has been done sway with in some departments, but not in others, the aggrieved ones being those employed in the machine-fitting and blacksmiths' shop. No notice having been taken of an application from them on the subject, the heads of the above-mentioned departments were informed yestsrday that, uniess wages of artisans are increased to the former rates, all the men will strike on Saturday, September 24. The men appear resolved to adhere to their resolution, on the ground that thsy onght to be treated on the Borne footing as those to whom the 10 per cent has been restored.