NOTES FROM NELSON.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 4 February 1890, Page 2

NOTES FROM NELSON.

Jnlghig from the very dispiraging i‘i m irk i o irf bear 1 bv,*r tier' i snrt time hack with reference to the propos'd starting of a piper ii tfivelo'*k, a id tin*, t mil'll use the word glowing, terns iu wliic.i it is spikn <<f now, appears to me to pr-die' a g»ol future fir til* fresh llttl- represectntive of thit very imp irtaut ventilator to some peoples fvliugs— » iie public press. “ Woy Mifi S iv,dock Guardian gives you on re news to an our two papers put togetior!’* wia the so new.i it stanling r mirk wiio fell from ti* lips of one of pur most pr name it i-itiz us after a perusal >f the first issue. B *th toe Suitor ari l staff appear t» enter int> their work coil anore and I feel stir - I am right in saying that all Nois minus wis i your n<*w • n erprise a nappy and prosperous firnre. Water Supply. In my last notes 1 had decision to re'er to the low state of the water in <ur dam, an I since 'Men no rain having fad n, maters are even wors , To very v xel qa-aim of drawing our supply fruit nuother source has n »t y**t ieu Mettled. Wten I and •* ven ve<ed,” I intend,*'! to convey lo y>n mind n far greater meming than ispu* np m tin»:s- words in their ordinary sen-e, for so mu*h has been said on the subject, and « • m.iny hard words have been u<ed, that at one time it would have taken very little to make toe different leaders decide the matter with ttieir Huts, or in the old fishiou, ‘‘pistols for two, and coffee for one.” One suggestion mad , which appears t<» be very feasible, was shat die h*ad waters of the E »ding river he tapp d. out b fore this could lie finally decided upon many little ditfi mlt'cs would have to, be got over, as, for instance, the desirability of the waiter for drinking pui’pis s, and «ls> the ngits of the C.tampion Copper Gonpany with respect to it. But of rdiis nur • heifier. Is it not enough'that wo have sndicien of ‘he fit! Ito dri ok and was i with an i are we not told to “ Provide not for t.ie morrow?” Bicycling. We. have lately hod the world’s | champion fancy trick bicyclist, Mr 1 Maltny, here giving nightly performances in <me of theri.iks. It is simplv marv HiViis the vy.iy he handles his machine,, sometimes tnki' " b grad wady hi pieces whilst hdiug, and riding without handies, or yet again, only <>q the •me wheel. Mr Mayes, the Australian champion, is also here,’and tak s pari in the rac s' which are to be held o:, aaMird’iy. Buy cling is every day growing iu fivor nere, iiotn as « pleasau past im i, and also a» a ra ’ans of g *Mi»g : about tue country.where the roads seem to be sfecially adapted f >r tliis modeot travelling. Midland Railway. At last something d *tiuite is to be known in respect to toe starting of work at onr end of the Midi ml Railway. Mr R. Wits m, Hu* mmager of the Company, arrived in Nelson last Tuesday m 'ruing, but as M ssrs Fell an I fudHtiders, the two r sldent ra *m» hers of th' B*ard of Ada e, are at -present both away, he thought his time might be spent in a worse manner than wnipping our s ream fop trout. H »w----ever, ii is sa'isfactorv to know tha l sojnetaing is Mug done, and that we ai-e not left-entirely in the cold. ’The route of the line is now supposed to be fi tally settled, and Will take something •ike tue following course—starthig from where the. pres nt Giverumnt line leaves offal Brgrove, it will run down Moms’ Gully into tin* Muueki Valley, and tlieive verv l»k'* ! y vja ladmor and •he Bailor to the W-st Coast, Tiie orep cation uf iho iieees<Hry plans wil. tak * about three months, but the Idling of the contracts will lie pr ceded with ,s soon as possi'de. Mr Wi sou int ndleaving for Curia churc.i next Tuesday. G >ld 'Dredging. Mosses Templeton an I I’ippil iV, two soiitoem g ntlem-n, called a iweting last M uid iv evening of all interested in Iredging for.gol I in the A irare river A goo I nn-nher-resound'd to the invitation, anl M 1 * Tern ilefcon th-*n pro ceed d to give the au lienee hh views with r gard to the w irking of th schem a mentioninghue.. Wedmthdeedge as being in his opinion far better than ihe old buck tsyst on. H j also pointe I out the exepli mal fa -ilities off red by the Aorere in comparison with the .southern 1 streams, sue.) as -the coarseness of the gold, and the enormous quantity if firew.iod close at haul. Tr pr.. posed amount of capital. h thought, was £12,0.(0, and ii would cist abo it £6, >uo to put the plant with a grip,) et on the spot. A‘tcr satisfactorily answering a number of ques ions put, to i in, tin* meeting closed with a heart) vo e of thanks t<« both gent lanai, wh • had spm'd no pams in explain ng to 'he gathering th s to us, new meth d if gold-mining. W ■ iiave 1- arned to i» rath-r cautious ov r here in in ning na'tTs, » great n imlw of p‘opl« havd too mifli in this gone o. •h nnw. bat this a ip * irs t • b 5 a genili ie iifii" - an I as .Vic T-m do m si vs, *• i w mid b • t pity ,s.) a D i itdi icm p > iv Mk ig he gil l awiy fr i n u cl*r ' »r i I'temp i»y s forme I i: vyib, lis d viti u ir Diiai'd uf tiuppurt hf tuns disiriefc.

While op tne subject of mining, and ns a gpnit p utinn of your co nmuui'y is compris d of mi.i rs, perhaps a few words about the old Dun .Vlmn sin property would not lie out of place, a* nearly all the old sutlers were in some way connect'd with it. The prospec tors who have iiad the property in ban 1 for s une ti ne have 1 tfc -ly been in treaty witn a Sydney syndicate for tlie taking up of the venture, but up to the present uottnng has out* of it. Two or three m m are hard at work on the plac driving tnnue's, and have found some spetj-iM spe dm ms of chrome and copp*r, One mm tdl me emit someone ht 1 di covers 1 a sea n of asu 'Stos nine me tea lidck. It wmld be a splendid t-iing fip'Neis m iftu* works wer * onem »rc op med up, for I feel sure they i.ullbi .iml* t piy.tble one ru. A very f*ir re. urn h s --om* to hand from 'he 0-vm, the Wiknu c tiii hiving given S.I>Z4 of go 11 f»r a crashing »t S J tons of sto.i •. Tocarsis. Nil libera of sigu-seer-J have l.itcL e »m- to Nels»‘i, not i fnv of wto n iiv.* cornu from Bimhiim an! Haviock vu tne Hai Vit ley. Mtiiy of h'S‘ travellers ar- Amtealians and <o no of t ie a wep • p ‘pfec U’ euripture 1 witn the grand -minery, a d went a vav vowing in me in >st beautiful s »ot on earth. To m >rrow a party consisting -f ten, inducing Cdouel Sirg'od. of Sirgood, Even & C>, is expected to irrive nere by sp cial coach from Blenheim. Anniversary Day. To-morrow being the Ist of February will be obs rved a a public holiday, on t,-count of its being the anniversary day .»f our little City, w.iicn is now fortyeight years old. The principal feature iif the day will, of course, be the sports void are to be exceptionally goo 1 this ini'. Instead of ho ding them in tne Botanical Gardens, as is usually th•usmni, it is ini end 'd to have th'in in he Trafalgar Park. G'ven fine weah«r, such as we have hid litelv, we look for.va d 'o a really «»j »yahle day, no' on quite such a large scale as the Auckland jubilee gat iering! Nelson, 31st January, 1890.