THE PELORUS GUARDIAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 2, 1890.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 87, 2 December 1890, Page 2

THE PELORUS GUARDIAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 2, 1890.

Owing to pressure on our space we are ob'iged to holdover our Wellington letter and other matter. So far as the election is concerned we have said all we intend to say on the subject, We have ana'ysed the speeches of the three candidates and have come to the conclusion that, taking all things into consideration, Mr Mills is equal to the other two put together and believe a large majority of the electors think the same," and in whose hands we now confidently leave the matter. We have to acknowledge our grateful thanks for a nice dish of strawberries from Mr Morrison's garden, and likewise some very nice cherries from Mr Davies. As we are strict teetotalers they have been quite a treat during the discussion of dry political questions, but now that the interest in those questions is about at ' an end for the present we will be able to devote our time and space to the discussion of fruit-growing and other subjects of a like nature, and in doing so 'it is always a great aid to have large-sized strawberries, gooseberries, and other fruits before us so that we can compare them with the wretched productions of other places. We are glad to notice that owing to the increased passenger traffic between Blenheim and Nelson that Messrs Newman Bros, have had to increase the accommodation on their coaches. One of their large coaches has now a seat on the top in front, which has the double cifeefc of giving more room and at the same time enabling a larger number of passengers to get a better view of the beautiful scenery which is passed through between here and Nelson. Our only hope is that they m y find trade increase to necessitate still further accommodation being provided or more frequent coaches.

The export of timber from the Blackball mill to Lyttelton during the months of Octobar and November was as follows :—Clematis, three trips, ir>o,oooft; Falcon, three trips, 106,000 ft; Ocean Bird, one trip, 22,000 ft; Alice Jane, one trip, 20,000 ft; total, 858,000 ft. Besides the above the Champion took away 20,000ffc from the Kaituna mill.

The death is announced of Sidney Taiwhanga, ex-M.H.R. for the Northern Maori district. He was leading by 98 in the present contest, and we conclude that the election will have to commence over again. Sidney was a strange character, but possessed no small amount of ability and energy, and always had a smiling face for everybody, and his well-known figure will be much missed in Wellington during session time. The Rev. Mr. Isitt's lecture on Thursday last was not nearly so well attended as wo anticipated, but those who were present were loud in their praises of the ability displayed the lecture, which was alike amusing and instructive. His description of one of the battle scenes was a masterpiece of elocution, the likes of which we have never before heard ; in fact, so vivid was the picture he drew that one could almost fancy they were present at the engagement. l)r Drury and and Messrs Hawkins and Jordan gave several songs during the lecture, and Mrs Webb played the accompaniments.

A Mrs Snook was fined £7 in Wellington for keeping girls at work after two o'clock on Saturday. This is a slight improvement on the state of affairs pictured by Charles Kingsley in Alton Locke.

We notice that Sir Robert Stout nominated Mr J. A. Millar for the Port Chalmers seat.

It will be seen by a letter in another column that one correspondent has taken up the other side in the present contest. We are glad to see this, because having all the fun on one side was becoming rather monotonous.

At the Dunedin races Wajtangi won the Hurdles, Freedom the Cup, with Wolverine second, Ixion the hurdles second day, and Freedom the President's Handicap.

At the Supreme Court, BlenheimJohn Aldridge was sentenced to five years penal servitude for forgery, and Alfred James Godfrey was acquitted on the charge of rape. It is considered probable that the race-horse Carbine will be taken to England, if so, sporting men will watcb the result of his career there with considerable interest. We notice that tenders have been invited by the Education Board in the Blenheim papers for the erection of a gallery at the Haveloefe .Tenders closed yesterday, and we'sHould like to know how it was the notice was not sent to the Guahdun, The JJavoloek telegraph office will be open on Friday night i'rom 7 to 12 which will give time for most of the returns to come in. The large majority of Mr Paruell's friends in England appear to think it £s necessary that liq should

The wrestling match between Ross and Dunn at Dunedin ended in a draw, the latter winning the falls in the catch-as-catch-can, and the former the Cornish style, but neither could gain a fall in the collar and elbow style. A general meeting of those interested in the Regatta and Sports will be. held at Dorreen's Hotel to-morrow. • The final meeting, before polling, of Mr Mills' General Committee, will be held to-night, at 7-30 p.m.