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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 215, 13 September 1867, Page 2

The Mail to Europe via Suez, wiU'&bse to-morrow at 4.30 p.m. 1 We learn from ■Wellington that" the Government are introducing a Bill intended to prevent Provincial; Gpuncils fr6in;raiß--ing loaus, or in anyway "encumi)e v ring their income for the future, which measure may possibly affect the Bill passed during the last session of our Council, guaranteeing the payment of interest , on the amount required for the construction of a patent slip or dry dock, and also the Bill which is proposed to be introduced dur J ng the next session, guaranteeing the interest on money raised for the promotion of the works upon the coalfields of the province. The Nelson,- Westport, and Cobden Rail-

way Bill, and also the Lands Leasing Regulations Bill, two measures in which. we are largely interested, have each already passed their second reading, and it was hoped that they would be got into committee during the present week. The roof of Christ Church is now, we observe, being re-shingled, and we would suggest to the Board of Works the propriety of taking advantage of the scaffolding which must be erected round the tower, for the purpose of painting anew the clock face, the figures on which are with difficulty distinguishable even at a short distance. Telegraphic communication with the South was suspended yesterday afternoon, the line having broken down between Kaiapoi and Christchurch. It was, however, expected that communication would be resumed to-day, which we find to be the case. The Wellington Independent states that an arrangement made by a number of charitable ladies and gentlemen in that city to supply the poor with bread at the crate of 2^d. the two-pound loaf, had been tried for 3 "months, and had proved most satisfactory, no less than 59,462 loaves having been purchased during that period. It seems that considerable doubt has .existed amongst the members of the No. 1 City Rifles, the Waimea West Rifles, the Nelson Artillery, and the Wakapuaka Artillery, as to the intention of the Government with reference to the position to be taken by the competitors whilst firing for the rifle prizes given by the Provincial Government, none having been specified in. the advertisement. We are authorised to state that it has been decided that any position may be taken whilst firing at the different ranges. We understand that Captain Hunter purposes commencing his annual course of Musketry Instruction on the Paradeground, on Monday afternoon, at half-past 4, when the Artillery Corps will, we believe, be put through the platoon exercise, position drill, &c. The usual ' lesson' illustrative, of the theoretical principles of musketry, and which form part of the drill, will also be given from time to time in the Provincial Hall. It may be as well to add that these lessons or lectures are intended exclusively for members of the various Volunteer Companies. From Sydney we have intelligence up to the 31st ult. The Government of New South Wales have given notice of their intention to ask the Assembly to go into committee for the purpose of passing a resolution that it is expedient to raise a loan of £3.000,000 sterling for railway purposes. The loans already authorised are nearly exhausted, and it is certain that if railways are to be continued so as to reach, the great producing interior of the country, funds must be raised without delay. The Duke of Edinburgh was expected in" Sydney about the end of October. Money has be^n cheei fully voted to defray expenses, amj^ntertainments of all kinds are being devised in his honor. So far as New SouthrWales is concerned the final step is nearly completed for the validation of the. agreement come to at the late Intercolonial Postal Conference. The bill for that purpose has passed through committee in the Assembly and would probably shortly become law. From Melbourne, under date of the 29th August^ we learn that the M'Culloch Ministry has returned to power, the Opposition never having been asked by the Governor to form a Ministry. A bill for the appropriation of £300,000 sterling had been., brought up to pay salaries, which was -certain to pass. The Parliament was to be prorogued for a few days, and the Appropriation Bill, with the Darling vote included, will then be sent up as before. Griggs has a faculty of getting things cheap; The other day he had a beautiful set of teeth inserted for nothing, He kicked a dog.