Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1882.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 111, 26 May 1882, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1882.

;•■-.- • - •- .. . : . The fight over the Chairmanship o^ Com« mittees which is to take place this evening is.liksly to be a keen one. There! is no doubt that the Government are doing ja bold thing in r running Mr Hurst, whose nanjie as a probable candidate had scarcely ! been mentioned before, but it may be that thJey^are,, pretty sure of winning with theit man/ although, the' division will be a very close i one. . A defeat on this point, whicn iijvolvee^ the personal qualifications of the man us wall f as, or, even more than, party considerations ; will, 6f dpurse, not be regarded as tantamount tp;a vote of no-confidence, \but it mu&t tend to weaken the Ministry, and therefor^ they are running a great 'risk in going to a, divisiqu'on.Buch aqussJon. From present appearances and Reports from different quarters it would seem that parties aria very evenly balanced in the House, •van more go than last session when the Government werti )u9t strong enough to slave cfE defeat, bu( not sufficiently so to carry their measures. There is, however, one great advantage this' year, namely, that the Opposition |ia not likely to consist of a mere " fortuitous concourse of atoms," but promises to be well organised, and under the lead of a recajgnised bead, which will tend greatly to facilitate the transaction of the business before Parliameut. Still, there is even much that is unsatisfactory in the position of affairs, for although Mr Montgomery is the nominal headj tbtre is no question that id ability and experience — and shall, we say cunnirg— he isj completely overshadowed by his colleague Mr, Msoandrewy who will, we; m^y be sure, insist upon being the principal wire puller. Then again, there is clearly trouble ahead for the present Opposition if they should succeed in deposing the Ministry, for they will then have to deal with Sir. George Grey who has kindiy consented to serve in the ranks daring the attack upon the) Treasury Benches, but who will mo3t certainly not be content to hold a subordinate position should the Government be defeated. JBut it is perhaps a little early just yet to speculate upon the probabilities or evun possibilities ( (>ne thing, however, we may be quite auto of , namely, that the present session is not going to be by any trieanß a dull one. but that it will be efaaracterieed by, some of the hardest Ighting that baa i ever yet been witnessed within the walls of the House of Representatives. The sparring will commence over the 1 election of tbe Chsirman of Committees ; the gloves are to.'be taken off n hen the Native Bills are voder discussion. : : ' i ' '. . Odr telegrams io-iiay inform us : that the honor of knighthood is to be conferred upon the Hons John Hall and Col WhHmore. There are few, if any, even among hia stoutest spponents who will not ba pleased to hear tbat the servioes rendered by Mr Hall to New Zealand during the many ye»ra in which he has taken part in the politics of the country have received thia recognition ait i the bands, of Her Majesty. Colonel Whitmore is equally deserving, though hia spura have, been won in a different field, as he has evidently been selected for the honor on account of his gallant conduct in , the Maori war about the close of the last-decade, ' .'..Tuii. following is from ,the N.Z. Loai and Mercantile Agency's r«port on the prpduca markets of New Zealand, dated 18th inst :— "During the month. transactions in barley havo boen heavy,, .and prices have advanced considerably.:^ A large parcel found a purcfiaaer a few days' since at ss; the qiiality, Lhoweyer, was exceptionally good. Ciirrent rates , may now be quoted at 4s B<J to! 5a in store.— -Malt b*3 advanced proportionately with barley. Quotatiobs at present are 6s to 6s 6d. — Considerable shipments of hops have been, made daring the month.; The price, has, however, somewhat receded and i good qualities' maybe quoted at Is 7d to Is lOd.if.o.b At; i^this ; "flgaire th.oy "' ; are firing and > may possibly further advance, ' ar stocks are getting low.''— One: page of the report is deypted to,, "prices, current "and in; this there is afcolumn for hops, but it is blank throughout; and no prices are quoted &t any one of the large centres of population. Nelßon is the one place in the colony tbat is largely interested in the hop growing industry, and year after year the necessity for establishing a Hop 'Exchange becomsa more and more apparent. It would be wall if the growers were to take this matter! into consideration without any further delay in order to make preparations for next season. Regular sales would, bring about something like regularity io pi ices and establish the real marketable value of the article offered, to arrive at which growers at present dp not always flod an^easy matter. ! Processor Hdgo will deliver at; the Masonic Hall this evening on behalf of the: Young Men' Christian Association bia highly popular - 1 lecture on the "Physiognomy of Love " as indicated by the facial features. We are requested, to state that it has been decided not to reserve the front seats for ladies as advertised last night. ' ' Wk are requested to correot an terror which appeared in the report of Nelson grain, at the Cbristchurcb . Exhibition, wherein" Messrs T..R. Hpdder and Co. are shown as the growers of '"'the 1 wheat receiving awards pfsefcp.nd order of merit. The . grain' was obtained by that firm from Mr CrouOher's mill, but at the time it could not be ascertained by whom it was grown. They have, however, since learnt that the Tuscan is from the farm of Mr J. Bartlett, of Appleby, and the Hunter's White from Mr Irvine, Stoke. Mr Holloway asks that it may be mentioned that the whole of these grain exhibits <were collected by Me sers Hodder and Co. at considerable trouble and expense, in many* instances they hayiDg even to incur tbe expense of threshing. Of the credit the district acquires in connection with; these : exhibits, a large portion is therefore due to that firm, for had they not been so energetic in the matter many' of the samples would not have been aeat. • ; ■. ; ■ Mbb Bbbna^d Moore's lectures on home nursing of the sick continue to draw good audiences. She will lectnre again this evening in Campbell's schoolroom.

A man named Benjamin Eyles, aged 48, died suddenly at Stoke to-day. The deceased' had been a cripple for the last twenty years, and was laterly'ln receipt of aid from the Government. He, complained of beieg unwell a day or two ego but nothing serious was anticipated. A porf mortem examination is to be made, and an iequ.st held at the house of Mr Hi nry Harris (where the body now \Us) at Stoke at 2 p.m. to-morrow before Dr Boor tbe coioner. A rAHKNT in tbe Lunatic Asylum named Henry McKay died lest night. An inqu Bt was to be held at tbe Hospital at 3 p.m. to-day before Mr 0, Curtis, R.M. The deceased bad been an inmate of tho Asylum since April, 1868. The Hon John Hall is to arrive iq Wellington tc-day z.nd will be in time to give his .vote in the election of Chairmanship of 'Committees. Me MosTOOMEit. the leader of the Opposhioc, concluded bis comments on the GoTcrcor's speech by_ staling that the ,opposition were disposed to ctitioisa the actions of the Government fully and fairly, and expressing a hope that the measures would be placeii before the House as early as rossible. ... No factious opposition would- le offered, be eaid, and when the proper time arrived for a fair ttial of strength, due warning would be afforded. The Pout: of yesterday aaysithat if any doubt &s to the new Parliament proving itself quite equal to .its predecessors incapacity for talk were ever entertained thejr must have been fairly dispelled by the little preliminary canter on Tuesday night. '■ The Opposition ..." ( says... our ...contemporary. ) "should take a If ßioh in this respect from their leader, Mr Montgomery, who set |heman excellent example of brevity and moderation. ~ It will be a Vast improvement on our . experience of the, last few Be ß3ioris, if all public queßtions^iustcad of being' made the subjects of endless declataatioh acd blind)y y factious votißg— on both- sides— •are ? aceorded fair consideration, temperate, discussion, and ''intelligent criticism"; • >' ''-.i *\- v y Mr. Macandrew's, provincial, propliyities. .'(says-.tne) Post) are again* pfeeping » out. He has given notice that on Wednesday next he will move— evidently with a' viewof constituting a comparison favourable to Otagq— for a return showing the respective amountSj contributed by each provincial district to the colonial revenue through Customs, stamps, land and property tax, &c, for the 'financial year ending March, 1882.^ - .■.-■.■■..•■ x. ! ..-- The Post says that the best point showed by Sir George Grey in his speech on Tuesday night was his reference to a certain action of tbe Ministry, whom he accused of having burst open the doors of the telegraph office and'stolen tbe telegrams of their predecessors. Wrung with anguish at their approaching end, -the Ministry, said* Sir George, now conducted their own, telegrams in f cypher. 'i'h.i 'I'JiiiU-fliJ J;;.'''J;j Mb Holmes, the member for Christchnrch South.fWhfo made his first appearance as. a.: talkist' on 'Tuesdays night, is fjixix criticised' by the Post . — "He is a fluent/and confident speaker. He is fully prepared" to express' a thoroughly -formed .opinion, pn^ony subject under the. sun, or^ovei-fit, eifctier^forJ that matter. But; be has rery much indeed to learn before he can become formidable as a debater. He must, above all, get rid of that "stump" style; O^TiiGh^enW: utterly barren ©f effect in Parliament, whatever it may outside, jjt w*» the beiettiog influanca of > the «gtnmp'' b» hii atyle of thought as well as of speech thtt caused him. Sb often frq-firaiae a laugb by addressing 1 the msnibers inaUad of .the .Chair, and occasioned bis being atlast called to order. Th« sooner be learns that stump oratory it unsuitable to the balls of (fae Legislature, asd must fallutterly flat there, and th» more speedily he . HaltoarrijT sod gets, iid,pf much on which he UoW prides himaelf, the more quickly will be become an aid', idstead of a hindrabde to his party and to the Home," f.v=t<--[. m ■- ;f ,' The origin of the Wooditook'ruuh is stated to have arisen in the following way:— A couple of Italians, unacquainted with mining, found their, -way to the old diggings, and asked for^ information qs to where they cotild find gold., The veteran hands; in a half joqular' manner, edviaed the fimateurß to leave the foot of Woodstock Hill and try thoir luck by digging at the terrace. The tuw chums did bo, hut were much puzzled what to do with tbe 'waah.X Experience} > advibe wVb called in; and the result was £50 for each of the foreigners for their first week's work. Such is the sometimes glorious, uncertainty of mining. The news soou leaked out, and th« rush proper rssuhed, Mbbohants clerks, drapers assistant*, aid others who are forced to lead a sedentary life, should use Marshall's Special Tincture of Podopbyllum. It cures ail stomaoh and liver disorders. Price li.V iW. 0. Aceell, chemist, agent for Nelson.