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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 195, 19 August 1890, Page 2

Mi;, Dartnall, C.E., retnrncd to town yes-, terday, having completed the surveys aud plans of the Belgrove section of tho Midland Company.-* railway. We understand that a very good line lias been laid out, there being only ono ten chains curve on the section, Ihe surveyors have had a hard time of late, having- been engaged in the held all day and at work in their ten's up to 11 o'clock every night. Mr Dartnall will take the plans to the Company's office at G rey'mGutb", where the specifications wilY be prepared, and it iiifiy be expected that tenders will be invited iv about a month's time. We understand from Mr McLean, the Railway Manager, that a considerable amount of tree planting has been done tins season on the railway line, principally at Foxhill, where the Government has purchased a small piece of land as a railway reserve. Altogether nearly 1 000 trees have been planted. It is *-:aid that the hares prove very destructive to the young trees, in many instances not only stripping the bark but eating the young shoots. A "meeting* of cabmen, carter*-, and expressmen was held in Sigioy'u Hall laut night, some 50 being present, Mr Gaynor in the chair. A motion ohjeotiag to tho prico oi shooing lining raised wns curiied unanimously, A resolution was also paesnd affirming the definability of forming a Oabmen'B, Gaiters', I and Expressmen's Union. It waa resolved to | draw up a petition protesting against the j way in which tho rails are being laid on tlio I Railway Wharf. A Commit 100 wasappoi-iicd to draw up ruhs foe the Union, and Mr A. Kitching waa appointed Seoretary and Mr Gaynor Treasurer. A vary, interesting evaning should be afforded by tho Win lev Evening Debating Sociely to nhi'-'t. when noma of the best spoidvera in Neison will take part in tho debate on tho question " That Ireland has systematically beeu treated with injustioo by England. " A cargo of Motupipi eoa] arrived here by the Transit this morning. ft was obtained at the mouth of the Motupipi river, and is said to bum very well if mixed with wood. The coal is difficult to get at, beiug nearly always covered with water. We understand that roller flour ia now quoted iv Nelson at £10 per ton in sacks, bakers' parcels, Tue Lyttdton Times, in a leading artiole. strongly dissents from the Chief Juslice's decision in the bankruptcy case of Hymon Hyams, and holds that the bankrupt, iaetead of getting an unconditional discharge, should have been made to contribute froni his income towards satisfying the verdiot agßinSG him in the breach of promise case, A late London telegram saya that the potato blight now prevalent is tbo worst attack of the disease sinoe 1879. A " speoial " from London states that the Commißsion o£ the Exhibition of 1851 is allotting annually two science scholarships of tho value of £150, tenable for two or three years, to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, aud New Zealand University Students. As a result of the coal«minera' difficulty on the Weat Coast (says the Press) the retail pries of coal in Christohuroh has been raised ■la per ton all round. A leading merchant informs ua that he has received no coal from Newcastle for the past mouth, shipments having been prevented by the fear lest, owing to the labour troubles here, there might be a diffioulty in getting the coal uuloadgd, and

tho possibility of its having to le mi baok Jo Nsw South Wales again, The Ragged .School Union will have by August pl.-.eed 3,000 children i'ro-u rag-g-jd schools— ixrim tho dirty, dusty, miloderoua slums -in the more healthful, restful, and serone atmosphere of inland and seaside villages. This, too, if, tbe mouth iv whi.-h Lord Aberdeen, tho preridenfc, rmd the U umtsss of Aberdeen n~u«l'y invitc_the volu.it -ry h.'dpers to .i garden pany at Dol Lia iii 11, tlio I'jai-i s auHutbuu retreat on the neither, heights of the nii*tropoli*>. These helpui-3 embrace all porta and conditions cf men, and so far resemble the illustrious f-erenty sent out to preach the Gospel dug ■ g the i. :rly ye- rs of the Cnri-iti'iu era, as t.> take .-.fcither i-erip jior pura-o for tbe many l«b' UI-.-5 i-..k1 j iv:i()3 thiy undei*t*\k" through lJ.nki.sij Jr>rd(>u,'i'i oaior tliut tl'.e little \>'\..-:. m;:y n ,,, p-. uhh, T.'ey, v,-here\M' poverty, and iguoranoe, a; d orime, -.aid vice ■re to be met, are ;<n fi'.'-rreashv. furee ; and in r'.eoguisiug their ae;i.-&uoi.iiu;i.*g labour?, the J-I.iri and his acoompiirflicd Uouutesri do but pay them a graceful aud well earned tribute. Contiibutions to tho funds of the Union are ncodul, and should be -scrib to Mr John Kirk. S. crct:iry. Rigged Schjol Union, Exeter Hall, Strand. Loudon, W.O.— London paper.