Varieties.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 151, 28 June 1895, Page 2

Varieties.

Among variety matters talked about in the lobbies may be mentioned tbe Globo Assets Lottery Bill, and it comes in for a lot of criticism. Said a member, " Personally I object to gambling in any form, but in this caso it seems to be a cbocie of two evils and 1 am afraid we can't help ourselves. If this lottery business does come off we shall have the Bank asking tor another guarantee. It is a thousand pities we didn't let it go to wreck last year." It is also understood that the floating of Nelson Bros. Company in London into a joint stock concern with £300,000 capital is the firat instalment of a general scheme for absorbing all the Ward group of companies j these are reported to have arranged matters with the Bank of New Zealand. There is also a simultaneous movement among the southern farmers co-operative associations which is supposed to point to one head directing the commercial interests of all tha farmers in Canterbury and Otago. This object has been kept steadily in view for some time and recent proceedings point distinctly to something like a real big thing being brewed. It is said to-day (Thursday) that the four elevations to the Upper House will not be in the way indicated a week or two ago, but that the patronage lias been conceded to the Hon Messrs Reeves and McKenzie, who will each select two men from Canterbury and Otago.