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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 5 May 1914, Page 3

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the i:k>-]-:nt li.MM'.mi; loan poll. (To the Editor.) Sir. —CouM you kindly let the public know how the roll u-:(r.l at the recent poll was made up. us there are a number of ratepayers hero- whose names were not on the toll. 11 is tree. .Mr Editor, that wive- <t' ratepayers in lm\i:s an- entitled to vote, and are not allowed to In the country district-;, and if so what reisons are advanced for this appaieutly unjust position'.' I am. etc., 'RATEPAYER. Hie hmond. With repaid t > the fir.-i question, the Harbour Hoard 101 l was compiled from rolls supplbd by the Towr Clerks of Nelson and Richmond to the Clerk of (he Waimea County Council. Regarding the second point, wives of ratepayer's are allowed to vote in towns and boroughs, but not in other districts. By an oversight, the names of the wives of ■Richmond ratepayers were orroneously exeinded from t'h- ro'.l. although the wives were entitled to vote.) T\P\WERA CAMP. —A WORD OF THANKS To the Editor.) Sir.—Before departing for Blenheim T desire to express my appreciation. and that of many others, of the untiring efforts made" by the Rev. T. Fielden Tiivh-r to entertain the Territoi ials during the recent Tapawera cam]). "The S[>ortiug Parson.'' as lie was\ popularly termed, was" the life and soul of the camp, and he was a powerful factor in making the outing one of the most enjovable that 1 have attended. He was a "Napoleon among the men: he was generally respected ; and I venture to say that the way he fulfilled his Christian responsibilities has been appreciated hv every man who attended the cam)). He was a man among the men; he vvaone of themselves : and it is to his credit that the camo was one of the brightest experienced. My opinion, sir. is generally shaied. and it is fervently hoped that he .may be spared to continue his solendid services at many mere camps. I am,' etc., BLEN HEI M B A NDSM AN. '•VOTES FOR WOMEN." .(To the Editor.j Sir. —A.s at the beginning of this year you published an account of the famoudeputation of Scottish Bailies and Town Councillors from Edinburgh. Glasgow. Aberdeen. Berwick, etc., who., were refused admittance to Mr Asquith. the enclosed ex'rat t may be of some interest to these who are trying to follow th. suffragette movement in England. 1 am, etc., J. "The Northern Aden's Federation for Women's suffrage spiang from the famous deputation of councillors tlia waited uorri Mr Asquith last July, an I were turned from the doorstep. Thev promptly formed themselves into an or uanisation pledged to fight against the Government until it enfranchised wo men. Branches have been established in Edinburgh. Glasgow, Berwiek-on-Tweed. Manchester, and Newcastle. Th • Federation will hold a mas meeting i:i the Memorial Hull, Farringdon-streel . on Saturdr.v, Febrnarv 14th". "Chris tian Commonwealth," Feb. 11th. 1914. - MEXLO. fT? the Editc- \ Sir.—lt is ru-my years ago sinceT was in Mexico, in the" R-.M.S. Trent. We used, to sing at that time— Were vou ever in Mexico? Oh, ves, Oh ! In Mexico where the dollars grow ; A hundred years ago. There was not much sense in the song ; but when pulling on a rope, or weighing anchor bv the handspike, it put a little life into vou. Dollars'were the grea . attraction at one time. So great was it that the Mexican Government would not allow them to go out of the country if it could helu it, lest the country should t. U oor. And the British Government, with verv little knowledge of Adam Smith's ""Wealth of Nations," or Cobden and Bright> agitation, sent two men-of-war to .Mexico —one on the Pacific co.-.--t, and the other on the Atlantic coast—to smuggle dollars from the countrv. And every night their boats were sent awav. manned and armed, with muffled oars, to smuggle dollars from Mexico, in order that- Britain might o-row rich. This is no fancy sketch, as 1 h-ve been shipmates with men employed in the business. We sailed from St Thomas, a Danish Island in the \\ est Indies, and after calling at Havana (Cubt). reached Vera Cruz. I have no doubt the name you publish is the tree one. We lav alongside the wharf and discharged our cargo. The light you s-ieak about is a revolving one. It was not so elaborate then. It was worked by a mule; we could see him marching round. We sailed from Vera Cruz fir Tampico, and let go the anchor outside. We sent a boat ashore ; but what is called a "norther" (north wind) came on. and we tin anchor and sailed Tor Vera Cruz. 'We arrived. and went alongside at the wharf, and loaded with MexTcan dollars. Mexico had learned the doctrine of free trade in dollars, an I had grown all the richer by the. process. They were in boxes, and so weighty that if you did not mind they would pinch your fingers, as they did mine. Yen Cruz looked Well from a distance. It had what aoper.red big warehouses. They might have been houses on the flat system :' but we know there are hills beyond, rising up to the big city of 'Mexico, where Montezuma and his subjects received Cortez, the Spanish conqueror, with his comparatively few soldiers', as angelic visitors from other realms —and so they were, of the d;nk kind, that wrought death and destruction, among those simple Mexicans of the olden times. Prescott, the American writer, can give you ti picture of those olden times that would raise your hair ut bit ?.t the doings of those supposed to be civilised men of Old Spain. The Gulf of Mexico originates what i* known as the Gulf Stream. It passe? out of the Gulf to the North of Cuba, and becomes a warm river in the midtft of the sea. We passed Cape Hatteras in n little American hrigantine. and got into this stream. - With, a head wind we beat up into it out of sight of the land. Every time we thought we were out of it we dipped up a bucket of water, out the thermometer in, and if it was colder than the Gulf Stream we would go about on the other tack. Sp we worked • up in it till we got a slant of wind, and ran into New York. That stream passes along until it gets to the Banks of Newfoundland, and Is the car.se of the fogs of the Bank. That was the cause of the loss of the Titanic. It there divides ! --one part of this river in the sea runs | across the Atlantic, reaches Britain, and makes it habitable by its warmth and hnmidl'tv, The othe'r passes off apd ex-

Messrs Baldwin and lt-.yward, Patent Attorneys, whose local representative js Mr C. Lang'.ey Del, Estate Agent, Tra falgar-street, report that they have recently filed the-following applications for patent of New Zealand : —W. Langguth, Auckland, internal combustion engine starting ; D. McTavish, Montreal,, phosphoric acid or phosphate manufacture; H. Downee, Wellington, pulping machine • \. Holste- Rielgfiel4, ejcdiangeable shirt front; B. O. Beiujevsen, Falmerston North, resilient vehicle wheels

ponds itself at the west of Madiera, in what is known as the -Saragossa Sen, where the gulf weed (seaweed) is seen in so great an abundance that ships going home to Brit lin from India, the Cape, or ancient Cathay (China) sometimes pass through it. and their way is absolutely checked in sonic measure by the quantify of the weed. How is it that the I'uitcd States of North Angelica, settled in t'le east by tile Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock, •■■an so cold a climate in the winter, should have so expanded north, west, and south—as to have a population of 90 millions; while Mexico, so rich a country in sil\er as it is, has a population of only about 10 or 12 millions, and is a seething muss of discontent, and has been in the It :s not in their government.' They ara supposed to be a republic, like the United .States, and free. What is it men. Let some philosopher search it oi.t, and see what it is.

1 am. etc., J. PIPER