EXPENDITURE IN NELSON.

Colonist, Volume XXII, Issue 2600, 13 September 1879, Page 2 (Supplement)

EXPENDITURE IN NELSON.

.;.'- . ■■.■:',: {From the Colonist.) ■...' ■. \ SiKCE the inauguration of the Public'liV'orks 'policy, thb,Minister in.cKarge of the,'departs ment has'"become in many respects,a person of greater importance than any of bis col-L leagues. As the scheme originally laid down by Mr Vpgel :has been so modified till {there is only the faintest; > trace of ', its left, railways have ceased to be treated as; colonial worka to which as every district is compelled to1 contribute, there ;is the1 ; strongest claim in justice;and libhest dealing that none i.ihpuld ,be denied an equal; share. of their benefits; Th 6 first design .was to carry trunk lines from end to end of | each island,, and: at that time it was understood that^iiipugh it was pecessiry fprtne satisfaction of the centres of population; that,a beginning should be made at each, these detached' lines were $arfc of a great system', 'and; jere" long, all1 were1 to .be connected. rlt jsoon became clear to Ministers with a: certain amount of crooked cleverness, thatitheir : hold; on ofiice might be; strengthened and prolonged by so Shaping the, expenditurd as1 to gratify populous/disiricts, and thus .compel their representatives, to give, their; sup?, port; The consideration • when new Ilineß or extensions were provided for thus resolved itself r into a calculation of the numbsr'of1 . votes in the House, that would be made-safe, instead of how the permanent interests of the Golony would be best served. I The 1 bribery of entire electorates became a rbc^og-' nieed part of parliamentary tactics,, and the iniquitous practice rose to such ;a height in a Bbbrt' time, that some four yearaafter the Public Works' policy 0' wia ■■launched, its author, Mr Vogel, acknowledged, with j des,iipairiog bitterness, that,a million.and,a Half had been sacrificed to purchase support. :"':;: With the:accesaion to power ,of;; Mr MacAndrew, it was evident 't;o ; e'yery'■ person j that so Joiig as he reigned the interests bf.jOtagp; to the exclusion of any amount of for iany; other;; part of the" Golony wa» to be the rule. In these-icolumri^ ;4t !iv f as^shown that/ spite 'bf the boasted, superibrity, ■of thai' pVovirjce, it was1 and is largely drawing, on the .resources 4 of other districts, .Nelson-beingvespecially, wrot|ged, tp-provide the difference between the earn- J 'ing<i('6f therailwayßiri;Otago'an'd:the interest. ' their,cp'nstr.ucit'ion! imposed; oh , the' Conaoli-; .dated ; No. one has^ ever dared to! im.peach the accuracy of our calculations,! and. they have been found, by candidates on the hH«tings and members in 1, the House, an effective point fpr winning applause .or jconfounding the Miniuter, without, their origin b.eingi referred to, isave by Mr Sharp in the debate dn^the Kailwa^s* ■ Construction j Bill last; yeaf;'.^ Whatever may be at the bpttom pftih^s cppl apprppriatiqnof. our labors!, no .doubt there is a certain,amount of satisfacr, ition in finding they -are so widely: appreciated J; but1 common' coiirtesy,l if ■' nothing /ment,i,Wwever. cur^yto; ,be, ma.de. i,sc> long «s (the;welfare of Nelson is advanced, ,plagia- ; , rists may sbine in their borrowed plumes for : ; anything we card; especially as Mr Macan^ ■'iifelWii'ip^his ] reageIrneßßj.to'.;make.-a' casejifiir-' inishesivthe,;pppprtunity- of..exposing a ;new and outrageously gross set ; of misstatements,, which it^is our boundeti duty to deal with. In the,; Public Works |state.ment'made:by ';Mr ■'this .eignificant'^passage ap r/ fipears :-r-' ; ;,ltjmay beiinteriesting'toi.sh'ftw the^ amount of expenditure and obligations1 incurred 'since 30th June, 1878, on railway 'fyoTJiB" iti ;t]io different. divisions of! the 'Cbjony.'*-..This iß.f.ollpjWedj'by^'tjatile^giymg1 certain figures for the respective districtsJipf J ieschJlsland, which, if trub, 'wouldiprdve jthat dbring the year to which- they'-relate.j Nel^ son, has "been exceptionally' 'well ''treated,'' both as to general outlay .and .contracts now; rqnning., THe details'as.to ,theTNprth jsiand fmay-fbeileftto those directlyiconcerned ;| io; !stsking!the. Mi'ld)^ Island;- rJifcj appMrJ that', 'J|i|S;;;'i «pradjtureJ;in i! Ot^igo,; ;jv^;:|S^23j6(J7;,i -fqur'fc'ih.^ [ofi. th^at',' iloii^toei entire iiGoioayiwanp 1, thatn!i|s liari bilitiesrdnf«3(Jth June'were '£320,494 Bs,' fpr'nbtifar'«(hdrt"of!bnle.third of the whole/ .^^■fcKe^^m^^ ; lin ',%o #p,Rpnded ; ,tbj'itje j; ''|st|al;"^ r |' i ment, as,i abotdo..the,;figures relating! to Marlboroughi .The'amount^ spentl in l'(!ani> terbary1 ji'^mVdp'^'tfp 11'to^ai.' penny of! !t iree itein's [dim ted/.'to"! A^b^ley.-^d.itjDlkii^' Op »|i»f ia Branch^Extension IniWeitland. it;is made-.to, seem,that drily, .£558 Is. 2di was laid out"between';G:ey."i mouth and;Hokitikaf'and uthle'; remainder; £stsM 'M^IM/ &Vsa fiwn/So^el ' bi'course, }f f that were true, .it met , us tpipeak'iwit.h bated breathy oadcto.-.ac ml't] that Mr Macandrew 'had' given)efteet to the declaration (iin: ihisI'spde^hl^inSre^'l^p^ the; 'aecbnjijreadin^^.of^Jlns^n^ if^'^aj^.t ien,; .'' if Janything, ( ,yqm in office, it; would, be:> that I< might be affoi ded \< v l:, y<;'Vi<jl..ji'r.'l:.:\! t 'i-.> :<'A)q\ J;;ii'!|-<;i.i j'-Jlti'jt »■/..;/j;

an opportunity of heaping coals oi fire Upon the heads of my Nelson, frieuds.'?) \ , ■ ; ,!:•; What.an odious, disgusting, and de'spica-, 1 ble-pieco'ofI,cant, this-is, the Bums exactly,, "making up the amount he asserts; was is'pent |n t jwit'l'.■i.'^ave,V.'t'Oj : any' remaining ladpyerj ib.fjitniS'nin.cariiationiof: ,sham L and shoddy, h This is the list*:—l- ■ j « ' ; <,-.;, v. : ..y. n ■,:•:■ h\ , ■:•.,.-:! ■■ i .-;-.-i..v;s;!d. ' .. ■ ii Nelson—Foxhill ..' ..: 9,^26 17 , 3 •.; Ngakawau .. 19,556 8 8, ■ . Brunner^-Greymouth • .. .26,897 16 11 " -Amberley-i-Brunnerton ..i -<K's9 1Q i 5^- . Amberley—Cook Strait: .. 1,096 18 | 7 ; . ' i'-.U..,^.! ';.:";';'.' \l .■'■„•■■...■ ;;.,£57,^37« :6 io":' The first item is the only one . hbneßtly "dhargeable against this district;'the second is- amply secured on the immensely valuable. reserve at Mount Bocbfort; and was always recognised as .a Colonial chargeI,' being one of'1 the'*coal railways'* s'peciaJly eicbptfld!; ,and ,as to ,the three last, makiog £28,65^08*1^., the lines are entirely outside tKe boundaries' of Nelson, andnot one shilling could have beeu s^t down1 to it, if commbbi honesty, or'indeed, as the.'detection was; certain, common sensehad actuated, the Minister. Last year..he ;l said^;" I have.no desire to be pilloried, aa I have been, and continue to be, by thie Press in that part of the Golony ■" What oiigbtj he^ to 'expecti ?. The pillory, was an. ancient inßtitutipn in England, often uaeel to correct those, bearing false, witness" against their neighborsj and. Mr Macandrew rigbtly refers to it as "the fitting'instfumehf whereby his assertions 'to•the prejudice of Nelson are punished. | The revolting catalogue of? misstatements might be prolonged by aiialyeing the pretended " liabilities," which are as baseless as the ." expenditure.-'. There ; are items, indeed, that must be. quoted,aß an outrageous example of what a desperate trickster may resort ''to/ : The liability for the Greymouth-f Hokitika line, which everybody knows is en- ' tirely south of the' Grey, is £9,871, "19s. fid.;--whereasfonlvihalf, that sum is set down to Westlan r d, r tbe balance, with £9,071 lls. Id. for ( Br,unner;^&reymouth, exactly in ;i'he, samei posiliion, and other amounts,; being i clubbed together to make up a show against Nelson ; the muddle beingsb greatthafc the contract iov the Bell Grove extension is japparently in part confound^ —tiook Strait, from which itiis directly distinguished in both last year's Statement and E»timates. Language; cannot expresa; the loathing every honest'man must feel at'sucih an insult to Parliament'and country, |as a Minister placing figures before them as true, ; with • the deliberate intent to deceive! and lead aetray. ( „...■ ' J ; ••"■' !

,AN! Auckland telegram", dated September 3, says: —It is reported on: good authority that a desperate;! •fightl has taken place /between Maoris at Matakana, near Eoekphej Bay,•pMilands." The fight was over, dividing lines'.'' Eight men were wounded, and one chief killed.. Three pans are being erected. Further ■trouble is feared.'-; ■■ !' ■',", ' !;,'■'"'..'•• ; ■ .-. : QrEETkouTH ; HAEBOB.-—At one of the Recent electioneering gatherings in' Canterbury,' 'Mr' Alfred Sounders, M.H.R, said : — " Greymputh harbor (and' he knew it:perfectly well from -being Superintendentl of Nelson) was sura to, bo washed put to ; Bea come day,* even'if millions were spent oh it. "Tb'^-fir^ mil'r ljon loan was not allocated whilst the G,r'ey Government: wa?,in power,\a.clause in the Bill being put in! to prevent this being:ddne." ,', , ; j ■""■' , 3 , A WBllliijTOTOif telegram dated Septemb.er,lo, says: c—The schooner ' Laurel, from Picton'to Lyttelton, sprung a leak off r . Kaikoura, and was abandoned by. the crew,.w]lb!'came'on'by. steamer,■ arriving last: 'mglii" She Was- oftiied by Mr Hornby,', of Picton, and msured.as,follows :-^£3()oin the' Colonial', £300, iri.th'e Victoria, and ££00 in the National.' A steamer: has gone in'search of her,1 but has h'otyet returned; ; „ WaiTSare served on the Hawkes Bay Herald and ttie'Wairba Free Press for £5000 .eaoh,.at the; suit of Major. Mair. .The same journals hate also bee a served with, writs, for like amounts, at the suit of Mr Searanckeß.M.. :"..,.'>.'■'■'.."•'..•''' ■ ■.'■.':■' '.'..." ''• Tksbarque; Oamelid,' from Q-lasgow, arrived ; *fc Port Chalmers; 6a' August 28fcb, after, a passage of; 97!<3a'y's; V'/.'.V ■ ii( . 7 .!;'., .'.!;,... '.]> „,'"•, V i -.'.i ■:: " The ship1 Nelson, "97 days ifroin Glasgow, •rrived at Port Chalmers ;on-August 29th. She brought a, few cabin pftßßengers, and 348 Gorarament immigrant a. ' ' ' ' ' _■■;,; /: ■ \ .:„■■! , ;:•• • , : .: The late .Wellington.papers itate that Jane Bond, the child-woman, who was recently exhibited there, ''is dead, ' ' . ,;..; j .:i:,.;.,.:i'.-.-~- ' •.•■. Anoxhbb member; of; ,f:he long-lived Oookbum jfam.ilj,] Mr,s Jape, Taylor,l died at MastertonV on August Jllsfc, aged ninety-six years. : v -:. „..:; ■, „, Thb late Captain; Marks' funeral was the largest ever lean at Tauranga.! At the iaqiieit Mr A. E. Warbreak was thanked.,by ithei jdiryfor, his promptjand humane ; efforU in atriving toireseue ithei/drbwning, and for saying two lives at the time of the 'boat capsizing. - - ■■• ; s,, . -: " Berkeley,'Sßptember.-ISSS.^-Gentlemen,—l feel, .ifc a'dutyAl owe to you to expreßa my gratitude for i the'great benefit I haVe derived by taking " Norton's ;Gamomile Pills.'f " I haveappliedto your'agent^ Mr. Bell, Berkeley;for the above-named Pills,'for wind, ' in the'stbmaeh, from which I tiave suffered'exci-uci" I atng pain for a length of tinje, having tried nearly every" remedy prescribed, but without'deriving, any benefit at all. After taking two bottles of your yalu- ; able Pills, I was quite restored to" my usual > state of health.•« 'Please give this publicity for the benefit ,o! those who may; thus-be'afflicted.—lain, Sir, y.ovin truly, Hbnbt Ai.i.PASa—To 'the 'Proprietora .of I'WoETON'BiCAMdiriXßPxLis."— Adi>i.'>■■•('''' r | ■„,.;;■ 1 Tayloir! 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We use 'flour, 'witer,' saHV^ndßprwidk'B'BakingPbwder; My breU'd often surprises' 'We', 11 lit 'is l'a(o''■ lighitV t:aild' white as siow. ■ Somedf bWinen'willinsist tniit.l.have been 'in the tra^eV'.ftnd^ripthinK lean saywill ."convince; then of the oohtrary'^''.';'^.B;"-rTljis iuvaluabie. artiole may bei Obtained'olf all Grpaers knd Storekeepers in lc and 2d.ack'ets, and 6d. and lai patent bowi;^4^^» "'