THE COLONIST PUBLISHED DAILY NELSON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1885. SUMMARY NOTES.

Colonist, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4170, 20 June 1885, Page 2

THE COLONIST PUBLISHED DAILY NELSON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1885. SUMMARY NOTES.

Generosity is by no means a rare virtue in the Colony; on the contrary (it is often indulged in beyond the limits of good." At the digger's hut, : the settler's house, or the rich squatter's homestead, the wayfarer is always sure of a hospitable reception, whilst in the centres of population an appeal for relief in any real cases of distress !is sure to be liberally responded to. At the same time that public spirit which has induced so many in the Old Country to devote portions of their ample means to endow colleges, hospitals, and a variety of public institutions, has seldom been evinced in New Zealand. To a great extent this may be accounted fpr by .the fact that the Colony is so young that a feeling of patriotism is as yet only developing; but no doubt the good examples of a few, and the increasing value wliich each one must place on this favored Colony, will induce many to help on its public institutions. The name of Mr John Tinline will be handed down toposterity as one of the few amongst the earlier settlers who have devoted

considerable portions of their means for the good of those following after them. This gentleman left New Zealand the other day in the steamer Tongariro on a visit to the Old Country, but before leaving he left one sum of £1000 to be devoted to the maintenance of a scholarship to the New Zealand University, and he also left a sum of £1200 with Mr John Sharp, of Nelson, to provide for the maintenance of two scholarships, one to the Nelson Boys' College, and the other to the Girls' College. - Each of these scholarships will be of £40 a year, and will be tenable for three years. They are to be competed for triennially under same conditions as to time, place, and subjects as the scholarships awarded by the Nelson Education Board, and these scholarships will be open to all under 15 years of age, who" have residednot less than a year in either of the education districts of Nelson or Marlborough outside of the city of Nelson. Several gentlemen have in the past endowed scholarships for the Nelson College for Boys, but the great generosity of Mr John Tinline calls for the gratitude of the whole community. The work of developing the copper mines in Aniseed Valley, is being pusned on most vigorously. In a month from now the road to the machine site is to be ready for the machinery to be carted up. and within two months it is hoped that all will be in readiness for reducing the ore. It may be mentioned that some time ago a parcel of ore from the Aniseed Valley mine, operations at which have been discontinued, was sent to Hamburg, and the returns have just been received. These show that the ore, in addition to yielding 30 per cent of copper, contained silver at the rate of six ounces to the ton. With the success of the Champion Company firmly assured, there will be a new departure in mining in Nelson. The battle of the Waimea election has been fought and won. The six candidates went to the poll, but as will be seen by a glance at the result of the polling, which is given in another column of the present issue, the contest was really between Mr Kerr and Mr Franklyn. Mr Kerr won by a majority of three, which is an evidence of the keenness of the struggle. Mr Kerr has since taken his seat in the House of Eepresentatives. Thb New Zealand Parliament was opened on June 11th. The Address in Eeply to the Governor's Speech was moved by Mr Pearson, member for Ashley, in Canterbury; and it was seconded by Mr Hislop, the newly elected member for Oamaru, in Otago. As the Address was allowed to be passed without discussion, it would appear the Opposition could find no fault with the administration of the affairs of the Colony for the past twelve months. The Government are not following the example of their predecessors in office. They are not keeping the members waiting for work to do, but they have their measures complete. What these are will be seen by a perusal ot the Governor's Speech, which, with our editorial theron, will be found in the Supplement issued with this morning's paper. Gbeat satisfaction was felt throughout the Colony at the successful floating of the million and a half loan. The croakers against the credit of the Colony have once more had the vexation of seeing their prognostications unfulfilled. The Opposition have also been disappointed, for if the loan had not been as successfully floated as preceding ores, the failure would have been used most unsparingly against the prestige of the present Government. The following table gives the comparative results of the recent financial operations in connection with the New Zealand loans—the three instalments of the three million loan, ard that just floated, of £1,500,000:— Date of Amount Mini- Average Issue. tendered, mum. Price obtained. 1883 £ £ s. £ s. d. Jan. 10 .. 1,520,000 98 10 98 12 5 1884 Jan. 11 .. 5,070,000 98 10 100 6 6 1885 Jan. 9 .. 3,981,000 97 10 99 10 0 June 4 .. 6,800,000 97 10 100 10 0 Death has been very busy during the past month, and many old and esteemed colonists have joined the great majority. Mr John Sheehan died at Napier on June 12. All hope of his recovery had been abandoned on the previous day; what medical skill could do had been done; and then he who had been the brightest native-born the Colony had produced passed away. The deceased gentleman was born in Auckland in 1845, and at an early age was trained for the legal profession. Soon after attaining his majority he took a prominent place in Provincial politics, and on Mr Williamson's eleotion to the office of Superintendent ho held the position of Provincial Secretary. In 1872 he stood for the representation of Eodney, and was the first New Zealand born member of the House of Kepresentatives. Prom that year till the last general election, when he was defeated for Napier, he sat continuously in Parliament! On the accession of the Grey Ministry in 1877, Mr Sheehan was given the portfolio of Minister of Justice and Native Minister. A more extended notice of deceased's career will be found in our Supplement. Mr Eobert Graham, a former Superintendent of Auckland ; the Hon. Mr Nurse, M.L.C., of Southland ; and Mr Searle, journalist, of Wellington, are amongst the names on the obituary list for the past month. The losses oaused by the Fire Mend have been considerable during the past month in this Colony, .and the Insurance Companies must have suffered severely. By two fires in the City of Auckland over forty thousand pounds' worth of property was consumed. The most destructive fire occurred in the warehouse of Messrs Owen and Graham, who suffered to the extent of thirty thousand pounds. A veey important steam service has been commenced between this Colony and the South Sea Islands. The pioneer steamer of the Service, the s.s

Janet Nicoll, has gone to the Islands, and by her several gentlemen went as delegates of the various Chambers .of Commerce in this .Colony to see and report as to the prospects of a trade being established between New Zealand and the Islands- Substantial commercial results are anticipated by this new steam service. j j The principal Australian events of the month have-been :—(l) The return of the Australian Contingent from the Soudan. Thay have to be honored with a formal and grand reception iat Sydney, on June 23. Colonel! Haultain, a former Defence Minister of this Colony, has been sent to represent New Zealand on this auspicous occasion. (2) The robbery of the National Bank, Simpson's road, East Collingwood, Victoria. Three armed and masked desperadoes compelled the manager and his clerk to surrender, threw them down, and strapped their hands behind them. The robbers then marched off with the large sum of £1175 10s. Of this sum £950 was in notes, of which the numbers are not [known. The police are believed to have secured the robbers and their accomplices. (3) Mr Downer has succeeded in the South [ Australian Parliament in defeating and turning out the Ministry. Since then Mr Downer has succeeded in forming a new Ministry, which is ' composed 'as follows :—Premier and Attorney-General, Mr Downer ; Chief Secretary, Mr Spence; Treasurer, Mr Newland; Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr Bowe; Minister of Public Works, Mr Darling; Minister of Education, Mr Cockburn. (4) A very shocking tragedy has occurred at Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. A man named Lines, shot his wife and her paramour, killing them both. He then shot himself dead.