THE COLONIST Published Daily—Mornings. Nelson, Friday, May 24, 1895.

Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8256, 24 May 1895, Page 2

THE COLONIST Published Daily — Mornings. Nelson, Friday, May 24, 1895.

Gas Making. — It the next ordinary meeting of the City Council, Cr Akersten will move as follows : — " That no departure from the present authorised method of manufacture of gas be made until thu Council shall hare received notice of any proposed change, and have duly and exhausiively deliberated thereon. And that ths imported foreign shale shall not be used until the question of tha comparative values and qualities of the > two ooala now under consideration shall have been fiaally settled by the Council. And tint, pending such settlement, witb a view to ' improve the brightness of the gas, sufficient , Collingwood coal be used as before." Notice j of his intention to move the foregoing was , handed into the Council office ysi>terday * afternoon by Cr Akeraten. j The Queen's Bibthda*.— The H Battery ' and the Garrison Band will parade ihis morning, and a Boyal Baluta will be fired at i eight o'clock. A general holiday will be i observed, the bsnki and all the publio offioes i will ba closad. It may be txpeoted that the i steamer and railway excursions will b& well i patronised. i Thb Cixt Gasworks.— ln conseqaence of ' certain facts alluded to yesterday morning very considerable interest is, at the present ' time, being taken in the working of the city 1 Gasworks. We understand that the Finanoe < Committee of the City Council met yesterday afternoon, when matters connected witb the i Gasworks were taken into consideration, j From what we have been able to gather the members of the Committee were unfavorable to the proposal that an expert ihould be en* ■ gaged to examine and report on tho works. If seems to have bten reiohed that the Com- ' mittee itself ihould make enquiry. A viiit of inspection was mads to tht works, and the ] evidencs ot Mr Hart, the foreman, and of Mr 1 G. Garrett, the ga»fitter, was t*ken. We j gather, too, that Mr Jiokell ii to be examined on Saturday next. The Committee, it ap- 1 pears from wbat we learn, examined the 1 photometer, with th» object of ascertaining ] the illuminating power of the gas. The f photometer in question is known «i an in- i ferential photometer, and it is s»id tbat one 1 member af the Committee declared tbkt it was < well named as it was possible to infer jast t what one might like. The general opinion t was that the instrument was inoapable of registering aeourately, |but it was decided j not to touch Bame until the enquiry j had been completed. We hear that j in response to enquiries, telegrams were re- ( ceived staaog that at Invereargill, Baunner \ coal gave an illuminating power of 18 and a hall candle power, aod at Danedln of 18 caudle power, .while at Westport the same coal as used in Nelron yielded gas of 18 and * a half oandle power. If, in face of this, an illuminating power of over 21 candles is * obi aim din Nelson, as wai stated on Friday ' last, the result must, of oourse, be regarded c as eminently Bucoe»sfo]. We hear tbat the Committee decided to test the gaa on Satar- £ day night at the Masonio Hall, and at Te Ato House ; also to visit, and note the lighting, at the premius of those who petiiioaed the Couno.l. The Committee, as we learn, ' intend to make a oartfol enquiry. Relative c to the kerosene shale obtained from Welling- * ton, we hear that the order was only sent ' away lait week after tho petition complaining B of the gas had been signed. ° City Riflbb' Soouii and Danch.— The \ aooial anu ustnoe to t*ke place in the Prcvin- jj oial Hall this evening, under the manage- . ment ot the City Bifle oorpa, promise to ba E highly guccesiful It may be takeu for j, g> anted that the Hall will be effectively . deooraied, and we learn that the oaptain of j the Loohnagar hes kindly lent the ship's p fl3gs to adorn the building. The prooeedings will commence with a capital concert, after whfoh there will be dancing. G Shipping Bablb? to South Australia. — We learn tbat three or four of the barley L growers of Appleby and Waimea West have decided on shipping their barley to Booth Australia, the New Zealand market being so unsatisfactory. Fooxbaul Bstbbbbs. — Mr A. O.'derehaw has been appoibtsd referee for the match to-day al the Park, Pirate v. Nelson (junior cop), and Mr S. Levien will offioiate in the match Prince Albert v. Albions to-morrow.

Shipping Bablby. to London.— ln our last iaane it was mentioned thtt a large grower of barley had suggested thai the growers of that grain should oombine and sand their barley to London. Messrs Founders and Oo now intimate that t'a-.ir ca'-ia information from London leads then to think -.hat a fair prioe oan be obtained in tha m ;rket f :>r mailing quality, and that they ar* prepared to advance and ship by atsamer, or, if a sufficient quantity is offered, by sailiDg ve>9?l. Shirping by sai in? vessel will of eoursa aime oheaper> as freight will be less. We understand that) about six thousand eaoke would be a ioad for tbe Loohnagar. ad tbere would be no difficulty, we understand, in getting thit quantity. Those who ;hink wII of the proposal to ship to Lond n thji'd l^se no time in commiT icUhu w< h tha firm mentioned. Prince ALBKRr Football Glub.— At a meeting of the Prince Albert football Club to be held at tin Panama H tel to-morrow eveningv several impjrtant matters will be brought forward for consideration, end one of t'ltra in fart oular requires the attentioo o: all oonneated with tho Club. The digonssi n of the promised trip to Golden Bay to play the return match against the Golden Bay Rugby Union, and the proposed tnur on the West Coast to play at We.tport, Greymouth and ilokitika will also be brought up. Beoobd to Foxhill.— MrR. W> Shalionss was the first ojclist to ecß&y the task of making a new recird frcm Town to Foxhill and baok. Punctually at a quarter paat two yeßtcrday Mr Shallcraas left the pedestal in Trafalgar street, a considerable number witnessing his departure. About five o'olock quite a crowd had assembled to watoh for the return, whioh was a lit ! e eariiar than h%d be?n anticipated, the ti.io m<de being iwo hours fort?- eight minute, the former i-eoord of Mr Mercer being thus lowered by twentynight minutes. FoxhiU wo,i reaoh:d in oae hour and forty minute*. Ut Shallcrasa had to dismouot at the bottom of this hiil bef.re reaching Gaukrodger's, 6is the road wai not rideable, and his a'so hid to dismount it Waktfield through a piece M wire which waß lyicg on the road getting ioto the wife's, whioh oauaed a slight d Ly. The road was in good order, although He felt the want of a pacemaker, Now that (he b ill has been set rolling, with a coutinuauce of fine weather, o>b.9r contestants will be busy at their task, and excitement Will run higii. E&ah oantestint will hava tnieo oppor.onit es. The only pactiiiakar for Mr Shsllcrass was Mr Or. M. Simpson, who roda in with him from Riohmond. To Sawhillebs.— lt will be obser»ed by advertisement that the Government are calling for tenders for the supply of one hundred thousand fee', of timber. S t ecificat ons may be seen at the Post Office, Nelson. I.O.G.T— In order to allow its m mbere an opportunity of attending the City Rifle:.' social, the Loyal Ne son Lodge will meet to-moirow evening instead of t .'-nigh'-. Footbaui. — A general practice will be held by the Nelson Football Club on Baturd*y afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Botanical Reserve. It is specially requested that all players may put in an appearance. The Labor Market. — In respo:.s9 to an advertisement stating that twelve good pick and shovel men were wanted for three weeks' work, tbe Railway Manner, we learn, received only fourteen appliaatijcs, and but nice of the applicants were taken on. Of the whole fourteen, tha Railway Manager only knew one by sigh', co that it would seem that those who are Bometimea to be seen standing at street i orner3 waiting for a job ere either employed at presen*, or are cot good pick and shovel men. It is satisfactory to find that the i*bjr market is njt in a very bad condition. A Noxious Weed.— A ge.tleman resident in the Waimea ha 3 sent m a specimen of the thorn apple, which he informs us may be found in some places in the Waimea and on the river beds. Profeascr Kirk say* of this plan f , that "in pastures where miloh cows are kept it is a dangerous weed, be'ng very poisonous, and Bhould therefore be eradicated ; although it is uu.ikely any but very quiet animals will eat it, Bave in time 3 of scaroity. The -Chief Inspector of Stook, Quesnehnd, reported some five years ago that quantities of this p^nt grow in the neighborhood of Toowoomba, and thtre have bsen m*ny deaths in cattle from eating it." The Bpecimen sent us ii in seed, and settlers will assuredly be wise if they destroy plants before the seed can bo scattered, ihis plant (Datuora Stramonium) is slated by Profeaio.Kirk to be a nature of Europe, and ii is also known by ihe following names : — Mai Apple, Dsvi's Trumpet, Doy.lj Apple, and Jimson Weed (a corruption of Jamestown Weed). Another authority says that the plant, which is described as an annuil, with smooth stem and leaves, white fl w&rg, and erect prickly capsules — itis ane;eci,Bucou!entweady, muoh branched plant, growing in New Zealand from lft to 3ft in heigh;— is a native of the East Indies, and that it was introduced into Europe by the Gipgies, and by some is stated to be tha plant from whioh the poisonous " dri " of tbe gipsies is übiained. Hebe Balling's concert at Blenheim on Tuesday night, appeara^to have givsn great satisfaction, but unfortunately thw hail was not half fall. Herr Balling's se'.eotione wars greeted with tomolsous applause. Mias Hunt (says the ' Times') has a most delightful voioe, and Mr Kids on is a baritone of fair merit. A League bus been formed ,in Hokitika for tbe promotion and development of gold mining. It does not propose to confine its attention to any partioolar locality, but to assist in plaoing more men on every goldfiald in tha Coiony, when it oan be shown that Buch goldfield can rfimnnerativaly employ them. Sihcb 1891 there has been aa increase of 24 per o<>nt m the numbar of dairy cows in the Coloby, an increase of 22 per oent in cattle, and of 18 per oent in breeding oowa. Ths miners at Bleaheitn hay« ra'ssd the prioe of flour thirty shillings per tos, on account of the risa in the price of wh.at. Thb Premier laid t»t Pntea " that the young Natirea «f to-day w«re more axpert in iheir handling of the billitrd oue Ihea in the use of the plough and t»e axe." CbUjDßbn's Trbat. — The people of Wellington bave subscribed £100 to give 2,500 poor ohilcren a treat at the Basin Seierve to day. The Wellington • Tfmea' ssya of the late Mr Gsorjs N«wm*n — " D«oea>ed wa» wall known on the Weal Coast of the Sooth Wand aa a most exp»rienoed driver. He wag at one tiiaa in tha Armed Gonatabalary. Ha was the second son of the late Mr William Newman, an old Ne'aoa identity. Tha deceased wai wtll likad, and tbe aewa of hia untimely end will be received with i egret by ill who knew him." Wb learo tLat Mr D'Aroy Dawes, son of Sir Edwin Dawsa, chairman of tha New Zealand Shipping Company ; and Mr Bandsman, nephew of Mr A. G. Sandemaa, Governor of the Bank of .England, are now touring the Colodt. Am Old Chums' Association has been started at Auokantf. Twenty years' reddance constitutes an old ohum. A Nkw Zealand colonist tent the Agent Gteneral a consignment of preserved eggs. Sir Weitby and Mr Kennaw^y campled those Bggs, and srjffared in bo doing. Their per diet was that New Zealand egga pre. served in fat are not a luooesß.