PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 30, 3 February 1872, Page 2

PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Examiners having obtained permission from the Central Board to publish the result of the examinations of candidates for the Provincial Scholarships in anticipation of the report to be sent in at the next meeting have kindly handed to us the following statement, which will doubtless be read with keen interest in the country districts : — LIST OF CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF MERIT. Macks.

the surface of the water the body of a defunct dog with his four paws held up in a beseeching manner, as if entreating some one to consign him to an earthly grave, while at low water the same object was to be seen lying helplessly on the tnud. As the spot which this stinking thing has haunted for so long is but a few yards from the office of the Board ot Works, the conclusion may fairly be arrived at either that there is no Inspector, or that he is not fully acquainted with his duties, or that he hns a partiality for the smell of dead dog, and considers it to be conducive to the health of the community. I noticed yesterday that the corpse was being buried, but as natural causes would very soon have caused it to cease to be offensive, I think this is almost a pity, as on strangers visiting Nelson and passing the skeleton as they must do on their way from the port to the town, they could not fail to be impressed with the unbounded faithjthe inhabitants must have in the healthiness of the place, seeing that it was a matter of perfect indifference to them how long the remains of any animal whose mortal career had terminated near one of our highways were permitted to taint the air with a fever-bearing odour. While on this subject I would direct attention to another spot where the germs of a serious epidemic are to be found in profusion. An open drain from Southstreet empties itself into a ditch in Nilestreet West, and at the junction of these two savory trenches there may be seen by those who are curious in such matters, a mass of corruption that promises, if this unhealthy weather should last much longer, to provide ample occupation for doctors and gravediggers. This is not the fault of the Inspector of Nuisances, but of those who consider open drains to be preferable to a complete and efficient system of sewage. Already, there are reports of typhoid fever having broken out in our midst; before long the newspapers will possibly have to chronicle the advent of Typhus, on whose sombre banner, as it marches victoriously through the town will be emblazoned the proud motto — "I came, I saw, I conquered." The mourning friends and relatives of those who fall in the futile struggle with this dreaded ' enemy will, when too late, look back with sorrow and regret upon their neglect to take such precautions as might have kept the foe outside the citadel. The Wakefield Steeplechase, which I am afraid may now be said to have taken the place of the once famous Nelson races, is to come off in about a fortnight, and the entrances for the principal event have been made, and the weights published. The handicappers have piled up the agony with a vengeance, and to the owner of Rustic, who has been doomed to carry the crushing weight of 12st. 7lbs., I would suggest the propriety of procuring a " howdab," as being the simplest and moat picturesque manner of supplying the dead weight that he will have to carry. The proportionate weights assigned to the various horses may be fair enough, but if they all traverse the course with their heary loads without a breakdown none will be more surprised than F. For remainder of news see fourth page.

T3 H S3 on o o g 60 SO g 'S DISTRCTSs. ,5 I .3*; c, ~ Names. v ||§ o o <j oo £p-i O E-t Maximum Makes 120 50 50 50 270 1. Bullard . . Z Z. IT Motueka 90 50 41 50 231 2 HarknessJ Richmond 88 50 45 45 228 S.tuElzS. Motueka 95 50 48 30 223 4. Thompson F Richmond f 50 35 40 218 5. Harkness G.\ "... Richmond 35 50 35 30 200| 5 Bartlett f Waimea West North Division ... 70 50 SO 30 200/ 6. Myers ... Motueka 85 40 43 25 193 7. Buchholz M Motueka 95 30 45 SO 190 8. Hodgson Spring Grove 65 50 38 35 188 9. Towy ... * Richmond 3S 50 45 45 178 10 Firth Cobden 53 50 40 30 173 11 Bell Hillside 41 50 40 35 166 19 Thorburn Waimea West North Division ... 33 50 43 25 151 13 Jennings Pangatotara 45 10 43 25 123 14 Staples . .. Motueka 60 10 38 10 118 it. Batty Cobden 50 0 30 7 87 16. Fowler Riwaka 60 0 30 5 85 17. McCann Cobden 0 30 35 15 80 18. Hankin Cobden 25 0 20 10 55 19. Stanton Riwaka 0 0 26 0 2b 20. Fattie Riwaka 10 0 10 5 25