The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1875.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 262, 4 October 1875, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1875.

One of the severest hailatorms known in Nelson occurred last night, the hailstones in many places lying four or five inches thick. Much damage .was done to the fruit blossoms. entertainment in connection with All Saints' Church, particulars of which will be found in the advertise-, ment, will he held at the Masonic Hall this evening. Thk receipts of the Spelling Bee held at the Provincial Hall last week were £45 18s, and the expenses for lighting Hall, prizes, and advertising £8 15s 6d, leaving a balance of £37 2s6d, , At the Police Court this morning, Thomas Eden, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined £l and costs? or to be imprisoned for fortyeight hours. — Richard Streeter, charged with vagrancy, was ordered to be taken to the Taranaki Buildings. Fbeqttekt? complaints have been made of late with regard to the escapes from the Lunatic Asylum of one of the inmates named Levy. Yesterday, on being arrested by Constable Beattie, he struck him a tremendous blow on the head with a mallet. On various occasions he has shown that he is totally unfit to be at large, and a little more vigilance in retaining him at the Asylum would not be amiss. Owtetg to the unsettled weather fchgre was but a poor attendance on Saturday night of those interested in establishing a Joint Stock Company for the purpose of purchasing and enlarging, the cloth factory of Messrs Webley Brothers. The meeting was consequently adjourned until to-morrow night at half-past seven. Tee second quarter of the Ladies' Collegiate School will commence on Wednesday next, the 6fch instant, when, in addition to the ordinary work of a school, special classes will be formed for the instruction in various subjects of young ladies who may have discontinued attending school. Mrs Carvosso Allen brings the highest possible references as to her ability to teach, which may be seen on application. Our telegrams gave us tbe other day the names of those who voted for the third reading of the Abolition Bill, but not of those who opposed it. They ase as follows :— Sir Gk Grey, Messrs Dignan, O'Rorke, Sheehan, Swanson, Yon der Hyde, Wood, Bunny, Hunter, Fitzherberfc, Brandon, Montgomery, -Reeves, Eolleston, Bradshaw,. J. C. Brown, Macandrew, Thomson, Murray, Stout, Reid, White, Ward, and Gibbs, of Golden Bay. The Rev Mr Agtfew,,who is spoken ,of in very high terms as a lecturer, is shortly to visit Nelson, when we may expect a great treat. The Auckland Herald writes of him:— Mr Agnew's . ,powers:as a narrator are of a very high order, and his next and last lecture ought to attract a crowded house. He will then deal with the bushranging period, and the : many remarkable characters, and incidents connected with it. These lectures are not only deeply interesting in themselves : they illustrate a period of history near to us in point of time, yet so far removed in tone of thought and political . life that they seem to come from another world. The tyranny ot the Government, the j perversion of the law, the reign of I terror which was the only brutal idea of Government in those days* have happily passed away. But it is well to have them thus vividly recalled from time to time as a reminder that liberty is only maintained at the cost of constant vigilance and by unflinching adherence to clear principle in all public It was in the name of expediency that men were first driven to despair at home and then consigned to these terrible trials abroad. It is in the name of the same expediency that similar things are now no Jdoubt being

done in New Caledonia, and countless atrocities being committed which some French Agnew will one day have to tell. "We heartily wish Mr Agnew, ii> his tour through New Zealand, the success that his ability,, his manliness, and his large-heartedness so well deserve. It ha 3 been reported that Sir George Bowen, with all his gushing, and his intense puffiing of Melbourne things in general, is somewhat; dissatisfied with the arrangements made fop his future residence. Everything appears to have been laid out on too grand a scale in the new reaidence, and the poor man fears the expense. It is reported that he has objected to reside in the new place, unless provided with the funds necessary to enable him to pay the expense of the expected balls, dinners, and parties, with credit to his vice-regal station. A correspondent of the Oamaru paper, who writes complaining of want of manners prevalent among people who are in the habit of assembling on the footpath, relates the following incident as having occurred during the last visit of Judge Ward to the district: — About two p.m. the Judge was proceeding from the Star and Garter Hotel, along the asphalt in Thamesstreet to the Court-House. When he arrived opposite Mr Burton's shop, there were three or four men standing in the centre of the footpath. Instead of saying " By your leave, gentlemen," he simply placed his right hand on the shoulder of one man and his left; on the shoulder of another, and with a vigorous push sent one flying over the kerbstone and the other towards Mr Burton's shop door. He quietly walked on, and the men were just a trifle astonished. The hot springs of the North Island are becoming more and more celebrated for their healing properties in cases of rheumatism. In addition to the famous springs of Taupo and Rofcomohana, it appears that there is another near Cambridge. The latest instance of a cure in this district is thus related by the Waikato Times of September 23 " Only recently a ploughman in Mr Firth's employ was so severely attacked with rheumatism that he was deprived of the use of his limbs, and was obliged to procure assistance in dressing and undressing. By the advice of one of Mr Firth's overseers, he procured a horse and a supply of provisions, and, accompanied by a boy to attend him, went to Ihe spring, and after a short course of treatment was completely rejuvenated. The spring is easily accessible from Cambridge by an excellent road. At present the only shelter erected near the spot is an old Maori whare, but those who desire to use the spring dan accomplish their object by going thither in a spring cart or buggy, carrying a tent and provisions. We are authorised by Mr Firth to state that the spring is unreservedly open to any one who needs ifc, and that every assistance will be rendered to suffering visitors. . Mr Firth has no desire to make any profit directly or indirectly from these springs, and we believe that he will shortly erect a dwelling-house on a convenient spot near the springs •for the accommodation of patients? undergoing treatment."