SWIMMING BATHS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 80, 21 March 1876, Page 2

SWIMMING BATHS.

To the Editor oi? the ' Evening Mail.' Sir— ln one thing at least Nelson is deficient, and that iB saltwater swimming baths. Tliey are almost as essential to the preservation of health in a climate line ours as good drainage, and 1 venture to sugge»t to the City Council the desirableness of providing them. But suppo«ing that the Council has enough work already in hand, why not erect the baths by say £5 shires f They would yield a hand-some dividend, and at the sime time the shareholders would hive the satisfaction of adding to'the attractions of the place. In Wellington they have' recently erected a second swimming bath in the harbor. The dimension? are 88 yards by 35 yards, and there are forty dressing closets besides other conveniences, and q, nice shelving bottom from 3ft to Bft. The cost was about £1,200. So far, I am assured, the undertaking has been a complete success No fewer than 6,537 bathers attended during last moutb, and the daily attendance frequently numbered oTpr 300, about half being ladles. I forward the Rules and Regulations for your perusal. — Yours, &_., Citizen. m -i i-ll ' __■'.! ■ j_y_»

\ *Tfie Pc_tf says that Bishop Hadfield, < w'Hjjij has -had a long and serious illness, I is|-Cpnvalesceot, and that he purposes : leming for Nelsou shortly, in the hope tb;l»tr\a short stay in this gehUl climate may thoroughly re-cstablisli^his wbutod health and energies. In ifs first number Iha JVew Zealand Liberator, a now temperance journal published in Dunedio, is hy no means temperate in ils stylo. In its opening article, it says : — '■ The clang of tbe battle may bo loud, the onslaught m«y bo fierce, aod the coolest long and determined, but of victory wo have not a shadow of doubt. Friends mny forsake us, our foes may be many and cruel, our contemporaries may rush at us with open mouth aud loudly denounce us, but the memory of the slain! tho groans of the dyingl the chains of the slave! and the vision of liberty! shall nerve ua to prolong tbe strife till loud and long huzzis shell proclaim that universal mau is free from the inebriating curse." Referring to the wreck of the Strathmore on the Ciozet Islauds, tbe Otago Daily Times makes un excellent suggestion. It remarks : — "Now Uie cuds ofthe earth are being brought to«r«ther, and regions, ooce regarded as Ultimce Thules of civilisation, are coming into notice as probable halting-places, or receptacles for surplus population. If not viewed thus, they certainly command attention na possible stumblingblocks to travelling vessels. Assuming that these propositions are souud, it therefore follows that islands on any of the great ocean highways ought to be periodically visited for tbe purpose of ascertaining whether unfortunate* castaways may not be lingering between life and death on ono br other of them. This we regard as coming within the legitimate province of the Imperial Government. Why should uot instructions be issued to the commanders of the various naval stations to despatch cruisers periodically to visit and examine islands so situated ? Tho service would be one baying a noble purpoaa in view, and would, moreover, afford wholesome exercise for officers and men wbo otherwise might be effeminately wasting their time in some harbour." Madame Carandini, having married both her daughters in ludia, has herself returned to Melbourne. Michael G-ately, the Melbourne hangman, is a big powerful man, and when he gets drutik is the cause of much trouble to the police, as he becomes perfectly mad for the time, and dangerous to approach. Recently be wns locked up for drutikeness, and next, morning ho wns discharged. On Tuesday, says a Melbourne paper, he got drunk again, and, shortly before four o'clock in fhe nft.ernoou, created a disturbance in Little Collins street by attacking passers by. Word was sent tp the watch-house, and a couple of constables went to arrest the fellow. In the mean time he had gone into the back yard of the Hunt Club Hotel, aud was smashing things there when tbe constable arreßted him, though uot be fore he had wounded one mnn with a pewter pot. Gately was charged with vagrancy at the City Police Court, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labor.