The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 242, 3 October 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1876.

There seems to be some little chance of getting the business of the session proceeded with now, as from our Parliamentary telegrams received to-day it appears that (Sir George Grey is beginning to knock up. So worn out was he last night that he wanted the House to adjourn at au early hour, but such a request was not listened to in the face of the fact that the amount of work remaining to be done at this late period of the session is entirely owing to the obstacles that have been continually placed in the way of the transaction of business by Sir George Grev and his party. In our telegrams to-day will be found a warning from the Kumara goldfield against overcrowding it. Miners are advised that unless they are provided with sufficient means to keep them for three mouths they should not join in the rush that has set in, as that time must elapse before the gold is obtainable. As a rule these cautions are of little avail when once a rush has been fairly started, nevertheless we publish it, so that those who are thinking of visiting the new field may not be able to say that they were not forewarned. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, Snowden Brothers, of Waimea East, sued W. White for £85 lis. Mr Acton Adams appeared for plaintiffs and Mr Fell for defendant. The plaintiffs' case was that they had had sold and delivered to defendant Gil bushels of barley at os, equal to £152 19s, but bad received an acceptance for £50 and owed defendant £17 18s for beer, leaving the balance sued for. The defence was that the barley had not been purchased, but that defendant was merely storing it for them, and that the acceptance for £50 was given to accommodate the plaintiffs, the barley being held as security. Evidence having been heard at some length, the plaintiffs were nonsuited. —Cann v. Rowe. This was an action to recover £20 for clothes supplied to defendant. Mr H. Adams appeared for plaintiff, for whom judgment was given for amount claimed and costs. A meeting of the Eegatta Committee, at which a full attendance is requested, is called for this evening at 7-30 afc the Trafalgar Hotel.