Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 10, 11 January 1877, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877.

A very interesting, aud at times amusing case was heard before the Resident Magistrate I this morning, when three petitions were before'the Court regarding the late election of a Councillor for the Ridiug of Motueka, one petition having been lodged by Mr White, the defeated, against the return of Mr Bird' the successful candidate, and two from -Mr Bird and his friends prayiug that on the ; grounds stated in our report of the case the whole election might be declared void. The complications arising from having to deal with two Acts as oue were numerous, and at ' times even the lawyers seemed' puzzled* and appeared to be a tittle doubtful of the ground ou which they were standing. A clever attempt by Mr Pitt to have Mr White* petition dealt with first with a view, in the event of its being upset, to withdrawing those of Mr Bird, in which grounds were shown for declaring the election void under any circumstances, was defeated, and the three petitions were treated together, the result beiflg that the election was declared void on the ground that sufficient notice had not been given by the Returning Officer, There are other elections in the same County, that might have' been upset for a. similar reason, had' petitions been lodged within the stipulated period of; fourteen days. Any irregularities however that might have becurredintfaese have been remedied by the lapse of time, , > ; Owners of dogs are reminded that they are. require! to take out tickets for them, These may be^bbtaiued from Sergeant Nash. '■ -A Calico B%U is advertised to take placo on Thursday next th. Ifith instant. Constable Gibbs, ot Motueka Valley, 1 arrived in town to-day, bringing wjsh him a ;

poor woman named Mrs Bailey, who was in mos.\ destitute „cicpui_stanceß. It appearthat h^r husband kept a sort of accommodation shanty tin the Hope, and about a month ago left -her and their i daughter, a little girl of sotne Jeight years of age, with nothing in ;t.b^pu|e tp e;at but Slbsof flour. How they have^ifisted.for spiong is not clear, but the ■.want of food appears to have aißected the reason, until she became almost fnsane. The little girl got frightened at her mother's state, and induced her to walk with her to Mr Newport's in Motueka Valley, a distance of ; 14 miles, where she was handed .'l_r e %_9.!'be constable, who, as stated, arrived in town with her this morning aud took her to the Police Office, where she was examined -by two Lmedical men, and ordered to be placed under Mr ShaUcrass' charge. MrShallcrass sent her in a cab under Constable Gibbs charge to the Taranaki Buildings with written instructions to the matron, Mrs Carter,., to ..take her in. That lady, however, took her bundles and placed them on the o_ther side of the road, and declined to r admit the unhappy woman, who was standingoufiu^the sun when the constable left, crylrig\ bitterly afc the cruel treatment she was receiving.; Siich is Gibbs' story to us. We ! have not had time to make further enquiries^ but [it is [imperative upon the authorities to db so^ and to ascertain to what extent the charge of such inhuman conduct against the; matron can be corroborated. N_.torb is nox Uni_okmlt Generoos. To many she denies that vigor of constitution with which sheblesses others. While it may not be possible to convert a weakly person into a Hercules; judicious tonic medication may, and; assuredly doea, infuse no small amount of vigor into systems naturally destitute or ij,.and protects them against diseases to vhich they would otherwise fall a prey. The most suitable in vigorant and protective is Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic SCENA-«PS.--Advt