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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 39, 14 February 1877, Page 2

The presentation of the New Zealand Cross to Sergeant Maling for deeds of bravery in the Native war will take place in the Botanical Gardens at half past six oclock to-morrow evening, when the whole of the volunteer corps in the district, as well as the representatives on their way to the colonial Wimbledon, will take part in the ceremony, which the Government desire to make as imposing as possible. * The volunteers mustered for the usual monthly inspection last evening, falling in opposite the Police Station. After going through the usual preliminaries they marched over to the Botanical Gardens, where a rehearsal of the manoeuvres which will be gone through to-morrow took place. The corps then proceeded through the town down to the Port and back to the Drill Shed, where they were dismissed. The attendance was not very large, but it is to be hoped it will be larger to-morrow. jThe men looked well, and a good deal of spirit was shown in \ the performance of the various tactics. The Artillery Band was present, and played several lively tunes. The picnic in connection with the Sunday School of the Presbyterian Church took place yesterday in the Maitai Valley, and was very • umerously attended by the scholars and other young people belonging to the congregation. There were also present, in addition to the teachers, a considerable number of the adult members of the congregation. The occasion seemed to be one of much enjoyment to all present. A large mvmber of prizes were distributed by the Rev P. Calder to the scholars. The following were the traffic returns of the Nelsou and Foxhill Railway for the four weeks ending January 13, 1877:— Passengers, £427 lis lOd; Parcels. &c, £12 17s 8d; Season tickets, £6 18s; Freight 279 tons, timber 38,7 13 feet, bales of wool 183, and one cow, £124 3s Bd. Total, £571 lis 2d. The Hart and Searell Company made their first appearance last night in a very pleasant entertainment entitled " Happy Hours," which was written especially for this company by Mr Searell, in order to give Mrs Hart an apportunity of displaying her versatile talents. The plot is simple, but amusing, and Mrs Hart appears in a variety of characters, and evidently afforded great pleasure to her audience by her acting, singing, and dancing. Mr Hart also acted with much spirit, and proved himself to be an excellent vocalist ."and instrumentalist. Mr Searell's performances on the piano were loudly applauded, as canbe easily believed by the many in Nelson to whom his talents as a pianist are known. • The Company will appear again this evening, aud those who attend may make sure of spending a very pleasant couple of hours. The Nelson Lodge of Odd-Fellows will meet at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms this evening at half-past seven. At the morning service at Christ Church to-day (Ash Wednesday) an offorfory was made without previous notice on behalf of the sufferers by the floods at Motueka. The amount, £5 3s 7d, has been placed at the disposal of the Rev S. Poole, Incumbent of that Parish, for immediate relief of the suffers, some of whom, we understand, have lost everything. Some little excitement was occasioned in the vicinity of the cricket ground to-day by the unwarrantable conduct of two men who had been placed on the hill side to warn people off, the use of it having been granted to the Committee during the match days. Mr George Elliott was coming over the hill when he was seized by these men aud thrown down and generally ill-treated. A number of people who were on the road below, seeiug what was going on, went up and took the law into their own hands, rolling one of the men (whose name, we understand, is Pratt) down the hill amidst loud groans and jeers. Those who have taken so much trouble of late to get the cricket ground into good order will be pleased to learn that the English team speak in high terms of its excellent condition. " The Weak Eat Herbs," says the apostle and without denying the efficacy of mineral medicines in certain cases, it may well be doubted whether those remedies which are derived from the vegetable kingdom are not the most efficacious as well as the safest. Certainly the astonishing cures of dyspepsia, kidney disease, rheumatism, and of the numerous maladies in which tonic medication is serviceable effected by Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, whose constituents are vegetable argue strongly in favor of botanic treatment. — Advt.