The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 64, 15 March 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1877.

The accounts that come in from the Tadmor vary so much and are so contradictory that it really seems almost useless to notice them, but as the " rush" is naturally exciting such great interest and is so much talked about we cannot pass them over in silence. One or two men have comeinto town to--day, | and pronounced the field a perfect " duffer." They show some very minute quantities of j gold, and state that there is little if any more left in the district. On the other hand, ex- j perienced miners have written to their friends in town advising them to be off to the diggings at once, as they may make sure of earning from 12s to £1 a day. ■ We offer no comment upon these reports, but merely give them for what they are worth. Mr Fawcgtt, of the Tadmor, we notice, has been telegraphing to the Otago Guardian, stating that the field is no good and that the disdiscoveries amount to nothing more than has been known for the last twenty years. A most interesting address was delivered at the Wesleyan Church last night by the Rev T. Buddie, the subject being "The Mission in New Britain and New Ireland conducted by the Rev George Brown." The following gentlemen are gazetted as members of the University Senate now in session in Nelson :— His Honor Mr Chief Justice Prendergast, His Honor Mr Justice Hichmond, the Right Rev Bishop Redwood, the Hon Thomas Fraser, Dr Hector, Mr Macandrew, and the Rev D. Bruce. Seeing that the vacancies occurred twelve months ago, and that the present sitting of the Senate is pearly concluded, the Government cannot be accused pf using undue haste in making, the new appointments. Tue nomination of candidates to represent the Riding of Motueka in tlje Waimea Council takes place to-morrow at the Institute, Wakefield, where nomination papers addressed to L. Broad, Esq., Returning Officer, must be lodgecl before noon,

•YyA feQka^spdSDENr telegraphs , to us from (Havelock that /ac a: large gathering of the members of /the Church of England in thst : : place the Rev W. Rpnaldson was on the : occasion -of /his farewell visit yesterday pre-' ..sented with.a handsome silyer tea -service*. • The" time for lodging bbjeVtiohs to thai* assessment list for the City of Nelson expired yesterday afternoon. There were a few. objections on technical points, and seventeen individuals, representing about 100 proper ties, objected on the ground that the assessment was too high. Thb "following are the, traffic returns of the Nelson and Foxhiil railway for the four weeks ending 10th February:— Passengers (4135), .X364.408.41d;, parcels, &c, £5 3d; season tickets, £25 14s. Gooda— 554 tons, 30,473 feet of timber, two calves, ten sheep, and 80 bales of wool, £104 14«, Total, £499 19s 2d. """The long predicted and inevitable collapse of the Karamea special settlement has to all appearances occurred at last. Out of the limited number of families who had been sanguine enough to believe that they might suefceed in establishing homes for themselves there, seven returned yesterday by the Wallace five of them, being penniless as well as houseless, having to be temporarily accommodated in the Immigration Barracki. If what some of them say jit to h« believed yesterday's shipment was hut the first instalment of the arrivals that may shortly bo expected from that land of promise. We are so fond of cottly experiment* in lifew Zealand. >v . t-HE LydiaYHowarde Troup© arrived by the Ringai;ooma.this morning, and -willmaKJi thehr first . appearance iri Nehon to-night. Judging from the accounts of the entertainment which have appeared in the local inewspapers wherever they have yet appeared in New Zealand, there is a rare treat in store fori tlio play-going people bf thli town. : : We have received from Mr William Arnold Thomas, of Wellington, a copy of i M The Cojunty Diary" for 1877. ; It appears jto he' ani exceedingly , useful (little publication, which should be 'obtained; by all Couucilloh. anjl others interested in Council proceedings, as {it affords the-iullest information ~it\_ regard to the Counties Act knd the other measures that are worked with it, without necessitating a reference to th^ Acts themselves. A public meeting was held at the Upper Motueka Institute on Saturday last at noon for the purpose of making an appeal to the Government for assistance in repairing the damage done to the roads by the late flood. Owing to the absence of many of the settlere . a,t.the..ladmor diggings, and it being stated in the newspapers that the Government would ,nbt grant assistance, the attendance was not large, fourteen or fifteen ratepayers being present, but this number represented nearly half the rateable property in the dis^ trict. Mr J. H. Symes was appointed chair-s-man, and resolutions were passed unani- . mously, appealing to the Government for an extra subsidy, and requesting the immediate commencement of works in the district, grants for which have been assented to by the Governor. A. vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting. A rumor is current in Dunedin that Sir F. D. Ben and Mr Pearce are to ba called to the Legislative. Council. ; It is expected that the Supreme Court will sit in Blenheim in May, and we are led to understand that two Awatere runholders intend to enliven ths proceedings by au interesting right of way case. All the legal talent in Marlborough and Nelson is engaged, and rumor says that Mr Travsrs of Wellington may also put iv an appearance. We always like actions-at-law, as they are a sure sign of the general prosperity of the community. Poor people cannot afford law.— | Marlborough Express. 1 The Knight of the Rueful Counteaance was probably a victim to the depression, j irritability and causeless apprehension which [ are symptomatic of confirmed dyspepsia. There are many such knights whose days i are.undoubtedly shortened by the misery of body and mind produced by that harassing disease. Chronic indigestion, as well as nevous debility, urinary troubles, and rheumatic affections are easily remedied by Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. — Advt.