The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 71, 23 March 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1877.

Me. 'Cowte, the Inspector of the Colonial Bank, 'arrived in Nelson yesterday for the. ; purpose of making arrangements for establishing a branch in this town. *•*' We -understand that H. C. S. Baddeley, Esq., has been appointed Registration ' and ' Returning Officer for the districts of Jilotueka, Waimea, Nelson, and Suburbs of Nelson fpr the election of members of the House of Representatives in the room of Lowther Broad, Esq., who resigned these offices on being appointed Revising O nicer. We learn that (the Clarence. Run, the property of Messrs Carter Brothers of Marlbrongh, comprising about 200,000 acres of leasehold, together with 45,000 sheep, has been disposed of- to- Mr W. A. Lowe, of Canterbury, for £41,000 cash. £hk members of thfe Naval Brigade will fire for ordnance prizes to-morrpw afternoon at three o'clock. The. target will be a floating one, anchored about a mile from the Bqulder Bank. There was a report current in town this afternoon that gold had been found in the Maitai Valley, but we have not been able -to obtain any authentic information on ' the subject. Objectors to the assessment in Suburban North would do well to take warning by the misfortunes of their brother ratepayers in the Waimea, between thirty and forty of whom appealed against the assessment, but neglected to appear at the Court to prove tbeir case, the consequence being that in every instance the judgment was against them... The Suburban North Court sits on Tuesday next. "Young Webber" telegraphs to us from Reef tou to the effect that at the St. Patrick's Day sports he won £59. (The nomination of candidates for the representation of Wellington in the House of Representatives takes place to-morrow. The contest appears to be carried out in an extremely bitter spirit, if we may judge by the editorial and correspondence columns of tiie local papers. Now that the extensive alterations and improvements in the Post Office are approaching completion we will give a slight •sketch of what they consist. The space previously allotted to verandahs on the east and west sidesjof the building has been en-

closed, and now forms par. of the office, thus adding ve^ry. much., to its size. Under the frchi verandah are the receiving boxes, oyer which is a window, where mail, telegraph' shipping, and other notices are posted, and suspended from the verandah roof is a gas lamp, which will be . kept burning at night for the, convenience of those v who wish tojsee' the notices "or have to post their letters." At the north east corner of the building is a room containiug the private boxes, which is also kept lighted all night, the entrance door, of course, being always left open. On the eastern side is the public office, which is entered through a capacious portico, where all other notices than those connected with the closing of mails, &c, are posted. The office itself is a fine roomy apartment, with a counter similar to thatat the Telegraph Office, . where the business of the Savings Bank, and money order and stamp office is transacted, and the Nelson public will appreciate this alteration perhaps more than any other, disgusted as they must frequently have been at" the total absence of any convenience that previously prevailed, all business having to be done at an open window, where stamps and orders have frequently been blown ou a windy day from the hands of unwary customers. This office opens into tbe sorting ana mailcarriers' rooms, jwhich, when all the fittings afe completed,! 11 be replete with [every convenience. | What formed the lobby and counter clerk'sjroom iv the old Telegraph Office have been converted into a very snUg room for the use ofthe Postmaster. Upstairs a room lis being jfitted up j. a sleeping apartment, which) will be occupied at night by one bf the clerks. The whole of the work has been most satisfactorily performed by i the contractors, Messrs Bethwaite iind Robertson, and Nelson can now boast of as well-arranged and ch; :i pact Telegraph andj Post Offices as any ta \vu in the colony, the ohly objection— a very serious-one :by the way— that can be raised. against them being that! they are so far apart. . : The Westport' Times says:4-News has been receivledof the death of an old -Westport resident, Mr Robinson, ai one time .$n auctioneer of repute. He died in Sydney from the result of an accident. Coming from the theatre he fell and broke his ancle, ;and was taken to the hospital. There he --.was put under the influence: of chloroform while operated on, and f roni the effects pt which and physical prostration he never -rallied. He was 67 years of f age. £is widow, who still lives, is in' Nelson, and in very-reduced circumstances. A Genuine Source of Health. — Thousands oft nvalids seek in vain, year after year, for sojae real source of health. They- try-one- remedy after-another -until, they begin to, despair of finding thQ much wished for object. Oh, that some beacon could light' these unfortunates groping in the dark ..to. that genuine source of health, Udolpho Woilfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, 'an unequalled specific for diseases of the stomach, bowels and kidneys, and a maichless tonic and nervine.— Advt.