The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 96, 25 April 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1877.

Mb. A. S. Collins informs us that he left his house in Suburban North on Monday morning with the intention of discovering, if possible, some shorter road to the Wangamoa Sad<Ue than that at present used, and returned last night, having successfully achieved the object he had in view. With the assistance of one man he blazed a track from the Bluff Rock to the Saddle, which saves at least three miles and strikes the summit at such a spot as to allow of the descent on the Wangamoa side being considerably shortened. The gradient is in no place rn^re than one in 20, and the obstacles to making a good coach joad are few and easily overcome. The Rev. J. Beckenham was to deliver a lecture on Bush Life in New South Wales in Wellington last night. The Adelaide wheat statistics for the year have boen published, and show that the total area sown was 1,718,770 acres,, of which 211,882 acres were not reaped. The average yield of the acreage sown was 5 bushels 25 lbs, and of the acreage reaped 6 bushels 43 lbs. The latest advices state that 15,000 bushels had been sold at 6s 5d for export to New Zealand.

Mr. Mabin calls attention to the auction at the' Hope store, 'which will be continued to-morrow at 11 o'clock, it having been impossible to get through more than half the stock yesterday. The fourth half-yearly meeting of the members of the Naval Brigade was held at the Custom House Hotel last evening, Lieut. . Gully in the chair. There was a large attendance, between forty and fifty being present. The accounts for the half-year, duly audited, which showed the company to be in a heaUy condition, financially and otherwise, together with the report, were submitted to the meeting and. adopted. The election of a Secretary for the ensuing year then took place, when Petty-officer Simpson was unanimously elected. . The following Committees were elected for the coming year:— General Committee: P. O. Burn, Qr.Master Tribe, Seamen H. Freeman, J. Freeman, T. R. Taylor, and C. Cullen, with the commissioned officers and Secretary ex officio; Range Committee: P. O. Fathers, Seamen J. Freeman and T. R. Taylor. The Secretary was instructed to write to members who have not paid up, requesting them to do so at once, otherwise their name3 will be sent in to the officer Commanding the district, to be forwarded by him to the General Government, who would deal with them as they thought proper. The Secretary was also requested to write to C.Y. Fell, Esq., asking : him to stand as captain, and to Captain Cross requesting him to be nominated as honorary captain. There being two vacancies for second-class petty-oftlcers Seamen J. Dayman and Fathers were elected. An unanimous - wish -having been expressed by'the-mem-bers of |the company to make .'their late captain, JRV Richardsoij, . Esq., a suitable present in recognition of his services, it was , i decided to, have a large -photograph of the ; Aurora and her crew taken, and the Secre- : tary was directed to wait upon the various photographers in town with the view of obtaining the probable cost,"&c. The sum of £5 was voted to Coxswain Johnson for looking after the boat shed for the past year. It . was decided to hold a church parade every alternate month. "Lieutenant Gully aiid P.iO.'s W. Simpson and D. Burn were elected to represent the Brigade on the Committee" of the proposed . Volunteer Ball tb be held on the 24th of May. Vote? ,'bf thanks "were passed to the retiring Committee, the late Secretary, ..and [the chairman, and "ther meeting separated. c . , The 27 th anniversary of St. Mary's Boys School will be celebrated to-morrow, when the pupils are requested to meet the Rev. Father Gariu at the railway station at 9 a.m. whence they.will be conveyedto Wakefield. They are requested so take their lunch with them,' but tea will be provided at Mr Drager's. "A Subscriber" wants to know." whether the! drawing for' the yacht Secret has come : offi;yet, and, if so, where and with what result?" To oblige our young friend we have done that which might have been done *.v,ith equal, if not greater, facility by himself, namely, asked the. local agent for the information required: ; The raffle has not taken place, nor has the. money, of the Nelsou shareholders yet left the agent's hands.. The next feq.itest.we expect to have made, as the result of our good nature in the present instance, 1 isthat we ivill be goodenoughto step upito an Insurance office and enquire whether 1 the correspondent has paid his premium when due, he having forgotten, and being too lazy to ascertain for himself . The following is the full text of the Red- ; wood-Robinson correspondence which appeared in the Christchurch morning papers onMonday last:— * Sir— lwish to be allowed to express to you my most profound regret and sorrow for the gross assault I committed on you on Tuesday night, aud in tendering you my humble and public apology for this assault I; wish it further to be known that not the slightest provocation of any sort was given to me by you at the time, nor was a word said by you which could in any way justify my conduct, and that the blow given by me, with a stick, was totally unexpected by you. lam, yours obediently, H. Redwood. The Hon. Wm. Robinson, Christchurch." Mr Robinson's reply is as follows: — " Sir— ln reply to your letter of to-day, conveying your apology for the assault you committed on me, I have to state that out of regard for many members of your family whom I have known for many years and for whom I have much respect, I do not intend to press the case in the Police Court against you, and therefore for these reasons, but for no other, I accept your apology. Yourobedient servant, War. Robinson. H. Redwood, Esq." A correspondent writes asking why the lower part of the Wood was not canvassed for subscriptions towards the Motueka relief fund, iHe says in the upper part £18 was raised, and that an almost equal sum might have been obtained in the lower end had it been properly canvassed. A Quadrille Assembly will be held in Mr C. King's Assembly Room to-morrow evening. Dancing commences at B*ls o'clock. The Wellington Post mentions that Mr George, the manager of the gasworks there, has been asked to inspect the Nelson works, but that it is not yet settled whether he can do so. . • ; The Government Gazette notifies the appointment of H. V. Gully, A. Pitt, and F. W. Irvine, Esqs., as trustees offc he Nelson Savings Bank, vice W. Adams, Esq., who has ceased to reside in Nelson, H. Goulstone, Esq., resigned, and S.'Strong and R. Lucas, Esqs., deceased. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, stealthy but swift, disease advances in the feeble orgauism . Had the constitution being fortified by seasonable invigoration the attack might have been warded off. Now, perhaps medicinal succor may be unavailing. Feeble invalid, be warned in time. Thousands perish who might have been preserved by tonic treatment. Vitalize your enfeebled system and live. Know that there is health, strength and cheerfulness in every bottle of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. — Advt.