The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 131, 5 June 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1877.

The annual Licensing Courts for th« districts of Nelson and Suburban North were held this morning. The police haying reported favorably of the conduct of the house* all the old licenses were re-granted. la Nelson the following transfers were allowed—The Provincial Hotel to Grace Shore, the widow of the late lanilord; the Custom House to Benjamin Osborne; the Globe to Thomas Baylis. In Suburban North tha license for the Bay View Hotel to William Adnams was granted. The application of Charles King Turner for a license for a, house which he proposed to build in Happy Valley was refused, the Bench stating that no plans or description of the house had bean sent in, and further that they were of opinion that another public house was not required in the district on which ground alone they would decline to grant a license. Prior to the Suburban North Court breaking m> William Stallard applied for permission to change the name of the "Miners Arms" to the "Panama Hotel," but was informed that the Nelson Court was over, Mr Barnicoat one of the Commissioners having retired from the Bench, and further that such a requisition should hare been formally embodied in the application. A corbksp ondent informs us that a stran go looking animal has been seen at the head of the Wairoa Gorge by a party of men who were out cattle hunting. The head and horns were those of a deer, and the tail was lon*, like that of a cow. The creature, which was much larger than a deer, was pure white, and had two fawns of (the same color by its side. An attempt was made to shoot it, but failed, which is to be regretted, as such a curiosity would be well worth preserving. Thb annual meeting of the congregation of Trinity Presbyterian Church will be held at the Temperance Hall to-morrow evening Tea will be on the table at six o'clock, and the chair at the public meeting will be taken by the Hon. Dr. Renwick at half-past seven A meeting of the Football Club will be held at the Masonic Hall this evening at half -past seven. The Newstead property, the residence of the late Sir David Monro, will be sold at auction by Messrs. Sharp & Pickering tomorrow. The Richmond Cattle Fair will be held to-morrow. Thb annual election of members of the Local Committees of Education will take place in the various districts on Friday next, at noon. We shall feel obliged to the chairmen of the meetings in the country districts, if they will kindly furnish us with early reports of the results of the elections. We have frequently heard that Volunteering in the Wellington district is favored in the matter of expenditure more than in any other part of the colony, and out of proportion to the number of "efficients" on the roll, but the matter has been passed over without much being said about it. It has been left to Mr Hamlin, one of the members for Franklin (Auckland), to bring the matter prominently forward, and this he did in an address delivered to his constituents list Tuesday, in the course of which he said — " There is a remark I have to make with regard to the Volunteer service. It struck me the Volunteer body in Wellington waa greatly over-officered iv proportion to the number of Volunteers. There were about 250 men; over these there were half-a-dozen officers, whose salaries ranged from £445 15s per annum down to £100. Thus, the officer commanding Wellington had £445 15s, while at the Hutt, some eight miles distant, there was an adjutant with a salary of £300 a year. As to the disproportionate rate of pay in this Island I could mention au officer whose rate of pay is very much less, although he has often to ride from the West to the East Coast, with a far greater amount of responsibility. But he must do all the work himself without forage allowance, while the one at Wellington must have three or four others to assist him." In Nelson, we believe, that the Volunteers are very nearly, if not quite as numerous as in Wellington, while of their efficiency there can be no doubt, and yet two paid officers are found quite sufficient to perform the necessary work. From what Mr Hamlin said it is not likely that these discrepancies in expenditure will be suffered to pass by unnoticed at the next session of Parliament. Business cares and overwork are apt to react disadvantageous^ upon mind and body producing lassitude, depression, and loss of flesh. Under such circumstances the system requires to be reimbursed for the excessive wear and tear of brain and physique. The safest, surest aud pleasantest compensating agent that can possibly be used ia Udolfho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.— Advt.