The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 208, 3 September 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1877.

From our telegrams to-day it appears that the Turks have been victorious iv more thau one engagement to the north of the Balkans, the Russians on one occasion having not only beeu defeated but routed. We have been so frequently told that a decisive battle was imminent, which battle never was fought, that we are naturally a little sceptical with regard to such predictions, but there seems to be ev»ry probability that in the present instance a crisis is approaching, as the Turks have assumed the offensive along the whole line. We may look for important news in the course of the next day or two. The attention of voluuteers is directed to a telegram which appears elsewhere, wherein are laid down the conditions upon which certificates of efficiency and capitatioa allowance will be granted in the future— that is until the next regulations are issued which, from the frequency with which they have already appeared, may be looked for at no very distant date. From a lady correspondent we have received some "Lines to my dear departed Aun,.'_' While we cannot but admire the Christian spirit that pervades these lines wo are constrained to say that they are bett r fitted for home perusal than for publication. Attention is directed to the sales by auction by Mr Mabin at the Port to-morrow. The first will take placo at 11-30 a.m. at Cross' Wharf of the cargo of the Esther from Lyttelton, and the other at noon at the Government bonded store of cargo from the Queen Bee. Full particulars are given in the advertisements. The total amount paid by Government as compensation to Provincial officers whose services have been dispensed with was £12,719 133 lid. A schedule of all officers dispensed with is to be laid before the House, on which the Government propose to make recommendations, if they think fit. The Marlborough Express states that tenders will shortly be called for laying or distributing the poles for the new telegraph line from Blenheim to Top House, via Renwick. In the meautirae the poles are being brought over by instalments by the Lyfcteltoii from Wellington. Row to meet the winter. After the debilitating heat of summer, the constitution is illtitted to encounter the sudden climatic changes of winter. The interval between the two seasons is the time to brace up the system to encounter the variations of temperature to which it will be subjected. Taken three or four times a day during the autumu and at tne beginning of winter Udoli'ho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps fortifies the system against coughs, colds, rheumatism and other complaints iueident to the latter season. — Ad Ft.