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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 225, 25 September 1877, Page 2

Dr. Lemon has received advices stating that the Batavia cable is now clear for traffic. From our English telegrams it will be seen that the international rifle match between the English and Americaus was wou by the latter by 92 points. Messrs. Sharp aud Pickering's sale of produce has been postponed until Friday next at eleven o'clock. A general meeting of the Queen Bee Relief Committee has been called for Thursday next at three o'clock, when accounts showing the receipts and disbursements to date will be submitted by the Hon. Secretary, and proposals for the distribution of the balance will be made by the Sub-Com-mittee. The balance now in hand unappropriated is about £170. Speaking of the want of confidence motion that it is rumored is likely to be moved during the current week the G. R. Argus says; -T-" Messrs Ballance and Bryce practically hold the issue in their hands as their votes will give a majority either way." The Christmas Tree has hitherto been a favorite means of raising money for church purposes, but like many another old institution it has had to make room for a new one. The " Tree " has been felled, and its timbers have beeu converted into a barque which has been named the Novelty, and has j ust completed her first voyage with a full freight, which will be discharged in the Provincial Hall tonight, the lumpers commencing their operations at seven o'clock. Her cargo consists of between 500 and 600 packages, and tickets entitling the holder to receive them are procurable at the door, where one shilling will be charged for admission, children half price, Refreshments of every description will be on sale iv the Grand Jury room, which the young ladies at the counter will be delighted to see filled with a hungry and thirsty crowd. Oue of the leading settlers of the Karamea, and one whose name and repute is widely kuown throughout the whole of Nelson aud Canterbury country, on Saturday took unto himself a wife. Mr and Mrs Charles Matthews, nee Miss Tuttle, will be passengers for Rose Bank Farm, Karamea, by the p.s. Result. Their friends in the town and country will cordially wish them loug life and happinca -. — Westport Times. The Hokitika Local Education Committee have decided upon closing the State School until further notice, owing to the prevalence of scarlet fever. This step has been adopted on the urgent recommendation of the Health Officer and Dr James. Three children are said to have died in town on Thursday, and the matter is really assuming a very serious character.! Application ha 3 been made to the Government for the use of the Immigration Barracks for the purpose of a fever hospital. At the Supreme Court at Hokitika last week Robert Morrow Hogg was tried for the recent Bank robbery afc Kumara, and found guilty of larceny. On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, the prisoner, iv a scarcely audible tone, stated that he had lent money to customers of the bank. He had lent the money in sums varying from £1 to £§, The list was in Mr Kerr's hands. Some of this money had been paid back. When he committed the robbery there was a sum of £150 short, which Mr Lanauze knew of. The halfyearly balance day was approaching, and the cash had always beeu short. He had burnt XI 9O in notes, but he had intended to have returned the money to the bank. The remainder of the prisoner's remarks were made in such a low tone that they could not be heard. He was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment. The mind is the barometer which indicates the condition of the body. Light-hearted-ness evidences a vigorous discharge of the various physical functions. Gloom and despondency, when not due to moral causes, are sympomatic of bodily irregularities or

weakness. Diseases of the kidneys and bladder and dyspepsia, are notoriously productive of mental depression. Remove the causes wifch Udolpho Wolfk's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, and the effect will also disappear.— Advt.