The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 235, 4 October 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1877.

Some endeavor should be made by our representatives to remedy the general" state of muddle that prevails with regard to the arrival and departure of the English mails at and from Nelson, as at present we ape eptirely dependent upon tbe unsubsidised Union Co.'s steamers, which of late have been remarkable for the eccentricity of their movements. The latest arraugement is that the San Francisco mail, due at Auckland to-morrow, is to be brought down the East Coast by the Hawea, aud will probably arrive at Wellington on Sunday. The next Union Company's boat leaves thafc port for Nelson on Monday week, the loth insfc., so that if we had to to trust to that ljue find route for our mails we should not receive them until they, had been eight days iv Wellington. If, instead of being forwarded via the East Coast by the Hawea, they were detained iv Auckland they might then reach us next Thursday after tbey had been in the colony some six or seven days. To one of these alternatives we should most assuredly have been reduced but that tha Government were communicated wifch, the inconvenience of the new arrangement was pointed out to them, and ifc was suggested that one of the Anchor Line should be subsidised for the purpose. This has been done, aud the Murray which leaves

here, for Wellington to-morrow will remain there until the arrival of the Hawea, when she will sail with the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast mails. It is high time that the present state of uncertainty that prevails in connection with the mail service was pufc an end to, and thafc our business men and others interested should know within a day or two at least when they might look for their letters, and when they would be required to despatch their outward correspondence. A writer in this morning's Times fiuds fault with fche recipients of aid from the Queen Bee Relief Fund for not returning their thanks. He must have omitted to notice in the report of the general meeting of the Committee that the Sub-Committee stated that they had received letters of thanks from all to whom cheques were forwarded, including those who declined to accept assistance. We are requested to state that the balance sheet showing the 'receipts and expenditure will be published in the course of a few days. The Naval Brigade's boat having been considerably strained during the gale which she encountered while searching for fche shipwrecked passengers of fche Queen Bee, the matter was represented to the General Government, and they at once placed a sum of money at the disposal of the Brigade to have the Aurora strengthened. Tenders ara called for the execution of the work, and Tuesday next is the day on which they are to be sent in to the Secretary. An apparent anomaly explained. Persons apparently in the possession of vigorous health are frequently unablo to undergo even a slight amount of exertion. This disability is usually the result of local weakness. ;When it exists, physical effort speedily brings on exhaustion. In order =to supply thia want of local strength, aud to impart the requisite power and suppleness to muscles naturally weak, use Udopho Wolfb's Schihdam Asohatic Schnapps.— Advt.