The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 6, 20 March 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1878.

There were a few small debt cases heard before O. Curtis and W. Oldham, Esqs., J.J.P., this morning, but they contained nothing of any public interest. His Honor the Chief Justice will be a pas senger by the Wellington from Wellington to-morrow, on his way to the West Coast, where the Supreme Court will sit next week. A cricket match between the Spring Grove and Motueka ciubs was played at Motueka on Saturday, the result being in favor of the latter eleven, who won the game with nine wickets to fall. The scores were : Spring Grove 28 and 33 ; Motueka 41 aud 21 with the loss of one wicket in the second innings. A meeting of the City Rifles was held at the Nelson Hotel last night, when about 40 members were preseut, Captain Bunny in the chair. Mr Peicy Adams was elected first Lieutenant, in the place of Mr George Hodgson resigned. Toasts and songs were the order of the evening, and the meeting broke up about half-past ten, after spending a most enjoyable evening. Tub following which has reference to a case recen'ly reported by telegram appeared in the West Coast, Twos ou Monday last: — " Mr Ilamer, the Ross agent of the Bank of New Zealaud, disappeared in a singular manner, on Friday evening. Mr Harris, manager, and Mr Embling, Inspector of the Bank, visited Ross on Friday, and during the day examined the books of the agency with Mr Hamer. On Saturday morning Mr Hamer did not appear, neither has any trace of him since been found. Conjecture has, of course,_ been busy with the cause of his disappearance, and it is generally believed that some deficiency must exist in his accounts. His present whereabouts are unknown, as no telegram has been received from Ross, and the flooded state of the river 3 renders travelling impossible." The G. li. Argus waxes sarcastic when alluding to one of the local M.II.Rs. Our contemporary says :— Mr Charles Woolcock, one of the members for the Grey Valley, baa recently been rusticating in the arcadian fields of Motueka, the verdancy of which is only surpassed by that of the iuhabitants thereof. Early ties, however, go for much, and it is not a surprising thing that during the re-visit of the hon. gentleman to the scene of his earlier life, the unsophisticated tillers of the soil and growers of fruit, should be induced to present him with political capital in the shape of a request that iv the event of a general election he would coudescend to become their representative. But the responsibilities of his present position weighed too heavily upon Mr Woolcock's shoulders, and he magnanimously stated that much as be would have liked,. &c., to represent so highly intelligent, &c, a constituency as that of Motueka, it was '• not his intention to desert" his present constituents. This statement, we have no doubt, will take a load off the minds of those who feared that some possible event might deprive the Grey Valley of the valuable services of its member. fgAw enabling tonic. A medicated stiaiulant that enables those who use it to resist disease, the influences of exposures, sudden changes of temperature, and to perform an extra amount of intellectual and mechanical labor, may be called an enabling tonic. These enabling properties are possessed in a wonderful degree by thafcj strength creatiug aud health perpetuating ally of Nature, Udoliuio Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps Advt.