The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 8, 10 April 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1878.

A Contemporary says tfeat ''over COO Natives have placed their names on the Electoral Roll oi the Gisborne district, Poverty Bay, and will entirely command any Election." If the Natives are in a position so largely to influence the result of elections in ordinary electoral districts, it surely is time to put a stop to special Maori representation in the Assembly. We understand that the Suez mail from Nelson overtook the Arawata at Port Chalmers, where it was transhipped from the Taiaroa. The Sau Erancisco mail may possibly arrive by the Taranaki at two p.m. to-morrow. The steamer will sail for the South by the same tide. Tnfc election of a City Councillor in the place of Mr Pickering, resigned, takes place to-morrow. Mr Johns and Mr Pickard are candidates, and their addresses to the ratepayers will be found in our advertising columns. TnE criminal sittings of the Supreme Court commence at teu a.m. to-morrow. The Opera Concert Company gave another most successful concert last night, wheu Trovatore was repeated. To-night the second part will consist of the favorite comic opera Don Pasquale. The annual tea and public meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Sunday School will be held this evening. The members of the Harmonic Society are reminded that the annual general meeting will be held at the Society's Room at niue p.m. to-morrow. There were two or three small debt cases beard in tbe Magist rates' Court this moruiug, but none of them were of any importance. The illustrated lectures which so successful last year will be repeated by Messrs Wilkins and Cowles this winter, the first to take place to-morrow night. The views of the Holy Land being colored photographs may be relied upon as faithful representations, and therefore are possessed of peculiar interest. Members of the Artillery Volunteers will find something to interest them in our telegram to day, where it is stated on the authority of the hon Col. Whitmore, that the Government intend to encourage that particular branch of the Volunteer service and to entrust to them the defence of the harbours which are to be provided with 64-pounder rifle guns. Paul Pikes was charged at the Police Court to-day with assaulting Mrs Emma Congden. After hearing the evidence, the Bench dismissed the case with costs £2 5s 6d. The sale of work in aid of the Congregational Church building fund held iv Mr Patterson's auction room yesterday afternoon and evening was largely attended, and the receipts amounted to £30. There are still £20 worth of articles left for sale. The Post complains of the manner in which the Wellington census was taken, and says that the population is actually 2000 more than represented by the returns. It says :— " We have beard of many instances in which no papers were left at houses, and many others where the papers were never called for. Again, in some cases the people in the bouse did not know how to fill up the papers, and neglected to do so, and returned them to the collector quite blank, although there were from nine to twelve persons in the house. After making due enquiry we are convinced that these complaints are well founded." These errors are attributed to fact that the enumerators sub-let the contract by the job. The largest brown trout on record (says the N.Z. limes was cought in the Shag River last week by Mr McDonald, who presented it to Mr D. Stewart, of Dunedin. The fish, which was caught with a minnow, weighed 481bs, measured 2ft. 7in. in length, and 19in. in girth. We believe this is the largest brown trout yet caught in the colony. [The length and the breadth of the trout we can credit, but the 48lbs in weight 1 Really we must draw the line somewhere.] A Press Agency telegram dated Kumara, April 5, says:— Some days ago Mr C. Brown, editor of the Kumara Times, issued a writ against Eather Henneberry for slander, laying damages at £1000, but it was not served, in the hope that Father Hennebery would retract. To-day Mr Brown's solicitor received an extraordinary letter from Father Hennebery, covering ten sheets of paper, threatening that if the action were proceeded with the police would-be at Brown's door. Brown has since instructed his solicitors to serve the writ at once. No traveller or voyager, or resident of an unhealthy region should be without a supply of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. It is the best possible antidote to the effects of any poisonous element that may exist in the water or the air, a preventive and cure of tho sea sickness, a positive remedy for indigestion, a good restorative for the convalescent an excellent appetiser, an auodye for the sleepless, a gentle 'and harmless diuretic, a constitutional invigorant, a cheering cordial for the despondent, and ond the only stimulant which can be safely introducek into the sick room or used for hospital purposes.—Advt