The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 105, 3 May 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1878.

A notice from the officer in charge of the Telegraph Office states that during theinterruption of the Singapore - Batavia cable, steamers will run upon, certain datea up to the end of the present month. From the fact .of these arrangements having been made, it- would appear that the managers are of opinion that it will be at least three weeks before the break will be repaired. The time occupied by steamers in covering the distance between the two ports named is between two and three days, sa that as the first steamer 'eaves Singapore on the Bth inst., it is impossible that we can receive any later European news than that we we at present in receipt oi

before to-morrow week, What will have occurred before that date who shall dare td say? As there is a possibility of the Wellington Catching, the .Arawafca at Wellington any mail or Australian letters that were too late for the Taiaroa will be despatched by her to-morrow morning. What may happen to a horse travelling by steamer is painfully illustrated in the appearance of a poor brute that is now in hospital at the Hardy-steet stables. The horse was shipped at Onehunga on board the Taiaroa for a gentleman who intended to have ridden him from herte to Christchurch, but if he waits for that unfortunate animal to carry him there It will be some months before he visits the City of the Plains. There being no proper accomodation for the conveyance of horses on the steamer, it was placed on deck and fenced in, but the motion o£ the vessel was such that it was banged about from one side to the other, and, we understand, ultimately broke adrift, and had to be tied down on deck, but, whatever may have been the cause, the effect is only too apparent. Both the wretched creature's eyes are buuged up, one being completely closed and discharging matter very freely; from his head to his tail he is a mass of bruises and sores; for at least a foot in length the skin is completely stripped off his tail, while his legs are about the size of and almost as stiff as those of a massive four poster bedstead. Anyone who, after seeing this poor brute, attempts to ship a horse without taking care that it is provided with decent accommodation deserves to be brought up under Martin's Act

It is stated that the late census will probably show the population of the colony (inclusive of natives) to be nearly 480,000. It will be seen by our report of the proceedings of the Education Board lyesterday that certain changes are to be effected in the Bridge-street school, the Local Committee having determined upon "raising the standard of the First Division, so that a good commercial education may be imparted there." Mk. Burltrop has shown us a good sample of Spanish chestnuts, of which he has gathered over 701bs weight this year from one tree.

At a meeting of those interested in racing held at the Nelson Hotel last night, it was decided to hold a meeting at Richmond on the Queen's Birthday. A kkpokt of the proceedings of the 33rd half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand shareholders will be found in the fourth page.

The Post of Wednesday says:— The furious northerly gale of yesterday continued with almost unahated force until late in the evening, when it gradually moderated, and early this morning a change into the southward took place. -The anemometer at the Wellington Observatory shows that 1165 miles of wind passed the instrument between 9 a.m. on Monday and the same hour to-day, of which fully 1000 miles were recorded during the 24 hours between 8 p.m. on Monday and the same hour last evening, thus giving a mean velocity during the gale af about 41 miles per hour. This of course. does not, represent anything like the maximum velocity in the hardest squalls, which was more than twice that indicated above, or equivalent to the. pressure of 321bs to the square foot of exposed surface. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, stealthy but swift, disease advances in the feeble organism. Had the constitution being^f ortified by seasonable invigoration the attack might have been warded off. Now, perhaps, medicinal succor may be unavailing. Feeble invalid, be warned in time. Thousands perish who might have been preserved by tonic treatment. Vitalize jour enfeebled system and live. Know that there is health, strength and cheerfulness in every bottle of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. — Advt.