The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 127, 29 May 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1878.

Upon the deputation re the Porfc railway being appointed yesterday morning, His Worship the Mayor telegraphed to Wellington, asking when it would be convenient to i Ministers to grant an interview. A replywas received last night, stating that they ' would be happy to receive the deputation on J Monday, consequently they will leave here by the Wellington on Saturday. It will be remembered that in Colonel Whitmore's telegram to Mr Sharp on Monday he said :— " Beyond the recognised legal margin the Government bave no means outside the Loan Act of raising money, and owing to the prolonged delay in raising the loau all the margin was exhausted." Aqd again, " I fancy the question must be misunderstood, as no reasonable person could ask us to spend money we have not got, and cannot get except by breaking the law." Colonel Whifcmore appears to have overlooked section 7 of the " New Zealand Loan Act, 1877, which runs as follows:— "Pending the raising of moneys hereinbefore authorised to be raised under this Act, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to appoint any two or more persons he may think fit to be Agents, and in their appointments to define the relative powers of such Agents, who shall have full power to borrow and raise, or to obtain as an advance, such sum or sums of mouey, nofc exceeding the sums mentioned in the third section of the Act, (£2,500,000), as the Governor in Council may from time to time direct and determine, and to take up the same sum or sums of money from time to time by the sale, hypothecation, or mortgage of debentures (hereinafter referred to as ' short-dated debentures "), as such Agents shall prescribe." No doubt this clause will be brought under the notice of Ministers by the deputation, from whom we shall probably hear something definite on Monday. At the Magistrates' Court this morning, before O. Curtis and N. Edwards, Esqs., J.J.P., tbe following cases were heard:— T. H. Foy v. J. Berrey, of Marlborough, for £6 13s. Judgment for amount claimed and costs £2 Is.— Peat and Thornton v. J. M'Kay, of Blenheim, for £ I Us.6d. Judgment for amount claimed and costs lis. A correspondent telegraphs from Richmond that the Cup at the Coursing Match was won to-day by Mr Harkness' L'Esprit, a fawn colored slut by Pellmell out of Scrap, own sister to La Rapide, winner of the Australian Waterloo Cup in 1877. She was bred by T. H. Lempriere, Esq. Pheasants appear to be less plentiful than heretofore in the Auckland district. The Herald of the 22nd instant says :— UUV.V.IJ ««.-!■ WJ.. 6 u» jxt.ii^aa.j lUOrillUf. the 182 gentlemen sportsmen who had taken out licences for killing game started in pursuit of uuwary pheasants, but up to the present no news has been received from them as regards the quantity they had bagged. Many of the Auckland sports, and some from the Thames, had taken their departure on the previous day, accoutred with guns and ammunition, and accompanied by their dogs, i but tbe greater number had made up their | minds for a stay of two or three days on the shooting grounds which they had selected." The next day the following paragaph ap- | peared in the same paper.— Those loaded | game-bags which were prognosticated have | not yet arrived iv town, notwithstanding the : assurance from all quarters that birds were I more plentiful than welcome. It would seem I as if the pheasants got due notice of the j opening of the shooting season, for the place which kuew them now knows them no more, i not because of the industry -md skill of the' i sportsman, but because they have sought fresh j grain-fields, where they receive that protection to which they no doubt think themselves entitled. One reason, however, may be given for the scarcity of thi3 game in grain growj ing districts. The farmers, in self-defence, j have yery properly entered on a raid against the birds, and by laying poisoned seed they have diminished the number of the pests of which they so bitterly complained. A very pleasant eutertainment in aid of the Nelson Institute will be given at the Provincial Hall this evening, when we hope, ior the sake of the object for which it is held, as well as out of consideration for the amateurs who are kindly giving their services, that there will be a large attendance. This, we understand, is likely to be the case, judging from the rapid manner iv which the tickets are being disposed of. Some scoundrel having destroyed the eggs laid by one of the emus, which are such a source of amusement to visitors to Foxhill and shot the female bird, Mr Jervis is offering a reward of £10 for such information as will lead to the conviction of the perpetrator of the dastardly deed. It is to be hoped this will have the desired effect of briugiug the offender to justice. An ally of nature. All attempts to force nature react injuriously upon the system. Medical treatment, to be successful, should be auxiliary and not compulsory. The cures of nervousness, debility, indigestion, insomnia, hypochondria, uterine disorders, kiduey and blodder difficulties, rheumatism, and all effections of the sensitive organs wrought by Udolviio Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps are attributable to the fact tkafc it is a potential, but never a violent compeller of nature. Advt.