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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 179, 26 July 1878, Page 2

At a late hour last night a telegram was received by Captain Walker of the steamer Lady Barkly from Motueka, informing him that a seriou3 accident had occurred to his mother, who lives at Puramahoi, Takaka, a messenger having been despatched over the ranges for the purpose of telegraphing to Nelson. Captain Walker at once went down to the Port, steam was got up as speedily as possible in the Barkly, which sailed at once for Puramahoi with Dr. Farrelle on board. She was returning to Nelson when we went to press. During the hearing of the case at Christchurch of Eankin v. the Norwich Union Insurance Company, Mr Heywood stated that in no case doea insurance on a building cover

tfegister grates, stoves or ni ante, pieces,, unless ,they are, spqqaily, mentioned in^tfae proposal, form .under t^e head, of This wil,l tie ijews io riiaiiy ilisiiter'i who have hitherto oeen accustomed to regard these articles as coming within the policy effected on a building, though they might not be expressly detailed. Mr Vincent Fyke, M.H.R., thinks thero is a great deal of unnecessary fuss, made ii boot the extension of tlie franchise, believing, a<s lie. does, that there is uo such demand, for it as is attempted to be- shown, by, the parties chiefly interested.,. In his rhc'e'n. MdiVsn to the el'pcto Vs IV. said:—-: There is a great deal o!P. dimculty in putting men on the roll, but there is a worse difficulty than tba*fc, in. the apathy and inaction of, the electors tl_eulselves. J wijl giv c r.'.. illustration of the indifferent o*_ the electors. At the last election in Dunedin, where there was a great deal of public feeling excited— it was not a tame election, both parties in the State were doing their utmost to excite the people into 'A political furore „?„ttd • What was the issue? There \yeVe on the roll 3335 electors, and how ttmny of these voted? A minority, gentlemen. Ouly 1552, being considerably less than one-half the electors. At Roslyn there were 843 electors on the roll, aud the total number polled was only 279, about one-third of them. At CavershaM, which is & vety loud voiced political district, there Were 930 electors on the roll, arid all w'hd Vd'ted, were, 462, not more thaii half. Now, geutlemen it is no use to give to men privileges if they will not exercise them, aud therefore, when men talk about the extensiou of the franchise, it is their duty to take pains to roiise the people to come to the polling booths, and to record their votes Wlien" called upou so to do." t A fire occurred at Takaka on Tuesday last which resulted in the total destruction of the house and store occupied by Mr McNamara. The building, we understand, was insured in the Norwich Uuion Company for £600. It is reported that Mr Edmunds, of Allington Farm, has sustained a severe loss in a couple of cart horses which, on entering the stable yesterday morning, he found dead.