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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 193, 12 August 1878, Page 2

A deputation consisting of Messrs Baruicoat, the Chairmau of the Waimea County Council, White, the Chairman of the Waimea Koad Board, and Shephard left for Wellington ou Saturday evening, where they will wait upon the Government with a view to urging upon them the desirability of extending the railway to Foxhill proper without delay. We trust that their mission will be attended with success. Thk monthly inbpeutiou of the Stoke Rifles by Major Piit took place at Richmond on Saturday; when there was a remarkably good muster, ho less thiui di answerlrig to. their names. After having put them throiigh tie company drill he complimented them oil their iUleiuliuiceund efficiency, aud expressed his regret that all the recruits had not arms, but they Intel been applied for After drill a meeting of the Company Look place at the A gric u lt tira l Hall, when the balance sheet was mil aiKl adopted. Mr Charles Chiug was re-elecU'd Secretary, and Lieut. Pay nter Treasurer. The other business having been satisfactorily trans-icted, it was resolved that the annual dinner take place on an early date. Thk dramatic entertainment advertised l > for to-morrow has been unavoidably postpone.! In Consequence of the necessary preparations takiii" longer than was anticipated, it will, however, be given on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th and 21st instant, when the line drama "Don Ctusar de Bazan " and the amusing farce "The tielle of the Barley Mow " will he put ou the stage in a style not yet suapassed in Nelson. The Committee of the Nelson Aid Society held their usual monthly meeting on Friday last. Six cases of distiess h;ul been relieved since last monthly meeting. The funds of the Society are now reduced to £17 10s. A r-KTiTios praying for a remission of the sentence passed upon Newman Hoseley, for the manslaughter of his wife, is lying at Mr West's shop for signature, and will be forwarded to Wellington in the course of a day or two. ft hits already been signed by over lUO persons. Among the wonders of the present century stands foremost in the ranks the remarkable curative medicines, " Gholt.ah's Gkeat Indian Cukes." It. is impossible to find any oilier remedies that so completely take the place of the family phjsician, and that can bo so implicitly relied on in the hour of threatening danger arising from the many diseases that every family is liable to. They are safe and pleasant to take, and quickly arrest the progress of disease. See testimonials, and get the medicines of any Chemist. Testimonial— Mrs Hake, Williamstown, was suffering from a severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism in her foot and ankle, aud was obliged to move about slowly by leaning; on a chair and pushing it before her; her foot and ankle being much swollen, very painful, and wrapped in flannels, ifc being impossible to wear a boot or even a slipper. She has lost all pain, the inflammation and swelling have disappeared, she is able to wear her ordinary boots, and can walk about quite actively, and attend to her house duties with cheerfulness. This change was produce by taking three bottles of Ghollah's Rheumatism Mixture.