The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 192, 12 September 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878.

The election of three City Councillors has been proceeding to-day without much fuss or excitement. Indeed it would have been difficult to realise the fact that the people of Nelson were appointing three out of the nine trustees to whom they commit the charge of their valuable property but for the occasional passing by of a placarded cab, and the appearance at inon the walls of instructions to the ratepayers how to vote. la this particular line there were two rivals in the field, Messrs Trask and Cross, the former of whom recommended that confidence should be reposed in him on the ground that he would be in favor of "judicious expenditure, a good system of drainage, and fair piay to the outskirts of the town." The promissory note of the latter was a trifle more comprehensive. He undertook to secure "progress, economy] and efficient management of municipal affairs." The other three were as mum as the sailor's parrot, but it is quite possible that their minds were as fully engaged as was that of the celebrated bird.* The result of the poll will be declared at the Couucil Chamber at 7*30 to-night Mr Lingard, the advance agent of the C. K. B. Minstrels, has received a telegram from Wellington sating that nothwithstanding the fearful weather that has prevailed there of late the Company has been performing to crowded houses. " Caste " is, it is almost needless to remind our readers, to be performed at the Theatre Royal to-night,. for the benefit of the Richmond Fire Brigade, who, on their arrival by special train, will be met at the railway station by the Band, and members of the Nelson Brigade, when a torchlight procession will be formed, and they will together march back to the Theatre. There will be a similar procession at the close of the entertainment. At a meeting of the Upper Moutere School held the other day the following resolution was carried unanimously: — " That this Committee is of opinion that the appointment of teachers should rest with the Local Committees as heretofore, and that no teacher should be removed without the Committee first having received at least one month's notice." Ova correspondent writing from Takaka on the 6th inst., reports a fatal accident as follows.—" Yesterday about 1 p.m., Thomas Rider and James McCormick, who were employed at Symes' saw mills, had jusfc returned from dinner and taken off their coats to commence cross-cutting a tree when they heard something crack above their heads, and both men looked up at the same time and saw a large limb of a tree falling. They

fan to escape it, but in the excitement they i&u against each otKer and, fell, and the limb hides, ptior ttiipf dtd killed hifa Jnstantaite'biisly': M'CofinJik resetted a; severe bruise on the leg, iiUi k Hoi dangerously; injured. They were both sober/^erMv,- feted' working men, and much respected. I fre'sfr" that one of his mates, named George Cornwall, kindly volunteered to go over the hills to Riwaka to inform Rider's parents of the sad affair, and, as we have no district constable here now, another young man. named S. Hunter, volunteered to go to Colliugwood for the Resident Magistrate and the new mount ed trooper, and when they arrive an inquest will be held, The change from two district constables to ofle mounted trooper is not for tiie best/ dfld it is impassible to expect one man to do the vrlioh doty in a district nearly 60 miles by 40, intersected by many dangerous creeks and rivers. Who is the lucky man ? The Grey River Arg#s of the 4th iust. says:— The first prize in TonK 3 <Uvsep on the Metropolitan Stakes, (£1000,) goes to NeiS'o'n; the second (£400), ' to Greymouth, and the third (£-M0), to Oamaru. A division, to which little importance appears to have been attached, only a trifle over half the number of members voting, took place last night on Mr Wakefield's amendment td the motion of the Colonial Treasurer (flat the t^ud Tax Bill be read a second time, when the fim'fe'ftdrrieiit was rejected by 40 to 7. The wordfag oi the amendment was as follows .-—That all tfae words after "That" be omitted, with the view of inserting the following words : — " whilst this House is of opinion that whenever the necessity of the colony requires further revenue direct taxation should be resorted to, it is of opinion that no such taxation should be adopted while subsidies and funds raised by taxation are paid from the consolidated fund to local bodies." A fine trout, eighteen inches in length, was caught the other day in the Grey river, and several good sized fish have been seen there. A special telegram in the Post says that the Duke of Northumberland has stated that the colonial wines must ultimately displace the Continental wines, and has forwarded his cheque for £500 worth. The Westport Times says:— A few more of the beautifully made shawls, the product of dexterous fingers at the Karamean Settlement, similar to those which excited so much attention at Wellington some faw weeks ago, have arrived in totvu, and are now on view at the store of Messrs Stitt Bros. Whilst on the subject of the Settlement, we are given to understand that several of the settlers, despite the hitherto unpromising nature of the season, have gone in pretty largely for the culture of wheat and oats, besides other cereals. The settlers' crops, so far, are looking tvell.A curious story is going the round of the lobbies. It is that after the House adjourned Mr Sheehan met Dr Grace in the lobbies, when the latter said :— "You've killed that Bill," referring to Mr Curtis's Education Amendment Bill, " and I'll make you suffer for it." Mr Sheehan walked away, and on Dr Grace following him, Mr Sheehan said — " I refuse to have anything to say to you , you must not dictate to me as to mv oction in the House." Friends of the parties (who are both Catholics) here intervened.