The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 112, 12 May 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1879.

As we do not remember to have heard at any of the recent meetings of the City Council a report from the Inspector of ! Nuisances with regard to a cesspool sear the back of Mr Hounsell's store, in Bridge- street, we presume that his duties have called him so constantly in other directions that he has not been able to find time to visit this particular spot, otherwise be would most certainly have considered it incumbent npon him to bring the nuisance under the notice of the Council. However, we will save him the trouble, and will sketch out a report for him. The road recently formed afc the back of the north side of Bridge-street, leading from the Post Office to Trafalgar-street, is not very much frequented, but those who have chanced to pass that way must have noticed a sight calculated to set them wondering for what earthly reason the good folks of Nelson should have deliberately set to work to invite and encourage the presence of fever in their midst. And the longer they looked, and the more they used their noses, the greater must have been their wonderment for this is what meets the view in that secluded retreat. Originally the place was a mudflat, over which the sea flowed at high tides, but improvements in the shape of filling in have been carried on on all sides until tte only portion not so filled is the ornamental pond to which we refer. It is in all some ten or twelve yards square, with a depth of about three feet. In some parts, the walls by which it is enclosed are built of stone, in others there is simply a bank consisting of the earth that has been carted there. On one side is a stable, the manure from which appears to be forked into a wooden receptacle on the brink of the pond, whence, no doubt, a strongly savored liquid drips after every shower of rain into the hole so carefully prepared for its reception. Mr Hounsell, near whose premises this filth-catching trap exists, has endeavored so far as lies in his power to make up for the offensiveneas of the hollow and its contents to the Bense of smell by rendering it agreeable to that of sight, so that while the beholder stands on the recently formed embankment with his handkerchief to his nose, he can contemplate with pleasure an ornamental little structure used as a powder magazine standing on piles driven into the bed of the great stink- vat, which is reached from the store on the bank by a wooden bridge of a simple but exceedingly neat style of architecture. We haye referred to this

latter feature in the landscape principally with the view of showing that the constant existence there of water, which, of course, must be stagnant, is looked upou as a recognised fact. It is to be seen there now, and floating on the top is a thick slime of a dull green color. On the whole, it is about as Undesirable and as dangerous a nuisance to be allowed to exist as can well be imagined. If the imperfect description we have given of it should induce a number of the public to visit the spot and see for jtheinsetves what a pestiferous hole it is likely to become, they will probably insist upon some remedy being applied before any mischief is dove. We understand that the lowest tender for the Bellgroye railway extension is that of Mr P. Dry (? Day), of Westport, for .£8159. The only local tenderer was Mr Gilbevtson. Our readers are reminded of the enter-, tainment to be given at the Asylum to-night, when in addition to the dramatic portion, ! there will also be a performance by an amateur company of Christy Minstrels. On our fourth page will be found a thrilling account of a recent prairie fire in America ; also some opinions of the press upon the course pursued by the Premier and the Native Minister in reference to the Native Meeting at Te Kopua. Save yourselves. The time has come when it behoves all sensible people who may be suffering the tortures of Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Liter Complaints, Biliousness, &c., not to allow themselves to be trifled with, and the cure of their maladies delayed. All these complaints can he speedily and effectually removed by the use of those never-failin* remedies, " Ghollah's Great Indian Cures." They can be had of all Chemists, and obtain from them the testimonials given by well-known Colonists who have been cured : of long standing disease. i