CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 39, 14 February 1880, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

To this Editor of the "Evening Mail." Sir— l have been vastly amused by a perusal of your report of the case of Adams v. Boyes. The merits of the case I have nothing to do with, and am not interested in them, but the sale "and purchase of the Marahau property ia" one of the funniest things I ever read of. It seems that Mr Acton Adams did not sell, that Mr Percy Adama did not sell, that Mr Thomas did not sell, and yet Mr Donald, without having paid a penny or signed even a memorandum, ia comfortably in ppssession.* I cannot help thinking^though. Jhoy&j Maiti/ h a« tfi3 Judge, I see, called him, could be persuadsd to unfold his tale it would make the narrative complete, and perhaps cast a little more light upon one of the most comical land transactions onrecord. • I am, &c, Cuutositt. * I enclose my card, in the hope that if you should hear of any more properties to be as easily obtained you will kindly take the trouble to let me know. To the Editor of tub 'Evening Mail.' Sir,— l wish to call the attention of the Nelson Postmaster to the following : — That I am in the habit of receiving letters weekly from New Plymouth. That the s.s. Wellington arrived at Nelson from New Plymouth on Friday, the 6th of February, at 2 a.m. That the train left Nelson at 9.30 a.m. that day to meet the coach at Richmond, which brings the mail to Motueka. That although the mail from the North had been in Nelson over seven hours when the train left, the Motueka portion of it was not forwarded. That the delay in forwarding letters received from the North to Motueka from Nelson has been of frequent occurrence. That in consequence of such delay letter* which should reach me on Friday evening do not arrive until the following Monday unlesg the Barkly brings them on Saturday, which is not often the case. That the delay complained of involves great inconvenience to myself and others. That the postmark on the envelope enclosed, and the paragraph from the Mail, also enclosed, prove the delay referred to on Friday, the 6th of February. — 1 am, &c, H. Motueka, February 11, 1880.

The finest trout of the season was taken on Monday evening, at Christchurch, between the Colombo and Victoria street bridges, by Mr J. Piper. The fish— a female one— n»« a perfect picture in shape, and most beautifully marked. It was also in splendid condition, and weighed fully 24£lb. The fi9h was taken with a phantom minnow, and gave its fortunate captor an exciting half hour's sport before he got it safely landed. The Carterton correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily writes : — " McLean's Troubadours had a somewhat singular fate in Carterton. On Saturday evening they played to a fair house, but on Monday night, when the curtain should have arisen, the improTisatore appeared and stated that there woild be no performance, and all the money taken would be returned. It appears that the male portion of the troupe had gone serenading on their own private account, and were non est when they should have appeared on the stage. Two of the absentees were caught about 9 p.m., and safely lodged in the lock-up, whence, I understand, they are to be released this afternoon. The third and cleverest of the troupe is still not to be found, and so it is an an open question whether the Greytown people will be amused or not." A telegram by the mail says that a private letter from a British soldier at Cabul states ' that one of Yakoob Khan's generals told Sir Frederick Koberts that the Khan himself signed the death-warrants of the Embassy, and ordered the bodies of the murdered men to be dragged through the streets. The »me letter reiterates the statement that £80,000 worth of Russian gold had been found in Cabul. A plough-boy at Orkney, in Scotland, re cently picked from the furrow two gold rings, which are declared to be a thousand years old, and very curious and valuable as antiquities. ■ . .

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