MAILS CLOSE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 239, 30 November 1880, Page 2

MAILS CLOSE.

Thursday, December 2. ; For Westport, Greymouth; and Hokitika— per 8.8. Murray, at 8 n. m. •: ' j . Saturday* December 4. : ..-,-■ For Fiji, Sandwich. Islands, the United Kingdom and the Continent of Europe (via . San, Francisco), Honolulu, America, and the West Indies, China, •:. and Japan' —

the district tbat ; they can do bo by sending in their claims 'to Ut Catley at once. & On the receipt by the Returning Officer'of the writ, : the roll will be closed until after the election, when claims] will again be received. The qualification consists either of ;av£2fi^free hold, 5 o : .' one year's residence in the- colony witheix months' residence in the district, Entries for the Carbine ; Club's fifth handicap close at the' Nelson Hotel a\nine o'clock to-night, -and the firing.-will-Com-mence at the Maitai Butts on Saturday next, and be continued on the following Tuesday and Thursday. ... . The Comedy and Burlesque, Company whose placards have adorned the walls for the last few days will open here on Friday next, their, first. appearance in Nelson having been postponed for a day in consequence of their doing so well in Wanganui that they have been induced to remain rather longer than they intended. They are spoken, of in most favorable terms by the press wherever they have appeared, and there can be little doubt that all who pay them a visit will have the opportnniiy of enjoying a genuine and hearty laugh. The burlesque "Pinbehind" is a burlesque on Black-eyed Susan set to the, music of Pinafore, and such a combination should surely afford a large amount of amusement. We made the following quotation yesterday from the report of tbe West Coast Commission in reference to the Native difficulty :— "After all, the thing itself is. in transition yet. It was but the other day we presented our second report, and here' is suddenly a new phase of the difficulty," &c. From the^ Post of last night we. learn that still another " new phase " has presented itself. " The natives," says our contemporary, -" have performed a new movement in connection with their fencing policy; , A week or two ago they erected a substantial fence across, the Constabulary road at Parapara,- leaving'," however, a wide- slip-panel on 'the road itself, and Mr Bryce, accepting, this as an admission of the •, right of -way,' gave^ perT mission for the fence to remain, there until;, after .harvest, intimating also that a similar fence, and slip panel would be tolerated under like conditions close to the Constabulary camp. Acting under this sanction, the natives have been collecting fencing tim . her near the latter spot, and pushed on with the work of fencing so rapidly — some 70 tuking part — that it. was all finished last even* ingi-a wide clear space for slip panels being left on the road in both places where it passed through the fence. It was supposed of course that they would proceed to put in the slip! panels, but on the contrary, so soon as all tbe rest of the fencing was completed, the whole party suddenly set to work with extraordinary speed and erected a strong fence across both openings, which done they swiftly decampe3, and were all out of sight before the sentry could report the occurrence to; his ■ superior officer. The trick was very adroitly played, but of course an opening will at once be forced and kept open until the natives not iv a slip panel according to agreement. While this fence has been in course of erection, the survey pegs on the Panbaka Block have not been interfered with, the intention evidently, being to try the effect of the other little device first. The Parihaka natives exhibit utter indifference in regard to the Opunake murder, displaying neither pleasure nor regret at the occurrence." " j