Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue XVI, 5 November 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1881.

Tub news from the front to-dav Will b« re^^lhde.piotot.nd^ha^cliUf wrorst thank f.,!n-^ that there ig at present least w , likelihood of Word being shed -*.<> Whui (he jiio I .h,t J Toliu his I-'nuK whnister, if rot rival, nru] i[ irr . ki 1h ; m*m*crer, nave best, arrested without the slightest re^tancr and are by this time far -wpy ..om Panhaka. which for so manv moiifhs past has prove! a very hothofl of spoitiou. The ovc-rwhol-ni.-,* tl-T tl.is. morn..- ho doubt produced its effrp* and conv,,*eedttc Maori leaders .h.f-. iefe exn^J£ *™° f "" Ir ra«ive submission the • ' rt .-"-ay oi troops w-'l have f-pee'Ved Jtnple j.«tifl M «ion. We p«,b!feh to day a rewdetaisof the proceedings, but tue'fullpmicu.ftrs ivill probably ,ot reach us until a late hour tonight, or possibly not before omorrow. We have to thank out W f -lUnatci 1 : ing toe news or the capture of the Maori Jl a «i«' - 1!S ,el?prsni * «»"<* reached us iu U velvs minutes, came to hand six minute* I'rfore taat dfspar cited bUbe Trees As^oc-"- > thus enabled us to «ivo the eirl7 ; ;f n t-ws of i«n'n™gu. impor:ant ** pm * Q tb <- present ,r«*Y re il' a 1 t0 fiod ' th:it the Government arc doiftg the best mtt ei r power to rcmedv the inconvenience occasioned bv the pre*en*Week on the wires at J-Uhotn, and that every Possible onporiiinify is to be given to foi* prer-s fo obtain i-e-ya Rfs well as to r-riv-^ individual-* to ecttinvi- icUe wiih those who are at ihe front. The fY,lltt w ita- J.-struc- ' uoßs vvere wired to ,b b Chief Postmaster » J Snf L Smi " sson ° f ™««g« from tne f.ont the aselsou telegraph offiee w -?n be k.--pt open until midnight iLffs iYy a«*d to morrow (Sunday) frcei {tj to lOMOatn' -rd from 5 to 8 p.m Tor th, receipt and '',V ns At the close of the City Council meeting I'Cnn th M r b ° ]0 ° f lhe U^ni ?*" M , r /^ rttt * aA him to allow huns-i!-? r* be nominated as Mayor, Mr Dodson having mtimated his intention of sentS T g t Cgdn - Mr con! ono^tl TH 5S DOt likdj tl > a t he will be opposed. There are, no doubt, some wh> have cot tpproved cf the whole c* Mr bodson s action as Mayor, bot he U thorougbly ™£f TT hmlJ f ° r the S£ ™ c " he first as membrr and chairman cf the Boara of Works, and then as Mayor of *elsou, an office which be has filled for fi*e years and to the duties of which be has acvoted much time and consideration r^*rf^° fthe ( ? o,lege Cadet9 who had received the permission of their parents were to have started fur the front by tfce Wanaka to-day, but greatly to their disappointment the receipt of the following telegram from Captain Malcolm preventad their emDark.tion:-.-Raholn, Fridav 9 pm?ccc te«l^ N ° m ° re Volunteera ™ m b9 Ax address wiil be delivered in the rnebvtcrion Church to morrow evening bv the Kev. P, Calder on « The present crisis in our relations to the Maori race" The interest attsching to the subject, and the known ability of the lecturer, will no doubt attract a large congregation. The anniversary of the Wesleyan Sunday Sjcjool at Spring Grove will be celebrated by a tea and public meeting 0 n Wednesday next bprcial sermons v.ili be prf ached hy ihe Rev J Berry tc-morrow E >orni>:-g anl evening ine railway time tab'e wiil eDable those at a oistance to attend on Wednesday. Attention is directed to Messrs Loveday end Uc-v hoe's new advertisement of novelties for the summer season. Mk Siif-niAKn invites the electors to meet hiui at ibe Biightwaier achool-room this eveciag Kt 7 30. A lktter criticiMßg Mr "Richmond's paper on the Jlairi difficulty will be found on the first p&g?.