A NELSON EXCURSIONIST'S GRIEVANCE.

Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 75, 31 March 1891, Page 3

A NELSON EXCURSIONIST'S GRIEVANCE.

TO THE EDITOR. I Sir -Easter excursionists from Wellington to Nelson lave the privilege of staying there seven days, but the very large nnmber of excursionists who arrived here by the Penguin on Friday last had to return yesterday by that steamer or pay an pxtra Ba, even if they only desired to stay a day longor. Now as there are several fohiefly ladies) who have been induced, or rather persuadod, by their friends to stay an extra day or two, I think it would, be a conrteous act on the Dart of the management of the Union Company hero to allow them the same privileges as tho I Wellington exoursionists, and extend tho tioketstill Friday without calling upon them to pay any extra. It is but a fair and jnst reqnpst, for I cannot see that Nelson people are any more able to pay than the Weilingtoniana. I am, Ao , An Old Nelsoniak.

Over in Sydney the other day an individua 1 oharged with stealing an nmbrella entirely gave himself away by tho statement that he had owned it for- 20 years past. The Bench absolutely declined to credit that any umbrella had been allowed to remain in the possession of one and the same individnal for to long a conseontive poriod : some one w»s 6nra to have borrowed it. They found tho man gnilty straight away. The nighlwatohman at the Government Railway Station fonnd a boy of abont ten summers asleep in one of the railway carriages last night. The youngster, who hails from Karori, is being detained at the Polioe Station nntil he oan be claimed by his paronti.

TJi3 return* of the lornl office for 11 ir-ffiHfcration of -vital ufat'htiei ir regard i tii'j luojith r.f SJarfh arc a" follow ;— TJittli ill- ; (Ich.Hi'l, 'J5 ; mun kvgi.s, 'M Mi l-'rai ci- Tdurpliy, v/h^e d-.ath is t day recorded in our Australian cable hip tapes, wub born in 1808, and brought up I thfl medical profession. In 1836 he came i Sydney, and wan appointed Colonial £v geon for the County of Argyle. Sul soquently ha took to farming, and in 18J was elected for the Murray for the first Vii torian Legislature In 1852hegavouppaston puranitß and went to reside in Melbourni Ho held the appointment of President of tl Central Koad Board from 1853 to 1856, who he was elected Speaker of the Assembl under the now Constitution. In 1872 h was elected to tho Council for the Master Province, and held the seat till 1876, whe ho returned to Kngland. Since then he ha retired from public lifo. Wo learn from the Hospital this afternoo that tho young man Otto Campton, whos accident is referred to in another colnmi: Buecumbed to his injuries in tho institutio; this aftsrnoon. An inquest is to be held. Tho passenger traffic on both the Welling ton-Manawatu and the Wollington-Waira rapa railways during the Waster holiday was vory largo. About 3500 people wer booked at the local office of tho Wellington Manawatu Company between ThurFday ani yesterday, the majority of them beini nonnd for Palmcraton, and it is estimate that nearly the same number returnei during th<)t period. The traffic on th Government line was not so great, but it i understood that fully 2000 loft Wellingtoi for various stations between Thursday an< yesterday afternoon. The inward train were all well patronia-.d. Some excitement was oreatod in Willis street about half-past ons this afternoon bi tho bolting of a horse attached to a ligh dog-cart. Tho cabstand outside the Banl of New Zealand was rather crowded at th< time, and as soon as the drivers saw th< runaway approach they whipped up theii steeds and drove away in all directions it order to avoid a collision. A young man apparently the driver of the bolting horse ran after it, clambered np into the dog-carl from the back, seized tho reins, and eooi brought the animal to a standstill. Tht activity and plnok displayed by the young fellow was highly commendable, and he was rewarded for his troublo with the plaudits a of number of spectators. _ About half-past 2 this morning a fire was discovered under the floor of a building noai the Congregational Church in Courtenay. place, but was promptly extinguished bj ono of the neighbours (Air C. R. Beaumont; before muoh damage had been done. An alarm was sent to the Fire Brigade Station in Manners-street, and Captain Kemslej and several men hastened to the spot, but beforo they could put in an appearance Mr. Beaumont had connected a garden hope and brought a jot of water to bf ar on the flames so effectually that the latter were speedily extinguished. The buildirg is the property of Mr. Colquhoun, and is leased to Mr. William Smith, who has sublet a portion of it to Fon? Loo Ah Lnn. greengrocer It is insured with tho South British Company for £'100, and with the Norwich Union for J2lOO. The Western Star says it has reason to believe that its former romarks concerning the lack of (lipoipline among the roadmaking prisonors at Milford Sound in no way overstated the position. Tho information to hand that the prisoners roam about the bu9h accord in? to the dictateH of their own sweet will, spending most of thp time in smoking. As regards the road making, but very little work has boon dono, and at the present rate it will bo many years before the undertaking initiated is brought to completion. The road, so competent judges tell our contemporary, will cost at least three times as muoh to make with prison labour as it would if let by contract or even by day workmen. The Sydnov Paly Telegraph of tho 10th inst. says:— Lord Charles "Scott, C.8., the Naval Commander-in-chief on tho Australian station, has received intimation from tho Lords Commissioners of tho Admiralty that Her Majesty's ships Eingarooina and Tauranga will shortly be commissioned for service on this station. Also that the following ships now attached to the station will be re conunisaioi od for a further term of service :— Orlando, Eapid, Lizard, Dart, and CuraSoa. An incident of the voyage of the gunboat Eingdove from England to Sydney was tbo visit of a swarm of locusts whilst the vessel was passing through the Red Sea. Commander Bain states that the locusts made their appearance liko a dense cloud on the horizon, and fell in thousands on tho ship and in the water alongsido of her, the sight being a most curious ono. It was some hours before the vessel got olear of the post. The Secretary of tbo Orchestral Sooiety reminds msmbavs of the orchestra, in our advertising columns, of to-nisht's rehearsal, and espBoially requests punctual attendance. One of the finest stocks of autumn millinery, ulsters, mantles, and dress materials in the Southern Hemisphere can ba seen at C Smith' 3, the oash draoor, Cuba-street. One hundred and fifty cased have already been received, and fresh supplies come forward by every steamer. Country customers are requested to write for patterns.— A dvt. for iwni-.i.-«»0Ti oi rrauvHg •nr,n-r ass nwtl vrioa