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Marlborough Express, Volume X, Issue 700, 10 April 1875, Page 5

At the nomination at Picton on Wednesday the show of hands was «as follows : — Godfrey, 2 j Western, 3 ; Chaytor, 14. The polling takes place on April 10th. Wairau County Board.— Mr Parker called at our office last evening, and requests us to say that the arrangement for holding the next meeting of the County Board ha3 been changed, and that it would be held ab noon on Friday, 16th instant. A Relic. — On Thursday whilst at work in the swamp behind Mr Norgrove's, in the Maxwell Road, Mr Robert Register picked up a Colt's revolver, with silver plated mountings. There are some initials on the butt ; and the steel work was all thickly encrusted with rust. Conjecture is altogether at fault as to the way in which it came there. We are requested to explain that the special prize offered at the forthcoming show for a Gate Fastener is altogether independent of the gate. We hope that there will be a smart cornpetion for this very necessary requirement in a country where there are so many gates as in this. We may also remind our readers that all entries should be made with the Secretary at Penny's Hotel on Tuesday evening next. Rivers Board. — A meeting of the Lower Wairau Board of Conservators was fixed for seven o'clock on Wednesday evening last. All the members were in attendance, but after waiting until half-past eight o'clock for the Secretary, they thought it advisable to adjourn till Wednesday next at the same hour. Mr Doclson was desirous of proceeding with the business, but the Chairman entertained an objection to do so in the absence of the minute book, &c. The Footpaths. — We have been informed that since the last meeting of the Borough Council, Mr J. Jellyman has taken out two summonses against persons for riding on the footpaths. It is high time that some one took the matter in hand, as the nuiaance to foot-pas-sengers has been a growing evil for some time, and an example was needed. We are sorry that Mr Jellyman should have made any mistake in the mode in which he at first proceeded, for we feel sure that he has laboured under some misunderstanding, as we have always found Inspector Emerson and the constables under his orders civil an.i obliging. The course Mr Jellyman has now adopted will doubtless be of service to the town generally, and we trust his well intention ed efforts will produce the desired effect. We may also notice in passing, that all persons are prohibited by the regulations of the Borough from crossing footpaths with drays or other vehicles, unless proper crossings have been made, our attention however, has been called to the fact that the practice very generally obtains, and that the kerb has been broken and destroyed in several places in consequence. During the last year or two the traffic in the streets of Blenheim has largely increased, and we hope it will continue to do so, but at the same time, it becomesjof imminent importance that proper regulations should be enforced, and every precaution taken to .prevent danger to life and limb. We received the following memorandum relative to the complaint of Cr Jellyman in the the Borough Council on Wednesday last, but were unable to find room for it. The Inspector says : — " Some days ago James Jellyman complained to me that Daniel Kitchen, junr., had been riding on the footpath in Grove Road, and he (Mr Jellyman) wished to lay an information against him for that offence. I informed Mr Jellyman that he should lay the information before Mr Griffiths, Clerk to the Resident Magistrate's Court, that I would have the summons served on the defendant and witnesses if he had any, and that I would prosecute the case if he wished me to do so. He>eplied that he would do that himself, and wanted the aid of no one in

the matter, as lie had the l.ool: at 1im;:«, meaning the Municipal Corporations Act. He theu said he would see the book before go»ng to the Clerk ; that he did i>ot like to prosecnte a hoy, he would rather get at the old man. J replied if that is the case, I cannot h« Ip you. I informed Mr Jellyman that I would sou the Mayor about the so-called footpath on the Grove Road, and that if it really was a path I would ask to have it defined, and would then render Mr Jelly man every assistance m the matter, by giving the constables under my control instructions to proseoute all offenders against the law m that case. I positively say that I never informed Mr Jellyman that I had any instructions from His Worship the Mayor m the matter, and I firmly believe that Mr Jellyman was not capable of understanding what I had said to him at the time, as he seemed much excited and threatened to lay an information against me, as he was a councillor, and would commau'l obedience from the police. — Jno. Emerson, Inepector of Police."