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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 80, 3 April 1878, Page 2

When will our would-be correspondents learn that it is utterly useless for them to send their letters unaccompanied by the name of the writer? This is what "Common Sense " has done, and consequently his communication is omitted. The sittings of the Supreme Court are adjourned frotn Monday next, on which day they were to have commenced, until the following Thursday, owing to the Chief Justice being unable to arrive here in time troin the West Coast. We have to acknowledge the receipt from the Postmaster of the New Zealand Postal Guide for the current month. In our telegraphic column will be found the result of certain races which took place at New Plymouth yesterday. The telegram which contains this interesting information m its original form numbered 160 words through over 100 of which we have run our pen, as they consisted of the veriest possible rubbish. It is possible to conceive the local agent of the Press Agency regarding the laranaki Race meeting as the great sporting event of the Southern Hemisphere,, and in his excitement wiring off to his chiefs full details of the running of a lot of third rate horses in a wretched little forty pound race, but that the managers at head quarters should deliberately, and in cold blood, despatch, and expect their clients to pay for, such a lot of rot— no other words will express our meaning so clearly-is past all comprehension. A criminal action for libel has been commenced against Mr James Grove, of Foxhill, by Mr Wainhouse of the same district, the cause of the action being a letter addressed by the defendant to the Chairman of the Board of Education. The case will be heard before the Magistrates on Friday, and in the event of there being sufficient prima facie evidence the defendant will be committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. The Provisional Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association are advertised to meet at the Wesleyan Schoolroom tomorrow evening at seven o'clock. The annual entertainment in connection with Christ Church, in which a huge and heavily laden Christmas Tree occupies a prominent position, is to take place in Easter week. The proceeds on the last occasion were so satisfactory that a portion of them was set aside for the purpose of obtaining from England a large number of prizes for distribution this year. These arrived by the Celestial Queen, and the result will be that the Tree will present as pretty a sight as has been seen in Nelson for some time, and the ticket holders will find that for every shilling expended tbey will receive their full money's worth. The Wesleyans of Nelson are to be congratulated upon having secured the services of the Rev. Rainsford Bavin, who was appointed by the last Conference to the super - intendency of this circuit. Mr Bavin was admitted to the Wesleyan Ministry by the British Conference, and was afterwards designated for New Zealand, where he arrived early in 1867. Since that time, as a popular preacher and diligent pastor, he has rendered valuable service to the Church in the Christchurch, Timaru, Kaiapoi, aud Wanganui circuits. The maximum term of office in a circuit permitted by the itinerant regulations of the Wesleyan Methodists is three years ; and, although Mr Bavin's full term at Wanganui expired at the last Conference, so strong was the desire to retain his services that a pressing memorial was forwarded to the Conference from that circuit urging — what the Conference could not legally grant — his reappointment for a loupe** period. Cordial invitations were also sent from the Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson circuits, each asking for the appointment of Mr Bavin. The claims of these circuits were warmly advocated by their respective repre-

sentatives, the result being, after a close division, in favor of Nelson. As an administrator, Mr Bavin occupies a high position in the Weslej'an connexion, and has rendered efficient service as Assistant Secretary to the annual Conference, as well as iu the responsible position of Chairman of the Taranaki and Wahganui district. Although the youngest of the eight ministers chosen by ballot to proceed to the Legislative or General Conference, which holds it's triennial sitting next month in Sydney, Mr Bavin occupied the second place on the list of the representatives elected. We believe the llev. Mr Bavin's ministrations here will commence on Sunday next, and we trust they will be followed by the same happy results which have attended his labors iu other places.