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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 184, 5 August 1897, Page 2

A fierce south-easterly gale blew yesterday and last night, and the blasts were icy Anyone facing the wind and rain must have realised what a blizzard must be like, for his hands and face became numbed with the cold. Some of tbe gusts were intensely violent, shaking houses and making trees swaydangeronsly, but no damage seems to bave been done. The weather is line again to day, but there i-s some snow on the hills around the city. The competitive designs for the Nelson Town Hall and Municipal Oilices — in connection with which a premium of £2. is offered for the best will be recsived up to the 30th September. The date was previously erroneously advertised as tbe iiOth September. Under tbe auspices of the Nelson Chess Club, a match Town v. Country has been arranged for Saturday afternoon. The match is to be played at the Club's Booms (Miss Harris's Studio, Nile street), aud there are to be 12 playes a side. The Druids' Social ]a<st evening? was well attended and all present apppared to thorouably enjoy themselves. A recitation was given by Miss Lines and a song by Mr Higgins For ihe dancing excellent music wa-i supplied by Messrs Leaper anu 11. Kinney, Mr M, Levy officiating as M.C. Councillor Kidson naked at the Waimea County Council to-day if anything Bad been heard of a grant of XIOOO for the Belgrove-Hope road. He said ho had read in a newspaper that such a grant had been made and as it was "something in thfir line" he would like to know more about it. The Chairman said the amount might possibly have been granted, but not so far as he knew to the Waimea Connfv Council. He undertook to make imiuirie's into the matter. Mr Jesae Piper is a candidate for one of the vacant seats ou the > elson Education Board. When the Waimea County Council met to-day, tho chairman (Mr Joshua J Bird) congratulated tho Councillors upon ! the improved office aecommodatiton which they had now. He thought the services of Mr Graham and Mr Humphries, Commissioner of Crown I_and.s, for their assistance in getting the room for tho uso of the Council should bo recognised. Crs Pattie, Best, Kidson, and McMahon endorsed the remarks of tho chairman and a vot-o of thanks to Messrs Graham and Humphries was unanimously carried. Mr Henry Baigent has been asked by several people to stand for one of the vacancies on the Nelsou Education Board. Mr Baictent will give his reply in the course of a day or so. It is thought that if he comes out as a candidate he will havo a very fair chance of election. Tenders for the erection of tbe Suter Art Gallery close at noon next Monday. A deposit of JJIO must accompany each tender. Mi* Edmund Taylor, the head of the Good Templar Order, arrived in Nelson to-day by the Wainni, and will meet the members of tho Loyal Marine Lodge this evening. An address will be j»ivon at H o'clock, when the public will ho admitted. An official visit will bo paid by Mr Taylor to tho Loyal Nsdson Lodge to-mor-row evening, u-lien a united mc'ml wiil be held. On Saturday evening Mr Taylor will speak at Happy Valley, and an address will be given in the Theatre Koyal, Nelson, on Sunday evening. The mission of tho Rev E. Allanson, 8.D., at the Cathedral will he closed with 1 this afternoon's and evening's services. The attendance at tho mission has been growing larger daily, and deep interest has been taken. Mr Allanson's mission at All Saints' Church begins to-morrow. Mr James Boon has been very successful at the Hokitika Poultry Show, taking first and special for Brown Leghorn puK lets, first for cocks, and second for cockerels. That is to say, tho three birds he sent all took prizes. The following will represent the Itivals in their Third Class match against the College on Saturday :— Cullen, Boon, Waller, Young, Stapp, Milner, Barltrop, Brown, Levien, Koliertson, Hamilton, Ncal, Linkhorn, Arthur ; emergencies, Hollan and Neilson. It is understood that some 14 or 15 bands are likely to enter for this year's competition, which is to be held at Oamaru One at least of that number has (the Oamaru "Mail" states) already given evidence of a dcterminaiion to take part in the contest, the Wellington Garrison Baud, which waa second to the Oamaru Garrison Band last year at Dunedin, having taken steps to secure hotel accommodation.

On the motion of Cr Beuke, »he Waimea County Council to-day resolved to ask the Government to arc-end clause 4 of the Waim. a River Works Act, so as to provide a 990 years lease ins* end of 60 years le.ibe as at present. Cr Beuke maintains that ] the longer lease will induce some one to . undeit.ke reclamation works, and even u- I ally the country wili derive substantial ! revenue from the reclama ion. The Cbair- | man (Mr Joshua Bird) remarked ih.it tbe i l'lea was all very nict, but. he wa« sure it would be impossible to get the Government ; to make the required amendment. They , had even flatly refused to extend the leasing term to 09 years— much less 999. Cr Kidson seconded the motion. Cr Best said it w.s just as well to try the pre-ent l.overmnenent. They might get an" alteration to some longer term. The Chairman said the same thing had been tried half-a-dozen times, and ptrsans claiming to represent big syndicates had dropped the vejture after making various inquiries. Cr. Beuke said that one of present Legislative Councillors considered the land concerned a valuable asset for the County. Cr. McMahou said thc present Legislative Council was a much more democrat, body than it had been and might be more favourably disposed to do something in the desiied amendment of the Act. Cr. Pattie did not think anything would come o! the proposed action. It had been previously attempted and actually on one occasion a bill had been sent m for the champagne drunk over the scheme. The motion was then put and carried. . Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. will sell by public auction at their rooms to-morrow, at noon, a consignment of salmon. Also, at l-.'iO, a large consignment of Japanese goods, plated table ware, gold and silver watches, etc. In connection with the recent execution of the murderer William Sheehan, and the hangman Tom Long, a correspondentof tbe Auckland "Observer "says:— " I heard through au ex-policeman in the back-block, of an incident worth mentioning regarding the Sheekans and the haogman doing duty. It appears that some years aRo a man named Woodcote, in the iN elson province, threw a child over the locks, was tried, and convicted of murder. At this time there was great trouble in procuring a man to do tbe hanging. After much trouble, tbe Government got Sheehan, senior, /._*. the condemned man's father, to go across in a special steamer to do the job for A 25. In tbe meantime a Mr Shallorass, of Nelson, happened to tumble across Tom LoDg, and he undertook the job for £5. Of course, when Sheehan arrived the work was finished. Tbis, I understand, was hii first hanging case. Sheehan arrived back in Wellington and claimed the £2o and received it, It seems peculiar that the said Tom Long i was the hangman emplojeil in the hanging of the would-be hangman Shephan'a ! son. I thought some of your readers would be interested in the story told ; as for the tacts, I know nothing, although I believe them to be true, as my informant was on police dutv iu Wellington at the , time." A gentleman recently shooting rabbits i in the hush near Ravensbouruc was coni sulerably exercised on beholding two kangaroos. His first impulse was to blaze away, but he restrained his destructive impulses and allowed the game to escape. Thc animals are stated to have . escaped from captivity, and are supposed , to belong to a lady residing near Dunedin. ' While assisting to nnload cattle from i the Northern Company's steamer Glenelg, , at Onehunga, a lumper named Robert Leai hart was attacked bv one of the animals, which i:il!icted a wound six inches in length, across ihe inner portion of his 1 right thigh. Both blood vessels in the [ limb wore completely laid bare, and tbey I oi.ly escaped being "severed bv Leathart having the presence of iniml to push the 1 animal s horn out of the flesh. • At a recent meeting of the Waimea | County Council, allusion was made to a grant of £200 by the Mines Department ; for improvements to the Table Land track. ■ Cr Faerie, .peaking at to-day's meeting of the Council, said he bad on the occasion re/erred spoken very strongly, under the belief that Mr Humphries, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, bad by an . action of his invaded the functions of thc . County Council. Since then he had had a , long conversation with Mr Humphries, . and he (Cr P.sttie) was now fully convinced j that lie had misconceived the position . and was quite sorry that he had spoken so • strongly upon the matter. > Mr G. H. Grape, of I'araparaumu, ono i of the New Zealand delegates to the Intercolonial Fruit Conference at Brisbane, speaks in eulogistic terms of the work i done, and instances the question of . a uniform fruit case, which had • been gi.ippled with and settled, i though shirked by preceding conferences, as one of the most important , matters dealt with. The Conference adopted a case recently introduced in Tasmania measuring 10 inches by 15 , inches by 12 inches, about tho size of a , kerosene case, and tho chief advantage of . which is its mutability for the carriage I of frnit by sea. The show held in con- | nection with the Conference proved conclusively that in pipped fruit, such as apples, pears, lemons, the conditions [ in New Zealand aro favourable for produc- , tion for commercial purposes. Tho fruit . industry, Mr Grape contends, should bo r made to pay, and hitherto in New Zea- . land it has not paid so well as it would i had it bean run on commercial lines. He . proposes the reduction of grown varieties to those which are most suitable! todiffer- ■ ent districts, and the establishment of [ packing and grading depots from which ; fruit could be distributed to tho. chief [ markets. New Zealand fruit, he says, ! compares moro than favourably with i similar varieties of Calif ornian or Austnt-*- --: lian fruit, so far as quality goes. ; A singular mistnke was made a fortnight ago in the transmission of cable news to ' this colony. It was reported, says the "Otago Daily Times," that "Mr P. Mar- . chant, the well-known Kent cricketer (England) had committed suicide," but it 1 appears from the Australian papers that the deceased was a Mr H. L. Marchant, of Albany (West Australia). About two months ago the latter -showed a friend a Utter from a young lady iu Adelaide breaking oil' tlieir engagement. He seemed to brood over the matter, and eventually put an end to his life by taking strychnine. A curious ease is reported from the Taranaki district. A mare was seized with sonic internal complain;, showing tbe sympLoms of inflammation. Mr Welham treated the animal, and took a large quantity of ironsand, some 301b, from the intestines. The animal had evidently tuken the sand into her system when grazing, and by degrees it had accumulated to such an extent as to clog and cause friction in the intestines. Lord HerscheH. report on the . flicacy of vaccination, being the deductions from evidence taken by the British Commission of Inquiry, is begun on the 4th page of this issue, and it will be continued to-morrow. fc. In this disrespectful way does the Sydney " Bulletin " speak of the ActingPremier of New Zealand :— "John M'K.nzie. tbe huge, blundering Highlander whom SeUlon left iu charge of Maoriland alfairs when he went away to jubilate, promises to be the Nemesis of the Ministry. M'Kenne is a cumbersome, ill-tempered person, who has a yearning to make speeches on all occasions. Then the judicious National Ass s-nan prods him with irritating questions, and Jolm plunges about like an angry whale, and says things that it will take Seddon all the time between now and next general election to explain away. No politician ever had a greater cipacity than M'Kenzie for putting both his boots in bis mouth at onoe, and his statements about the jobs he has done, and his wild threats about the jobs he will do if somebody doesn't bchnvo himself better, bring joy to the bosom of the National Mule." It ia a well known fact that with all watch, clock, and jowellery repairing or manufacturing the best of materials only are used at Hunter's Watchmaking and Jowellory establishment in Bridge-st. This, taken into consideration with their long practical experience at the trade, enables thom to guarantee aU work en- ' trusted to thom. Therefore tako your repairs to Hunter's. — Advt. Mr Ward L. Smith, of Frederickstown. Mo., was troubled with chronic diarrhma ' for over thirty years. He had become fully satisfied that it was only a question ' of a short time until he would have to give up. He had been treated by some of the best physicians in Europe and America, but got no permanent relief. ■ One day he picked up a newspaper and chanced to read an advertisement of ' Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr- ! hooa Remedy. He got a bottle of it, the ' first dose helped him, and its continued ! 1 use cured him. For sale by James Boon/ ' Chemists