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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 39, 18 February 1901, Page 2

Bandoliers have arrived for the Wakatu Mounted Rifles and are now being issued They are of the latest web pattern, the same as wo>n by the list contingents, and should materially add to tho appearance of the company.

The number of statutory declarations filod and received by Mr Fobinson, S.M., last week, in connec ion with exemptions from vaccination was 216 The total number of children represented by these applications was 850.

A new window sash hanger has been invented by Mr R W. Gibbs, of Nelson, and is being patented by him. The hanger consists of a bar of brass or iron, wi Eh a number of Blots cast in the face and let in flush to the sides of the window frames. A steel spring and hub are fastened to the sides of the sash, and as the sash is raised or lowered the hub rises and falls into any slot desired and remains there. The advantage claimed for this lifter and hanger is that it can be fixed in a few minutes at little expense to any window frame, and that it cannot pet out of order, thus doing away with the ordinary weights, cords and pulleys.

The case of W. Scale, Receiver of Gold Revenue at Collingwood, v. C. Y. Fell (attorney for the CoUingwood Goldfields Co, Limited) was decided at Collingwood by Mr Warden Heaps, last week. The case was one in which a claim was mado for i 34 10s, as the amount of two half years' rent on a special claim at Golden Gully. The defendant's evidence was taken a*. Nelson on the Oth inst. After a lengthy hearing Mr Heaps gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed with £6 15s costs.

Three inebriates were before Mr Robinson, S.M., this morning. The woman who was arrested in Hardy Btreet on Saturday, and who had since signed the pledge, was discharged wilh a caution, she being a first offender, John Brown and .loseph Dagorme, two second offenders, pleaded guilty to drunkenness on Sa' urday afternoon, and were each fined 10s or in default 24 hours' imprisonment.

lhe Nelson Fire Brigade team picked to take part in the approaching competitions at Christchurm left forthe City of the Plains to-day.

An impor ant test case in regard to the liability for rabbits on private runs adjoining Crown lands will be heard at the Magistrate s Court, Bnghtwater, on Wedaesday.

Thekeich Argus, which went ashore at the Croixelles a fortnight ago, was floated off yßsterday morning. She was taken in tow by the Lady Barkly, and brought to Nelson in the afternoon. Tho ketch Hawini, which sprang a leak near the Croixelles last week, was beached there in a safe position, where the necessary repairs will be effected

The monthiy meeting of the Town Schools Committee will be held ths evening.

The Polypathic Medical Institute of Christchurch will eni the second professional visit to Nelson on Wednesday night the 20th (two moro days only) and can be consulted free at the Wakatu Hotel," Collingwood street. See advertisement.

Messas Tasker and Levien, the brokers in Nelson, have an announcement elsewhere in reference to. the Golden Bay Gold Dredging Company, Ltd,

An advertisement in reference to County Council tenders appears in this issue.

M'Cormick machines are the besb in the world. They work the best, require the least power, and the most economical to tbe user. —Advt.

It is said in connection with the Harbour Board election that a deputation waited upon a citizen of Scotch extraction,, asking him to become a candidate. He replied in the back shop as follows : —

"Gentlemen and fellow-citizens — When my country calls me I would fain obey, but the wife say 6 I maun stay an' mind the shop ; sac yell jist hae tae try an put up wi' some o' the or'nary sort in the meantime. I feel prood o' the honor ye hae done yersels in askiog me to stan' but in the meanwhile I maun be content wi' a seat at hame." The universal provider was also of the same opinion ; and instead of be ng in tho turmoil of an election Lock thinks it more important to go on selling go-carts, prams, Alias sewing machines, all kinds of furniture, crockery, carpets, &c Everyone who wants high-class or ordinary strong furniture rush fco Lack's. They know he has the best stocks in Nelson, and they can save money through buying at Lock's.