The Nelson Eevening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 223, 21 September 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Eevening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1870.

The GouBLAr Family. — As will be seen by advertisement the Gourlays will give two entertainments at the Assembly Room, ou Friday and Saturday next, when Miss Minnie Gourlay, having reccvered from her late illness, will make her first appearance on the present visit of the company to Nelsoc Prevention of Fire. — The Gazette of the 6th instant announces that letters patent have been grauted to John Avery, of Nelson, for an invention of " an apparatus ior the prevention of fire taking place from spontaneous combustion in ships, stores, warehouses, and other buildings stowed or stored with wool, flax, or other fibres. Winter Evening Entertainments. — The eighth of this series o{ popular entertainments was given last night, there being a very fair attendance, though not so large a one as on some previous occasions. The Heading by the Rev. G. H. Johnstone afforded immense amusement, and the musical portion passed off in the most spirited manner. We understand that it is proposed to give the closing entertainment of the series in about a fortnight's time, for which occasion a most attractive programme has been arranged.

Eowing Match. — The match between Freeman and Gibbons, for £2 a side, took place yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of persons, and terminated in a victory for Gibbons, who, after passing the turning point, commenced to gain on his opponent, who up to that time had taken the lead, and eventually came in a winner by a length and a half. Time, 17 mins. Auother match, in the same boats and over the same course, will take place this afternoon, afc 5 o'clock, between Kidson and Tutty. Local Industry. — We are always glad to record any instances of the advances made by our various local industries, aud consequently it is a satisfaction to be able to state that the increasing busiuess at Messrs. Hooper and D.odson's brewery has necessitated the enlargement of their machinery, as has been shown by the importation of a large boiler for their works, which arrived by the Tararua, and was to-day carted up to the brewery on the two lorries of Messrs. Crisp and Cooksey, which were lashed together in order to receive the huge mass of iron which required seven horses to draw it to its destination. The following are the dimensions of the boiler, which weighs eight toos :— length 20 feet, diameter 6 feet, plates £-inch thick, flue 3 feet in diameter, horse-power 25 nominal. Fire Brigade Dinner. — The members of the Brigade intend to celebrate their anniversary by a dinnuer at the Trafalgar Hotel, to-morrow evening, when the chair will be taken by his Honor the Superintendent at 7 o'clock. The services rendered by this volunteer body are of so valuable and important a nature, that we have no doubt the public will be only too glad to avail themselves of the opportunity thus offered of testifying their appreciation of them by mustering in force at the annual gathering. We are requested to state that the members of the brigade will meet at the engine-house at half-past six. English Mails Outward aND Inward. — By the Post Office notices it will be seen that the English mail, via Suez, will close on or about Saturday next, and that the San Francisco mail will be despatched on the 4th October. The next Suez mail from England is due in Melbourne on the 29th inst., and as the Tararua has been chartered to sail with it within 15 hours of its arrival in Victoria, we may expect to receive the telegraphic news about next Tuesday week. The Embezzlement Case at Auckland. — Francis Innes, late Deputy Commissary General, has been tried at Auckland on two charges of embezzlement. To the first he pleaded not guilty, but was, after a lengthy trial, convicted ; to the second indictment, after the verdict on the first had been l-eturned, he pleaded guilty. The Crown Prosecutor stated that, as prisoner had pleaded guilty to the second indictment, the Crown was willing to enter a nolle prosegui on the first. To this the Chief Justice acceded, and then proceeded to sentence the prisoner to five years' penal servitude, the sentence being accompanied by a most solemn and affecting address.