The Nelson Evening Mail. SATUDAY, MARCH 21,1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 69, 21 March 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATUDAY, MARCH 21, 1874.

Mr Winstanley, late of Invercargill, bus been appointed to succeed Mr Bagge as chief postmaster in Marlborough. Richmond Wesleyan Sunday School. — Sermons will be preached at Richmond to-morrow by the Rev. T. Buddie, President of the New Zealand Wesleyan Conference, and on Wednesday the usual tea and public meeting will he held. Lease of the Government Wharf. — The lease of the Government wharf forgone year was sold by auction to-day to Messrs N. Edwards & Co. for £850, being £100 more than it realised last year. Licensing Commissionebs. — The following gentleman are gazetted Commissioners for the districts of Nelson and its vicinity : — City of Nelson, Messrs Barnicoat, Rougb, and Wells. — Suburban North, Messrs A. Collins, Wells, and W. Oldham. — Waimea South, East, and West, Messrs Barnicoat, F. Kelling, and H. Martin, jun.~— Motueka, Messrs Macncahon, Parker, and Tarrant. Fatal Accident. — We regret to learn that an accident whieh happened to Mrs Bensemann, of the Upper Moiitere, has terminated fatally. The old lady, who was 63 years of nge, was thrown from her horse on Thursday last, and lay on the road in great pain for some time until she was discovered by Mr Hewit&on. She was then taken home, and Dr. Squires was sent for, who found her shoulder blade broken, in addition to which she had received several bruises. She appeared for a time to be going on favorably, but the shock was too much for one of her age and she died yesterday. A Warning. — A most alarming anonymous letter, of which the following is an exact copy, was received by the Board of Works last night: — Nelson March 19.— t0 the Memmbers of the Bord Works.— Sirs— l wish to Gall the Attention of the Bord to the very Bad State of the Tramway Crosings I have made Several inquiries has to whos doty it is to keep the Croaing in repair but no one Seems to know or to Care anything about it I have also heard of Several Spring being Broken and exels being Bent of Late phraps Someone may Breek their nack and then the Eord will have to Look out for Somthing elce. — yours &c. a KATE PATER. The Wellington Breweries. — The Post says: — The operation of Mr Fox's new Licensing Act is likely to have a most unfortunate effect on a large and growing industry in this city — we mean brewing. The list of applications for wholesale licenses does not include the names of either of the Wellington brewers, who no doubt were under the impression that as they held licenses under the Distillation Act it was not necessary for them to apply for licenses under Mr Fox's Act. Unfortunately, this impression is au erroneous one, aud our brewers will have either to shut up their breweries for a year or incur a penalty of not more than £50 for each Bale they make. TnE Clatjs Rekel Concerts. — The Post thus speaks of Mddle Claus on the occasion of her first appearance in Wellington:— 1 ' It is no exaggeration or flattery to state that she moßt certainly ranks in the first class of living violinist3. Higher praise than this hardly could be given to any violinist, but it is well deserved by Mdlle Cluus. Her execution fiom firßt to last wits perfect, her command of the instrument complete, and the fulness and power of her tone truly remarkable, especially in a performer of the gentler sex, and its purity waei as remarkable as its power. Her first appearance was in Haydn's trio in G for violin, violoncello, and pianoforte, minus the 'cello, however. This was au admirable exbibition of ,'pure legiti-

male p'ayingr, ni d admitted note of those tours de force, too often improperly intruded by iuf\ rior performers, but sternly excluded by Mddle Claup, wi'h just perception of artistic propriatiep, antl r< served for her subsequeut pieces, which were more of the ad captandum class. These were an •• Alpine" fantasia by De Berior, nud ft fantasia on subjects from Flotow'a " Marta." Both abounded in execi:tve difficulties, which*wero surmounted with surpassing ease and grace !>y the violiniste. Her double-stopping and octave playing were simply marvellous, and her facile master of the i ai monies even in the most difficult phrases, her staccato passages, her combination of bowing and pizzicato simultantously, no less wonderful, although all these points could not be fully appreciated excepting by violinists, who alone could duly estimate the extreme difficulties which were overcome by Mddla Claus with such consummate ekill and Beeming absence of effort." A respirator for the use of members of fire brigades has been invented and patented by Mr Joseph Sullivan, of Melbourne. The invention is a mask, covered with flannel, which is placed over the mouth and nostrils; and when this is saturated with Mr Sullivan's) chemical solution the wearer is able to remain in any emoke, no matter how dtnse. Inside the mask the wearer is provided with a pair of tightly-fitting protectors for the eyes. Lately, in Melbourne, a quantity of damp straw was ignited in a small room, and an intense smoke was produced. Superintendent Hoad, of the Melbourne brigade, then directed several of his men to enter the smoke, and the door was closed. Each roan remained in the smoke for at least five minutes, and breathed without the slightest difficulty. Superintendent Hoad pronounced the trial eminently successful, and stated that it would prove a very valuable discovery.