The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 176, 27 July 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1874.

Suez Mail— The Otago will arrive here from Wellington to-morrow morning, and sail for Melbourne via West Coast by the evening's tide, carrying the outgoing Suez mail. The Tarorua arrived at Hokitika yesterray, and left Greymouth for Nelson this morning. She will arrive here to- morrow morning and sail for the South in the evening. A barque, supposed to be the La Paix, about 150 days from London, has been signalled all day, but had not made her number at the time of our going to press. Mr. Redwood's horsee, Lurline and Pa papa, arrived here by the Phoebe yesterday, and will be shipped by the Otago to-morrow for Australia, where the mare is entered for the Sydney Metropolitan Stakes and the Melbourne Cup, and the colt for the latter only. Wesleyan Church.— A meeting in connection with the Wesleyan missions in Australasia and Polynesia will be held at the Church this evening, at seven o'clock, when addresses will be i delivered by the Rev. J. Waterhouse | and other Ministers. I Resident Magistrate's Court. — Cottier v. Ohhon. — The plaintiff | claimed £50 as damages for loss of time i and profits caused to him by the refusal of the defendant to allow him to complete a sub-contract he had taken from the defendant on the Upper Buller road. ! Mr Fell appeared for the plaintiff, and ! Mr Pitt for the defeudant. After a | long hearing, his Worship gave judgment for the plaintiff for £44 Bs6d, and £4 4s costs. I Ancient Okdhk of Foresters. — The half-yearly financial meeting of Court Robin Hood was held nt the Foresters' Hall, on Tuesday evening, July 14. Tho report and balance sheet, as then read and adopted, showed a surplus of the receipts over and above the disbursements for the past six months, of £119 12a. 2d. The total amount of funds belonging to the Court is £1,706 13s. 10d., of which amount £1,300 is invested at interest. The number of members made during the last six months was 21. The Court is in a very healthy condition. The officers appointed for the ensuing half year are :— G. Haslem, P.C.R. ; D. Burn, C.R. ; J. Harris, S.C.R. ; CE. Cotterell, Surgeon ; H. N. Firth, Permanent Secretary ; and R, Burn, Elective Secretary. City Council. — The usual fortnightly meeting was held on Friday evening, when all the members were present except Mr Hooper. Mr Goulalone attended and reported that he had examined the Provincial Government Gae and Water-works accounts, and at the conclusion of his remarks it was resolved on the motion of Cr Fell : -—" That tbe accounts of expenditure in the matter of the Gas and Water- ' works laid before the Council. by che Provincial Government are so unsatisfactory that the Council declines to go further iuto the matter until complete accounts are prepared by and- at the expense of the Government, and produced to tbe Council." — A letter was read from the Christchurch Cifcy Council asking the Nelson Council to co-operate with them in petitioning the House of Representatives to have the fees from licenses to auctioneers, hotelkeepers, merchants, and others handed over to the Council. A petition to that effect was forwarded to the city members of the House of Representatives asking them to present it to the House. —The by-laws respecting the charges for hackney carriages were agreed to, and after some further unimportant business the Council adjourned. The work on the western breakwater, he Lyttelton Times reports, is progressing very satisfactorily. On Thursday a successful blast oi some 2,0001b5. of powder was fired. The report was not great, but the amount of debris brought down was very large, it being estimated at 10,000 cubic yards. The Express says :— We learn that the question as to the railway terminus at tbe Blenheim end ia again unsettled, and under consideration, in consequence of tbe excessive demands of eomeof the owners of property near Blenheim, and that the course of the line will very probably be changed in consequence. A Welliugtonian on a visit to Nelson writes as follows to tbe 2V,Z. Times: — " Hearing that there was a coalmine at Richmond, about eight miles from town. I was anxious to iuspect it, as I had never seen one before. The Beam is about aix or seven feet thick, and of excellent quality, and there appears to be a kindof black gum between the coal and stone, which the enterprising^ownera send to town and manufacture into shoe-blacking, block paint, printers' ink, arid splendid Japan varnish. After I returned into the city, I made some inquiries regarding this new indusUy. Some told me the blacking was not of much account; others, that it was not to be equalled, therefore I paid a visit to the infant factory. I found the proprietors and four boys busy making and packing the blacking. I was surprised at its brilliancy when used, and found it did not rub off like other blacking. The polish was also more lasting. It can be manufactured cheaper than the imported article. They then showed me the painf, which was really fine; and it is said by those who have used it here, that it is harder and more durable than any other black'paint brought into ihe Colony."