The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 238, 7 October 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1874.

, ,*■ ....<. .. ,;,.,,,,,. „.,:". ::z i' - S Et^ OK Abwza Nß;' -Asßob( AX XQj^r-. , Member's of this Society are • informed i tba,t. the,, usual, quarterly meeting tfor the eloctjop ol officers takes : . .placet^' this ! evenitigi •''.-.- '.'-->.:.'•-. i '.- ; J "!,';;;..!, ! ,'! Ddbing the thunderstorm on Mdtiday | evening last, Mr Trade had a narrow escape from, a, fiery, r visitor, .from the upper regions.. He informs us that he s was riding in from the Waimea, when, i shortly after he bad passed the toll' . S B ; l ?i aM' 9f fire > accompanied by a abpwer of sparks, appeared apparently ! about twenty or thirty "feet above his . head. Falling-in a slanting direction, it struck the ground with a. dull thud, iiot^three feet Jfcpm his horse's aide, and immediately exploded with a report like a small gun, at , the ; flame time eniitting a quantity of fiery fragments, *WBtdblfghted*Trp the-~whx>le^tte4gkb©f-hood, as t though c a -bjju^, rligfat were : being burnt. . __. Jo,a« oitfoN's Tomato SitfcM^flgjires s "prominently in the advertising j coluirln3 | of many .of the New newspapers, and is; highly spoken of by all -who 4iave-lrie(Lit._ Mr_ Olson, whose •premises, were destroyed bjr^n) .p^few ' months ago, is now the .prppr^eto|\fof extensive works near Auckland, where MS will be prepared to turn out the article for the manufacture of which he

%n o w famous, ;in larg^qaapii {\q s d u r i pg Kite approaching tomato sejtiapoY Might not hia-. example,, be 'followed in iNelsonij ; j : ;j £| vfj if-! .-.,•''■-., AmSeja^f —4 i Inere was another capital house loatr -Ajght, when Blaek-Fyed Susan was acted even better than before. The farce, Retained for the Pe fence, was -fP? o vocative of much laughter, but djd 1 i?9P e >f«P $of the^ previous ( p|r- i formances of the company, owing = to the principal character, that of White"ttfffJ^hsviogto be-taken~op afr-a -vepyw short notice, ,'tbe gentleman to wbom the part was originally allotted being ■-E r 6.X£nJte(l r _ bjr^.n sudden and serious illness in his family r lfrTnTlittendiifg".7 . Wife f; the "exception ol /r tbia 7 alight '* hitch the performance went off most ! The ' prbceeda of the ; three entertainments must make a very "handsome'additidn to -the beiotf fund". *■ ••J i - , f:i..;:ii'i|s. ; ,r . , ■'.-{"}■'. f■; • ■ ' j £ Aw alarm of fire was sounded.yesterday evening about seven o'clock. Fortunately it, was nothing more than a "chimney on fire in Collingwood-atreel," and no serious results followed. n Pjt^JPubshon, ; who .was'i recently s '^elected President of the Methodist^ Conference in England, in speaking of the proposals that, had been made, for the absorption' of the Methodists in the Cburch of England, said :— " The longer I live/the less I am djsppaed.' lo call down fire from heaven upon any; and the more I am convinced that, if we are; to do the old Methodist work and to bear the old Methodist witness, we must have the kind and catholic spirit of primitive Methodism. We cannot aflord to be intolerant in our treatment of intolerance. We cannot afford to: trample ;rUpo& pride with greater pride. We cannot afford it, because it would neutralise our witnessbearing, fret our own "souls, and bring us down from our high, sphere of hallowed toil. At the same time we must maintain our self-respect; nod, as we are'SOipftett askqd to consent.tp unite or. be absorbed iatoanother Church, I think the time has come when on this question ,qf pur. ecclesiastical position we should J eive forth no uncertain sound. Do I misinterpret your mind ? We believe that we are n church of God's making. ; We are. content .with our position; we are assured of it; we have no misgivings about it; we believe it can be scripturally sustained. We have no unfriendliness towards other churches. We do not wish to , build ourselves on their ruins. It is no joy .to us that, tfiere are among them irritations of feeling and lapses from faith. We should abase ourselves if we <;ould be eo small as to triumph iu the trouble of others. But we will not be moved from the position in which we believe God has placed us. } Andl--the time has long gone by— we had better decisively affirm it — when we., will listen to any proposals for union ' except on equal terms." These remarks appear from the report fo have : been received favorably by the Con- J :. ference. The Tiondon corresponded* Of 'the ' Auckland Herald says : — I am told that Madame Adeems Patti, the great, prima donna, is to receive no leVs a' sum' than £800 for singing during three days at the approaching mueicaljfjestivalf at Liverpool. Mademoiselle Albani is also to be paid £400, I am informed, for singing on the eame three dc'CasibnsX