The Nelson EVening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1875.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue X, 6 January 1875, Page 2

The Nelson EVening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1875.

We are requested to state that the steamer Lady Barkly will sail to-morrow afternoon for Motueka, Waitapu, and! Collingwood. Nelson Aetizans' Association.—;' A full attendance is requested this ey'eping, »when will be ejected 1 for the' -ensuing quarter/ " i .., '•?'•■/ j Christ C^rjßCH.— The churchwar-l dens will be'iri at'febdanco from eight) to nine this eceqipgj . at the Bishop's School-room, to receive the pew rents. • cr W& r ' 'MAlli^/The. i -Macr gregor, with the mail, arrived at l^^kn^^eflterdflv^fternoon^JHer

We have been requested to state for public information, that tn«? s;s. : Wellington, having on board; the: inward Sab. Francisco mails, may reaoh here by to-morrow morning's lide, and in' that event will leave for Southern ports "'soon after arrival ; at any rate, she will leave by the evening's tide tomorrow, Thursday, instead of Friday as hitherto advertised. 1 . ; , | Naval Artillery Cobps . — A movement has been set on foot to establish a naval artillery corps; "and "for A tbat purpose a meeting will be held at the Custom House Hotel on Wednesday evening next. Such a corps would be a great addition to our volunteer force, which, at the present time, is, in discipline and knowledge of their drill, equal to any. in New, ;Zealapd,v ajndYras., we' understand that the necessary Jgunia »i will be forwarded on application, there should be no difficulty in forming the company. Alarm of Fire.— At two o'clock this afternoon tfre b>l la pealed forth the alarm, the- cause -being a fire which had broken out in some straw which >as stowed inja shedr.belonging to;-Jtfr,---'King,-baker, inlßcidgJ^itre^js[njt|r4_ minutes the firemen in uniform, with ; the>Jarge hose, were on the spot, but the names had meanwhile been extinguished by means of the small hose blaj fhV -pr;fi&ii|eß. Occuring, as the alarm did, during the sitting of the Supreme Court, it furnished an excellent iafg^t|ent ; in favor. of. 'the ; pxetfip-*. iions f of "members of the fire 'brigades from jury service. The Star, states! that Judge Gillies will be located in Auckland, visiting "Nelson and probably that,. Judged RictitntindV itfJb&lia! ;|ni^honje ? -Zi probably wilJLnpt return. Hokitika is li'fetej^j v €p be^i Included in the Christchurch circuit 1 ; Chief Justice Prenuder,gaßt., w.hO| .will^ be located in - Wellington, will ptotittjly hold courts in Napier and Wanganui,