The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1875.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 8, 9 January 1875, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1875.

The s.s.Maori left Wesiport this morning at eleven o'clock for Nelson, and will leave again for Picton, Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin, on Monday morning at 9 o'clock. TheKaramba. — The steamer Charles Edward will convey immigrants and other passengers to the Karamea on Tuesday next. She will call at the settlement again on her way back from the other West Coast ports, thus affording an excellent opportunity for visiting and spending three days at the new settlement. A correspondent complains of the state of the road near Mr C. Selling's, in the Upper Moutere, where it is so narrow that there is scarcely room for two vehicles to pass one another. Owing to this fault an accident recently occurred to Mr Rose of Dovedale who was driving in a spring cart and came in contact with a dray, neither being able to get out of the way. This, says our correspondent, is but the precursor of many other accidents unlesß some steps are taken to widen the road. Wb learn that a Wellington firm has made offers to Mr Mabin for him to proceed to Lyttelton to make up Insurance papers for an American ship called the "Grace Darling," lately arrived there from Western Australia. Trap Accident. — A serious accident occurred yesterday evening to a party consisting of a lady and three gentlemen, excursionists by the Otago, who had hired a trap belonging to Messrs Twist and Gay, in which they had driven to Wakapuaka. On their reiuro they stopped at the Bay View Hotel to give the horse a feed, for which purpose the man took the bit out of the horsu's mouth, and, upon the party starting again for town, forgot to replace it. la this way they drove into town, and did not discover the position of the bit until arriving opposite Mr West's, in Bridge-street, when one of the party got out to replace it, and io doing bo took the bead-stall off The horse being deprived of the blinkers at once took fright, and dashed down the lane by Mr Wimßett's blacksmith's shop, and across the empty space there to the back of the Bank of New Zealand, smashing the trap in its progress, and throwing out the lady and two gentlemen who were in it, and shaking them severely. The trap is a complete wreck, bur, fortunately, the occupants have sustained no serious iD juries. Kntvbtt v. O'Conor. —In the Colonist's report of this case there occurs an error which is of some importance, and therefore should not be allowed to pass unnoticed. The Judge is reported to have said that "he regarded O'Conor'a claim to the document a wise and fair one." Now, it is not at all likely that Judge Richmond would have been guilty of such a judicial indecency as to impugn the judgment of a Lower Court when such judgment was not before him judicially, which he certainly would have done had he made use of the words imputed to him. What he did say was to the effect that Mr O'Conor might at the time have very properly believed that he had a right to the document, but since then a Court of Law bad decided the question of ownership, and that was quite enough. Dramatic Entertainment. — Mrs G. Palmer proposes giving one of her popular dramatic and musical entertainments on Tuesday evening next. It will commence with a melo-draraa that has never yet been put on a Nelson stage, namely, "The Innkeeper of Abbeville, or the Ostler and the Murderer," the plot of which is most exciting. This will be followed by a musical melange, and the whole will terminate with the amusing farce, " More free than welcome." A really pleasant evening's entertainment may be expected. Stoke Libhaby. — The annual meeting in connection with this institution will be held at the Stoke Public Hall on Monday evening, at eight o'clock. Chdrch Decorations. — The Lyttelton Times of December 26 devotes over three columns to a description of the Christmas decorations of the various churches in Christchurch and the neighborhood. Those of St. Michael and All Angels appear to have been tie most tasteful, and are thus described : — " The decoration of the church of St. Michael and All Angels, although not so profuse and elaborate as those of former years, far exceeded them in beauty and chasteness. Designed in true ecclesiastical style, the ornamentation, from its symmetrical form and skilful grouping of colour, had a fine effect. A Gothio reredos of dark crimson, the centre pinnacle bearing a white silk banner, on which the sacred monogram, surmounted by a crown, was emblazoned, rose behind the altar ; floral quatrefoile, having in (he centre

the letters 'Alpha' and 'Omega,' supported the banner on either side. In the centre of the reredos was a pure white shield, in which,, in crimson relief, were the cross and crown ; two golden shields bearing the sacred monogram, appropriately supported the cross, above which was a floral star of great beauty. The only inscription in the chancel was, " The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us," and this was in itluminated letters. The reredoa as well as the chancel was ornamented with floral designs, bringing out prominently the principal group. Over the western door were the inscriptions, ' Christ is born,' * Unto us a child is born ; unto us a son is given.' The font was profusely ornamented with lilies and other flowers, and the remainder of the decorations were festoons of dark greenery, with which the pillars and arches of the nave and transepts were wreathed. These, from their sombre character, formed a contrast with the display of colour in the chancel, and brought out its ornamentation in stronger relief."