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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 110, 8 May 1875, Page 2

-.! - — ; ' '""» The Tararua, with the Suez mail will be due at the Bluff on Monday next. The Rev. W. Keall will preach at the Wesleynn Church to-morrow morning and evening. Masonic Hall. — Mr. F. Cavenagh will preach in the above Hall tomorrow afternoon and evening. A large sperm whale has been washed ashore on the beach opposite " The Steeples." All Saints' Church. — A meeting, for the purpose of making arrangements for a Bale of work in aid of this church in November next, will be held at th 3 Oddfellows' Hall, on Monday evening, at half-past seven. Baker's Hibernicon. — This will be the last night of the above entertainment in Nelson » and what with Mr Baker's singing, Mr Verner's drolleries, and Miss O'Laughliu's dancing, there should be a large farewell audience at the Oddfellows Hall. Fatal Accident. —At an early hour this morning the body of Mr Scott, a very old resident in Nelson, was found in the tideway near the Gasworks. A bruise was discovered on his head, and ;t is supposed that he must have fallen over the sea wall, and being stunned, was drowned, although the water could not have been very deep at the time his watch stopped, namely, half-past two. An inquest will be held this afternoon. New Zealand "Bradshaw." — Mr. Dalgleiab, of Duuedin, is about to prepare a " Bradehaw'a Guide" lor New

Zealand, containing information regarding the movements of all railvvayp, coaches, steamers, &c. It is to be published monthly, and is expected to form a good medium for advertising throughout the whole colony.