The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9,1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 8, 9 January 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1877.

It, does not often happen that a large sum of money is placed ip the Bank and, allowed to lie there for years until its .exigence becomesalmost forgotten, and is only .brought to light by-am, accident, yet :such .has. taken place in Nelson. : In the . year iߧ6 the great Maori.outbreak at 'Taa-anaki.occurred,: and, in, consequence. oif the danger to. which they were exposed,; the;, wives .and families . of a large number of .the settlers, wpre compelled to leave their: homes :and take r_f uge in Nel-'., Son. < ; : ; The -state of ; almost; destitution ..to! which jthey-.. were, minced; evoked /,a large' amount of sympathy hereihyMoh^ass^med^a practical form in the shape of -^subscription which was raised to meet their most pressing wants, and to which tl^CNel&mlpußUS, ever ready to relieve distress^ contributed largely, the! rbsult'vbeing that a 1 sUnxbf .between, £6o0 { and £700 was; collected, and jxlaced in thpBank tothe credit oft certain^trusteeY' \fhd A were elected .td iadminfeter; the fund,' ' Just •abbut this .'twe, however,., the o G(Bneial Government stepped in and undertook to provide, relief, for t^e suffers,, and the consequence was* that the amount's _ibs_riijed was nof drawn upon,but remained in the Bank asjafixedl agposfofarid WM"Sp_~__ißglyTforgoften by the suWcribbrs^_}id J pa3sea''out" v bf : the public, mind, altogether until, wj-J_in t£e., (last few days,' w^eii, owing^tqthe trarisfe'renbef 'of ,'cerlain accounts f torn one b&hkmg _hsfi.u-* s * tidn to another,*: it was 1 brought; to light, having;bythei process. of c compound interest. : increased ih the',meantime...to. yery '^nearly .'.' '£ 1000.'- ': ■ Now- the question-arises, rj? he^t, , is .-; tq / be done withit ?.> Without at^mptV_c.in the smallest degree to dictate in the. matter, 'we : would venture totake the suggestion that.' jfche Hospital Cohyale.centj'l'und.'is ; by' W' means equal to jthe palls made .upon.it, and the interest fro'ni such a sum wpuldmiake a very weleomei addition : to' ifc if jjfecpuld be devoted to such a purpose; , r However, there maybeothers. who. "think. that some other "charity is still -more deserving or "more in wrp-nt.of assistance; and, if so, they will probably' make such suggestions as they :thiijk" fitj, At all eventp, jt ja nop desirable that so? large a sum should be lying jdle #nd benefit-' ting nobpdy when it might bedping a jarge amount of good. ' ' ' " •"*' The frieijds of Dr. and Mrs Renwick, will be glad to learn, t^at they arrived at-Mel-bourne; in .the Nemesis yesterday, and will ppme on to Nelson in the.. Albioni ' Rep&fES were received;.yesterday by telegraph to letters despatched by the San Francisco mail on the 16th November. The members of the Naval brigade will meet for drill at their boat shed, the Port, on Friday evening at half -past seven, instead of this evening, A meeting of the Regatta Committee will be held iat the Trafalgar Hotel phis evening at the usual injur. ' '-■'■'• - ■*- : '• -*' The G. R. Argus, in an article commenting, on the first meeting of the County Council, says- — We have another remark to make, and that is to warn the Council against allowing.the.importation of terms or styles of speech which, although . well fitted to aParliamentary Assembly, are quite out of place in a purely Municipal body. Mr Woolcock put jn the thin edge of a bad practice' yesterday ia speaking of .Councillors . as " honorable members." Tins aping of Parliamentary forms shonld be stopped $t pnce. , \ If Gkavetauds Could Speak they might' tell of thousands prematurely consigned 0 the " narrow house" in consequence of having disregarded' their '.'Small ailments." No disorder, however trivial, can safely be. neglected. K you are troubled with a slight cough, or your stomach, boweJs or kidneys are out of order, if you are weak or sleepless, be sure that there is danger. Banish all peril by a tigaely recourse to that sovereign regulator and strengthening cordial, I Udolpho Wolfe's Sohieq^ Aromatic S£hnjM-?9.— Advt.