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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 11, 12 January 1877, Page 2

JJuring the .furious hall storm of three week since fn Gynipie, alt the gardens were devastat!edvwith«ta_ i exception of one. Recently some person v presumed - to be hfe ,cqmpatriofcs rI moved , by.ven,? y, -Mid, jealousy, entered this manVgaMen aTmgM and destroyed all his" melons said to be be^ tween £300 and £4^09 worth; j- Ll A A; miraculous escape from^heingjtrucfc-byr lightning occurred during'the progress of" a thunderstorai.across th'ethe eastern end of Geelong. .The. '44WJ(h/r}M7S^^^ignell, a lady who resides near the feotanfcal Gardens; was standing in'-the doeWy/of k&& house watching the.vMd-fiashes of lightning, when all of a. sudden a ball . of .fire passed' within a foot of where she was standingwent .'through' the 1 house : by tfietßack-dbor ' Which was opehl at 'fc^e* t.rae 1 , i atM l 'V*^idrleri i just; oyeir the house with a terrific ' cfflsW Mrs Bignell was forced on to a chair.bufcnofr hurt, and althojigh^he,. ha<d,her senses -she was-powcrtessto SBfeaKPfot mearly a*|-hl>ur and a half. The ball of -fire is de_l*3_ed when it appeared ! to-b&*?s66j bd* composed of all colors of the r-unbow^ --< T j <• There has been" a tremendou-Tmbhub of late in Wellington overa proposition to ereot a Town Hall afc a cosfc-of £10,0-10. A meeting of « latepayeESjtOcconsider! thermite*? .was-h-Id on.Tuesday evisHingiwhenthcfoiiawißg. very sensible resolution was,. passed nn-' animously -—That, in the' o^rfeio^d^^his meefcmg.the propo^ilfof the.Cifcv-Cotinqil'to-" expend a snm up to £10,000 in! jerestingt an Town Ball and Corporation ipfficesv* aKould-f not, underterdsfcing circumstances;-be. carried' out. (1.) Because the sum in tquestionj (£10,000) could, n^ore usefully, he. expended m putting the the aireWy formed streets of the city iufco a'l thorough r sf&6eYof repair, and in forming .and; mqfcaUing. r the, other streets on the plan of the city which as yet do nofc exist. (2.) Because the. Council being* already committed to large undertakings in connection with additional jwiYarf accommodation, increased water supply, tjfija drainage, it is unadvisable to undertake additional works which are ; 'net -^-presentnecessary, and that the proposed Town Hail and other buildings on the scale,contemplated come nnder this designation, '(I) -Because the finaucialpcsition of the Wellington_Munioipal Corporation— withanoverdraffc of £14,000 afc their bankers, on which £1200 :a: year } of • ff_?_- haa to be P^ d -r V> 'npt^suohWto justly fche ( ea*penditn?e of a auk of igioiod for.the.piritgsp.in.qaestioa,, .',, j\. ■-„,.,

It is understood fchafc a Melbourne ipok\^fev^ W "«!W %Tfche All EtMand _, ISfM^^.'-in Sidney;" 'bufthafc mfe^ ® fch |l oo^ , a^eHiTker| kU theM>n|\ fde ofcthe fefice. ;■:,' f^--i.YY' -' p f>f Tpm Bro#n|" the crickefcihg'corrlsloE--4xs MP™ %M%™&^tekw foifewa th^-ehknteJpS^diiE^^Vs -On visiting the ground during Chnsfcmas -Uay long faces were pulled on seeing the rough state of the wickefc and fielding ground, and broken heads and limbs ifc was thought JJS°S the order of fche nexfc day. Forfcuf W e WMaer& wa_ no seriola acfsidenE" hMfe *^-«W3ra_w_feßi nasfcy bruises. -The Hetaf men have a splendid piece of' would only do something towards making it Nelsonites- when they come^^s&ip(ffflt sucb men as Shaw » in the match with -ttte 1 J AH Englaud Eleven, which is fco be played sMjh-at ground early next month. Tm "mad broken headsr -will fnri&ef dfasro^trfafei B-j^.~J^ e Nela on team was a very, strong I believe the besFfchafc could be got noge-ffi^r in t^ ;! Hprovincg i i< They batfced. owled, and fielded splendidly all through andf;ifci says mu_S for our men iafe?th_y made; sbjrespectable^ a show against fieldlhg of the- Wellington men 'wth.-flrsfe mtiing-i was noH'.tfp to th<r?hiark} bufc in the second they warmed fco the^work played wea;fedgefcher.' " The bow3_d'g too ®J% rab, y"frp£bved, aa fche smalf^bres •^nilij^hy fche Melson mei"la their^etsond innings show. : 7 - ~ 't,C\ Q