The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 45, 21 February 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1877.

TnE Motueka Relief Committee will meet at the Council Chamber at 4 p.m. to-morrow, when the subscription lists will be distributed among the members In addition to the subscriptions already advertised, Messrs E. Buxton and Co. have contributed £10. It will be seen by our correspondent's telegram that the sympathy displayed by the citizens of Nelson was warmly acknowledgedjat ajmblic meeting held- afc Motueka last night. We understand that arrangements are likely to be made at once for fche election of a representative of the Motueka Riding in the Waimea County Council. We notice that the Nelson Savings Bank, which now transacts its business in Trafalgar street, is open from two to four on Saturday afternoon, as well as in the evening, the convenience of which arrangement for country customers is very great. The new building is a handsome and commodious structure of two storeys, the lower of which is occupied by the Bank, while in the upper is a large suite of offices which have been let to Mr Pitt; and Messrs James M'Ewan & Co. We are glad to learn that the Day family who, ifc will be remembered, were attacked bp scarlet fever when on board fche Wanaka on their way to Westport, are now completely recovered, and will be forwarded to their destination by the first opportunity. The Gazette of the 15th instant notifies the appointment of Mr Greenfield as Commissioner of Crown Lands, to date from the Ist January, 1877, and of Mr Bamford as Deputy District Land Registrar for the Nelson District. The numerous friends of Captain Cross will be glad to learn tbat he has so far recovered from his recent severe illness as to have been able to pilot the Albion out of harbor this morning. Our attention has been called . to an error into which we fell regarding the Mortuary Chapel recently erected in the cemetery. The money was not obtained by subscription, as we stated, but a portion of ifc was provided by the trustees out of the revenue of the cemetery, and the balance was raised on loan. The tea and public meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Sunday School will take place at the Hardy-street- Church this evening. Herr Lindauer, the artist who recently paid a short, but very successful, visit to Nelson, is now in Wellington, where he appears to be as great a favorite as he was here. At the Magistrates' Court tbis morning, before H. E. Curtis and W. Wells, Esqs., J. J.P., A. H. Doudney, a stowaway on board the Albion, was charged with being on board without paying Ms passage. Defendant said he intended to proceed to Melbourne in the Albion to see his wife, who would pay his passage. The purser said tbat Doudney was well known as being rather fond of travelling in this way. Ordered to pay £6, being the full fare to Melbourne, and £2 fine, or in default one month's imprisomenfc. — Alfred Carter was charged with William Polglase on the cricket ground. Mr H. M Moor proved the assault. The defence was that Carter, who had purchased the rights of all games on the ground ordered off the field an organ-grinder who appeared upon the scene. Polglase interfered, whereupon Carter struck him, inflicting a deep gash on Irs face with a ring that he wore. Defendant was fined £2,. and costs 19s, or in default fourteen days' imprisonment. Nothing like going from home to hear news. The following paragraph appeared in yesterday's Westport Times:— "There was, after all, some riak attached to being on board the steamer Wanaka. We learn from good authority, alfchougb. the fact has been kept; remarkably quiet iu Nelson, that Harbor Master Captain Cross, who boarded the vessel at Nelson, within a. few hours after, showed symptoms of scarlet fever, and has since suffered a smart attack of the disease." By way of comment on the above we would remark that Captain Cross did not board the Wanaka, that his illness set in long before her arrival here, and that the disease from which he suffers is not scarlet fever or anything like ifc. JgTHB Australian Mutual Provident Society appears to be in a flourishing condition, judging by information which has been received in advance of the annual report, which shows that the new policies issued in 1876 were 4558 against 4144 iu the previous year, the invested fund exceeds two millions, and the annual revenue was upwards of £470,000. These figures contrast most favorably with those for 1871, showing what giant stride's the Society has made since then. Afc that time the figures were:— New policies, 1980; invested fund, £980,000; annual revenue, £247,000. Eminent Clergymen, distinguished physicians, celebrated chemists, concur in verifying what the public long since discovered to be true; namely that as a remedy for general prostration, local weakness or irregularity, chronic despondency, and as a defence against complaints which proceed from iuactivity or weakness of the digestive, urinary, or excretory organs, the restorative upon which most reliance can be placed is Udolpho Wolfe's Sciiiedam Aromatic Schnapps — Advt.