The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 56, 6 March 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1877.

Lieut. Paynter is to be escorted to his home at Stoke this evening by the Volunteers and members of the Fire Brigades, who will fall in at the Drill Shed at 8 o'clock, aud march thence in torchlight procession to the railway station, where a train will be iv • readiness to convey them to Stoke. Colored lights will be burnt at intervals on the way out. Extra carriages wiil be put on, aud those of the public who desire to take part in the proceedings can obtain return tickets at sixpence each from Mr Harling, where they have been placed for sale by Captain Marshall, who has engaged the train. The want of courtesy displayed by Col. Reader, the officers of the Staff, and the colonial representatives generally, on the arrival of the Hinemoa this morning was .he subject of much and unfavorable comment. Although they were perfectly well aware that a demonstration was to be made to welcome to his home the champion of New Zealand, the whole of them with but three exceptions appeared in plain clothes, left the steamer inline 1! itcly on her arrival at the wharf, and drove aw_y up to town, meeting on their way the volunteers who were marching down to meet their comrade. Was it ignosauce of what was the proper thing, to do on the part of the officer in commaud, or did he intend to pass a deliberate slight upon the people and volunteers of Nelson? We trust that sotae notice will be taken at head quarters of what was, to say the least of it, a gross breach of etiquette. We understand that Mr A. J. Richmond, M.H.R., has invited the members of the Stoke Rifles and a few friends to a dinner which he intends to give at Stoke on Thursday evening to welcome back Lieutenant Paynter, tbe winner of the Champion Belt. Shortly after the death of the late Rev. F. C. Simmons one or two of those who had been his pupils at the Nelson College set to work to raise a fund among the then collegians, and those who had previously been Mr Simmons' pupils, wherewith to establish a scholarship in connection with his name, or, if not enough for that, an annual prize of more than the usual value. They placed themselves in communication with several gentlemen at Dunedin who had been under Mr Simmons when he was Head Master of the High School there, and it was honed that a considerable sum would be raised. The expectations of those with whom the idea originated, however, were not realised, and the amount received has only reached £45, of which nearly £20 was subscribed by the present College boys. This will be handed over to the Governors at their next meeting for investment, the interest to be expended annually on the purchase of a prize. It is hoped that they may see their way to supplement it in order to bring the value up to at least £5. The ringing of the fire bell at the Port last evening caused a little excitement in that locality. The cause of the alarm was the burning of some scrub on the face of the hill at the rear of the Anchor Foundry, which had been set fire to by some boys. The members of the Auxiliary Brigade, who were holding a meeting at the time of the alarm, W*re quickly on the spot, and the hose having been taken to the top of the Anchor Foundry the water was turned on, aud in the course of half an hour all danger was over. A meeting of the directors of the Caledonian Society was held last night, when the sum of £10 10s was voted to the Motueka Relief Fund. A capital opportunity of visiting Motueka will be afforded by the Lady Barkly on Saturday next, when she will leave Nelson at 8 a.m., arrive there at 10, and sail on the return trip, at 4 p.m., allowing six hours to be spent in Motueka. The quarterly cattle fair will be held at Richmond to-morrow. A meeting of the Motueka Relief Committee was held last night, when the Treasurer reported that there was the sum of £478 in the Bank, and that there were still a number of lists to come in. It was resolved to forward £465 at once to the Motueka subCommittee for distribution among the sufferers recommended by them for assistance. It was decided that the lists should close on the 15th instant. In sparsely settled districts, where medical aid is often difficult and sometimes impossible to obtain, it is extremely desirable for .families to have in the" house some reliable medicinal restorative. Being widely comprehensive in its curative operation, perfectly pure, undeteriorating and recommended by the medical faculty, Udolpiio Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps possesses all the requisites of a family medicine. — Advt.