The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 81, 7 April 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1877.

Favorable news was received yesterday from the Richmond Hill silver mine, where • the sinking of the shaft has been completed and the lode struck at a depth of 99 feet. It was rumored just as the steamer was 'eaving Collingwood that a rich vein fifteen inches in width had been met with, but this needs corroboration. Further particulars will be learned on the arrival of the steamer after her next trip. The enquiry on board the Northampton was brought to a close yesterday, and, as far as we can learn, the complaints made have none of them proved sufficiently serious to justify the Commissioners in recommending the disallowance of the subsidies generally granted to the ship's officers. The Rev D. Dolamore will preach at Hope to-morrow morning, and at the Richmond Baptist Church in the evening. The Rev A. Hamilton will conduct both services ■in the Bridge-street Church. By the last Australian mail intelligence was received that the Rev G. T. Shaw, of J Victoria, is unable to take charge of the Wesleyan Church in Motueka, owing to the , serious illness of Mrs Shaw. It is probable, therefore, that an unmarried minister, soon expected from England, will be located there in the course of a few weeks. The Customs receipts for the week ending this day amounted to £1189 14s 9d. The members of the Naval Brigade are requested to assemble at the Railway Station to:morrow evening at five o'cloek, when they will proceed to Richmond for the purpose of bringing the boats home. A large attendance is requested, as the boats cannot be manned unless there is a good muster. The following are the names of the Cadets who were successful in obtaining prizes in the recent district firing:— M'lvor; (Col'ege), 57, £3 10s; Jessop (City) 54, £3- Harley (College), 52, £2 10s; Pickett (Artillery), 50, £2; Young (City) 47, £[ 10s; Sullivan (City), 45, £1 10s; Kingswell (College), 43, £l; Perrin (City), 40,- £l. A daring attempt to get rid of the irksome duties of sea life was made by a sailor belonging to the Northampton on Wednesday evening last. While our reporter was on board the ship he was accosted by a French seatnan, who begged a passage to the shore, which was refused him. Nothing daunted, the matelot determined to get on shore somehow, and in the middle of the night he quietly slipped oyer the side, got on to a stage which was hanging there, lowered it into the water, and shaped a course for the shore, He must have landed somewhere near the rocks, for next morning part of the stage was picked up with the ropes which bound it together chafed through, as if they had been in con- ; tact with some hard substance. Ifc was at first thought that the occupant of the stage had been drowned, but on Thursday night°a stranger was seen at the Port, who proved to be the missing sailor. The captain of the Northampton, having a full complement of hands, did not trouble himself further about the man, but allowed him to go scot free. .At the athletic sports held at Kuniara yesterday, the lion's share of the money prizes was taken by E. Webber. In vaulting wjth the pole he won the prize with a leap of tga feet four inches. Two life buoys and a pair of sock.3 were found on The Rocks this nio'ning by a gentleman who went down to bathe. How they got there is a mystery.