The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 92, 20 April 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1877.

It is something for a Nelson manufacturer to be proud of that he can produce an article which will stand the test of comparison with manufactures of alike kind from all parts of the world. This has been done'by Mr James Smith, W;ho sent twelve different descriptions of wine to the Philadelphia Exhibition, where, as we learn from the Government Gazelte,*_e was awarded a prize. What that prize was, or whether it was given for the collection of wines or for any one perticular kind, is not at present known, as the^articulars are not yet to hartd. but there remains the fact, of -which as we saidbefore Mr Smith may well- be* proud, that he was a successful exhibitor "at the great world's fair recently held in America. It may not be generally known to what extent the wine making* basiness is* carried on by Mr Smith, but a visit to his cellar shows clearly that the quantity he turns out is sufficiently large to occupy aconsiderable amount of labor in its production, while the quality may be ascertained by the agreeable process of tasting to be such as must meet with the approval of the most fastidious. The amouut made yearly is between 65 and 7o quartercasks, to produce which close upon seven tons of fruit, including grapes, cherries, gooseberries, and currants are required. Australian wines have obtained so high a character that to export Nelson wines to that colony would be generally regarded as about as sensible a proceeding as sending coals to Newcastle, yet, strange to say, it is in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney that Mr Smith finds his principal market, his wine being sold there at prices ranging from 36s to 42s per dozen. We congratulate; Mr Smith -upon his success, and trust that.he may go ori.and prosper. We have to acknowledge the receipt from Mr \V. liennie, of Toronto, Canada, his descriptive seed catalogue for 1877. We shall be happy to show it to any who are interested in such, matters. ... Tiie seventeenth annual meeting of the members of the.Harmonic Society, was held at their Hall last night,.when a large number were present, Mr Scaife in the chair. A resolution expressive of regret at the Joss the Society has sustained in the death of Sir I). Monro, who had held the. office of President since it was ..first ; formed in 186 a having.jbeen passed,* his Lordship the Bishop of Nelson was elected to the vacant offiqe, and Mr Eell to that pf one of the VicePresidents, which had been held by the Bishop. The same Committee as last year was elected, namely, Messrs Anthony, Blundell,,Bunny, Kempthorne, Moore, and Scaife. Mr Fell was re-appointed conductor, Mr Catley secretary and treasurer,- and Mr Dick auditor. The Treasurer presented the balance sheet, which -"mowed the" iiheame for the past year to have* been 15156 6d, including £4 1 19s the .proceeds of a draniatic performance given for the purpose of providing funds for erectin**** 1 a new platform for use at : concerts, and the expenditure £148 195.10 d, of which £29 125.6 d was, paid for the platform and £13 in the repayment of scrip. The statement of assets and liabilities showed that the Society was in possession of property to the yalue of £509, and^hat ihe 'liabilities, consisting of unpaid scrip, were £04, leaving a balance of £445. *Tl>e Treasurer stated that the Society were now prepared topecejve b.uilding, scrip in. payment of . subscriptions be|ng.desicous of "redeeming' as many as pos;sibfe during the current year.* ; A' resolution \v_s- passed to 'the effect that 'all 'assistant ladies should, not being' members of the Society, receive one ticket for each concert. A vote of thanks for his valuable^services to the Society was accorded by acclamation to Mr Fell the conductor,! ahd adother to Mr Catiey the Secretary. , Another fine .bull c»lf, brod hy. Mr Ingles of Riwaka, has been brought, over with a view to bringing abouVthe much needed improvement in the. stock in' the Waimea Mr Kidd of , Waimea East being the purchaser. The sire is a bull purchased by Mr Ingles from Messrs Beth.une aud Hunter of Wellington, from which some excellent stock hi*.s been obtained. This particular specimen of his offspring, although only five months old, turns' the scales at sS.Blbs. Ak accident'oecurr'ed a 1 day or two ago to a [man named Piper, 'who was engaged in breaking stones in the Maitai Valley, when ,a fragment flew up and hit him a severe blow on the eye, Fears are entertained that loss of sight will be the consequence, . Mr. Gilbert, the librarian of the Nelson Institute, writes requesting that all subscribers who have books or periodicals belonging to the library to return them without delay, as he is about to prepare a catalogue. There is a box into which books may bo dropped in the absence of the librarian. A second' shipment of books of an'interesting character has just been received from Eng° land, and they fre now ready for circulation. Wb regret to' s.taie that Mr John J-Cerr, the accident to whom we recently reported, died yesterday after suffering, great pain. He will be burried to-morrow afternoon in St. Michael's churchyard, Waimea West, where are already interred- $c remains of his grandfather a.nd gr-indnoflther, ar>d two of his Uncles. ' " ' *■ Tjjjj Taranaki has returned from New Plymouth to Onehunga to bring the mail, and will leave there tomorrow for Nelson direct, so that she may be looked for on Sunday afternoon. • ' '•'■'•'

T -v.. v ' ■■;**. -v. : Mr. 'Augarde*- delires"* td-call attention to ms ,saie of N sfc.ock; $&} afc Dovedale on Mon- - day next. ' • Pr : | Xh At a^meetingi of. : the 6o|iiuittee of the. Achmattsation Seek ty, ! he_d yesterday afterr noon, it was rebuked" iteff the Secretaryplace^hwsefk.iti co^inlnication with the i Southland Society 3viy_ia i vie\v to ascertaining' if salmon ova will be supplied in exchange for such game as is to be had in Nelson; also that au endeavor be made to obtain redlegged partridges from Wellington; also that the Canterbury Society be invited to unite with Nelson in obtaining black game. The. Society would do well to assert? themselves! with the Government and request to be siip-?" plied with the American fish ova which are now. being ;. introduced in large quantities, and for the hatching of which we have every" facility provided in Nelson. . . . Professor ANbknsox used to perfoVml seme astounding tricks. We have for instance* seen him pour several kind 3 of**wineJ —apparently— out of the same bottle. But we know of far more wonderful bottles than the Professor's. There is the most positive testimony to prove that disorders of the . stomach, kidneys aud rcspiratqry orgaus, * fevers of arf intermittent and remittent type, . atid all diseases' requiring invigorative treat- : ment, are cdred by the . agreeable- contents of the bottles'which fyold UdojuphS Wolf_.'s SCHIEDAM AROJIATIC S€ilNA*PP6.4:_idvfc. "77 '■ ■ -' "■>. K. "y