The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 104, 4 May 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1877.

As will be seen by our report of last night s dinner, the Caledonian Society's medals were then presented to Messrs A. Wilkie, W. Jones, and E. Parke;-, for their . bravery in saving life at tbe time of the recent Motueka flood The medals, which are of silver, are very handsome, the design being exceedingly neat and well executed. On the face are the arms of Scotland surmounted by a St; Andrew's Cross. On the : obverse, is a wreath qf laurel outside, of which are the words: -,«• Caledonian , Society, Province of

Nelsoh, Nete Zealand, f -i^wa_ded to (name of t^|^^H^.^fp^/ f,^pn the edge , '.of tso .medal are thej words " Fot bravery in * -jsaving'Ufe s|t the' Motuekk ;flflod, February, ;jlß77>'*| Two only 0f the Society's medals i have been awarded before;- o_ie to the mate jof the "ship jCity v oi Newcastle which was w recite&fttf the entrance; to Tory Channel^ and the other to Mr 'Kidson for his plucky conduct on the occasion of the upsetting of a boat from the French Pass in 1870. A general meeting of the members of the Artillery Cadet Corps will be held at the /*Ne.Bo__rHoteLthi3-t.?ening-at .half -past seven '^clookTcM ZZ ■• '- ■ _ ■ 7 T^Bf-DaVenport Brothers and Messrs Fay ' and Davies will make their first appearance in their wonderful performances at the Oddfellow*- Hall to-night; - »r - ■srrr.r. The police authorities at New Plymouth have telegraphed to Inspector 'Kiely,^ stating', that a report that* had Ife'en telegraphed to' the effec.t._t.ha.ta goldfield had been discovered _ in Taranaki was without 'foundation.' A nasty accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Wakapuaka to Harry Dodson, a lad of about eight years of age, who fell from a haystack and broke his ar.ni. Dr Squires was speedily fetched.- -from kowS. atid s|t the Woken limb, ar[d (he boy lis on weii.;- •■-'•■'-.. ~_ y yy f °-_ i "A TREMENDof.B,7ponvulsioff : tak^3' place in. the fiuman interior difring vrj* bilious"^aftack. The muscles o£-t_t<^. stbmdc'h arespasigodically contracted, ther£all:"i)ladder is£: violently squeezed and etiapties l> i\k into the_ stomach, whichjisagain convulsed, -and casts - :* oftt i(_a contentsi into the inouth. - Tlufcause c ' ot this-internaU commotiqn,is : purety gastric,'*although tjhe blame is often _laid_,jipoh ihe?' .liver..; Invigorate the^. atomafch-. witht; Udolpho 1 Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps! if you would avoid^'-Wliois"-at-aci__.--j__.dvt_ _ r -. A- / j t^—mm-._- I ii i » in i.iiii.A-. .'