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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 206, 31 August 1877, Page 2

A meeting of the members of the Queen Bee Relief Committee will be held in the Council Chamber at 3-30 to-morrow afternoon. Tau petitions in favor of a mitigation of the sentence passed upon tho captain and second mate of the Queau Bee were forwarded to Wellington by the Ringarooma this afternoon. To tho foi-n__r there were attached 180, and to the latter 197 signatures. Tar-ui-; was some smart work at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. There being a suspicion that the defendant was about to beat a hasty retreat from Nelson in tlie Ringarooma. the following summonses were issued:-.!. P. Cooke v. Kolsen for j £7 4s 7d; Pratt v. the some for £2 17s ; and j Chisholm v. the same for ]9s 4d. The summonses were takeu out at 11-45, the cases were heard at 12*30, wheu the plaintiffs obtained judgment. Judgment summonses were taken out immediately afterwards, and the Court sat to hear them at 1-30, but thevwere adjourned until to-morrow morning. " Captain Pitt, iu the absence of Captaiu Marshall, last eveniug inspected the Volunteers, who mustered in the drill shed. Considering the state of the weather there was a fair attendance. The companies were put through the different manoeuvres, in all of which they acquitted themselves creditably after which tbey were dismissed. ' The Rev Charles Clark, having twice visited America, is expected at Auckland by the next mail steamer. His manager, Mr R. S. Smy the, arrived in Nelson this morning on his way to meet him. Mr Clark achieved a brilliant success in America. A corkespondent writes suggesting that any surplus of the Queen Bee Relief Fund should be handed over to the " Benevolent Aid Society." Deserving as such an object is of support we fear that there would be considerable difficulty in the way of devoting I the mouey to any other object than that for I which it was subscribed. \ A fiue occurred at Mr George Gee's farm at Motueka Valley yesterday about 5 a.m , by which his baru aud its contents, compriaing a quantity of harness aud tools, a chaffcutter, and a lot of oaten sheaves, were entirely destroyed. The building and contents were uninsured. The owner has no idea how the fire originated, but supposes it to bave been the act of an incendiary. The Bishop of Wellington'has received a j cheque of £500 for the Diocesan Church fuud irom a gentleman who requested that his name mjght not be made public

The following is from the N. Z. Times of yesterday:— Our readers may remember that some time ago the Bank 0f New South Wales at Kumara was robbed of a quantity of notes cheques, and coin. The bank agent, Mr Hogg, stated that he had fired at a man, supposed to be the robber, as he was making his escape by the back door of the premises, lhe bank was kept open on the eveniug previous until after eight o'cclock, when it was suggested that the snpposed offender concealed himself under a bed in the outer office while the agent and teller were engaged inside. It now turns out that the whole story about the robber was a fabrication, Hogg, the bank agent, having since confessed to having committed the robbery, for which offence he has been arrested, and is now in custody. [This has since been confirmed by a telegram which will be found elsewhere.] A curious accident occurred on Tuesday to a boy in the Napier Grammar School. He was sitting in his place in school when suddenly a loud report was heard in tbe room. It was the explosion of a dynamite cartridge, used in blasting, which the boy had had in his pocket for six or seven months, and with which he was fiddling (when the explosion took place. Unfortunately, the boy has lost two of his left hand fingers and thumb by the accident. The following special telegrams to tho Post appeared in that journal on the 29th inst.:— "London, August 20.— The Russian Imperial Guard is to be employed on skirmishing duty in the neighborhood of Rustchuk.— The Turks carried all the advanced Russian positions at Batoum on the 19th inst. — Powerful Russian reinforcements are proceeding by forced marches to Armenia.— All the available Turkish troops are leaving tor Adrianople.—lt is stated that the Russians never crossed the Balkans at Shipka, but at Demir Kapa Pass.— Bismarck declares that mediation is now actually impossible.— London, August 27, 4 p.m.— Continued assaults are being made at Schipka Pass.— There are 35,000 Turks engaged against 15,000 Russians.—The conflict has lasted sixteen days. Seven thousand have been killed, and many thousands wounded.— Tho Russian still maintain their ground. Female martyrs to kidney and urinary complaints are very numerous. The delicate organism of tha gentler sex render it far more susceptible to hurtful influences than the hardier male system. For the various ailments peculiar to women, as wellas for the hysteria, pains in the back and loins, and nervous debility to which they give rise, Udolpho Wolfb's Schiedam Aromatic' Schnapps is a potent and pleasant remedv —Advt J