The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 223, 20 September 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877.

The Suez and Australian mails of the Arawata were transhipped at Lyttelton to the Maori, and arrived here this afternoon. We are asked to state that the Post Office will be open tc-night from eight till nine o clock for delivery of letters, so as to give an opportunity to reply by the return mail to-morrow morning. A portion of the Custom House is now being partitioned off as a branch Post Office, and will be opened shortly. It was reported that the telegraph litre was to be extended to the same place, but we understand that the work is not to be executed yet. Tug VVesleyan Choir's concert at the Port last night was not so well attended as it was hoped would-be- the case, nevertheless the programme was faithfully carried out in such a manner as to afford the utmost gratification to the audience, if the number of encores may bo accepted as a criterion of their appreciation. Tue Satu day Advcrtiset , a Dunedin journal that appears to be rapidly gaining in popularity, intends to devote a portion of its pages to the purposes of a " Public Opinion" on the principle of the home journal of that name— that is, it intends to reproduce articles ! from other journals on questions of public interest and importance. The idea appears i to be a good one, and likely to answer. The fifth half-yearly meeting of the Naval Brigade was held at the Custom House Hotel last eveniug. There was a fair attendance of members, Lieut. Guily in the chair. The report and balance sheet, duly audited, were read to the nieetiug and adopted. The latter showed that the corps i had a small amount to its credit in the Bank. The Rev P. Calder was unanimously elected honorary chaplain to the Company. With the view of giving a stimulus to firing it was decided to purchase a medal for the Company, to be fired for at intervals, and to become the property of any member who wius it three times in succession or four times at intervals. After the transaction of some routine business, the meetiug terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman The room was then cleared for dancing, in which several of the members indulged until a late hour. Our morning contemporary appears to be somewhat annoyed at our having corrected an error which appeared in his columns yesterday, wherein it was stated in reference to an entertainment to be given in the Lunatic Asylum that "the refectory of the aaylum is large, and visitors are cordially invited to be present this eveniug." In other words the Daily Times, in an outburst of vicarious hospitality, that reminded one strongly of the Yankee's loudly-pro-claimed readiness to shed the last drop of bis brother's blood for the good of his country, had invited the publicof Nelson to supper at the Asylum. The resources of that establishment not being equal to so unexpected a strain upon them, it became necessary, in

order to reduce as much as possible the number of h angry victims to the huge practical joke perpetrated by ourcontemporary, to point out tha disappointment to which those would render themselves liable who attended in the expectation of having the ruu of the refectory. The Mail is twitted with not having notified that the entertainment had beeu postponed on account of the melancholy event which occurred yesterday, as much inconvenience wouid have been avoided by its doing so. There is a popular belief that newspaper men are not easily affected by what take 3 place around them, and can pen an announcement of a death or marriage with equal sangfroid. To some extent this is perhaps true from their being called by the nature of their occupation to deal with matters grave and gay iv the same day and sometimes in the same hour. It is, however, quite possible that even a newspaper reporter may be so stunDed by the lO3S of an intimate friend under most painful circumstances as to be temporarily ueglectf ul of his duties. Such was the case last night. WrTH reference to 6he Meteorological Office superintended by Captain Edwin, the Post says .—The Parliamentary Committee now sitting to investigate the results so far achieved, telegraphed to "the harbor-master or pilot of every port ia the colony for his opinion as to the value of the observations. The queries were, (1) "whether the forecasts were used to -warn shipping, (2) had they proved useful, and what was the average of correctness. The replies from Russell Thames, Poverty Bay, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier, Westport/Greymouth, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, and Bluff, all were to the general effect that the warnings had proved very useful in warning shipping, and, in seTeral cases, had been the meana of saving life and property; that they had been verified to the extent of from 70 to 78 per cent., and were greatly valued by shipmasters. From" the other placer no definite information has been received, but the above is qutie sufficient to show the benefits already derived and the desirability, of placing Captain Edwin in a position to' attain even higher results in the future; " Thk consignees of the. barque Novelty beg to announce to the public that it is intended without fail to unload on Tuesday evening next, the 25th instant. The nearest way to the wharf will be through -Me Provincial Hall, where the vessel will be docked for the convenience of discharging. The following is a list of part of her manifest; the parties named are requested to be in attendance to take delivery of their goods, or to depute persons to act for them in defraying the clearing charges, which are very small in proportion to the value of the consignments:— Mr M'Donald, U.B A., lease; Mr W. H. Jones, Bank N.S.W., I case; F. Blundell, I pkg; C. Y. Fell, I bale; W. Milner, 2 parcels; Mr Ashcroft, 1 trunk; Mrs Greenfield, musical instrument; Bishop of Nelson, 1 small chesfc (much damaged); W. Whyte, a quantity of salvage from Queen BeeH. D. Jackson, 1 cylinder; H. V. Gully, 1 pel; James Matenga, 1 roll; Rev C. Mooo, 1 bdl; Mrs Mules, 1 crate; Mrs Rogerson, 1 crate; Mrs Redgrave, jun., I crate; Mrs Kingdon, I box. The remainder of the cargo, consisting of upwards of 400 pieces, will be open to the general public on presenting clearing tickets, value one and two shilliugs each, which may be obtained afc the wharfinger's office in the Hall up to eight o'clock. Refreshments provided on the wharf, which will be open at seven o'clock. The barque will be decorated and open to the public for inspection when business has been concluded. She is clipper built, aud will amply repay a visit. — Advt. Tremendous failures, involving the loss of millions, often occur in the financial world. Far more deplorable failures often happen in the domain of medicine, patients being sometimes made the victims of mistaken treatment. But the record of the past does not disclose a single instance of failure to cure on the part of that supremely efficient remedy for kidney and bladder ailments, dyspepsia, undue nervous excitement, and general want of strength, Udolpho WoLFfl's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.— Advt.