The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1877 .

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 230, 28 September 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1877 .

An accident occurred on the Port Road last evening, by which a buggy was considerably smashed. It appears that a horse and buggy were standing near the Commercial Wharf alone, when the horse took fright at something, aud started off in the direction of the town. Everything went well until Auckland Point was reached, when a collision look place with a heavy dray, the result being that the buggy was capsized, and greatly damaged. The horse managed to shake himself clear of the harness, and got off scot free, apparently none the wo/se for his mad frealf.-r Another accident, fortuuateiy unattended with serious coii9eqi^etiaes, opcurred on the Haveu road this afternoon to a horse aud cab. While coming along .the road the horse shied at a heap of gravel, and before he could be pulled up jumped over the embankment on to the beach below, upsetting the trap. There were two passengers iu the trap at the time, but beyond receiving a few scratches they were none the worse for the accident. Strange to say the horse and cab escaped without the slightest injury. The Odd-Fellows' Hall was well filled last evening on the occasion of an entertainment given by the Sappho Dramatic Company in aid of the Hospital Convalescent Fund. The performance commenced with the three-act drama " Wardock Kenttilsou," the whole of f.he characters in which were well sustained throughout. Tlje pa.rt of Justice Ramble was well represented, and gave the audjence a good idea of a self-opinionated country squire. Mause Barleycorn elicited roars of laughter by her droll expressions of rustic simplicity. Rich Lister pourtrayed the villain of the piece with great skill, while the get up of Wardock Kennilson was remarkably good, and could not have been entrusted to better hauds. Throughout the whole of the piece she maintained the style of an old gipsy hag thirsting tot revenge on the wife of Farruer Lister, on receiving the news of whoso death she in a fit of remorse confesses to the plot of the piece, claims the profigate son, who was supposed to be Rich Lister, as her own, and to the father's intense delight announces the fact that the

manly young clerk to Justice Ramble is his own son, she having changed them when infants in charge of Mause Barleycorn, who came in at the time to confirm her statement. The entertainment was brought to a close with fche laughable farce of " Urgent Private Affairs," in which Mr Dentatus Dotts was tho principal character, and to judge from his style of acting is no stranger to the boards and footlights. The monotony of the interval was pleasantly relieved by songs from Messrs Scaife, Letts, and Wheatley. On the whole the entertainment was a treat, and a wish was generally expressed that the performance might be repeated. Should this be done a bumper house may be expected.