Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 297, 15 December 1877, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1877.

The Customs receipts at the Port of Nelson for the week ending to-day were £859 9s lOd.

A littlb butchering business was done by the train from Foxhill this afternoon, which ran into a flock of sheep that were straying on the line near Richmond, killing and wounding several of them.

Foli, particulars of the arrangements made for the three Clark lectures, the first of which (" Oliver Cromwell, or Bible and Sword ! ") will be given in the Provincial Hall on Monday evening, are to be found in our advertising columns. The railway authorities had decided to run special trains on Tuesday and Wednesday, but a large number of people having intimated to Mr Ashcrof t their desire to hear the "Cromwell" lecture, that gentleman has obligingly consented to run a special train on Monday night as well. Popular prices of admission are to be charged, and no lecture will be repeated.

A special meeting of the City Council was held last night. Present, the Mayor in the chair, Cra Gray, Hounsell, Little, and Webb. The following letter addressed to the Mayor was read :—" England, [Christ Church Parsonage, Ealing, W., October 25 :— Dear Sir— l cannot allow another mail to leave England without sending you my heartfelt thanks for the great service the authorities of Nelson did in the matter of the Queen Bee. To you and to others who so eagerly and wisely organised the search parties I am (under God) indebted for the life of my brave and dear son. He and his friends and fellow ship-mates who were saved from impending starvation, will, 1 am sure and know, feel that in writing to you this letter lam discharging, though in a feeble way, a portion of that indebtedness which can never be altogether drawn out from our throbbing hearts at home.— l am, dear sir yours gratefully, Joseph Hilliard."— The following tenders were received for oainting the saltwater baths:— W. Wanstow, £20T. B. Louisson, £25 15s; J. P. Cooke, £27 10s; George Jackson, £34 l 0s 5 Greig and Burton, £46. As nothing was known of Wanstow, the next lowest tender, that of Mr Louisson, was accepted.— ln accordance with a recommendation of the Public Works Committee, another horse was ordered to be purchased in the place of one that had fallen lame.— Owing to the smallness of the atteudance the consideration of the extension of the water supply was deferred until next Friday, to which day the Council adjourned. The remainder of the young salmon were taken out this morning by the train to Foxhiu, where Mr r. M'Rae had arranged to meet them with a conveyance, in which he was to take them to the Motueka River where they are to be liberated. '

There was a crowded audience at the Masonic Hall last night, where the views of the Thames were as favorably received as any that had preceded them. To-night will be the last opportunity the people of Nelson will have of enjoying this real treat. Volunteers are referred to our telegraphic news for information regarding the next prize firing.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning three warrants were issued under the 17th section of the Resident Magistrate's Act, 1868, against Thomas Brooks of Pigeon Valley at the suits of" Langford and Son Jonathan Mears and William Wadsworth and Benjamin Fairhall, an affidavit having been raado to the effect that th* defendant was about to leave tue district with a view to fraudulently evading his liabilities. Tub sites for publicans' booths, &c on the Caledonian Sports ground were put up to auction to-day, but the prices offered were so absnrdiy low that they were withdrawn. A terrible disease. If gravel is allowed to remain in the bladder, tbe accumulations eventually become so large that they can only be removed by one of the most dangerous and agonizing operations known to surgery. The deposits pass out through the urethra so long as they are small enough to do so; but in their passage their ragged edges tear its sensitive lining, producing the most excruciating tortures. The use of t!i*t beneficent diuretic, Udo&pho Wolfe's Schikdah Aromatic Schnapps materially assists in dissolving and passing gravel [Advt.l