The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1878.

Our telegrams report the occurrence of a serious fire at Havelock yesterday morning, resulting in a considerable loss of property. From a private source we have ascertained that three of the buildings destroyed were with their contents iusured as follows:— Dive and Co: Building, £450 in the Victoria, and £200 in the New Zealand; stock, £800 in the Victoria, £500 in the London and Liverpool, £1000 in the Imperial, £350 in the New Zealand, and £300 in the Royal; Mr Douslin: Building and furniture, £300 in the Standard; Mr Williams: Building and stock £150 iv the Victoria, furniture £50 in the Standard. Total £4100, of which £3200 is insured with foreign offices. A pike occurred at Lower Wakefield on Saturday, whereby a shed belonging to Mrs Fairhall, and occupied by Mr John Duncan, was destroyed. The building,- which was an old one, and in a dilapidated" condition, contained about 1$ tons of hay, and a few tools and other valued in . all at £15., There was no iusurance. j The origin of ithe fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been caused by a spark from the railway engine, which passed, half an hour before the flames were seen. The shed was about 60 yards from the railway station, and the wind was blowing on tb it from that directio, and. 'the, fire when first seen was on thereof on the side nearest to the station. ■ Ai the Magistrats' Court at Brightwater ! to-day, before J. W. Barnicoat; GW. Lightband, and H. Martin jun.^ Esqs.', 3VJ.P:,' there were no cases of importance. In Oldham v. Carvel! for £7 10s for medical attendance, and Langford and Son v. Feary for £15 7a 2d for goods supplied. Judgment was given for the amounts claimed with costs. Mb. and Mrs Morton Tavares purpose giving the residents of the Waimea a rare treat, to-morrow evening, when they will give an entertainment in the Wakefield Choral Hall. We would strongly recommend all those who are able to do so to be present. The monthly competition by the members of the Naval Brigade for the Company's medal took place on Saturday last, when it was won by Seaman Jessop with a score of 28. ■ The Customs receipts collected at the port of Nelson for the week ending sth January 1878, amounted to ( £844 Os Id. The annual meeting of' the members of the Richmond Institute will be held this evening at eight o'clock. The saltwater baths were thrown open to the public this morning for the first time, on which occasion they were very largely patronised, over 100 taking advantage of the opportunity of enjoying a swim. There were thirteen competitors for the Marlborough scholarships at the Nelson College, the conditions being the same as those under which the Nelson boys competed. - Tbe following are the numbers of marks obtained by the three who head the list:— Emerson 387, Farmer 369, Robinson 353 The ouly case heard at the Kesident Magistrate's Court this morning was that of Burford v. Louisson for £53 12s 3d for freight, wharfage, cartage, storage, &c, of 65 tons of hematite from Para Para. A portion of the account was admitted. Mr Acton Adams for the plaintiff said that he had agreed to bring over about 150 tons. The first lot of 25 tons was brought in August, and the second of 40 tons in October, but the money due on the first cargo not having then been paid, Burford refused to give up the second lot which he had detained as security. He now sued for the full amount. Mr Pitt, for the defendant, argued that there had been no contract, but defendant bad merely been engaged to carry one load, and therefore he had no right to detain the second cargo for payment. It had been taken to the wrong wharf, nnd it was very doubtful whether there were 4» tons there; his client also objected to the itera of £10 for storage. Judgment was given for the amount claimed, less £5 16s 9d, and costs. The firebells rang out the alarm about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, rather hastily as it afterwards appeared, the sole cause of the clamour being the burning by Mr Gillow of a heap of rubbish in his garden at the Port. The Brigades turned out and there was great excitement for the time, which cooled down, however, on the real reason for the disturbance being made known. Mr Gillow has very liberally presented the Brigade with £2 for the trouble and expense to which they were put on the occasion. The Levy Company will not make their first appearance in Nelson until to-morrow night, the Tararua not having arrived to-day as was anticipated. Mr Levy himself is spoken of in the highest terms by the Australian and New Zealand press. The Christchurch Press, in noticing the last of his entertainments in that town, says:— " The high appreciation as an artist in which Mr Ler j is held by the Christchurch public was amply testified last evening by the overflowing attendance which greeted his benefit. Every seat was full, and the large audience appeared to enjoy themselves most thoroughly. Indeed, so much so, that they were inclined to be somewhat exacting in the matter of encores, to which, however, the great cornet player responded most cheerfully His first solo, " Casta Diva," created quite a furore, and lie responded with the German air " Dv Dv," which evoked a second encore when he gave "In happy moments." His other contributions were " Silver threads " and, the greatest treat of all, " The Carnival of Venice," which exhibited in a marked degree the wonderful power Mr Levy pos- . sesses over his instrument." Mr Hodder retiring from the firm, T. R. Hodder and Co., have decided to relinquish the Trafalgar House Business, and to reduce the stocks in their general stores at Richmond and Spring Grove— to effect this they will offer immediately the whole of their varied stocks at yery greatly recuced prices. This sale is exclusively for cash.— Advt. Indolent and luxuries habits exhausting disease, inactive occupations, old age, and other causes deprive the lining of the intestines of its vitality. When this is the case, the bowels become torpid. Slow digestion then ensues, accompanied by low spirits, loss of appetite and rest, fetid breath and dingy complexion. No such effects follow, however, when the debilitated stomach and bowels are vitalized with Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps,— Advt,