The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1878,

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 7, 8 January 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1878,

The Civil Service examinations will commence on Monday next at 10 am. at the Education Board room. The candidates, we understand, are likely to be more than usually numerous. A warrant was issued yesterday against a man named Elston, charged with obtaining money under false pretences from Mr R. M. bmith, of the Forest Inn. Elston is supposed to have left Nelson. A report of Mr Hursthouse'i meeting at Waimea West appears elsewhere. Those who do not care to peruse the statement in chief of the M.H.R. will find something to amuse them in his cross-examination. An advertisement appears elsewhere stating that collectors have been appointed to receive subscriptions in aid of the Christ Church and All Saints' Sunday schools. The Committee wish the public to understand that they are not now invited to subscribe merely to the annual fete, but in aid of the fund required for the general expemes, such as purchase of books, upkeep of rooms, &c. We notice in the Gazette of the 3rd inst. that tenders are invited for the conveyance of mails by a coach capable of carrying eight passengers between Foxhill and the Lyell via Hampden. Particulars may be obtained from the postmasters at Nelson, Lyell, Westport, Foxhill, and Hampden. The Manawatu Times records the death by drowning of Mr John Calvert Aubert, who, a few years ago, was a resident in Nelson. It appears that on Sunday, December 16th, he went with two others to bathe, and whilst swimming across the river was heard to exclaim, "I cannot come any further," and immediately sunk to rise no more alive. On the following day the body was recovered. At the annual meeting of the Auxiliary Fire Brigade held at their Hall, the Port, last evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:— Captain, J. Garrard; Secretary, W. Akersten; Treasurer, W. Duckett; Lieutenant, T. CaJder ; First Hydrantman, J. Lukins; second ditto, W. Simpson; First Branchman, S. Nicholls; second ditto, J. B. Calder; Foreman of Reel Company, B. Mitchell; Foreman of Hook and Ladder Company, F. Freeman; Enginehouse Keeper, G. Martin; Assistant Secretary, J. Pilkington. A meeting of the Christ Church Vestry was held last night te receive the resignation of Mr Anthony, the people's churchwarden, who is about to leave Nelson for Christchurch. A vote of thanks to the retiring officer for his services as warden and member of the choir having been passed, it was decided to postpone the election of a churchwarden in his place for five or six weeks, as the Rev. J. Leighton, the Incumbent, will be absent from Nelson for that time, his duties in the meantime being taken by the Rev. Mr Coffey, of Wellington. The Levy company consisting of Levy, the great cornet soloist himself, Mrs J. Levy a celebrated soprana, Miss Pitt (contralto), Signor Rosaati (tenor), and Signor Giorza (composer and pianist), arrived by the Tararua this morning, and will give their first performance iu the Provincial Hall tonight. The programme, we see, contains some of Levy's choicest solos, and the best contributions by the company. Their entertainments have attracted very large attendances wherever they have been given. In Christchurch the Skating Rink, which holds several thousand people, was nightly crowded for nearly two weeks, and it is said that Levy's benefit drew the greatest number that ever gathered in that city to witness a public performance. A great many tickets have been taken at Mr Stanton's, and the probability is tbat there will be full houses during the season, which lasts three nights ouly, the company being bound for Auckland. 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 very greatly recuced prices. This sale is exclusively for cash. — Advt. A pretty faithful index of the state of the stomack and liver is the condition of the skin. The most promineut causes of sallowness are indigestion and biliousness. Kidney diseases, close confinement and poverty of the blood also tend to rob the cheek of the ruddy glow of health. To regain lost color, and what is much more important, to remove the causes of discoloratiou and wanness of visage, check irregularities, and fertilize the blood with Udolpho Wolfe's Sciukdam Aromatic Schnapps.— Advt.