The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 9, 10 January 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1878.

Mb. Hursthouae, M;H.R'., addressed v $ meeting of his .constituents at Motueka'cp,.^ Saturday last, when' tie received a vote oif confidence, an amendment in the shape of a vote of thanks being negatived by a large majority. At a meeting at Upper Moutere on Tuesday night a vote of confidence in him was carried by 30 to 4. Ah inquest was, heJ4 at Havelockon Tuesday oh the fire by which so- much valuable 1 " property was destroyed on Sunday. After evidence had been taken at considerable length a verdict was _ returned to: the* effect" that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated Mr Webb, on^behalt of- the ] New Zealand Insurance ' Company, and Mr Mabin for the Liverpool, and London, and— Royal rode over from. Nelson for the purpose""' of attending the enquiry, and returned by the -Rai Valley last night. ,r , 0• f 1 ,- . ? The second of the 4 " Lev/ concerts, given. last night, when the charpiing'programme was mpre ; than,; carried | out, the encores being numerous, which is not to be wondered at, for the playing of Mr; Levy was beautiful beyond description.^ Such a.-player has never before visited' New and * those who. do not, avai^ themselves of the opportunity of> hearirigliim are depriving themselves of a rich treat. The Vocal part of the programme wa3 thoroughly Sen joyable, while too much cannot possibly be said » of n Signor Giorza's performances on jthe piano." Those^ who areireally fond'of Music could.u.ot,, desire' a more 'pleasing entertainment" anu we' f would 'impress upon them that this is the /last night on which; the epppany will appear, ia Nelson, . ' , „ ~ 1 -\ G A ijsiods accident occurred yesterday evening to Mr Joseph Garrard, whfcims assisting a lady to step from thei wlMfMfo^ the steamer Murray, when he. shipped and fell into the water, 'his hfea<£striking one .of the stringers with such force that pe?becKme'> perfectly insensible, and wouldj certainly,, have been drowned had it not beeh for tne ready assistance afforded by thosej who witnessed th« accident. On being rescued it was found that'thers were three very ugly gashes. -in his head, Resides a number f of: bruises more- or less- Wious, A arid it was thought, advisable;, to send for Djr Squires, 'who was soon in attendance and dressed..the wounds. Mr Garrard, ! we! iare; '*zlad to' -heaVy i is slightly, better this afternoon, |but is so much shaken and knocked about that many days may elapse before he is able tp^gej; about again as usual. -.-■■.■r*-~~-- .-

Thb following kindly notice of the late Mr George Cotterell is from the penj'ofj 11 Tahite," the theatrical correspondent of the Australasian : — There ha!s come from New Zealand the sad news that poor GeorgeCotterell is dead. It was not unexpected,, but it is nevertheless a source of regret .to everybody who knew him. : For, he was.. not only an actor of the highest order in „ a par- • ticular direction, but he:.was a good,' 1 kindhearted, and most genial-minded man. In manner he bad the simplicity of a child, but there was a quality of poetry in , his nature, which made everybody who knew him in-; stinctively likehim. - Like many other men • of rare gifts he, never :was. sufficiently under^ ; stood, and never estimated at i his prbper value. -■ In my opinion he-was never'-lex- 1 celled in the power of what is underitdckfras: < "character" representation. I never knew any comedian who could more" thbrbughry sink his identity in the characters' -He 1 |far-: sonated, and although his rare: [excellence^ uever had an opportunity of showing itself upon the regular stage, it was foe all thafc^of ;, the most genunie kind. I always hoped, we should have seen him in regular comedy, and if he had; lived 1 think we should have so seen him, and then- he would have taken the ■ very* highest ,posisqn as an eccentric actor. I shall always think 'of him with affection, and remember his igreat talent with melancholy pleasured , Mr Hodder retiring from the firm, T. R. •Hodder and Ca., have decided ]to. 'relinquish, v the Trafalgar House Business, and to reduce tha stocks in their general stores at Rich;mond and Spring Grove— to effect this" they" will offer immediately the whole of their varied stocks at very greatly reduced prices. This sale is exclusively for cash.— Advt. The strong sense of the public is always in the end, more than a match for fraud, imposture and pretention. Probably within the last twenty years, five hundred < attempts have been made to imitate or pirate Udolpho Wolfk's Sckieuam Aromatic Schnapps, all of which have been disastrous to the parties concerned. Neither secret fraud, nor open competition has affectedttie popularity of this famous inyigorant.'' It stands at the head of the '-'tonics' ; and :^cbr-' rective of the age, as the .supreme-remedy for dyspepsia, general debility, nervous weakness, urinary diseases and rheumatic affections. — Advt. "' " •'••''' > r :

Recently at Bathurst, N.S.W., two young boys, named respectively Farrell and M'Ken,zie, were playing in a' orate filled with' straw! One of them fired ; the straw, and ' Wth were severely burned : before they could be rescued. They are now in a precarious state.'^nc::' />' The Bank of New Zealand have purchased extensive premises in Pitt-street 1 , SyditeyjaM present occupied by. the Austral(au Mutual ' Provident Society, for jE35,006. ' Tho Otugo Daily Times of the 13th inst. says :— We are requested tfy ? his ivVorship the Mayor to state that the Dunedle- Vanch of the JBanl^of New. Zealand has: practically?; oontributed to the. Indian Famina." .Relief tfund the handsome sum. of £160, that' being , the amount o.f exchange upqu the remittances to London, which the bank very lib*erally transmitted at par.' '-'- ""■'<■>■ ■''■■■'■ .tjo!.-;; r>A The Dunedin City; Council has been threatened- with an action for damagea-Wrider peculiar circumstances. AJ Jinan named Alexander Wyllie, coining in from the agricultural show at.Forbnry.-ito Dnnedm, Iwas accompanied byhi3 dog, ah "animal thaffie valued at #»0. The dog .. got, infor a, ditch near the Gasworks, froni the eftects'pf which, the owner alleges, it diedj the'ditcb>being full of tar. Mr Wyllie now claims compensation, or gives the Council the altera^tiye^j»f a!*, action for damages. .„. „ . „. s '...«• " JEgles " writes in the Australasian : - Here is an example of the quick efficacy of an advertisement.- I-had'-Ids't-kght for some weeks of * man with whom I wished to communicate. The only clue I had was, that he had gone into the countryfrom Melbourne,' but in which direction no one could tell me. I advertised fqr him' at tb.e cost of a shilling, and by 1 o'clock of the day following Ihada telegraphic message from him at a poiht l 20 A miles from Melbourne. A young man' named James Agustus Hall (says the Melbourne «<%ki), who bbtaiued aoma notoriety about two-years ago owing to proceedings in the County Court,' wheu lie was convicted and sentenced for, perjury, has again made himself amenable to the law under peculiar circumstances.- His'fitlter,' the owner of ttye steamer Spec, died on Wednesday las,t at \7illiamstown, and after the funeral . on Sitf;ur<Jay thp fijTmily assembled to r hear the' will read:' Tfie family doctor, who had drawn up the will, was reading }fc aloud/, when James Augustus .jHall Sl ?4 d ? l ?!y |?t>a^Glfe4 fhe cfqcument and ran out Qt til? U<Wsv wjth it, and iyas not seen agaiii. * < « r «rr»afc,ira£ got put .against ■ foin} H andA *« ft'cloek the same night' l^e' \w»g-= about eleveu " "'^l Bti'SOt of the to#nf arrested in the priric'i,,.; -'* u< *:obafi l g r e of.' and lodged in the lock-up on ».. . "-- 1 larceny. The will had been torn up, b.ut ouu . pieces were recovered by the -police:- ---' I

Copies of telegrams between the Governor \of New s South Wales and. the Secretary of S|4t^ have:,been "published, showing that the I Imperial Government is willing to consider the arrangement for constructing an ironclad ; to ;he r maintained it the expense of and for ! the' def enceof . that colony. '- . vThe colonies- nave surprised themselves (says an exchange) in their generous contributions towards the Indian Famine Fund. A few weeks ago it was thought that if a grand total of £50,000 could be reached, it would be a remarkable achievement. But j~that .line has been passed, and will be left far/ behind when all the lists have been closea. Victoria has exceeded ! ,£25,000, New South Wales is likely to exceed £12,000 New Zealand has already raised £12,000 SoUtH : "Australia has contributed £1000, Queensland will send £3000, and Tasmania ; will not lag behind her wealthier neighbors proportionately. So that the whole group of - ; cplonies- will contribute not far^ short of £60,000. This is the biggest thiug in public charity yet accomplished on this side of the .•jwafld. ,' It is said thrt the Maoris in New 'jZea.Uind.have heartily assisted the Famine Fund with their donations. This will not surprise those who' know how brightly the virtue of hospitality has always shone iv the Maori character.

:-.;i The following is an extract from an article on tJ< The ' relation of the Church to the amusements .of the people," which appeared in a late number of the Victorian Church of England Messenger: — " Suppose it becaaie known that, once a theatre lent its stage to {ipflepntj-jrepresentationsi qr ; catered in its 'Vestibule's "for Vice, the whole J force" of , e X e^meniber,m the. Church, would be at i once directed 1 'against that theatre by well I organised effort, and supported by all the Jawiul means that the money and influence LoOac w'eUrtOrdb .Community,; could bring to bear; and suppose, on the other hand, that it ■^Is^v^came ; known rthafc such' theatres as *kept\their stages free from all -impurities, whether of .representation or language, and ajlowed no^ .drinking bars or places of assigua'tiondS cltfgterabbut theiri might reckon oh a large ajid influential support from the moral and } .religious .part of the community, what but ! gb'6ii<' results 'could follow? Theatres whose adjuncts; ar,e vicious . .would soon find out that indecency was' not good policy; and \if ( th¥yjdidjiicjt either xjeforoi -themselyes or disappear, they would , soon sink into such depths, of .'unmitigated vice that the police .wpuMcoraeto the,rescue. We have spoken -onlyof-the Church of England. • But- how much such a movement; would increase in strength if all who have regard for morality . and religion were to take part in it. This is I just one of those enterprises in which men \ot all denominations might be united without j any sacrifice of principle."